Table A6: Top 10 Busiest Canadian Airports in Terms of Aircraft Movements, 2014-2023

Table A6: Top 10 Busiest Canadian Airports in Terms of Aircraft Movements, 2014-2023
		(Thousands of aircraft movements)
		All Movements

2023	Airport/Province	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	CGAR¹
1	Toronto Pearson International, ON	437	446	459	467	476	455	175	174	339	381	(1.5)
2	Vancouver International, BC	312	319	326	334	339	332	157	167	261	282	(1.1)
3	Boundary Bay, BC	156	162	172	175	195	217	185	211	200	215	3.6
4	Calgary International, AB	252	250	235	234	244	239	120	125	191	203	(2.3)
5	Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International, QC	221	222	227	236	242	238	98	99	180	201	(1.0)
6	Abbotsford, BC	126	136	131	139	148	168	139	172	176	185	4.3
7	Pitt Meadows, BC	83	103	109	110	118	143	101	126	127	150	6.8
8	Kitchener/Waterloo, ON	96	102	110	102	119	141	107	133	135	141	4.3
9	Winnipeg/St Andrews, MB	97	89	100	104	118	133	100	115	123	132	3.5
10	Calgary/Springbank, AB	147	151	158	143	137	154	129	139	129	130	(1.3)

	Subtotal	1,925	1,980	2,028	2,043	2,137	2,221	1,310	1,461	1,860	2,019	0.5
	Share of total movements - Top 10 airports (%)	30.9	31.7	32.5	32.1	32.7	34.0	30.7	30.4	34.3	35.2	1.5
	Total for All Airports²- All movements	6,233	6,247	6,247	6,362	6,527	6,537	4,264	4,802	5,431	5,730	(0.9)
	Itinerant movements	4,596	4,629	4,586	4,679	4,730	4,643	2,825	3,185	3,848	4,100	(1.3)
	Local movements	1,637	1,618	1,662	1,683	1,797	1,894	1,438	1,617	1,583	1,630	(0.0)
	Share Itinerant movements (%)	73.7	74.1	73.4	73.5	72.5	71.0	66.3	66.3	70.9	71.6	(0.3)
	Share Local movements (%)	26.3	25.9	26.6	26.5	27.5	29.0	33.7	33.7	29.1	28.4	0.9


		Itinerant Movements

1	Toronto Pearson International, ON	435	445	457	465	474	453	174	174	337	379	(1.5)
2	Vancouver International, BC	311	318	321	332	339	331	156	167	261	281	(1.1)
3	Calgary International, AB	250	249	234	233	244	239	119	123	190	202	(2.3)
4	Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International, QC	220	221	226	235	241	237	96	98	179	201	(1.0)
5	Edmonton Intl, AB	166	157	137	138	142	134	70	72	99	109	(4.5)
6	Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International, MB	116	113	110	114	112	109	69	75	95	100	(1.6)
7	Montréal/St-Hubert, QC	75	85	79	72	75	90	68	79	79	78	0.4
8	Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport, QC	83	80	81	85	87	89	62	70	81	76	(0.9)
9	Ottawa/Macdonald-Cartier International, ON	120	117	118	116	113	108	41	43	67	76	(4.9)
10	Boundary Bay, BC	66	66	67	69	72	82	67	77	73	76	1.6

	Subtotal	1,842	1,850	1,831	1,859	1,899	1,873	924	979	1,462	1,580	(1.7)
	Share of total Itinerant movements - Top 10 airports (%)	40.1	40.0	39.9	39.7	40.1	40.3	32.7	30.7	38.0	38.5	(0.4)
	Total for All Airports² - All Itinerant movements	4,596	4,629	4,586	4,679	4,730	4,643	2,825	3,185	3,848	4,100	(1.3)


		Local Movements

1	Boundary Bay, BC	90	95	106	107	124	135	117	133	127	139	4.9
2	Abbotsford, BC	80	86	82	83	89	101	86	102	108	111	3.7
3	Pitt Meadows, BC	52	61	63	62	69	86	62	76	75	89	6.3
4	Winnipeg/St Andrews, MB	62	53	62	65	75	84	59	69	76	80	2.9
5	Kitchener/Waterloo, ON	56	59	63	59	71	83	62	70	72	72	2.9
6	Calgary/Springbank, AB	88	92	98	86	80	92	72	79	71	70	(2.4)
7	Chicoutimi/St-Honore, QC	52	45	60	75	76	68	66	71	58	53	0.2
8	London	29	22	24	32	29	32	29	38	41	50	6.4
9	Montréal/St-Hubert, QC	81	93	72	54	62	65	39	48	49	49	(5.6)
10	Moncton/Greater Moncton International, NB	30	33	44	48	52	56	41	32	38	43	4.2

	Subtotal	618	639	674	670	727	801	633	719	714	756	2.3
	Share of total Local movements - Top 10 airports (%)	37.8	39.5	40.6	39.8	40.5	42.3	44.0	44.4	45.1	46.4	2.3
	Total for All Airports² - All Local movements	1,637	1,618	1,662	1,683	1,797	1,894	1,438	1,617	1,583	1,630	(0.0)

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Table A6: Top 10 Busiest Canadian Airports in Terms of Aircraft Movements, 2014-2023

Table A6: Top 10 Busiest Canadian Airports in Terms of Aircraft Movements, 2014-2023

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