List of the busiest airports in Canada

The following is a list of the busiest airports in Canada. The airports are ranked by passenger traffic and aircraft movements. For each airport, the lists cite the city served by the airport as designated by Transport Canada, not necessarily the municipality where the airport is physically located.[1]

Contents

2010

Canada's 15 busiest airports by passenger traffic

Rank Airport Location Total
Passengers		 Ref. Annual
change
1 Toronto Pearson International Airport Toronto 31,842,413 [2] 4.9%
2 Vancouver International Airport Vancouver 16,779,709 [3] 3.7%
3 Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport Montreal 12,971,229 [4] 6.1%
4 Calgary International Airport Calgary 12,630,695 [5] 3.7%
5 Edmonton International Airport Edmonton 6,089,099 [6] 0.0%
6 Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport Ottawa 4,473,894 [7] 5.7%
7 Halifax Stanfield International Airport Halifax 3,508,153 [8] 2.6%
8 Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport Winnipeg 3,369,974 [9] -0.3%
9 Victoria International Airport Victoria 1,514,713 [10] -1.2%
10 Kelowna International Airport Kelowna 1,391,725 [11] 1.8%
11 St. John's International Airport St. John's 1,318,713 [12] 8.0%
12 Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport Saskatoon 1,215,923 [12] 5.1%
13 Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport Quebec City 1,190,088 [13] 15.0%
14 Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport Toronto 1,130,625 [14] 46.7%
15 Regina International Airport Regina 1,120,134 [15] 9.6%

Canada's 20 busiest airports by aircraft movements

Rank Airport Location Aircraft
Movements[16]		 Annual
change
1 Toronto Pearson International Airport Toronto 419,044 2.7%
2 Vancouver International Airport Vancouver 296,511 -5.9%
3 Calgary International Airport Calgary 234,239 0.5%
4 Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport Montreal 217,545 2.5%
5 Montréal/Saint-Hubert Airport Greater Montreal 185,729 -7.2%
6 Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport Ottawa 172,115 0.1%
7 Toronto/Buttonville Municipal Airport Toronto 161,455 4.2%
8 Boundary Bay Airport Greater Vancouver 144,321 -27.5%
9 Victoria International Airport Victoria 144,255 -15.5%
10 London International Airport London 141,195 -12.3%
11 Calgary/Springbank Airport Calgary 136,324 -5.3%
12 Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport Winnipeg 134,531 0.2%
13 Edmonton International Airport Edmonton 130,618 2.9%
14 Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport Quebec City 126,689 -1.7%
15 St. Andrews Airport Winnipeg 118,035 7.0%
16 Greater Moncton International Airport Moncton 116,851 -35.6%
17 Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport Toronto 113,685 6.5%
18 Pitt Meadows Airport Pitt Meadows 108,284 -15.8%
19 Abbotsford International Airport Abbotsford 102,128 -20.5%
20 Region of Waterloo International Airport Regional Municipality of Waterloo 99,129 3.8%

