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Table 3-1
Total aircraft movements, civil and military — NAV CANADA towers

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NAV CANADA towers
  Civil movements Military movements
Total Itinerant Local Total Itinerant Local
Commercial Private and government
  number
Abbotsford  
2009 120,952 40,687 14,226 66,039 2,150 877 1,273
2008 155,326 49,021 14,453 91,852 1,557 666 891
2007 173,608 54,991 14,522 104,095 1,797 743 1,054
2006 158,040 49,711 14,848 93,481 1,782 616 1,166
2005 151,540 48,574 14,453 88,513 1,677 505 1,172
Boundary Bay  
2009 183,894 64,508 15,876 103,510 158 148 10
2008 199,532 66,219 15,279 118,034 112 104 8
2007 193,408 60,573 15,237 117,598 32 32 0
2006 185,770 56,579 16,536 112,655 62 62 0
2005 187,924 56,913 16,512 114,499 15 15 0
Calgary International  
2009 231,884 215,336 15,094 1,454 1,261 1,201 60
2008 245,116 226,631 16,853 1,632 1,254 1,225 29
2007 246,896 227,628 16,499 2,769 1,652 1,432 220
2006 241,184 218,932 19,003 3,249 1,623 1,535 88
2005 231,794 210,210 17,532 4,052 1,335 1,173 162
Calgary/Springbank  
2009 143,360 44,752 17,285 81,323 163 136 27
2008 166,898 51,473 18,591 96,834 207 179 28
2007 264,507 47,764 21,946 194,797 343 299 44
2006 149,179 41,010 16,326 91,843 132 78 54
2005 134,490 37,563 16,395 80,532 91 73 18
Chicoutimi/St-Honoré  
2009 71,661 22,203 1,829 47,629 144 59 85
2008 70,388 22,825 1,645 45,918 266 70 196
2007 70,558 22,715 1,906 45,937 143 99 44
2006 72,359 23,184 1,990 47,185 273 139 134
2005 73,778 23,839 2,099 47,840 330 174 156
Edmonton City Centre  
2009 70,824 46,785 14,884 9,155 796 671 125
2008 81,395 51,123 18,290 11,982 1,059 821 238
2007 85,354 47,370 20,366 17,618 1,220 969 251
2006 81,374 46,440 19,020 15,914 1,216 1,066 150
2005 77,682 49,007 19,778 8,897 1,306 1,201 105
Edmonton International  
2009 126,116 118,459 4,905 2,752 659 530 129
2008 131,881 124,199 4,268 3,414 1,364 1,110 254
2007 129,328 120,037 4,216 5,075 1,376 1,060 316
2006 123,492 112,393 4,609 6,490 1,491 1,193 298
2005 114,267 99,089 4,338 10,840 1,573 1,185 388
Edmonton/Villeneuve  
2009 62,632 12,962 3,936 45,734 2,160 2,150 10
2008 65,401 12,091 3,431 49,879 156 156 0
2007 68,839 12,079 4,677 52,083 164 164 0
2006 57,118 10,256 6,266 40,596 758 758 0
2005 64,052 11,680 7,247 45,125 271 267 4
Fort McMurray  
2009 62,101 47,455 5,684 8,962 130 95 35
2008 14,582 11,672 1,370 1,540 23 23 0
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Gander International  
2009 24,574 13,379 3,526 7,669 4,887 2,984 1,903
2008 43,184 19,588 4,444 19,152 5,618 3,370 2,248
2007 48,105 20,610 5,713 21,782 5,070 2,919 2,151
2006 32,780 17,216 5,632 9,932 3,974 2,462 1,512
2005 30,919 17,242 5,296 8,381 4,679 2,807 1,872
Halifax/Robert L Stanfield International  
2009 85,372 76,158 4,489 4,725 3,105 2,213 892
