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In 2008, 96.3 million passengers travelled through Canada's ten largest airports. Compared to 2007 with 90.3 million passengers is an increase of 6.7%.[1] At the same time the top twenty airports with control towers totaled 3.6 million movements compared to 3.5 million in 2007, an increase of 3.6%.[2][3] For airports without a tower the number of movements increased 3.4%.[4][3]
As of November 2008 NAV CANADA reported that there were 41 airports with an air traffic control tower and 59 airports with a Flight Service Station (FSS).[5]
Both Sudbury Airport (5 June 2008)[6] and Montréal-Mirabel International Airport (20 November 2008)[7] saw the control towers closed and services provided by a FSS. On 25 September 2008, a control tower opened at Fort McMurray Airport.[8] Fort McMurray had previously been the busiest airport in Canada without a control tower and in 2008 showed an increase of 2.2% in total movements.[2]
Some other airports of note in 2008 are, Fredericton International Airport with 73,330 movements, the busiest airport in Canada without a tower and 28th overall. Vancouver Harbour Water Airport, the only water based airport in Canada to have a control tower, Vancouver Harbour Control Tower, with 62,443 movements is the 34rd busiest airport overall. Fredericton International Airport (115.2%), London International Airport (71.1%) and Montréal/Saint-Hubert Airport (25.6%) posted the largest gains in terms of movements. At the same time Lloydminster Airport (-21.7%), Castlegar Airport (-20.3%) and St. Catharines/Niagara District Airport (-18.1%) posted the biggest losses.[4][2]
Canada's 20 busiest airports by passenger traffic
Comparison of the 5 busiest airports by domestic, transborder and international passenger traffic
Rank ![]() |
Airport ![]() |
Location ![]() |
Domestic ![]() |
% of total ![]() |
Transborder ![]() |
% of total ![]() |
International ![]() |
% of total ![]() |
| 1 | Toronto Pearson International Airport[9] | Toronto | 13,895,707 | 43.0% | 8,806,040 | 27.2% | 9,633,084 | 29.8% |
| 2 | Vancouver International Airport[10] | Vancouver | 9,344,761 | 52.3% | 4,335,443 | 24.3% | 4,172,255 | 23.4% |
| 3 | Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport[11] | Montreal | 5,277,967 | 41.2% | 3,068,832 | 23.9% | 4,466,400 | 34.9% |
| 4 | Calgary International Airport[12] | Calgary | 8,925,098 | 71.4% | 2,435,453 | 19.5% | 1,146,342 | 9.1% |
| 5 | Edmonton International Airport[13] | Edmonton | 5,106,860 | 79.3% | 943,911 | 14.7% | 386,563 | 6.0% |
Canada's 20 busiest airports by aircraft movements (ATC)
Canada's 20 busiest airports by aircraft movements (FSS)
2007
Canada's 20 busiest airports by passenger traffic
Canada's 20 busiest airports by domestic, transborder and international passenger traffic
Rank ![]() |
Airport[1] ![]() |
Domestic ![]() |
% of total ![]() |
Annual change ![]() |
5 year change ![]() |
Transborder ![]() |
% of total ![]() |
Annual change ![]() |
5 year change ![]() |
International ![]() |
% of total ![]() |
Annual change ![]() |
5 year change ![]() |
| 1 | Toronto | 13,287,782 | 44.8% | 2.5% | 25.3% | 8,562,588 | 28.9% | -3.8% | 10.2% | 7,822,949 | 26.4% | 0.0% | 33.0% |
| 2 | Vancouver | 8,869,182 | 52.3% | 4.6% | 34.1% | 4,331,482 | 25.6% | 5.2% | 13.9% | 3,750,927 | 22.1% | 2.6% | 14.5% |
| 3 | Montréal | 5,153,713 | 41.9% | 9.2% | 53.3% | 3,092,240 | 25.1% | -0.3% | 25.3% | 4,062,839 | 33.0% | 11.2% | 130.8% |
