NAV CANADA
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| NAV CANADA | |
| Type | Not for profit |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1996 |
| Headquarters | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
<tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Industry</th><td>Civil Air Navigation</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Products</th><td>Civil Air Navigation</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Employees</th><td>Over 2,0000</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Website</th><td>NAV CANADA</td></tr> |
NAV CANADA is a privately owned corporation that owns Canada's civil air navigation service and employs over 2,000 air traffic controllers. It has been responsible for the safe, orderly and expeditious flow of air traffic in Canadian airspace since receiving this duty from Transport Canada in 1996. Nav Canada remains a capital, not for profit, organisation even though it operates independently of government funding. It is based in Ottawa, Ontario
NAV CANADA's operations consist of various sites across the country. These include:
- About 1,400 ground-based navigation aids
- 61<ref name="background">NAV CANADA - Backgrounder</ref> Flight Service Stations
- 7<ref name="CFS">Canada Flight Supplement</ref> Flight Information Centres, one each in Kamloops, Edmonton, Winnipeg, London, Quebec City, Halifax and North Bay
- 42<ref name="about">NAV CANADA - About</ref> Control Towers
- 45<ref name="background" /> or 46<ref name="radar">NAV CANADA - Radar coverage map (PDF)</ref> radar sites
- 7<ref name="about" /> Area Control Centres, one each in Vancouver (CZVR), Edmonton (CZEG), Winnipeg (CZWG), Toronto (CZYZ), Montreal (CZUL), Moncton (CZQM), and Gander (CZQX)
- 1 National Operations Centre in Ottawa
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