Global airport passenger traffic

Total passengers passing through the world's airports in 2024, counting each passenger once per flight stage, as estimated by ACI World. This is larger than the number of travellers because connecting passengers are counted at each airport.

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Data points

3

Regions

1

Unit

billion

Range

2020–2024

The series

Over time

Global, spaced by time. Forecasts are dashed with hollow markers; the underlying values are one click away under the chart.

Global airport passenger traffic

Global, 2020 to 2024

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Global airport passenger traffic
Period	Type	Value
2020	Actual	3.6 billion
2023	Actual	8.7 billion
2024	Estimate	9.5 billion

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Every record

All global airport passenger traffic records

3 data points across 1 indicator.
Period	Value	Source	Type	Full record
2024	9.5 billion	ACI 2025	estimate	→
2023	8.7 billion	ACI 2025	actual	→
2020	3.6 billion	ACI 2025	actual	→

Primary documents

Sources

1 document. Each links to the publisher's own copy.

Document	Publisher	Published	Data points
Joint ACI World-ICAO Passenger Traffic Report, Trends, and Outlook	ACI	28 Jan 2025	3

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