The federal government is reporting continuing improvement in operations at Canada's largest airports.
For the week of August 22-28, 2022, 97.5% of flights planned for Canada's top four airports were completed (i.e., not cancelled), an improvement from 95% for the first week of July.
For the same week, over 86% of flights from the top four airports left on time, or within one hour of their scheduled departure. That's not ideal - in August 2019 pre-pandemic, 95% of flights were on time, or within an hour of scheduled departure.
But it's a lot better than the situation during the first week of July, when over one in four flights was delayed.
The number of arriving international flights being held on the tarmac at Toronto-Pearson International Airport has decreased dramatically since May. For the week of August 22-28, 2022, 5%, or 109 international flight arrivals, were held on the tarmac, as compared to the peak of 373 during the first week of May.
From August 22-28, 2022, 87% of passengers at the four largest airports were screened within 15 minutes by CATSA, an improvement from 79% during the first week of July 2022.
-- Toronto-Pearson International Airport: 87% (98% in 2019)
-- Vancouver International Airport: 82% (approaching pre-pandemic levels of 88% in 2019)
-- Montréal-Trudeau International Airport: 93% (above pre-pandemic levels of 88% in 2019)
-- Calgary International Airport: 87% (same as pre-pandemic levels in 2019)
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