The Relationship between Airport Infrastructure and Flight Arrivals in Remote Northern Canadian Communities
Much of Canada’s northern population resides in communities that are inaccessible by road for a substantial portion of the year. Residents of these “fly-in” communities rely on aircraft to provide a wide range of social, economic, and transportation services. However, for numerous reasons, including...
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crarcticinstna:10.14430/arctic4663 2024-06-09T07:42:05+00:00 The Relationship between Airport Infrastructure and Flight Arrivals in Remote Northern Canadian Communities Widener, Michael J. Saxe, Shoshanna Galloway, Tracey 2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.14430/arctic4663 http://arctic.journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/arctic/index.php/arctic/article/viewFile/4663/4860 unknown The Arctic Institute of North America http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ARCTIC volume 70, issue 3, page 249 ISSN 1923-1245 0004-0843 journal-article 2017 crarcticinstna https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic4663 2024-05-14T12:53:42Z Much of Canada’s northern population resides in communities that are inaccessible by road for a substantial portion of the year. Residents of these “fly-in” communities rely on aircraft to provide a wide range of social, economic, and transportation services. However, for numerous reasons, including the often extreme environmental conditions in the circumpolar regions of Canada, a substantial number of flights to these communities are cancelled or diverted. Using a dataset from two airlines that serve the western portion of this region with information about schedules, delays, and cancellations of more than 18 500 flights, we examined the links between airport infrastructure, flight arrival reliability, and a variety of socioeconomic variables in 23 northern communities. Results show that runway length has a significant impact on the reliability of flight arrival, but also that the reliability of flights may not affect the cost of food in the communities included in our analysis. These findings provide evidence that lengthening runways could improve air service in the Canadian North. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Institute of North America Canada ARCTIC 70 3 249 |
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Much of Canada’s northern population resides in communities that are inaccessible by road for a substantial portion of the year. Residents of these “fly-in” communities rely on aircraft to provide a wide range of social, economic, and transportation services. However, for numerous reasons, including the often extreme environmental conditions in the circumpolar regions of Canada, a substantial number of flights to these communities are cancelled or diverted. Using a dataset from two airlines that serve the western portion of this region with information about schedules, delays, and cancellations of more than 18 500 flights, we examined the links between airport infrastructure, flight arrival reliability, and a variety of socioeconomic variables in 23 northern communities. Results show that runway length has a significant impact on the reliability of flight arrival, but also that the reliability of flights may not affect the cost of food in the communities included in our analysis. These findings provide evidence that lengthening runways could improve air service in the Canadian North. |
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The Relationship between Airport Infrastructure and Flight Arrivals in Remote Northern Canadian Communities |
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The Relationship between Airport Infrastructure and Flight Arrivals in Remote Northern Canadian Communities |
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The Relationship between Airport Infrastructure and Flight Arrivals in Remote Northern Canadian Communities |
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relationship between airport infrastructure and flight arrivals in remote northern canadian communities |
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