| 4 | Calgary | 8,606,209 | 72.4% | 5.0% | 60.9% | 2,272,622 | 19.1% | 7.4% | 47.2% | 1,005,390 | 8.5% | 14.8% | 81.2% |
| 5 | Edmonton | 4,756,447 | 81.8% | 6.5% | 53.2% | 776,975 | 13.4% | 13.3% | 123.1% | 284,136 | 4.9% | 89.7% | 246.0% |
| 6 | Ottawa | 2,953,939 | 74.5% | 9.1% | 28.3% | 747,228 | 18.9% | 2.4% | 33.1% | 261,412 | 6.6% | 3.7% | 55.8% |
| 7 | Winnipeg | 2,990,458 | 84.1% | -1.9% | 39.1% | 459,084 | 12.9% | 8.9% | 53.1% | 105,427 | 3.0% | 1.3% | 124.6% |
| 8 | Halifax | 2,690,560 | 80.4% | -3.6% | 17.4% | 356,322 | 10.6% | 16.0% | 115.2% | 299,644 | 9.0% | 28.3% | 176.4% |
| 9 | Victoria | 1,241,773 | 86.3% | 3.5% | 36.7% | 181,505 | 12.6% | 37.8% | 64.1% | 15,429 | 1.1% | 27.3% | 3,121.1% |
| 10 | Kelowna | 1,218,212 | 91.8% | 4.0% | 68.8% | 91,429 | 6.9% | 9.2% | 41.0% | 17,611 | 1.3% | 41.1% | n/a |
| 11 | St. John's | 1,092,420 | 93.9% | 0.9% | 51.4% | 26,871 | 2.3% | 6.0% | 855.6% | 44,487 | 3.8% | -10.2% | -16.7% |
| 12 | Saskatoon | 918,679 | 90.8% | 1.8% | 53.9% | 64,713 | 6.4% | -15.2% | -17.8% | 28,829 | 2.8% | 16.4% | 300.3% |
| 13 | Regina | 843,499 | 90.9% | 4.0% | 52.6% | 53,310 | 5.7% | -5.3% | -45.4% | 31,582 | 3.4% | 39.7% | 108.0% |
| 14 | Québec City | 586,969 | 65.2% | 6.1% | 18.6% | 144,370 | 16.0% | 10.0% | 93.5% | 168,273 | 18.7% | 42.7% | 308.9% |
| 15 | Thunder Bay | 598,861 | 95.6% | 1.0% | 10.4% | 21,104 | 3.4% | -1.9% | -2.1% | 6,386 | 1.0% | 78.0% | -13.6% |
| 16 | Hamilton | 497,203 | 80.5% | -13.7% | -26.6% | 6,833 | 1.1% | -7.5% | 528.0% | 113,625 | 18.4% | 618.2% | 1,154.3% |
| 17 | Fort McMurray | 558,767 | 100.0% | 32.6% | 185.3% | 3 | 0.0% | 200.0% | n/a | 0 | 0.0% | n/a | n/a |
| 18 | Greater Moncton | 470,982 | 92.7% | -6.8% | 49.5% | 25,525 | 5.0% | 62.6% | n/a | 11,303 | 2.2% | -8.1% | 78.0% |
| 19 | Abbotsford | 497,758 | 99.1% | 1.0% | 78.9% | 38 | 0.0% | -69.6% | -87.7% | 4,401 | 0.9% | -16.0% | 1,105.8% |
| 20 | London | 396,307 | 87.2% | 13.6% | 51.8% | 49,099 | 10.8% | 6.3% | 52.9% | 9,084 | 2.0% | 77.0% | 97.0% |
Canada's 20 busiest airports by freight
Canada's 20 busiest airports by aircraft movements (ATC)
Canada's 20 busiest airports by aircraft movements (FSS)
2002
Canada's 20 busiest airports by passenger traffic
Canada's 20 busiest airports by domestic, transborder and international passenger traffic
Rank ![]() |
Airport[27] ![]() |
Domestic ![]() |
% of total ![]() |
Annual change ![]() |
Transborder ![]() |
% of total ![]() |
Annual change ![]() |
International ![]() |
% of total ![]() |
Annual change ![]() |
| 1 | Toronto Pearson International Airport | 10,603,486 | 43.7% | -7.4% | 7,769,014 | 32.0% | -9.2% | 5,880,973 | 24.2% | 2.4% |
| 2 | Vancouver International Airport | 6,612,479 | 48.3% | -5.1% | 3,803,975 | 27.8% | 2.2% | 3,276,428 | 23.9% | 2.0% |
| 3 | Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport | 3,362,212 | 44.3% | -11.5% | 2,467,266 | 32.5% | -0.1% | 1,760,230 | 23.2% | -2.7% |
| 4 | Calgary International Airport | 5,348,147 | 71.8% | -3.7% | 1,543,457 | 20.7% | 8.0% | 554,790 | 7.5% | -12.6% |
| 5 | Edmonton International Airport | 3,104,775 | 87.8% | -2.3% | 348,302 | 9.9% | -15.3% | 82,126 | 2.3% | -26.4% |
| 6 | Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport | 2,301,721 | 75.9% | -10.5% | 561,542 | 18.5% | -10.4% | 167,785 | 5.5% | 22.7% |
| 7 | Halifax Stanfield International Airport | 2,292,179 | 89.3% | 0.3% | 165,566 | 6.5% | -24.8% | 108,408 | 4.2% | -44.4% |
| 8 | Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport | 2,150,242 | 86.1% | -2.2% | 299,917 | 12.0% | -11.3% | 46,948 | 1.9% | -39.7% |
