NAV CANADA
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| NAV CANADA | |
| Type | Not for profit |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1996 |
| Headquarters | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Industry | Civil Air Navigation |
| Products | Civil Air Navigation |
| Employees | Over 5,000 |
| Website | NAV CANADA |
NAV CANADA is a privately owned corporation that owns Canada's civil air navigation service and employs approximately 2,000 air traffic controllers, 800 flight service specialists and 700 Technologists. It has been responsible for the safe, orderly and expeditious flow of air traffic in Canadian airspace since receiving this duty from Transport Canada in 1996. NAV CANADA remains a non share capital, not for profit, organisation even though it operates independently of government funding. It is based in Ottawa, Ontario
NAV CANADA's operations consist of various sites across the country. These include:
- About 1,400 ground-based navigation aids
- 60[1] Flight Service Stations
- 7[2] Flight Information Centres, one each in Kamloops, Edmonton, Winnipeg, London, Quebec City, Halifax and North Bay
- 42[3] Control Towers
- 45[1] or 46[4] radar sites
- 7[3] Area Control Centres, one each in Vancouver (CZVR), Edmonton (CZEG), Winnipeg (CZWG), Toronto (CZYZ), Montreal (CZUL), Moncton (CZQM), and Gander (CZQX)
- 1 National Operations Centre in Ottawa
[edit] Sources
- ^ a b NAV CANADA - Backgrounder
- ^ Canada Flight Supplement
- ^ a b NAV CANADA - About
- ^ NAV CANADA - Radar coverage map (PDF)
