Aircraft departures in China in 2023 — 4,909,131 departures. Ranked 2 in the world out of 150. Since 1974, the indicator has risen by 23,056.3%.
1974–2023 · departures
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: China
| Year | departures | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.91M | +2.4M | +95.35% |
| 2022 | 2.51M | −1.39M | −35.67% |
| 2021 | 3.91M | +238,466 | +6.5% |
| 2020 | 3.67M | −1.3M | −26.11% |
| 2019 | 4.96M | +271,744 | +5.79% |
| 2018 | 4.69M | +332,975 | +7.64% |
| 2017 | 4.36M | +406,935 | +10.3% |
| 2016 | 3.95M | +336,072 | +9.29% |
| 2015 | 3.62M | +259,270 | +7.72% |
| 2014 | 3.36M | +283,306 | +9.22% |
| 2013 | 3.07M | +293,709 | +10.57% |
| 2012 | 2.78M | +241,074 | +9.5% |
| 2011 | 2.54M | +160,878 | +6.77% |
| 2010 | 2.38M | +237,665 | +11.11% |
| 2009 | 2.14M | +287,036 | +15.49% |
| 2008 | 1.85M | +99,538 | +5.68% |
| 2007 | 1.75M | +210,986 | +13.68% |
| 2006 | 1.54M | +193,295 | +14.33% |
| 2005 | 1.35M | +139,369 | +11.52% |
| 2004 | 1.21M | +263,546 | +27.85% |
| 2003 | 946,354 | +14,290 | +1.53% |
| 2002 | 932,064 | +91,153 | +10.84% |
| 2001 | 840,911 | +267,990 | +46.78% |
| 2000 | 572,921 | +25,121 | +4.59% |
| 1999 | 547,800 | +37,300 | +7.31% |
| 1998 | 510,500 | +40,300 | +8.57% |
| 1997 | 470,200 | −22,800 | −4.62% |
| 1996 | 493,000 | +95,400 | +23.99% |
| 1995 | 397,600 | +71,700 | +22% |
| 1994 | 325,900 | +64,300 | +24.58% |
| 1993 | 261,600 | +61,300 | +30.6% |
| 1992 | 200,300 | +10,000 | +5.25% |
| 1991 | 190,300 | −5,700 | −2.91% |
| 1990 | 196,000 | +36,800 | +23.12% |
| 1989 | 159,200 | −17,700 | −10.01% |
| 1988 | 176,900 | +17,200 | +10.77% |
| 1987 | 159,700 | +31,800 | +24.86% |
| 1986 | 127,900 | +25,700 | +25.15% |
| 1985 | 102,200 | +9,700 | +10.49% |
| 1984 | 92,500 | +18,500 | +25% |
| 1983 | 74,000 | +4,200 | +6.02% |
| 1982 | 69,800 | +12,500 | +21.82% |
| 1981 | 57,300 | +6,300 | +12.35% |
| 1980 | 51,000 | −12,000 | −19.05% |
| 1979 | 63,000 | +29,000 | +85.29% |
| 1978 | 34,000 | +5,200 | +18.06% |
| 1977 | 28,800 | +1,100 | +3.97% |
| 1976 | 27,700 | +1,100 | +4.14% |
| 1975 | 26,600 | +5,400 | +25.47% |
| 1974 | 21,200 | — | — |
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The number of departures by the aircraft of national carriers on domestic and international flights over the year. Set against passenger traffic it gives the average load of a flight: passenger traffic growing while the number of departures holds steady means a shift to larger aircraft or better seat occupancy.
Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.
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