Aircraft departures — all countries

Aircraft departures — Latin America & Caribbean

Aircraft departures in Latin America & Caribbean in 2023 — 2,638,626 departures. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 270.4%.

2023 2.64M departures +1.96% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 2.9M departures2015
Period minimum 681,000 departures1971

Trend over time

1970–2023 · departures

Aircraft departures — Latin America & Caribbean, 1970–202301M2M3M19701976198219881994200020062012201820231970: 712,300 departures1971: 681,000 departures1972: 695,500 departures1973: 706,800 departures1974: 743,800 departures1975: 781,500 departures1976: 804,400 departures1977: 786,700 departures1978: 801,600 departures1979: 907,000 departures1980: 983,000 departures1981: 943,200 departures1982: 1,056,500 departures1983: 1,149,700 departures1984: 1,188,600 departures1985: 1,171,500 departures1986: 1,192,600 departures1987: 1,214,500 departures1988: 1,198,200 departures1989: 1,220,900 departures1990: 1,231,900 departures1991: 1,250,000 departures1992: 1,287,400 departures1993: 1,380,200 departures1994: 1,442,900 departures1995: 1,462,700 departures1996: 1,532,800 departures1997: 1,727,100 departures1998: 1,806,500 departures1999: 1,985,500 departures2000: 1,838,871 departures2001: 1,916,893 departures2002: 1,756,505 departures2003: 1,562,182 departures2004: 1,584,616 departures2005: 1,656,212 departures2006: 1,695,244 departures2007: 1,833,458 departures2008: 1,800,913 departures2009: 1,838,212 departures2010: 2,303,572 departures2011: 2,431,148 departures2012: 2,549,816 departures2013: 2,732,986 departures2014: 2,840,588 departures2015: 2,898,758 departures2016: 2,826,420 departures2017: 2,748,629 departures2018: 2,805,821 departures2019: 2,826,538 departures2020: 1,285,637 departures2021: 1,797,139 departures2022: 2,587,817 departures2023: 2,638,626 departures
Change over the period: +1.93M (+270.44%) Average annual rate: 2.5 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Latin America & Caribbean

Latin America & Caribbean 2.64M departures
World 34.76M departures
Aircraft departures — Latin America & Caribbean, by year Latin America & Caribbean All countries CSV XLSX
Year departures Change Change, %
2023 2.64M +50,809 +1.96%
2022 2.59M +790,678 +44%
2021 1.8M +511,501 +39.79%
2020 1.29M −1.54M −54.52%
2019 2.83M +20,716 +0.74%
2018 2.81M +57,192 +2.08%
2017 2.75M −77,791 −2.75%
2016 2.83M −72,338 −2.5%
2015 2.9M +58,170 +2.05%
2014 2.84M +107,602 +3.94%
2013 2.73M +183,170 +7.18%
2012 2.55M +118,668 +4.88%
2011 2.43M +127,576 +5.54%
2010 2.3M +465,360 +25.32%
2009 1.84M +37,299 +2.07%
2008 1.8M −32,545 −1.78%
2007 1.83M +138,214 +8.15%
2006 1.7M +39,032 +2.36%
2005 1.66M +71,596 +4.52%
2004 1.58M +22,434 +1.44%
2003 1.56M −194,323 −11.06%
2002 1.76M −160,388 −8.37%
2001 1.92M +78,022 +4.24%
2000 1.84M −146,629 −7.38%
1999 1.99M +179,000 +9.91%
1998 1.81M +79,400 +4.6%
1997 1.73M +194,300 +12.68%
1996 1.53M +70,100 +4.79%
1995 1.46M +19,800 +1.37%
1994 1.44M +62,700 +4.54%
1993 1.38M +92,800 +7.21%
1992 1.29M +37,400 +2.99%
1991 1.25M +18,100 +1.47%
1990 1.23M +11,000 +0.9%
1989 1.22M +22,700 +1.89%
1988 1.2M −16,300 −1.34%
1987 1.21M +21,900 +1.84%
1986 1.19M +21,100 +1.8%
1985 1.17M −17,100 −1.44%
1984 1.19M +38,900 +3.38%
1983 1.15M +93,200 +8.82%
1982 1.06M +113,300 +12.01%
1981 943,200 −39,800 −4.05%
1980 983,000 +76,000 +8.38%
1979 907,000 +105,400 +13.15%
1978 801,600 +14,900 +1.89%
1977 786,700 −17,700 −2.2%
1976 804,400 +22,900 +2.93%
1975 781,500 +37,700 +5.07%
1974 743,800 +37,000 +5.23%
1973 706,800 +11,300 +1.62%
1972 695,500 +14,500 +2.13%
1971 681,000 −31,300 −4.39%
1970 712,300

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.