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. 2019 Mar 14:263–289. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-14745-7_15

Table 2.

Area (km2) and population for airport catchment areas as defined by different market area delineation methods

Airport code Circular buffers
200 km 300 km
Area Population Area Population
YYZ 68,716 10,414,146 118,971 11,054,816
YOW 40,899 1,752,100 69,416 2,441,445
YQT 61,441 135,615 139,409 166,984
YXU 48,540 9,945,855 70,582 10,885,048
YQG 16,654 1,298,391 38,038 3,998,808
YHM 56,291 10,295,559 93,135 11,183,121
YSB 92,110 414,373 180,120 1,467,060
YTS 112,561 125,490 218,602 397,199
Airport code Drive-time buffers Thiessen polygons
2 h 3 h
Area Population Area Population Area Population
YYZ 39,248 9,663,296 72,801 10,573,212 40,378 7,366,464
YOW 20,304 1,415,375 34,790 1,669,496 40,487 1,707,563
YQT 10,962 112,798 21,605 116,650 497,319 227,353
YXU 33,978 5,818,639 49,786 10,210,489 19,072 982,067
YQG 9116 905,679 20,492 1,999,344 5161 549,935
YHM 32,642 9,309,201 59,500 10,385,373 8072 2,050,521
YSB 7805 118,815 24,820 234,147 80,232 452,685
YTS 12,394 39,614 29,551 82,002 293,508 111,906
Airport code Huff model
Flights Passengers, domestic sector Passengers, intl. sector
Area Population Area Population Area Population
YYZ 961,118 10,285,369 968,352 10,812,078 981,143 12,146,910
YOW 35,000 1,366,554 44,206 1,397,449 17,137 1,032,229
YQT 143,910 162,333 N/A N/A N/A N/A
YXU 6457 394,297 7638 410,131 867 91,049
YQG 2046 349,831 N/A N/A N/A N/A
YHM 1152 123,331 1183 180,212 N/A N/A
YSB 12,628 146,714 N/A N/A 0 0
YTS 9642 55,226 8945 49,541 0 0