Global airport passenger traffic

8.7 billion
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Region Global Period 2023 Source ACI Updated 15 Sep 2026
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By 2023, global passenger numbers reached 8.7 billion (95% of the 2019 level), and RPK totaled 8.1 trillion (94% of the 2019 level).

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Publisher
Airports Council International · homepage ↗
Report
Joint ACI World-ICAO Passenger Traffic Report, Trends, and Outlook
Type
Press release
Published
28 January 2025
Locator
Retrospective analysis: COVID-19 impact and recovery
Retrieved
14 September 2026
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Report licence
Proprietary report; figure taken from its public summary

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APA
Airports Council International. (2025). Joint ACI World-ICAO Passenger Traffic Report, Trends, and Outlook. Retrieved 14 September 2026, from StatOrigin: https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T62B5SP11A28TN24FR7
MLA
Airports Council International. "Joint ACI World-ICAO Passenger Traffic Report, Trends, and Outlook." 2025, https://aci.aero/2025/01/28/joint-aci-world-icao-passenger-traffic-report-trends-and-outlook/. Accessed 14 September 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T62B5SP11A28TN24FR7.
Chicago
Airports Council International. "Joint ACI World-ICAO Passenger Traffic Report, Trends, and Outlook." 2025. https://aci.aero/2025/01/28/joint-aci-world-icao-passenger-traffic-report-trends-and-outlook/. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T62B5SP11A28TN24FR7.
BibTeX
@misc{aci2025airport, author = {{Airports Council International}}, title = {Joint ACI World-ICAO Passenger Traffic Report, Trends, and Outlook}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T62B5SP11A28TN24FR7}, note = {Original source: https://aci.aero/2025/01/28/joint-aci-world-icao-passenger-traffic-report-trends-and-outlook/. Accessed 14 September 2026.} }

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