2009

Canada's 20 busiest airports by passenger traffic

Rank Airport Serves Total
passengers[17]A		 Annual
changeA		 Total
passengersB		 Annual
changeB
1 Toronto Pearson International Airport Toronto 28,937,765 -5.20% 30,368,399[2] -6.10%
2 Vancouver International Airport Vancouver 15,503,645 -9.40% 16,179,312[3] -9.40%
3 Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport Montreal 11,706,936 -3.80% 12,224,534[4] -4.60%
4 Calgary International Airport Calgary 11,255,833 -7.80% 12,175,011[5] -2.70%
5 Edmonton International Airport Edmonton 5,787,512 -7.10% 6,090,213[6] -5.40%
6 Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport Ottawa 4,089,624 -1.60% 4,232,831[7] -2.50%
7 Halifax Stanfield International Airport Halifax 3,318,498 -4.20% 3,417,164[8] -4.50%
8 Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport Winnipeg 3,305,085 -6.90% 3,379,440[9] -5.50%
9 Victoria International Airport Victoria 1,449,966 -3.40% 1,532,889[10] -0.40%
10 Kelowna International Airport Kelowna 1,280,197 -5.80% 1,367,631[11] -1.60%
11 St. John's International Airport St. John's 1,166,849 -1.50% 1,250,000[18]C 1.00%C
12 Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport Quebec City 1,154,012 4.90% 1,035,000[19] 1.20%[20]
13 Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport Saskatoon 1,115,397 0.40% 1,157,393[21] 2.00%
14 Regina International Airport Regina 997,310 0.70% 1,022,042[22] 1.70%
15 Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport Toronto n/a n/aE 770,000[23] n/a
16 Fort McMurray Airport Fort McMurray 654,226 -3.90% 710,000[24]D -2.70%D
17 Thunder Bay International Airport Thunder Bay 606,275 -3.00% 653,106[25] 1.20%
18 London International Airport London 501,835 8.60% 476,192[26] 5.90%
19 Greater Moncton International Airport Moncton 495,108 -9.90% 515,460[27] -10.10%
20 Prince George Airport Prince George 369,017 -10.00% 376,028[28] -9.90%

Notes

A.^ Statistics Canada figures.
B.^ Airport figures.
C.^ "...the number of travelers flying in and out of St. John’s increased by almost 1%." - Fraser Edison, Chair. "...the number of passengers using our Airport... approximately 1.25 million..." - Keith Collins, President & CEO.[18]
D.^ Estimated from graph.
E.^ Numbers are "suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act"[29]

Canada's 20 busiest airports by domestic, transborder and international passenger traffic

Rank Airport[30] Domestic % of total Transborder % of total International % of total
1 Toronto Pearson International Airport 12,389,986 42.8% 7,787,713 26.9% 8,760,066 30.3%
2 Vancouver International Airport 8,355,675 53.9% 3,761,878 24.3% 3,386,092 21.8%
3 Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport 4,560,297 39.0% 2,701,679 23.1% 4,444,960 38.0%
4 Calgary International Airport 7,834,979 69.6% 2,321,035 20.6% 1,099,819 9.8%
5 Edmonton International Airport 4,467,069 77.2% 982,985 17.0% 337,458 5.8%
6 Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport 3,029,746 74.1% 680,438 16.6% 379,440 9.3%
7 Halifax Stanfield International Airport 2,673,908 80.6% 342,213 10.3% 302,377 9.1%
8 Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport 2,730,880 82.6% 455,091 13.8% 119,114 3.6%
9 Victoria International Airport 1,190,674 82.1% 246,013 17.0% 13,279 0.9%
10 Kelowna International Airport 1,163,598 90.9% 97,536 7.6% 19,063 1.5%
11 St. John's International Airport 1,097,658 94.1% 35,291 3.0% 33,900 2.9%
12 Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport 681,566 59.1% 173,888 15.1% 298,558 25.9%
13 Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport 937,459 84.0% 132,970 11.9% 44,968 4.0%
14 Regina International Airport 853,217 85.6% 100,268 10.1% 43,825 4.4%
15 Fort McMurray Airport 654,112 100.0% 114 0.0% 0 0.0%
16 Thunder Bay International Airport 582,215 96.0% 20,007 3.3% 4,053 0.7%
17 London International Airport 434,220 86.5% 50,157 10.0% 17,458 3.5%
18 Greater Moncton International Airport 458,364 92.6% 23,985 4.8% 12,759 2.6%
19 Prince George Airport 364,350 98.7% 0 0.0% 4,667 1.3%
20 Vancouver Harbour Water Airport 338,714 99.6% 1,465 0.4% 0 0.0%

