Table A6: Top 10 Busiest Canadian Airports in Terms of Aircraft Movements, 2015–2024

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Table A6: Top 10 Busiest Canadian Airports in Terms of Aircraft Movements, 2015–2024

Table A6: Top 10 Busiest Canadian Airports in Terms of Aircraft Movements, 2015–2024
    (Thousands of aircraft movements)
 
    All Movements
 
Ranking
2024 Airport/Province 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 CGAR1
1 Toronto Pearson International, ON 446 459 467 476 455 175 174 339 381 391 (1.5)
2 Vancouver International, BC 319 326 334 339 332 157 167 261 282 287 (1.1)
3 Boundary Bay, BC 162 172 175 195 217 185 211 200 215 243 4.6
4 Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International, QC 222 227 236 242 238 98 99 180 201 209 (0.7)
5 Abbotsford, BC 136 131 139 148 168 139 172 176 185 201 4.4
6 Calgary International, AB 250 235 234 244 239 120 125 191 203 197 (2.6)
7 Pitt Meadows, BC 103 109 110 118 143 101 126 127 150 187 6.8
8 Calgary/Springbank, AB 151 158 143 137 154 129 139 129 130 140 (0.8)
9 Montréal/St-Hubert, QC 179 151 126 137 154 108 127 128 127 137 (2.9)
10 Winnipeg/St Andrews, MB 89 100 104 118 133 100 115 123 132 137 4.9
 
  Subtotal 2,056 2,069 2,067 2,156 2,234 1,310 1,455 1,853 2,007 2,129 0.4
  % share of All movements - Top 10 airports 32.9 33.1 32.5 33.0 34.2 30.7 30.3 34.1 35.0 36.2 1.1
  Total for All Airports2- All movements 6,247 6,247 6,362 6,527 6,537 4,264 4,802 5,431 5,734 5,879 (0.7)
  Itinerant movements 4,629 4,586 4,679 4,730 4,643 2,825 3,185 3,848 4,100 4,157 (1.2)
  Local movements 1,618 1,662 1,683 1,797 1,894 1,438 1,617 1,583 1,634 1,721 0.7
  Share Itinerant movements (%) 74.1 73.4 73.5 72.5 71.0 66.3 66.3 70.9 71.5 70.7 (0.5)
  Share Local movements (%) 25.9 26.6 26.5 27.5 29.0 33.7 33.7 29.1 28.5 29.3 1.4
 
 
    Itinerant Movements
 
1 Toronto Pearson International, ON 445 457 465 474 453 174 174 337 379 389 (1.5)
2 Vancouver International, BC 318 321 332 339 331 156 167 261 281 287 (1.1)
3 Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International, QC 221 226 235 241 237 96 98 179 201 208 (0.6)
4 Calgary International, AB 249 234 233 244 239 119 123 190 202 196 (2.6)
5 Edmonton Intl, AB 157 137 138 142 134 70 72 99 109 106 (4.3)
6 Winnipeg Richardson International, MB 113 110 114 112 109 69 75 95 100 102 (1.1)
7 Montréal/St-Hubert, QC 85 79 72 75 90 68 79 79 78 88 0.4
8 Ottawa/Macdonald-Cartier International, ON 117 118 116 113 108 41 43 67 76 83 (3.6)
9 Toronto City Centre, ON 91 97 100 100 99 39 39 77 75 83 (1.1)
10 Boundary Bay, BC 66 67 69 72 82 67 77 73 76 81 2.2
 
  Subtotal 1,861 1,847 1,874 1,911 1,883 900 947 1,458 1,579 1,624 (1.5)
  % share of total Itinerant movements - Top 10 airports 40.2 40.3 40.1 40.4 40.6 31.9 29.7 37.9 38.5 39.1 (0.3)
  Total for All Airports2 - All Itinerant movements 4,629 4,586 4,679 4,730 4,643 2,825 3,185 3,848 4,100 4,157 (1.2)
 
 
    Local Movements
 
1 Boundary Bay, BC 95 106 107 124 135 117 133 127 139 162 6.1
2 Abbotsford, BC 86 82 83 89 101 86 102 108 112 123 4.1
3 Pitt Meadows, BC 61 63 62 69 86 62 76 75 90 112 7.1
4 Winnipeg/St Andrews, MB 53 62 65 75 84 59 69 76 80 82 5.0
5 Calgary/Springbank, AB 92 98 86 80 92 72 79 71 71 77 (2.0)
6 Kitchener/Waterloo, ON 59 63 59 71 83 62 70 72 73 63 0.7
7 Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport, QC 32 36 38 51 58 56 60 54 42 52 5.7
8 Chicoutimi/St-Honore, QC 45 60 75 76 68 66 71 58 53 51 1.5
9 Montréal/St-Hubert, QC 93 72 54 62 65 39 48 49 49 49 (7.0)
10 London 22 24 32 29 32 29 38 41 50 46 8.6
 
  Subtotal 638 666 660 727 803 648 747 730 758 817 2.8
  % share of total Local movements - Top 10 airports 39.4 40.1 39.2 40.5 42.4 45.1 46.2 46.1 46.4 47.5 2.1
  Total for All Airports2 - All Local movements 1,618 1,662 1,683 1,797 1,894 1,438 1,617 1,583 1,634 1,721 0.7
 
 
 

Notes and Sources

Notes: R= Revised data. P= Preliminary data.

1 CAGR= Compound Annual Growth Rate.

2 Including airports with control towers and/or flight service stations (91 as of December 2017) and airports without control towers or flight service stations reporting aircraft movements on a voluntary basis (126 as of December 2017).

3 Itinerant movements are those in which aircraft arrive from or depart to a point other than the reporting airport; or where aircraft leave the circuit (i.e. a pattern or a standard path for coordinating air traffic usually at close proximity of the airport) but return without landing at another airport.

4 Local movements are those in which aircraft remain in the circuit (i.e. a pattern or a standard path for coordinating air traffic usually at close proximity of the airport). Local movements are often carried out during training flights (touch-and-go), equipment tests, etc.



Sources: Statistics Canada, "Aircraft Movement Statistics", TP 577, Cat. 51-209 and 51-210. Transport Canada, Aircraft movement database, for 2021 data

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Notes and sources
Notes: R= Revised data. P= Preliminary data.

1 CAGR= Compound Annual Growth Rate.

2 Including airports with control towers and/or flight service stations (91 as of December 2017) and airports without control towers or flight service stations reporting aircraft movements on a voluntary basis (126 as of December 2017).

3 Itinerant movements are those in which aircraft arrive from or depart to a point other than the reporting airport; or where aircraft leave the circuit (i.e. a pattern or a standard path for coordinating air traffic usually at close proximity of the airport) but return without landing at another airport.

4 Local movements are those in which aircraft remain in the circuit (i.e. a pattern or a standard path for coordinating air traffic usually at close proximity of the airport). Local movements are often carried out during training flights (touch-and-go), equipment tests, etc.



Sources: Statistics Canada, "Aircraft Movement Statistics", TP 577, Cat. 51-209 and 51-210. Transport Canada, Aircraft movement database, for 2021 data
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