2008 85,577 74,559 5,078 5,940 3,456 2,354 1,102
2007 85,831 74,074 4,910 6,847 3,419 1,980 1,439
2006 81,594 69,537 5,330 6,727 4,516 2,283 2,233
2005 82,070 69,819 5,626 6,625 4,323 1,956 2,367
Hamilton  
2009 41,818 24,749 8,835 8,234 194 194 0
2008 60,535 32,475 8,074 19,986 251 135 116
2007 70,498 35,763 8,322 26,413 296 168 128
2006 74,103 36,104 9,159 28,840 222 132 90
2005 73,890 34,792 8,513 30,585 333 227 106
Kelowna  
2009 72,394 41,526 7,634 23,234 488 309 179
2008 80,791 44,380 8,369 28,042 494 309 185
2007 90,291 45,292 8,669 36,330 390 306 84
2006 74,991 42,524 9,152 23,315 413 317 96
2005 71,042 41,094 8,639 21,309 477 305 172
Kitchener/Waterloo  
2009 95,013 34,761 12,195 48,057 392 303 89
2008 105,728 38,243 10,925 56,560 324 242 82
2007 103,660 35,230 11,124 57,306 582 482 100
2006 99,702 34,277 11,338 54,087 447 357 90
2005 100,340 37,252 11,531 51,557 451 377 74
Langley  
2009 67,713 21,079 13,490 33,144 105 85 20
2008 96,671 26,798 13,160 56,713 43 43 0
2007 93,247 21,897 14,497 56,853 328 306 22
2006 69,960 16,267 12,590 41,103 108 104 4
2005 78,176 17,760 12,495 47,921 1,634 1,630 4
London  
2009 158,441 64,492 10,553 83,396 572 157 415
2008 164,500 62,440 11,906 90,154 167 119 48
2007 95,897 41,211 13,989 40,697 330 200 130
2006 92,925 40,654 15,224 37,047 186 132 54
2005 92,185 40,194 13,716 38,275 203 167 36
Moncton/Greater Moncton International  
2009 158,019 81,683 4,237 72,099 437 377 60
2008 131,377 66,961 4,575 59,841 481 434 47
2007 124,662 62,821 5,535 56,306 752 576 176
2006 77,301 42,806 4,459 30,036 585 492 93
2005 63,690 37,675 4,647 21,368 825 583 242
Montréal/Mirabel International  
2009 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
2008 23,357 13,414 4,163 5,780 1,036 750 286
2007 25,403 14,590 4,956 5,857 824 615 209
2006 28,659 15,948 5,268 7,443 1,048 710 338
2005 30,095 17,404 5,319 7,372 1,410 910 500
Montréal/Pierre Elliott Trudeau International  
2009 211,647 195,907 15,740 0 352 352 0
2008 224,944 205,803 19,141 0 275 275 0
2007 222,547 202,011 20,536 0 324 324 0
2006 213,037 190,551 22,486 0 446 446 0
2005 207,948 186,003 21,945 0 381 381 0
Montréal/St-Hubert  
2009 197,601 73,145 15,427 109,029 1,444 1,388 56
2008 186,756 65,671 15,214 105,871 1,613 1,533 80
2007 148,178 49,435 17,053 81,690 1,732 1,564 168
2006 136,853 45,095 16,937 74,821 2,085 1,983 102
2005 125,696 47,299 16,504 61,893 3,185 2,979 206
Oshawa  
2009 66,643 21,083 8,803 36,757 86 81 5
2008 70,592 22,252 7,664 40,676 74 72 2
2007 68,489 20,321 8,876 39,292 62 60 2
2006 65,344 18,772 9,691 36,881 101 73 28
2005 59,212 20,021 8,336 30,855 206 78 128
Ottawa/Macdonald-Cartier International  
2009 169,198 119,070 10,965 39,163 2,759 2,493 266
2008 167,135 116,345 12,826 37,964 2,907 2,559 348
2007 162,858 107,560 12,413 42,885 2,910 2,346 564