Canada's 20 busiest airports by aircraft movements

Rank Airport Serves Aircraft
movements[16][31]		 Annual
change
1 Toronto Pearson International Airport Toronto 407,724 -5.3%
2 Vancouver International Airport Vancouver 313,984 -7.6%
3 Calgary International Airport Calgary 233,145 -5.7%
4 Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport Montreal 212,124 -6.2%
5 Montréal/Saint-Hubert Airport Greater Montreal 199,037 5.4%
6 Boundary Bay Airport Greater Vancouver 184,052 -8.5%
7 Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport Ottawa 171,957 1.1%
8 Victoria International Airport Victoria 166,615 -4.5%
9 London International Airport London 158,606 -3.8%
10 Greater Moncton International Airport Moncton 158,456 16.8%
11 Toronto/Buttonville Municipal Airport Toronto 154,702 -6.0%
12 Calgary/Springbank Airport Calgary 143,523 -16.4%
13 Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport Winnipeg 134,242 -6.4%
14 Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport Quebec City 128,890 2.6%
15 Edmonton International Airport Edmonton 126,775 -5.1%
16 Pitt Meadows Airport Pitt Meadows 125,409 4.2%
17 Abbotsford International Airport Abbotsford 123,102 -27.4%
18 Winnipeg/St. Andrews Airport Winnipeg 109,756 5.0%
19 Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport Toronto 106,316 12.3%
20 Fredericton International Airport Fredericton 106,178 30.9%

Canada's 20 busiest airports by freight

Rank Airport[32] Serves Total
(tonnes)		 Annual
change
1 Toronto Pearson International Airport Toronto 290,636 -11.3%
2 Vancouver International Airport Vancouver 168,426 -3.9%
3 John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport Hamilton 73,840 -5.1%
4 Calgary International Airport Calgary 72,730 -3.5%
5 Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport Montreal 66,260 -13.9%
6 Montréal-Mirabel International Airport Montreal 59,644 -0.2%
7 Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport Winnipeg 53,476 -7.3%
8 Halifax Stanfield International Airport Halifax 26,703 28.0%
9 Greater Moncton International Airport Moncton 22,137 24.1%
10 Edmonton International Airport Edmonton 19,431 12.5%
11 St. John's International Airport St. John's 9,839 3.8%
12 Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport Ottawa 8,793 -27.8%
13 Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport Saskatoon 4,326 -12.5%
14 Regina International Airport Regina 4,167 -12.6%
15 Victoria International Airport Victoria 3,834 -9.4%
16 Kelowna International Airport Kelowna 2,184 -26.8%
17 Thunder Bay International Airport Thunder Bay 1,979 -10.4%
18 Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport Quebec City 1,774 42.4%
19 Windsor Airport Windsor 1,083 69.8%
20 Prince George Airport Prince George 846 -27.8%

2008

Canada's 20 busiest airports by passenger traffic

Rank Airport[33] Serves Total
passengers		 Annual
change
1 Toronto Pearson International Airport Toronto 30,127,431 1.2%
2 Vancouver International Airport Vancouver 17,057,968 0.2%
3 Calgary International Airport Calgary 12,173,977 2.0%
4 Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport Montreal 12,032,699 -2.3%
5 Edmonton International Airport Edmonton 6,230,876 6.8%
6 Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport Ottawa 4,146,628 4.6%
7 Halifax Stanfield International Airport Halifax 3,458,961 3.4%
8 Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport Winnipeg 3,452,307 -2.9%
9 Victoria International Airport Victoria 1,501,189 4.3%
10 Kelowna International Airport Kelowna 1,359,619 2.4%
11 St. John's International Airport St. John's 1,184,655 1.7%
12 Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport Saskatoon 1,102,924 9.0%
13 Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport Quebec City 1,099,915 21.5%
14 Regina International Airport Regina 991,108 6.8%
15 Fort McMurray Airport Fort McMurray 680,008 21.7%
16 Thunder Bay International Airport Thunder Bay 625,345 -0.2%
17 John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport Hamilton 549,998 -17.2%
18 Greater Moncton International Airport Moncton 549,315 8.2%
19 Abbotsford International Airport Abbotsford 498,359 -0.8%
20 London International Airport London 462,019 1.7%

