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The following is a list of the busiest airports in Canada by aircraft movements (how busy the runways are), passenger traffic (how busy the terminals are) and freight. For each airport, the lists cite the principal city associated with the airport by Transport Canada, not (necessarily) the municipality where the airport is physically located.

Toronto Pearson International Airport, is the busiest airport in Canada, and was also the only Canadian airport ranked in the top 30 airports in the world by number of passengers in 2006.

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2008

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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

Rank Airport Location Total
Passengers		 Annual
change		 Border
preclearance
1 Toronto Pearson International Airport[9] Toronto 32,334,831 9.0% Yes
2 Vancouver International Airport[10] Vancouver 17,852,459 5.3% Yes
3 Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport[11] Montreal 12,813,199 0.0% Yes
4 Calgary International Airport[12] Calgary 12,506,893 5.2% Yes
5 Edmonton International Airport[13] Edmonton 6,437,334 10.7% Yes
6 Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport[14] Ottawa 4,339,225 9.0% Yes
7 Halifax Stanfield International Airport[15] Halifax 3,578,931 6.9% Yes
8 Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport[16] Winnipeg 3,570,033 0.4% Yes
9 Victoria International Airport[17] Victoria 1,538,417 6.9% No
10 Kelowna International Airport[18] Kelowna 1,389,883 4.7% No
11 Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport[19] Saskatoon 1,135,113 12.1% No
12 Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport[20] Quebec City 1,026,090 14.1% No
13 Regina International Airport[21] Regina 1,005,270 8.3% No
14 Greater Moncton International Airport[22] Moncton 573,688 13.0% No
15 John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport[23] Hamilton 545,800 -11.6% No
16 Abbotsford International Airport[24] Abbotsford 503,693 0.3% No
17 London International Airport[25] London 449,745 -1.0% No
18 St. John's International Airport St. John's n/a n/a No
19 Thunder Bay International Airport Thunder Bay n/a n/a No
20 Fort McMurray Airport Fort McMurray n/a n/a No

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

Rank Airport[2] Location Movements Annual
change
1 Toronto Pearson International Airport Toronto 429,262 1.1%
2 Vancouver International Airport Vancouver 337,802 3.6%
3 Calgary International Airport Calgary 246,370 -0.9%
4 Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport Montreal 225,219 1.1%
5 Boundary Bay Airport Delta 199,644 3.2%
6 Montréal/Saint-Hubert Airport Montreal 188,369 25.7%
7 Victoria International Airport Victoria 174,167 3.8%
8 Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport Ottawa 170,042 2.6%
9 Calgary/Springbank Airport Calgary 167,105 -7.7%
10 London International Airport London 164,667 71.1%
11 Toronto/Buttonville Municipal Airport Markham 163,994 -2.5%
12 Abbotsford International Airport Abbotsford 156,883 -10.6%
13 Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport Winnipeg 142,810 -5.5%
14 Edmonton International Airport Edmonton 133,245 1.9%
15 Greater Moncton International Airport Moncton 131,858 5.1%
16 Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport Quebec City 125,512 5.1%
17 Pitt Meadows Airport Pitt Meadows 120,098 11.2%
18 Region of Waterloo International Airport Waterloo 106,052 1.7%
19 Saskatoon/John G. Diefenbaker International Airport Saskatoon 105,620 6.4%
20 Winnipeg/St. Andrews Airport St. Andrews 104,244 -6.0%

2007

Canada's 20 busiest airports by passenger traffic

Rank Airport[1] Location Total
Passengers		 Rank
(2006)		 Annual
change		 Rank
(2002)		 5 year
change
1 Toronto Pearson International Airport Toronto 29,673,319 1 0.0% 1 22.3%
2 Vancouver International Airport Vancouver 16,951,591 2 4.3% 2 23.8%
3 Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport[11] Montreal 12,817,882 3 12.0% 3 62.2%
4 Calgary International Airport Calgary 11,884,221 4 6.2% 4 59.6%
5 Edmonton International Airport Edmonton 5,817,558 5 9.7% 5 64.6%
6 Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport Ottawa 3,962,579 6 7.4% 6 30.7%
7 Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport Winnipeg 3,554,969 7 -0.6% 8 42.4%
8 Halifax Stanfield International Airport Halifax 3,346,526 8 0.5% 7 30.4%
9 Victoria International Airport Victoria 1,438,707 9 7.1% 9 41.1%
10 Kelowna International Airport Kelowna 1,327,252 10 4.7% 11 68.7%
11 St. John's International Airport St. John's 1,163,778 11 0.6% 12 49.6%
12 Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport Saskatoon 1,012,221 12 0.9% 14 48.2%
13 Regina International Airport Regina 928,391 13 4.3% 15 39.5%
14 Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport Quebec City 899,612 14 12.1% 16 47.3%
15 Thunder Bay International Airport Thunder Bay 626,351 15 1.4% 17 9.6%
16 John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport Hamilton 617,661 16 3.1% 13 -10.2%
17 Fort McMurray Airport Fort McMurray 558,770 19 32.6% 23 185.3%
18 Greater Moncton International Airport Moncton 507,810 17 -4.8% 18 58.0%
19 Abbotsford International Airport Abbotsford 502,197 18 0.8% 22 80.1%
20 London International Airport London 454,490 20 13.5% 20 52.6%