2006 142,297 98,070 12,360 31,867 3,131 2,540 591
2005 146,758 101,898 13,188 31,672 2,563 2,191 372
Pitt Meadows  
2009 124,900 36,777 16,946 71,177 509 506 3
2008 119,670 25,540 15,150 78,980 428 428 0
2007 107,813 22,184 15,067 70,562 227 225 2
2006 96,770 24,946 14,737 57,087 680 676 4
2005 96,592 24,201 14,940 57,451 3,506 3,506 0
Prince George  
2009 39,061 20,745 5,069 13,247 311 215 96
2008 40,820 21,909 5,582 13,329 249 213 36
2007 42,348 22,965 5,437 13,946 195 195 0
2006 40,373 22,867 5,697 11,809 379 309 70
2005 43,104 22,788 6,138 14,178 388 328 60
Québec/Jean Lesage International  
2009 127,023 75,327 14,745 36,951 1,867 1,761 106
2008 123,044 73,069 15,183 34,792 2,468 2,383 85
2007 117,134 70,841 15,117 31,176 2,307 2,187 120
2006 106,570 65,308 14,766 26,496 2,461 2,363 98
2005 99,133 61,594 14,324 23,215 2,234 2,072 162
Regina International  
2009 61,120 33,787 6,765 20,568 2,991 2,418 573
2008 55,585 33,366 6,871 15,348 4,139 3,320 819
2007 59,802 33,754 7,961 18,087 3,886 3,111 775
2006 54,445 31,995 7,639 14,811 3,565 2,891 674
2005 48,940 30,703 7,541 10,696 3,281 2,579 702
Saskatoon/John G Diefenbaker International  
2009 90,859 50,683 10,713 29,463 2,224 1,522 702
2008 103,075 56,243 10,389 36,443 2,545 1,539 1,006
2007 96,398 51,363 9,644 35,391 2,828 1,836 992
2006 84,287 48,199 9,303 26,785 2,836 1,771 1,065
2005 79,207 42,557 9,490 27,160 2,422 1,738 684
Sault Ste. Marie  
2009 50,434 22,630 2,385 25,419 553 291 262
2008 56,171 25,116 2,369 28,686 414 308 106
2007 55,788 24,266 2,879 28,643 428 276 152
2006 49,990 22,716 2,588 24,686 369 323 46
2005 54,084 23,902 2,301 27,881 428 374 54
St. John's International  
2009 36,769 30,049 3,410 3,310 2,921 2,832 89
2008 37,409 30,988 3,503 2,918 2,318 2,296 22
2007 37,155 31,288 3,429 2,438 2,553 2,491 62
2006 40,664 33,252 3,351 4,061 2,678 2,620 58
2005 41,339 33,215 3,426 4,698 2,764 2,738 26
St-Jean  
2009 31,961 8,094 12,756 11,111 8,847 8,847 0
2008 30,658 6,645 12,974 11,039 9,782 9,782 0
2007 26,886 6,683 13,719 6,484 10,315 10,311 4
2006 28,979 6,316 14,232 8,431 8,855 8,855 0
2005 26,733 6,687 12,147 7,899 8,882 8,882 0
Sudbury  
2009 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
2008 13,979 9,993 1,770 2,216 40 40 0
2007 37,135 26,127 4,672 6,336 485 481 4
2006 35,306 24,761 4,443 6,102 396 340 56
2005 41,607 26,415 4,855 10,337 607 549 58
Thunder Bay  
2009 95,834 56,843 4,042 34,949 1,081 713 368
2008 95,096 56,015 4,682 34,399 1,273 929 344
2007 94,634 56,124 5,069 33,441 1,285 963 322
2006 98,699 56,616 5,131 36,952 1,455 1,111 344
2005 90,742 52,470 4,806 33,466 1,193 909 284
Toronto/Buttonville Municipal  
2009 154,672 43,689 36,362 74,621 30 15 15
2008 163,953 43,104 36,872 83,977 41 25 16
2007 168,172 57,121 24,046 87,005 86 64 22
2006 146,748 52,981 22,665 71,102 24 24 0
