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Operations of civil aircraft in Canada, 1915
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| Canadian carriers | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scheduled | Non-scheduled | Non-commercial | Foreign international | Total | |
| number | |||||
| Aircraft miles flown | |||||
| Revenue transportation | 16,331,297 | 938,341 | - | 1,349,332 | 18,618,970 |
| Non-revenue transportation | 1,274,432 | 38,010 | 148,990 | 7,030 | 1,468,462 |
| Total | 17,605,729 | 976,351 | 148,990 | 1,356,362 | 20,087,432 |
| Passengers carried | |||||
| Revenue | 330,744 | 18,716 | - | 141,349 | 490,809 |
| Between foreign stations | - | - | 3,673 | 16,711 | 16,711 |
| Non-revenue | 10,306 | 655 | 3,253 | 17,887 | |
| Total | 341,050 | 19,371 | 3,673 | 161,313 | 525,407 |
| Passenger miles | |||||
| Revenue | 130,912,167 | 866,789 | - | 21,725,877 | 153,504,833 |
| Non-revenue | 4,316,004 | 73,770 | 199,916 | 1,068,922 | 5,658,612 |
| Total | 135,228,171 | 940,559 | 199,916 | 22,794,799 | 159,163,445 |
| Freight ton miles | |||||
| Revenue | 1,198,637 | 36,936 | - | 101,572 | 1,337,145 |
| Non-revenue | 243,728 | 622 | 11,982 | 56,740 | 313,072 |
| Total | 1,442,365 | 37,558 | 11,982 | 158,312 | 1,650,217 |
| Mail ton miles | 1,789,282 | 1,968 | - | 305,039 | 2,096,289 |
| Hours flown by aircraft | |||||
| Transportation revenue | 110,211 | 6,313 | - | 9,045 | 125,569 |
| Transportation non-revenue | 10,512 | 343 | 1,478 | 58 | 12,391 |
| Patrols, surveys, etc. | 375 | 7,326 | 6,824 | 85 | 14,610 |
| Total | 121,098 | 13,982 | 8,302 | 9,188 | 152,570 |
| Hours flown by crew | 293,649 | 10,344 | 8,386 | 56,769 | 369,148 |
| Hours flown by passengers | 860,482 | 11,794 | 1,730 | 173,979 | 1,047,985 |
| lb. | |||||
| Freight carried | |||||
| Revenue | 10,800,763 | 1,164,581 | - | 649,775 | 12,615,119 |
| Between foreign stations | - | - | - | 399,639 | 399,639 |
| Non-revenue | 840,199 | 15,695 | 429,765 | 161,983 | 1,447,642 |
| Total | 11,640,962 | 1,180,236 | 429,765 | 1,211,397 | 14,462,400 |
| Mail carried | 5,114,453 | 81,149 | - | 1,223,342 | 6,418,944 |
| thousands | |||||
| Horse power hours flown | 153,780 | - | 30,004 | 32,504 | 216,288 |
| gallons | |||||
| Gasoline consumption | 6,869,665 | 163,622 | 163,669 | 658,111 | 7,855,067 |
| Lubricating oil consumption | 112,771 | 4,253 | 4,063 | 876 | 121,963 |
| Note: The basis of presentation of these statistics differs from that of previous years. | |||||
| Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1947. | |||||
