National Airports System of Canada

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The National Airports System of Canada is a federally designated network of major Canadian airports that are considered essential to the country’s air transportation infrastructure and economy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf airport network
transportation infrastructure program
administeredBy Canadian federal government (Ottawa)
surface form: Government of Canada
alsoKnownAs National Airports System of Canada
surface form: National Airports System
componentOf Canadian transportation system
country Canada
criteriaForInclusion capital city status
passenger traffic volume
designationType federally designated network
geographicCoverage Canada-wide
hasLanguage English
French
importance essential to national air transport
essential to national economy
includes airports in national capital region
airports in provincial capitals
airports in territorial capitals
airports with annual traffic above a federal threshold
includesTypeOfFacility public use airports
legalStatus federal policy framework
overseenBy Transport Canada
ownershipModel mix of federally owned and locally operated airports
policyArea aviation policy
transportation infrastructure planning
purpose support Canada’s air transportation infrastructure
support Canada’s economy
regulator Transport Canada
relatedConcept National Airports Policy (Canada)
scope major Canadian airports
sector civil aviation
shortName NAS

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Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport isPartOf National Airports System of Canada
Victoria International Airport classification National Airports System of Canada
this entity surface form: National Airports System member
CYOW isPartOfAviationSystem National Airports System of Canada
this entity surface form: Canadian National Airports System
National Airports System of Canada alsoKnownAs National Airports System of Canada
this entity surface form: National Airports System
Calgary International Airport partOf National Airports System of Canada
Timmins Victor M. Power Airport isInTransportNetwork National Airports System of Canada
this entity surface form: Canadian National Airports System
Gander International Airport partOf National Airports System of Canada
this entity surface form: Canadian National Airports System