Aircraft departures — all countries

Aircraft departures — G7

Aircraft departures in the G7 in 2023 — 13,499,702 departures. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 102.5%.

2023 13.5M departures +6.72% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 15.29M departures2010
Period minimum 6.24M departures1975

Trend over time

1970–2023 · departures

Aircraft departures — G7, 1970–20235M7.5M10M12.5M15M17.5M19701976198219881994200020062012201820231970: 6,665,500 departures1971: 6,680,700 departures1972: 6,613,900 departures1973: 6,732,600 departures1974: 6,376,900 departures1975: 6,244,500 departures1976: 6,380,000 departures1977: 6,507,500 departures1978: 6,639,600 departures1979: 6,871,200 departures1980: 6,816,900 departures1981: 6,456,300 departures1982: 6,382,800 departures1983: 6,583,200 departures1984: 7,046,700 departures1985: 7,445,900 departures1986: 8,062,100 departures1987: 8,459,800 departures1988: 8,900,300 departures1989: 8,917,900 departures1990: 9,357,400 departures1991: 9,039,100 departures1992: 9,097,500 departures1993: 8,989,600 departures1994: 9,946,600 departures1995: 10,514,300 departures1996: 11,097,200 departures1997: 11,250,700 departures1998: 11,283,900 departures1999: 12,150,900 departures2000: 13,223,248 departures2001: 13,016,637 departures2002: 11,756,924 departures2003: 12,282,877 departures2004: 14,165,170 departures2005: 14,855,962 departures2006: 14,826,668 departures2007: 15,090,068 departures2008: 14,331,453 departures2009: 14,261,675 departures2010: 15,294,409 departures2011: 15,284,095 departures2012: 15,101,281 departures2013: 14,831,319 departures2014: 14,659,763 departures2015: 14,728,916 departures2016: 15,004,566 departures2017: 15,100,026 departures2018: 15,145,230 departures2019: 15,150,534 departures2020: 8,330,534 departures2021: 10,261,289 departures2022: 12,649,918 departures2023: 13,499,702 departures
Change over the period: +6.83M (+102.53%) Average annual rate: 1.34 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G7

G7 13.5M departures
World 34.76M departures
Aircraft departures — G7, by year G7 All countries CSV XLSX
Year departures Change Change, %
2023 13.5M +849,784 +6.72%
2022 12.65M +2.39M +23.28%
2021 10.26M +1.93M +23.18%
2020 8.33M −6.82M −45.01%
2019 15.15M +5,305 +0.04%
2018 15.15M +45,204 +0.3%
2017 15.1M +95,460 +0.64%
2016 15M +275,650 +1.87%
2015 14.73M +69,153 +0.47%
2014 14.66M −171,556 −1.16%
2013 14.83M −269,962 −1.79%
2012 15.1M −182,814 −1.2%
2011 15.28M −10,314 −0.07%
2010 15.29M +1.03M +7.24%
2009 14.26M −69,778 −0.49%
2008 14.33M −758,615 −5.03%
2007 15.09M +263,400 +1.78%
2006 14.83M −29,294 −0.2%
2005 14.86M +690,792 +4.88%
2004 14.17M +1.88M +15.32%
2003 12.28M +525,953 +4.47%
2002 11.76M −1.26M −9.68%
2001 13.02M −206,611 −1.56%
2000 13.22M +1.07M +8.83%
1999 12.15M +867,000 +7.68%
1998 11.28M +33,200 +0.3%
1997 11.25M +153,500 +1.38%
1996 11.1M +582,900 +5.54%
1995 10.51M +567,700 +5.71%
1994 9.95M +957,000 +10.65%
1993 8.99M −107,900 −1.19%
1992 9.1M +58,400 +0.65%
1991 9.04M −318,300 −3.4%
1990 9.36M +439,500 +4.93%
1989 8.92M +17,600 +0.2%
1988 8.9M +440,500 +5.21%
1987 8.46M +397,700 +4.93%
1986 8.06M +616,200 +8.28%
1985 7.45M +399,200 +5.67%
1984 7.05M +463,500 +7.04%
1983 6.58M +200,400 +3.14%
1982 6.38M −73,500 −1.14%
1981 6.46M −360,600 −5.29%
1980 6.82M −54,300 −0.79%
1979 6.87M +231,600 +3.49%
1978 6.64M +132,100 +2.03%
1977 6.51M +127,500 +2%
1976 6.38M +135,500 +2.17%
1975 6.24M −132,400 −2.08%
1974 6.38M −355,700 −5.28%
1973 6.73M +118,700 +1.79%
1972 6.61M −66,800 −1%
1971 6.68M +15,200 +0.23%
1970 6.67M

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.