National Airports System

In Canada, the National Airport System (French: Réseau national d’aéroports, NAS) is a group of major airports defined in the National Airports Policy published in 1994. It was intended to include all airports with an annual traffic of 200,000 passengers or more, as well as airports serving the national, provincial and territorial capitals.[1]

All airports in the NAS, with the exception of the three territorial capitals, are owned by Transport Canada and leased to the local authorities operating them.[2] The three territorial airports are owned and, with the exception of Iqaluit Airport, are operated by their respective territorial governments.[3][a] Iqaluit is operated by Nunavut Airport Services Limited (NASL), a subsidiary of WASCO (Winnipeg Airport Services Corporation), which in turn is a subsidiary of Winnipeg Airports Authority.[4]

Due to very close proximity to Canada's east coast, the airports on the islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon (an overseas collectivity of France) cooperate with Canada on air travel via several major Canadian airports.[5]

NAS airports

The following list contains the 26 NAS airports effective 13 May 2024, the location, operator, and their passenger numbers for 2023 (except where noted):[2]

Province/territory Airport City Operator Passengers (2023)
Alberta Calgary International Calgary Calgary Airport Authority 18,490,283[6]
Edmonton International Edmonton Edmonton Regional Airports Authority 7,499,163[7]
British Columbia Kelowna International Kelowna City of Kelowna 2,032,624[8]
Prince George Prince George Prince George Airport Authority 417,848[9]
Vancouver International Vancouver Vancouver International Airport Authority 24,938,184[10]
Victoria International Victoria Victoria Airport Authority 1,740,107[11]
Manitoba Winnipeg International Winnipeg Winnipeg Airports Authority 4,094,793[12]
New Brunswick Fredericton International Fredericton Fredericton International Airport Authority 333,813[13]
Greater Moncton International Greater Moncton Greater Moncton International Airport Authority 600,121[14]
Saint John Saint John Saint John Airport Inc 175,100[15]
Newfoundland and Labrador Gander International Gander Gander International Airport Authority 109,678[16]
St. John's International St. John's St. John’s International Airport Authority 1,260,000[17]
Northwest Territories Yellowknife Yellowknife Government of the Northwest Territories 392,130 (2015)[18]
Nova Scotia Halifax International Halifax Halifax International Airport Authority 3,579,293[19]
Nunavut Iqaluit Iqaluit Nunavut Airport Services Limited[a] 156,633 (2015)[18]
Ontario London International London Greater London International Airports Authority 332,447[20]
Ottawa International Ottawa Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport Authority 4,095,914[21]
Thunder Bay International Thunder Bay Thunder Bay International Airports 714,070[22]
Toronto International Toronto Greater Toronto Airports Authority 44,800,000[23]
Prince Edward Island Charlottetown Charlottetown Charlottetown Airport Authority 402,686[24]
Quebec Montréal–Trudeau International Montreal Aéroports de Montréal 21,173,941[25]
Montréal–Mirabel International Montreal Aéroports de Montréal 0
Québec City International Quebec City Aéroport de Québec 1,688,736[26]
Saskatchewan Regina International Regina Regina Airport Authority 981,845[27]
Saskatoon International Saskatoon Saskatoon Airport Authority 1,277,863[28]
Yukon Whitehorse International Whitehorse Government of Yukon 286,407 (2015)[18]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Transport Canada indicates that Iqaluit is operated by the Government of Nunavut.[2] The Canada Flight Supplement, published by Nav Canada, and WASCO say that it is operated by Nunavut Airport Services Limited.[3][4]

References

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  3. ^ a b Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Iqaluit International Airport". Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  5. ^ Toolkit, Web Experience (6 May 2005). "Decision No. 275-A-2005". otc-cta.gc.ca.
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  11. ^ "Victoria International Airport Passenger Statistics" (PDF). victoriaairport.com. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  12. ^ "Passengers (Enplaned + Deplaned), Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport" (PDF). Winnipeg Airports Authority. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
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  14. ^ "Passenger numbers up, flights added at two largest airports in Maritimes". ctvnews.ca. 8 February 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
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  16. ^ "Gander International 2023 Annual Report" (PDF). p. 11. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  17. ^ "SJIAA-2023-Annual-Report" (PDF). p. 4. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  18. ^ a b c "Passengers enplaned and deplaned on selected services — Top 50 airports". 26 July 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
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  20. ^ "London International Airport 2023 Annual Report" (PDF). p. 1. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  21. ^ "YOW Passenger Volume". Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport Authority. 26 October 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  22. ^ "Thunder Bay International Airport 2023 Annual Report" (PDF). p. 4. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  23. ^ "GTAA reports 2023 annual results". newswire.ca. 28 March 2024. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  24. ^ "YYG Charlottetown Airport Reports Record Year For Passenger Travel". canadianaviationnews.ca. 17 January 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
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  26. ^ "YQB presents its 2023 results - YQB Plans for the Next Five Years Building on Solid Foundations". newswire.ca. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  27. ^ "Regina International Airport Authority Annual Report 2023" (PDF). p. 28. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  28. ^ "Annual Passenger Traffic". skyxe.ca. Retrieved 23 January 2024.