Airline passenger load factor vs Airport passenger traffic

In 2024, airline passenger load factor worldwide was 83.5%; airport passenger traffic was 9.5 billion.

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Airline passenger load factor

Unit: % · 2 observations

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Airline passenger load factorAirline passenger load factor. 2 observations from 2024 to 2025, ranging from 83.5% to 83.6%. Latest value 83.6% (2025). % 0 20 40 60 80 100 2020 2024 2028 2032 2036 2040 84% 84%
Airline passenger load factorAirline passenger load factor. 2 observations from 2024 to 2025, ranging from 83.5% to 83.6%. Latest value 83.6% (2025). % 0 30 60 90 2020 2024 2028 2032 2036 2040 84% 84%
Airline passenger load factorAirline passenger load factor. 2 observations from 2024 to 2025, ranging from 83.5% to 83.6%. Latest value 83.6% (2025). % 0 30 60 90 2020 2024 2028 2032 2036 2040 84% 84%
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Airline passenger load factor
Period Type Value
2024 Actual 83.5%
2025 Actual 83.6%
Source: IATA · CC BY 4.0 · Full series

Airport passenger traffic

Unit: billion · 5 observations

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Airport passenger trafficAirport passenger traffic. 5 observations from 2020 to 2042, ranging from 3.6 billion to 19.5 billion, of which 2 are forecasts. Latest value 19.5 billion (2042). billion 0 5 10 15 20 2020 2024 2028 2032 2036 2040 FORECAST 3.6 19.5
Airport passenger trafficAirport passenger traffic. 5 observations from 2020 to 2042, ranging from 3.6 billion to 19.5 billion, of which 2 are forecasts. Latest value 19.5 billion (2042). billion 0 5 10 15 20 2020 2024 2028 2032 2036 2040 FORECAST 3.6 19.5
Airport passenger trafficAirport passenger traffic. 5 observations from 2020 to 2042, ranging from 3.6 billion to 19.5 billion, of which 2 are forecasts. Latest value 19.5 billion (2042). billion 0 5 10 15 20 2020 2024 2028 2032 2036 2040 FORECAST 3.6 19.5
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Airport passenger traffic
Period Type Value
2020 Actual 3.6 billion
2023 Actual 8.7 billion
2024 Estimate 9.5 billion
2030 Forecast 12 billion
2042 Forecast 19.5 billion
Source: ACI · CC BY 4.0 · Full series

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Period Airline passenger load factor Airport passenger traffic
2024 83.5% IATA 9.5 billion ACI

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Airline passenger load factor

Revenue passenger kilometres as a percentage of available seat kilometres for carriers registered in the region, all scheduled services, for the calendar year.

2 observations charted in Global · source organisations: IATA

Airport passenger traffic

Total passengers passing through the region's airports in the calendar year, counting each passenger once per flight stage, as compiled by ACI World.

5 observations charted in Global · source organisations: ACI

Data published under CC BY 4.0. Series A as JSON · Series B as JSON

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