Aircraft departures — all countries

Aircraft departures — Eastern Asia

Aircraft departures in Eastern Asia in 2023 — 6,511,877 departures. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 588.1%.

2023 6.51M departures +71.04% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 6.81M departures2019
Period minimum 946,300 departures1991

Trend over time

1991–2023 · departures

Aircraft departures — Eastern Asia, 1991–202302M4M6M8M1991199519992003200720112015201920231991: 946,300 departures1992: 985,400 departures1993: 1,082,800 departures1994: 1,183,100 departures1995: 1,333,000 departures1996: 1,476,400 departures1997: 1,509,400 departures1998: 1,595,500 departures1999: 1,489,500 departures2000: 1,543,305 departures2001: 1,816,097 departures2002: 1,932,800 departures2003: 1,937,299 departures2004: 2,221,023 departures2005: 2,375,928 departures2006: 2,599,727 departures2007: 2,828,075 departures2008: 2,929,469 departures2009: 3,208,912 departures2010: 3,771,622 departures2011: 3,829,240 departures2012: 4,151,315 departures2013: 4,574,635 departures2014: 4,894,478 departures2015: 5,275,834 departures2016: 5,675,710 departures2017: 6,165,828 departures2018: 6,497,215 departures2019: 6,811,336 departures2020: 4,662,579 departures2021: 4,914,435 departures2022: 3,807,246 departures2023: 6,511,877 departures
Change over the period: +5.57M (+588.14%) Average annual rate: 6.21 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Eastern Asia 6.51M departures
World 34.76M departures
Aircraft departures — Eastern Asia, by year Eastern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year departures Change Change, %
2023 6.51M +2.7M +71.04%
2022 3.81M −1.11M −22.53%
2021 4.91M +251,856 +5.4%
2020 4.66M −2.15M −31.55%
2019 6.81M +314,121 +4.83%
2018 6.5M +331,387 +5.37%
2017 6.17M +490,118 +8.64%
2016 5.68M +399,876 +7.58%
2015 5.28M +381,356 +7.79%
2014 4.89M +319,843 +6.99%
2013 4.57M +423,319 +10.2%
2012 4.15M +322,075 +8.41%
2011 3.83M +57,618 +1.53%
2010 3.77M +562,710 +17.54%
2009 3.21M +279,443 +9.54%
2008 2.93M +101,394 +3.59%
2007 2.83M +228,348 +8.78%
2006 2.6M +223,799 +9.42%
2005 2.38M +154,905 +6.97%
2004 2.22M +283,724 +14.65%
2003 1.94M +4,499 +0.23%
2002 1.93M +116,703 +6.43%
2001 1.82M +272,792 +17.68%
2000 1.54M +53,805 +3.61%
1999 1.49M −106,000 −6.64%
1998 1.6M +86,100 +5.7%
1997 1.51M +33,000 +2.24%
1996 1.48M +143,400 +10.76%
1995 1.33M +149,900 +12.67%
1994 1.18M +100,300 +9.26%
1993 1.08M +97,400 +9.88%
1992 985,400 +39,100 +4.13%
1991 946,300

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.