NAV CANADA

NAV CANADA is the air navigation service provider for Canada, based in Ottawa. It was founded in 1996 and describes itself as a not-for-profit corporation. The company says Canada was the first country in the world to privatise its civil air navigation system.

Services

• Air traffic control
• Airport advisory services
• Weather, NOTAM and flight plan briefings through its flight information centres
• Aeronautical information, publications and charts
• Development of air navigation technology
• Drone flight authorisation and a land use programme that reviews construction near navigation aids

Airspace and facilities

The company manages 18 million square kilometres of Canadian civil airspace and the North Atlantic oceanic airspace, according to its website. Its network includes area control centres, air traffic control towers, flight service stations, maintenance centres, flight information centres and navigation aids, across about 100 staffed sites.

Customers and size

NAV CANADA says it employs about 5,000 people and serves about 50,000 customers. These include airlines, business aviation and air cargo operators, air charter and air taxi companies, helicopter operators and general aviation pilots.