Aircraft departures — all countries

Aircraft departures — NATO

Aircraft departures in NATO in 2023 — 15,668,039 departures. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 119.7%.

2023 15.67M departures +7.96% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 17.74M departures2019
Period minimum 6.85M departures1975

Trend over time

1970–2023 · departures

Aircraft departures — NATO, 1970–20235M10M15M20M19701976198219881994200020062012201820231970: 7,132,100 departures1971: 7,113,800 departures1972: 7,203,900 departures1973: 7,351,400 departures1974: 6,987,300 departures1975: 6,847,100 departures1976: 7,027,200 departures1977: 7,138,300 departures1978: 7,281,200 departures1979: 7,539,300 departures1980: 7,464,900 departures1981: 7,032,700 departures1982: 6,963,900 departures1983: 7,213,700 departures1984: 7,695,900 departures1985: 8,131,000 departures1986: 8,807,700 departures1987: 9,249,100 departures1988: 9,710,200 departures1989: 9,778,800 departures1990: 10,261,500 departures1991: 9,872,000 departures1992: 10,136,300 departures1993: 10,121,100 departures1994: 11,098,000 departures1995: 11,700,000 departures1996: 12,371,800 departures1997: 12,672,300 departures1998: 12,734,000 departures1999: 13,740,400 departures2000: 14,962,652 departures2001: 14,705,471 departures2002: 13,268,585 departures2003: 13,838,614 departures2004: 15,904,691 departures2005: 16,129,740 departures2006: 16,140,185 departures2007: 16,582,155 departures2008: 15,835,170 departures2009: 15,799,281 departures2010: 17,176,359 departures2011: 17,429,541 departures2012: 17,155,675 departures2013: 16,986,242 departures2014: 16,902,539 departures2015: 17,080,871 departures2016: 17,440,302 departures2017: 17,486,454 departures2018: 17,726,891 departures2019: 17,744,526 departures2020: 9,173,470 departures2021: 11,680,003 departures2022: 14,512,851 departures2023: 15,668,039 departures
Change over the period: +8.54M (+119.68%) Average annual rate: 1.5 %

Comparison, 2023

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

NATO 15.67M departures
World 34.76M departures
Aircraft departures — NATO, by year NATO All countries CSV XLSX
Year departures Change Change, %
2023 15.67M +1.16M +7.96%
2022 14.51M +2.83M +24.25%
2021 11.68M +2.51M +27.32%
2020 9.17M −8.57M −48.3%
2019 17.74M +17,635 +0.1%
2018 17.73M +240,437 +1.37%
2017 17.49M +46,152 +0.26%
2016 17.44M +359,431 +2.1%
2015 17.08M +178,332 +1.06%
2014 16.9M −83,703 −0.49%
2013 16.99M −169,434 −0.99%
2012 17.16M −273,865 −1.57%
2011 17.43M +253,182 +1.47%
2010 17.18M +1.38M +8.72%
2009 15.8M −35,889 −0.23%
2008 15.84M −746,985 −4.5%
2007 16.58M +441,970 +2.74%
2006 16.14M +10,445 +0.06%
2005 16.13M +225,049 +1.41%
2004 15.9M +2.07M +14.93%
2003 13.84M +570,029 +4.3%
2002 13.27M −1.44M −9.77%
2001 14.71M −257,181 −1.72%
2000 14.96M +1.22M +8.9%
1999 13.74M +1.01M +7.9%
1998 12.73M +61,700 +0.49%
1997 12.67M +300,500 +2.43%
1996 12.37M +671,800 +5.74%
1995 11.7M +602,000 +5.42%
1994 11.1M +976,900 +9.65%
1993 10.12M −15,200 −0.15%
1992 10.14M +264,300 +2.68%
1991 9.87M −389,500 −3.8%
1990 10.26M +482,700 +4.94%
1989 9.78M +68,600 +0.71%
1988 9.71M +461,100 +4.99%
1987 9.25M +441,400 +5.01%
1986 8.81M +676,700 +8.32%
1985 8.13M +435,100 +5.65%
1984 7.7M +482,200 +6.68%
1983 7.21M +249,800 +3.59%
1982 6.96M −68,800 −0.98%
1981 7.03M −432,200 −5.79%
1980 7.46M −74,400 −0.99%
1979 7.54M +258,100 +3.54%
1978 7.28M +142,900 +2%
1977 7.14M +111,100 +1.58%
1976 7.03M +180,100 +2.63%
1975 6.85M −140,200 −2.01%
1974 6.99M −364,100 −4.95%
1973 7.35M +147,500 +2.05%
1972 7.2M +90,100 +1.27%
1971 7.11M −18,300 −0.26%
1970 7.13M

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.