Aircraft departures — all countries

Aircraft departures — East Asia & Pacific

Aircraft departures in East Asia & Pacific in 2023 — 9,791,309 departures. Since 1974, the indicator has risen by 1,116.5%.

2023 9.79M departures +57.03% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 10.58M departures2019
Period minimum 804,900 departures1974

Trend over time

1974–2023 · departures

Aircraft departures — East Asia & Pacific, 1974–202305M10M15M197419791984198919941999200420092014201920231974: 804,900 departures1975: 823,000 departures1976: 853,800 departures1977: 1,094,900 departures1978: 1,147,700 departures1979: 1,222,500 departures1980: 1,232,000 departures1981: 1,250,500 departures1982: 1,262,800 departures1983: 1,289,200 departures1984: 1,393,400 departures1985: 1,440,800 departures1986: 1,518,900 departures1987: 1,618,700 departures1988: 1,744,300 departures1989: 1,745,100 departures1990: 1,819,300 departures1991: 1,996,000 departures1992: 2,142,700 departures1993: 2,236,200 departures1994: 2,467,300 departures1995: 2,644,000 departures1996: 2,898,700 departures1997: 2,976,700 departures1998: 3,010,400 departures1999: 2,784,900 departures2000: 2,884,999 departures2001: 3,230,312 departures2002: 3,472,124 departures2003: 3,421,353 departures2004: 3,681,701 departures2005: 3,879,996 departures2006: 4,174,539 departures2007: 4,441,653 departures2008: 4,597,611 departures2009: 4,885,072 departures2010: 6,334,924 departures2011: 6,627,355 departures2012: 6,896,898 departures2013: 7,391,410 departures2014: 8,025,736 departures2015: 8,575,632 departures2016: 9,231,486 departures2017: 9,792,842 departures2018: 10,258,517 departures2019: 10,575,048 departures2020: 6,395,637 departures2021: 6,315,893 departures2022: 6,235,427 departures2023: 9,791,309 departures
Change over the period: +8.99M (+1,116.46%) Average annual rate: 5.23 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: East Asia & Pacific

East Asia & Pacific 9.79M departures
World 34.76M departures
Aircraft departures — East Asia & Pacific, by year East Asia & Pacific All countries CSV XLSX
Year departures Change Change, %
2023 9.79M +3.56M +57.03%
2022 6.24M −80,467 −1.27%
2021 6.32M −79,744 −1.25%
2020 6.4M −4.18M −39.52%
2019 10.58M +316,531 +3.09%
2018 10.26M +465,675 +4.76%
2017 9.79M +561,356 +6.08%
2016 9.23M +655,854 +7.65%
2015 8.58M +549,896 +6.85%
2014 8.03M +634,326 +8.58%
2013 7.39M +494,512 +7.17%
2012 6.9M +269,543 +4.07%
2011 6.63M +292,431 +4.62%
2010 6.33M +1.45M +29.68%
2009 4.89M +287,461 +6.25%
2008 4.6M +155,958 +3.51%
2007 4.44M +267,114 +6.4%
2006 4.17M +294,543 +7.59%
2005 3.88M +198,295 +5.39%
2004 3.68M +260,348 +7.61%
2003 3.42M −50,771 −1.46%
2002 3.47M +241,812 +7.49%
2001 3.23M +345,313 +11.97%
2000 2.88M +100,099 +3.59%
1999 2.78M −225,500 −7.49%
1998 3.01M +33,700 +1.13%
1997 2.98M +78,000 +2.69%
1996 2.9M +254,700 +9.63%
1995 2.64M +176,700 +7.16%
1994 2.47M +231,100 +10.33%
1993 2.24M +93,500 +4.36%
1992 2.14M +146,700 +7.35%
1991 2M +176,700 +9.71%
1990 1.82M +74,200 +4.25%
1989 1.75M +800 +0.05%
1988 1.74M +125,600 +7.76%
1987 1.62M +99,800 +6.57%
1986 1.52M +78,100 +5.42%
1985 1.44M +47,400 +3.4%
1984 1.39M +104,200 +8.08%
1983 1.29M +26,400 +2.09%
1982 1.26M +12,300 +0.98%
1981 1.25M +18,500 +1.5%
1980 1.23M +9,500 +0.78%
1979 1.22M +74,800 +6.52%
1978 1.15M +52,800 +4.82%
1977 1.09M +241,100 +28.24%
1976 853,800 +30,800 +3.74%
1975 823,000 +18,100 +2.25%
1974 804,900

About the indicator

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.