Aircraft departures — all countries

Aircraft departures — Euro area

Aircraft departures in the Euro area in 2023 — 4,455,776 departures. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 339.3%.

2023 4.46M departures +10.22% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 4.89M departures2019
Period minimum 1.01M departures1970

Trend over time

1970–2023 · departures

Aircraft departures — Euro area, 1970–202302M4M6M19701976198219881994200020062012201820231970: 1,014,400 departures1971: 1,064,200 departures1972: 1,127,400 departures1973: 1,119,500 departures1974: 1,153,700 departures1975: 1,118,300 departures1976: 1,144,700 departures1977: 1,153,600 departures1978: 1,189,700 departures1979: 1,212,800 departures1980: 1,201,400 departures1981: 1,174,100 departures1982: 1,220,900 departures1983: 1,208,400 departures1984: 1,242,700 departures1985: 1,277,800 departures1986: 1,313,100 departures1987: 1,437,800 departures1988: 1,598,600 departures1989: 1,707,900 departures1990: 1,844,700 departures1991: 1,893,000 departures1992: 2,114,600 departures1993: 2,233,000 departures1994: 2,344,900 departures1995: 2,484,400 departures1996: 2,710,800 departures1997: 3,018,000 departures1998: 3,177,000 departures1999: 3,415,700 departures2000: 3,643,962 departures2001: 3,627,463 departures2002: 3,527,983 departures2003: 3,673,218 departures2004: 3,902,231 departures2005: 4,190,823 departures2006: 4,410,528 departures2007: 4,650,047 departures2008: 4,686,171 departures2009: 4,562,354 departures2010: 4,349,075 departures2011: 4,468,756 departures2012: 4,349,700 departures2013: 4,163,795 departures2014: 4,191,193 departures2015: 4,326,159 departures2016: 4,506,696 departures2017: 4,518,484 departures2018: 4,596,751 departures2019: 4,892,232 departures2020: 1,945,921 departures2021: 2,388,397 departures2022: 4,042,504 departures2023: 4,455,776 departures
Change over the period: +3.44M (+339.25%) Average annual rate: 2.83 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Euro area

Euro area 4.46M departures
World 34.76M departures
Aircraft departures — Euro area, by year Euro area All countries CSV XLSX
Year departures Change Change, %
2023 4.46M +413,273 +10.22%
2022 4.04M +1.65M +69.26%
2021 2.39M +442,476 +22.74%
2020 1.95M −2.95M −60.22%
2019 4.89M +295,481 +6.43%
2018 4.6M +78,267 +1.73%
2017 4.52M +11,788 +0.26%
2016 4.51M +180,537 +4.17%
2015 4.33M +134,966 +3.22%
2014 4.19M +27,398 +0.66%
2013 4.16M −185,905 −4.27%
2012 4.35M −119,057 −2.66%
2011 4.47M +119,682 +2.75%
2010 4.35M −213,279 −4.67%
2009 4.56M −123,817 −2.64%
2008 4.69M +36,124 +0.78%
2007 4.65M +239,519 +5.43%
2006 4.41M +219,705 +5.24%
2005 4.19M +288,592 +7.4%
2004 3.9M +229,013 +6.23%
2003 3.67M +145,235 +4.12%
2002 3.53M −99,480 −2.74%
2001 3.63M −16,499 −0.45%
2000 3.64M +228,262 +6.68%
1999 3.42M +238,700 +7.51%
1998 3.18M +159,000 +5.27%
1997 3.02M +307,200 +11.33%
1996 2.71M +226,400 +9.11%
1995 2.48M +139,500 +5.95%
1994 2.34M +111,900 +5.01%
1993 2.23M +118,400 +5.6%
1992 2.11M +221,600 +11.71%
1991 1.89M +48,300 +2.62%
1990 1.84M +136,800 +8.01%
1989 1.71M +109,300 +6.84%
1988 1.6M +160,800 +11.18%
1987 1.44M +124,700 +9.5%
1986 1.31M +35,300 +2.76%
1985 1.28M +35,100 +2.82%
1984 1.24M +34,300 +2.84%
1983 1.21M −12,500 −1.02%
1982 1.22M +46,800 +3.99%
1981 1.17M −27,300 −2.27%
1980 1.2M −11,400 −0.94%
1979 1.21M +23,100 +1.94%
1978 1.19M +36,100 +3.13%
1977 1.15M +8,900 +0.78%
1976 1.14M +26,400 +2.36%
1975 1.12M −35,400 −3.07%
1974 1.15M +34,200 +3.05%
1973 1.12M −7,900 −0.7%
1972 1.13M +63,200 +5.94%
1971 1.06M +49,800 +4.91%
1970 1.01M

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.