Canada's 20 busiest airports by domestic, transborder and international passenger traffic

Rank Airport[34] Domestic % of total Transborder % of total International % of total
1 Toronto Pearson International Airport 13,571,755 45.0% 8,170,659 27.1% 8,385,017 27.8%
2 Vancouver International Airport 9,064,573 53.1% 4,331,341 25.4% 3,662,054 21.5%
3 Calgary International Airport 8,690,493 71.4% 2,439,027 20.0% 1,044,457 8.6%
4 Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport 5,025,654 41.8% 2,694,792 22.4% 4,312,253 35.8%
5 Edmonton International Airport 4,953,484 79.5% 928,885 14.9% 348,507 5.6%
6 Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport 3,134,108 75.6% 695,989 16.8% 316,531 7.6%
7 Halifax Stanfield International Airport 2,780,088 80.4% 371,620 10.7% 307,253 8.9%
8 Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport 2,870,089 83.1% 478,136 13.8% 104,082 3.0%
9 Victoria International Airport 1,261,613 84.0% 229,458 15.3% 10,118 0.7%
10 Kelowna International Airport 1,227,412 90.3% 118,153 8.7% 14,054 1.0%
11 St. John's International Airport 1,117,745 94.4% 36,758 3.1% 30,152 2.5%
12 Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport 975,200 88.4% 90,887 8.2% 36,837 3.3%
13 Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport 708,566 64.4% 152,279 13.8% 239,070 21.7%
14 Regina International Airport 879,014 88.7% 72,418 7.3% 39,676 4.0%
15 Fort McMurray Airport 680,008 100.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
16 Thunder Bay International Airport 600,547 96.0% 21,449 3.4% 3,349 0.5%
17 John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport 471,056 85.6% 24,297 4.4% 54,645 9.9%
18 Greater Moncton International Airport 507,088 92.3% 31,001 5.6% 11,226 2.0%
19 Abbotsford International Airport 495,467 99.4% 23 0.0% 2,869 0.6%
20 London International Airport 403,850 87.4% 45,132 9.8% 13,037 2.8%

Canada's 20 busiest airports by aircraft movements

Rank Airport Serves Aircraft
movements[16]		 Annual
change
1 Toronto Pearson International Airport Toronto 429,262 1.1%
2 Vancouver International Airport Vancouver 337,802 3.5%
3 Calgary International Airport Calgary 246,370 -0.9%
4 Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport Montreal 225,218 1.0%
5 Boundary Bay Airport Boundary Bay 199,644 3.1%
6 Montréal/Saint-Hubert Airport Greater Montreal 188,369 20.4%
7 Victoria International Airport Victoria 174,163 3.7%
8 Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport Ottawa 170,040 2.5%
9 Calgary/Springbank Airport Calgary 167,105 -55.9%
10 London International Airport London 164,667 41.6%
11 Toronto/Buttonville Municipal Airport Toronto 163,994 -2.6%
12 Abbotsford International Airport Abbotsford 156,883 -11.8%
13 Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport Winnipeg 142,810 -5.8%
14 Edmonton International Airport Edmonton 133,245 1.9%
15 Greater Moncton International Airport Moncton 131,858 4.9%
16 Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport Quebec City 125,512 4.8%
17 Pitt Meadows Airport Pitt Meadows 120,098 10.0%
18 Region of Waterloo International Airport Regional Municipality of Waterloo 106,052 1.7%
19 Saskatoon/John G. Diefenbaker International Airport Saskatoon 105,620 6.1%
20 Winnipeg/St. Andrews Airport Winnipeg 104,244 -6.3%

