Air passengers carried vs Airport passenger traffic
In 2024, air passengers carried worldwide stood at 4.7 billion, against 9.5 billion for airport passenger traffic.
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Air passengers carried and Airport passenger traffic
Unit: billion · 8 observations
Forecast: dashed line, hollow markers, shaded band Estimates are listed as such in the table below No figure published for these periods
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| Indicator | Period | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air passengers carried | 2026 | Forecast | 5.2 billion |
| Air passengers carried | 2025 | Forecast | 4.99 billion |
| Air passengers carried | 2024 | Estimate | 4.7 billion |
| Airport passenger traffic | 2042 | Forecast | 19.5 billion |
| Airport passenger traffic | 2030 | Forecast | 12 billion |
| Airport passenger traffic | 2024 | Estimate | 9.5 billion |
| Airport passenger traffic | 2023 | Actual | 8.7 billion |
| Airport passenger traffic | 2020 | Actual | 3.6 billion |
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| Period | Air passengers carried | Airport passenger traffic |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.7 billion ICAO | 9.5 billion ACI |
Provenance
Where these numbers come from
Air passengers carried
Number of passengers carried by air in the region during the calendar year. Sources count either travellers (IATA) or passengers per flight stage (ICAO, Eurostat, CAAC); see each record's source quote.
3 observations charted in Global · source organisations: ICAO, 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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