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Distribution of itinerant aircraft movements at airports with NAV CANADA towers and flight service stations, by domestic, transborder and other international, by type of operation

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Distribution of itinerant aircraft movements at airports with NAV CANADA towers and flight service stations, by domestic, transborder and other international, by type of operation
  2009
Towers Flight service stations Total
Movements Change  2009/2008 Proportion Movements Change  2009/2008 Proportion Movements Change  2009/2008 Proportion
  number percentage number percentage number percentage
Domestic  
Air carrier 1,941,367 -3.4 59.1 662,943 -7.5 75.3 2,604,310 -4.5 62.5
Other commercial 358,921 -4.4 10.9 47,214 -16.8 5.4 406,135 -6.0 9.7
Private 296,535 -1.4 9.0 111,581 6.0 12.7 408,116 0.5 9.8
Government  
Civil 55,682 -3.9 1.7 26,210 -4.4 3.0 81,892 -4.1 2.0
Military 40,363 -4.2 1.2 17,181 -6.4 2.0 57,544 -4.9 1.4
Total, domestic 2,692,868 -3.4 81.9 865,129 -6.4 98.2 3,557,997 -4.1 85.4
Transborder  
Air carrier 418,444 -4.8 12.7 3,568 50.1 0.4 422,012 -4.5 10.1
Other commercial 1,741 -29.7 0.1 114 -36.7 0.0 1,855 -30.1 0.0
Private 41,369 -18.0 1.3 10,672 -9.3 1.2 52,041 -16.4 1.2
Government  
Civil 432 6.4 0.0 72 118.2 0.0 504 14.8 0.0
Military 2,958 8.8 0.1 166 15.3 0.0 3,124 9.1 0.1
Total, transborder 464,944 -6.2 14.1 14,592 0.6 1.7 479,536 -6.0 11.5
Other international  
Air carrier 120,687 1.9 3.7 462 -6.9 0.1 121,149 1.8 2.9
Other commercial 1,019 14.4 0.0 92 17.9 0.0 1,111 14.7 0.0
Private 4,775 -0.6 0.1 460 6.2 0.1 5,235 0.0 0.1
Government  
Civil 492 225.8 0.0 21 320.0 0.0 513 228.8 0.0
Military 2,552 9.2 0.1 73 2.8 0.0 2,625 9.0 0.1
Total, other international 129,525 2.3 3.9 1,108 2.3 0.1 130,633 2.3 3.1
Total  
Air carrier 2,480,498 -3.4 75.5 666,973 -7.3 75.7 3,147,471 -4.3 75.5
Other commercial 361,681 -4.5 11.0 47,420 -16.8 5.4 409,101 -6.1 9.8
Private 342,679 -3.8 10.4 122,713 4.5 13.9 465,392 -1.7 11.2
Government  
Civil 56,606 -3.3 1.7 26,303 -4.2 3.0 82,909 -3.6 2.0
Military 45,873 -2.8 1.4 17,420 -6.2 2.0 63,293 -3.7 1.5
Total, itinerant 3,287,337 -3.6 100.0 880,829 -6.3 100.0 4,168,166 -4.2 100.0