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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]
Pearson is the largest and busiest airport in Canada, handling 44.8 million passengers in 2023. [9] [10] As of 2019, it was the second-busiest international air passenger gateway in North America and the 24th-busiest airport in the world by passenger traffic. [9] Toronto Pearson is the primary hub for Air Canada. [11]
As defined by Transport Canada, an international airport: . means any airport designated by the Contracting State, in whose territory it is situated, as an airport of entry and departure for international commercial air traffic, where the formalities incident to customs, immigration, public health, animal and plant quarantine and similar procedures are carried out.
The definition of world's busiest airport has been specified by the Airports Council International in Montreal, Canada. [1] The ACI defines and measures the following three types of airport traffic: Passenger traffic: total passengers embarked and disembarked, passengers in transit counted once [ 2 ]
It is the seventh busiest airport in Canada by passenger traffic, serving 4,094,793 passengers in 2023, [6] and the 11th busiest airport in Canada by aircraft movements. [4] Winnipeg International Airport is a hub for Calm Air , Perimeter Airlines , and cargo airline Cargojet , also serving as a focus city for WestJet and an operating base for ...
The 10th busiest airport in the world in 2024 was Chicago O'Hare International Airport, which increased its airline capacity by 8% compared to 2023, but was still down 7% compared to 2019, when it ...
Pitt Meadows Regional Airport (ICAO: CYPK) is a Canadian general aviation airport located in the southwest corner of Pitt Meadows, British Columbia. In 2022, the airport had 127,284 aircraft movements, making it the 3rd busiest airport in British Columbia and the 9th busiest airport in Canada .
Alternatively, London has the world's busiest city airport system by passenger count. As of 2023, the United States has the most airports in the top 50 list, with 16, including five of the top 10. Four other countries have at least two airports in the top 50: China has 10, while India, Spain, and the United Kingdom each have two. [4]