| 9 | Victoria International Airport | 908,604 | 89.1% | 2.0% | 110,595 | 10.8% | -26.1% | 479 | 0.0% | -94.1% |
| 10 | Montréal-Mirabel International Airport | 9,182 | 0.9% | -90.7% | 82,328 | 8.4% | -59.6% | 891,001 | 90.7% | -19.9% |
| 11 | Kelowna International Airport | 721,899 | 91.8% | -0.4% | 64,859 | 8.2% | n/a | n/a | 0.0% | n/a |
| 12 | St. John's International Airport | 721,704 | 92.8% | -3.4% | 2,812 | 0.4% | -56.4% | 53,375 | 6.9% | 10% |
| 13 | John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport | 677,480 | 98.5% | 44.4% | 1,088 | 0.2% | -95.2% | 9,059 | 1.3% | 619.5% |
| 14 | Saskatoon/John G. Diefenbaker International Airport | 597,110 | 87.4% | -7.4% | 78,730 | 11.5% | 2.3% | 7,202 | 1.1% | 137.5% |
| 15 | Regina International Airport | 552,685 | 83.0% | -5.7% | 97,677 | 14.7% | 62.7% | 15,186 | 2.3% | 72.7% |
| 16 | Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport | 494,820 | 81.0% | 2.5% | 74,599 | 12.2% | -15.8% | 41,149 | 6.7% | -42.5% |
| 17 | Thunder Bay International Airport | 542,688 | 94.9% | -7.8% | 21,563 | 3.8% | 14.6% | 7,393 | 1.3% | 968.4% |
| 18 | Greater Moncton International Airport | 315,036 | 98.0% | -8.7% | n/a | 0.0% | -100.0% | 6,351 | 2.0% | -48.9% |
| 19 | Prince George Airport | 312,740 | 100.0% | -9.3% | n/a | 0.0% | -100.0% | n/a | 0.0% | n/a |
| 20 | London International Airport | 261,025 | 87.7% | 16.1% | 32,119 | 10.8% | -4.8% | 4,611 | 1.5% | 365.3% |
Canada's 20 busiest airports by freight
Canada's 20 busiest airports by aircraft movements (ATC)
Canada's 20 busiest airports by aircraft movements (FSS)
See also
- World's busiest airport
- World's busiest airports by traffic movements
- World's busiest airports by passenger traffic
- World's busiest airports by international passenger traffic
- World's busiest airports by cargo traffic
References
- ^ a b c Passengers enplaned and deplaned on selected services — Top 50 airports by sector (2007)
- ^ a b c d Total aircraft movements by class of operation — NAV CANADA towers (2008)
- ^ a b c d - Aircraft Movement Statistics: NAV CANADA Towers and Flight Service Stations: Annual Report (2007)
- ^ a b c Total aircraft movements by class of operation — NAV CANADA flight service stations (2008)
- ^ NAV CANADA - Facility Map Date accessed: 26 February 2008
- ^ Sudbury, Ontario Change in Level of Service
- ^ Montreal International (Mirabel), QC Change in Airport Traffic Services
- ^ Aeronautical Study "Review of Airport Traffic Services and Weather Observations Fort Mcmurray, AB" Executive Summary
- ^ a b 2008 Toronto Pearson Passenger Statistics
- ^ a b 2008 Vancouver Passenger Statistics
- ^ a b 2008 Aeroport de Montreal Passenger Statistics
- ^ a b 2008 Calgary Passenger Statistics
- ^ a b 2008 Edmonton Passenger Statistics
- ^ 2008 Ottawa Passenger Statistics
- ^ 2008 Halifax Passenger Statistics
- ^ 2008 Winnipeg Passenger Statistics
- ^ 2008 Victoria Passenger Statistics
- ^ 2008 Kelowna Passenger Statistics
- ^ 2008 Saskatoon Passenger Statistics
- ^ 2008 Québec City Passenger Statistics
- ^ CEO speaks to future developments
- ^ 2008 Moncton Passenger Statistics
- ^ 2008 Annual report
- ^ 2008 Abbotsford Passenger Statistics
- ^ 2008 London Passenger Statistics
- ^ Tonnes of cargo loaded and unloaded on major scheduled services and major charter services — Top 50 airports (2007)
- ^ a b c Air carrier traffic at Canadian airports (2002)
- ^ a b Aircraft Movement Statistics (2002)
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