Monthly Aircraft Movements at Canadian Airports by Operation Class

Monthly aircraft movement data covers itinerant and local flights for airports serviced by NAV CANADA and other selected facilities. Statistics Canada, the national statistical office, publishes this series, which was last updated in March 2026. The data provides a longitudinal view of airport activity across the country.

Use Cases

• Forecast total monthly movements using historical time-series data for capacity planning.
• Analyze trends in itinerant versus local flight operations to understand airport usage.
• Compare traffic volumes between NAV CANADA-serviced airports and other selected airports.
• Model seasonal patterns in aircraft movements for infrastructure and staffing decisions.

Strengths

• Data is published by Statistics Canada, a national statistical authority.
• Provides monthly granularity for tracking short-term and seasonal trends.
• Covers a defined set of airports with NAV CANADA services and other selected sites.
• Updated regularly, with a recent update timestamp in March 2026.

Limitations

• The specific number of rows, columns, and total airports covered is not provided.
• Sample data and column definitions are unavailable, limiting immediate analysis.
• Geographic coverage is limited to Canadian airports, with unknown representation of all regions.

Provenance

Source

Statistics Canada

Collection Method

Collected from airports with NAV CANADA towers or flight service stations and other selected non-NAV CANADA airports.

Time Range

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Freshness

Monthly update frequency; last updated March 2026.

Geography

Canada