REMOTE CANADIAN AIRPORT EXPERIENCE SHARP TRAFFIC SWINGS
January 1st, 2013
SHIFTS in mine developments in the far north of Canada has led to some sharp swings in traffic to remote airports without air traffic control. Data from Statistics Canada, the national statistical agency has shown that for August 2012, the number of take-offs and landings for 132 Canadian airports without air traffic control towers reached 70,236 movements: Peterborough, Ontario (3,862 flights) and Goose Bay, Newfoundland & Labrador (3,486) were the most active. Of the 128 airports offering year-on-year comparative data, 64 reported decreases, the rest ...
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