Canada's 10 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

Canada's 20 busiest airports by freight

Rank Airport[26] Location Total
(tonnes)		 Rank
(2006)		 Annual
change		 Rank
(2002)		 5 year
change
1 Toronto Pearson International Airport Toronto 445,330.5 1 16.3% 1 44.4%
2 Vancouver International Airport Vancouver 228,815.9 2 30.0% 2 32.7%
3 Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport Montreal 107,841.7 3 35.9% 3 22.7%
4 Calgary International Airport Calgary 91,267.9 5 24.7% 4 92.0%
5 John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport Hamilton 82,956.4 7 25.9% 6 256.2%
6 Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport Winnipeg 66,514.3 4 -14.5% 8 593.2%
7 Montréal-Mirabel International Airport Montreal 64,272.5 6 -9.0% 5 68.4%
8 Halifax Stanfield International Airport Halifax 26,606.4 8 -12.2% 7 82.4%
9 Edmonton International Airport Edmonton 20,109.8 10 28.5% 10 368.0%
10 Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport Ottawa 16,553.2 9 -19.4% 9 107.7%
11 St. John's International Airport St. John's 9,230.7 11 4.1% 11 236.3%
12 Victoria International Airport Victoria 5,216.9 n/a n/a 20 1,380.8%
13 Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport Saskatoon 4,305.1 12 -18.8% 13 717.8%
14 Thunder Bay International Airport Thunder Bay 2,371.9 15 -6.9% 22 760.6%
15 Kelowna International Airport Kelowna 2,087.0 n/a n/a 25 987.0%
16 Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport Quebec City 1,506.6 13 -53.5% 17 265.5%
17 Windsor Airport Windsor 1,345.3 18 342.6% 18 231.5%
18 Gander International Airport Gander 1,128.9 14 -56.1% 23 339.6%
19 Prince George Airport Prince George 1,109.6 n/a n/a 26 485.9%
20 Fort McMurray Airport Fort McMurray 292.0 15 -15.9% 37 207.7%

Canada's 20 busiest airports by aircraft movements

Rank Airport[3] Location Movements Rank
(2006)		 Annual
change		 Rank
(2002)		 5 year
change
1 Toronto Pearson International Airport Toronto 424,699 1 1.8% 1 10.5%
2 Vancouver International Airport Vancouver 326,026 2 1.1% 2 9.9%
3 Calgary International Airport Calgary 248,548 3 2.4% 3 11.4%
4 Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport Montreal 222,871 4 4.4% 4 15.9%
5 Boundary Bay Airport Delta 193,440 5 4.1% 5 2.6%
6 Calgary/Springbank Airport Calgary 181,060 7 21.3% 12 29.1%
7 Abbotsford International Airport Abbotsford 175,405 6 9.8% 9 11.4%
8 Toronto/Buttonville Municipal Airport Markham 168,258 8 14.6% 11 9.9%
9 Victoria International Airport Victoria 167,771 10 15.5% 8 2.1%
10 Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport Ottawa 165,768 9 14.0% 7 0.0%
11 Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport Winnipeg 151,065 11 5.5% 10 -2.7%
12 Montréal/Saint-Hubert Airport Montreal 149,910 12 7.9% 6 -11.9%
13 Edmonton International Airport Edmonton 130,704 13 4.6% 17 21.9%
14 Greater Moncton International Airport Moncton 125,414 23 61.0% 30 71.2%
15 Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport Quebec City 119,441 14 9.5% 14 -11.9%
16 Winnipeg/St. Andrews Airport St. Andrews 110,843 18 15.4% 21 20.0%
17 Pitt Meadows Airport Pitt Meadows 108,040 17 10.9% 27 39.3%
18 Region of Waterloo International Airport Waterloo 104,242 16 4.1% 13 -23.8%
19 Saskatoon/John G. Diefenbaker International Airport Saskatoon 99,226 20 13.9% 22 11.8%
20 London International Airport London 96,227 19 3.3% 15 -22.1%

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Passengers enplaned and deplaned on selected services — Top 50 airports by sector (2007)
  2. ^ a b c d Total aircraft movements by class of operation — NAV CANADA towers (2008)
  3. ^ a b c - Aircraft Movement Statistics: NAV CANADA Towers and Flight Service Stations: Annual Report (2007)
  4. ^ a b Total aircraft movements by class of operation — NAV CANADA flight service stations (2008)
  5. ^ NAV CANADA - Facility Map Date accessed: 26 February 2008
  6. ^ Sudbury, Ontario Change in Level of Service
  7. ^ Montreal International (Mirabel), QC Change in Airport Traffic Services
  8. ^ Aeronautical Study "Review of Airport Traffic Services and Weather Observations Fort Mcmurray, AB" Executive Summary
  9. ^ a b 2008 Toronto Pearson Passenger Statistics
  10. ^ a b 2008 Vancouver Passenger Statistics
  11. ^ a b c 2008 Aeroport de Montreal Passenger Statistics
  12. ^ a b 2008 Calgary Passenger Statistics
  13. ^ a b 2008 Edmonton Passenger Statistics
  14. ^ 2008 Ottawa Passenger Statistics
  15. ^ 2008 Halifax Passenger Statistics
  16. ^ 2008 Winnipeg Passenger Statistics
  17. ^ 2008 Victoria Passenger Statistics
  18. ^ 2008 Kelowna Passenger Statistics
  19. ^ 2008 Saskatoon Passenger Statistics
  20. ^ 2008 Québec City Passenger Statistics
  21. ^ CEO speaks to future developments
  22. ^ 2008 Moncton Passenger Statistics
  23. ^ 2008 Annual report
  24. ^ 2008 Abbotsford Passenger Statistics
  25. ^ 2008 London Passenger Statistics
  26. ^ Tonnes of cargo loaded and unloaded on major scheduled services and major charter services — Top 50 airports (2007)

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