Canada's 20 busiest airports by freight

Rank Airport[35] Serves Total
(tonnes)		 Annual
change
1 Toronto Pearson International Airport Toronto 322,253.50 -7.7%
2 Vancouver International Airport Vancouver 173,991.20 -3.5%
3 John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport Hamilton 78,232.00 -5.7%
4 Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport Montreal 76,854.60 -2.6%
5 Calgary International Airport Calgary 74,436.80 -7.4%
6 Montréal-Mirabel International Airport Montreal 59,960.20 -2.1%
7 Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport Winnipeg 54,843.20 -15.4%
8 Halifax Stanfield International Airport Halifax 20,890.20 -6.9%
9 Greater Moncton International Airport Moncton 17,854.00 n/a
10 Edmonton International Airport Edmonton 17,303.60 -1.5%
11 Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport Ottawa 12,174.00 -16.1%
12 St. John's International Airport St. John's 9,477.60 12.5%
13 Regina International Airport Regina 4,765.60 n/a
14 Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport Saskatoon 4,703.50 13.6%
15 Victoria International Airport Victoria 4,232.10 -17.3%
16 Kelowna International Airport Kelowna 2,984.80 47.2%
17 Thunder Bay International Airport Thunder Bay 2,174.10 -2.9%
18 Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport Quebec City 1,245.20 -14.2%
19 Prince George Airport Prince George 1,172.80 14.9%
20 Kamloops Airport Kamloops 709.8 n/a

See also

References

  1. ^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 15 December 2011 to 0901Z 9 February 2012
  2. ^ a b Lester B. Pearson International Airport (Enplaned + Deplaned ) Passengers
  3. ^ a b YVR Passengers (Enplaned + Deplaned) 1992-2010
  4. ^ a b ENPLANED / DEPLANED PASSENGERS* (revenue and non-revenue)
  5. ^ a b Calgary International Airport Local E&D Passenger Statistics¹
  6. ^ a b Edmonton International Airport Enplaned and Deplaned Passengers 2010 Actual Compared to 2009 Actual
  7. ^ a b Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport Total Passenger Volume (2006-2010)
  8. ^ a b Airport Statistics Halifax
  9. ^ a b Passenger Statistics Winnipeg
  10. ^ a b YYJ Passengers (Enplaned + Deplaned) 2004 - 2010
  11. ^ a b Facts and Statistics Kelowna
  12. ^ a b ACI North America - 2010 Final rankings
  13. ^ Le Blogue
  14. ^ ACI - North American airports traffic (2010)
  15. ^ Regina airport sees record number of passengers in 2010
  16. ^ a b c Total aircraft movements by class of operation — NAV CANADA towers
  17. ^ Passengers enplaned and deplaned on selected services — Top 50 airports (2009)
  18. ^ a b Reaching New Heights 2009 Annual Report St. John's
  19. ^ Annual Report 2009 Passenger First Québec City
  20. ^ Passenger First Annual Report 2008 Québec City
  21. ^ Facts & Figures Saskatoon
  22. ^ The Sky’s the Limit It’s Your Airport Celebrating 10 Years of Success Regina
  23. ^ "Tunnel To Toronto City Airport To Go Ahead". Airwise. July 14, 2010. http://news.airwise.com/story/view/1279100382.html. 
  24. ^ Statistics
  25. ^ Annual Report 2009 Thunder Bay International Airports Authority
  26. ^ 2009 Annual Report London
  27. ^ GMIA Passenger Traffic
  28. ^ Prince George Airport Authority 2009 Annual Report & 2008 Annual Report
  29. ^ User information
  30. ^ Passengers enplaned and deplaned on selected services — Top 50 airports by sector (2009)
  31. ^ Total aircraft movements by class of operation — NAV CANADA flight service stations
  32. ^ Tonnes of cargo loaded and unloaded on major scheduled services and major charter services — Top 50 airports (2009)
  33. ^ Passengers enplaned and deplaned on selected services — Top 50 airports (2008)
  34. ^ Passengers enplaned and deplaned on selected services — Top 50 airports by sector (2008)
  35. ^ Tonnes of cargo loaded and unloaded on major scheduled services and major charter services — Top 50 airports (2008)
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