2005 147,632 52,033 22,327 73,272 73 31 42
Toronto/City Centre  
2009 101,960 47,827 6,272 47,861 234 224 10
2008 92,881 43,954 7,283 41,644 372 179 193
2007 89,785 39,702 7,568 42,515 414 408 6
2006 77,335 29,411 7,524 40,400 246 232 14
2005 67,752 27,523 7,108 33,121 164 150 14
Toronto/Lester B Pearson International  
2009 407,418 393,723 13,695 0 306 306 0
2008 429,021 413,137 15,884 0 241 241 0
2007 424,422 408,141 16,281 0 277 277 0
2006 417,102 400,303 16,799 0 276 276 0
2005 411,293 393,096 18,197 0 316 316 0
Vancouver Harbour  
2009 54,621 53,909 682 30 120 120 0
2008 62,202 61,385 739 78 27 27 0
2007 63,686 61,844 1,806 36 27 27 0
2006 62,110 60,356 1,704 50 81 81 0
2005 58,151 56,632 1,131 388 38 38 0
Vancouver International  
2009 313,347 296,358 16,936 53 637 637 0
2008 337,527 322,115 15,412 0 275 275 0
2007 325,748 309,530 16,170 48 278 278 0
2006 322,199 304,006 18,181 12 315 315 0
2005 322,712 305,708 17,004 0 274 274 0
Victoria International  
2009 161,433 73,547 17,020 70,866 5,182 2,080 3,102
2008 170,166 84,766 18,081 67,319 4,001 1,227 2,774
2007 162,617 76,125 18,838 67,654 5,154 1,508 3,646
2006 140,055 70,870 20,172 49,013 5,146 1,993 3,153
2005 146,888 75,164 21,137 50,587 3,746 1,562 2,184
Whitehorse International  
2009 24,137 13,349 3,749 7,039 368 214 154
2008 25,629 13,421 4,151 8,057 291 201 90
2007 27,370 13,635 4,968 8,767 322 176 146
2006 27,223 12,464 4,952 9,807 302 194 108
2005 23,109 10,597 4,615 7,897 276 154 122
Windsor  
2009 33,190 16,002 4,702 12,486 365 235 130
2008 41,491 18,428 3,944 19,119 82 56 26
2007 40,454 18,618 3,896 17,940 132 78 54
2006 28,590 14,632 4,340 9,618 109 75 34
2005 33,286 15,663 5,087 12,536 184 128 56
Winnipeg/James Armstrong Richardson International  
2009 126,638 112,984 7,995 5,659 7,604 5,157 2,447
2008 133,959 119,053 8,501 6,405 8,851 6,167 2,684
2007 140,148 121,758 9,208 9,182 10,917 7,044 3,873
2006 133,878 115,151 9,119 9,608 9,250 6,143 3,107
2005 127,218 114,229 8,398 4,591 9,718 6,700 3,018
Winnipeg/St. Andrews  
2009 109,543 35,317 3,373 70,853 213 196 17
2008 103,995 35,738 3,697 64,560 249 199 50
2007 110,651 35,838 3,877 70,936 192 192 0
2006 95,907 32,944 3,913 59,050 163 137 26
2005 67,202 23,797 3,355 40,050 209 209 0
Yellowknife  
2009 50,289 40,360 2,055 7,874 2,078 781 1,297
2008 62,736 49,070 1,855 11,811 2,099 799 1,300
2007 68,210 50,853 3,225 14,132 2,489 967 1,522
2006 63,988 50,793 2,590 10,605 1,981 787 1,194
2005 54,280 41,486 2,469 10,325 2,062 820 1,242
Total  
2009 4,617,066 2,842,179 399,285 1,375,602 60,883 45,873 15,010
2008 4,870,733 2,947,238 414,611 1,508,884 62,922 47,183 15,739
2007 4,868,520 2,862,732 428,839 1,576,949 68,543 49,739 18,804
2006 4,409,280 2,707,213 432,070 1,269,997 66,166 48,994 17,172
2005 4,278,552 2,645,788 424,905 1,207,859 70,033 53,241 16,792