How many flights in Europe per day?

EUROCONTROL, a group with 41 member states dedicated to supporting European aviation, has shared data relating to flight activity between May 9th and 15th. Altogether, the average number of daily flights of 29,230 daily flights is 7% more than the same period in 2022 and represents 93% of 2019 levels.



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According to the latest estimates, there are approximately 100,000 flights per day. This number includes all types of flights, including passenger, cargo, and military aircraft. Passenger flights alone account for over 90,000 flights per day, transporting millions of passengers to destinations all around the world.

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Countries with the highest air traffic
  • United States. The United States has the largest number of air passengers in the world, with an estimated 925.5 million passengers (Bureau of Transportation Statistics-(BTS) in 2019. ...
  • China. China is the second country with the highest number of air passengers. ...
  • United Kingdom.


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How many planes fly over the UK every day? Each day, around 6,000 aircraft and 600,000 people fly above our heads in UK skies. At NATS we manage a complex 'invisible infrastructure' that helps a diverse variety of airspace users – including leisure, commercial, cargo and military users – to operate safely in the sky.

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Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport remains the busiest airport in the world with 5.2 million seats in September 2023. The composition of the Global Top 10 Busiest Airports is also the same as last month but there are a few changes to the rankings.

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Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (ATL) remains the busiest airport with 5.4 million seats in October 2023. Dubai International Airport (DXB) is the second busiest airport with 4.9 million seats and Tokyo International Airport (HND) is third with 4.6 million seats.

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The world's biggest travellers - which nationality takes the most trips?
  • Finland. Finland is the most well-travelled country in the world, with the average Finn making 7.5 trips a year, including stays at home and abroad.
  • United States. ...
  • Sweden. ...
  • Denmark. ...
  • Norway. ...
  • 6 (equal). ...
  • 6 (equal). ...
  • Canada.


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Doing some rough math based on that estimate, it's likely that there are anywhere between 7,782 and 8,755 commercial planes in the air on average at any given time these days.

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Still, the Ryanair Group remains the top dog, with its average daily flights reaching a whopping 3,078. This number is almost double that of low-cost rivals easyJet, with 1,656.

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London Heathrow (LHR) is the busiest airport in the UK, handling almost twice the number of passengers as the next entry on the list.

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Europe - London Gatwick The facility primarily uses the 3,316-meter-long (10,879 feet) 08R/26L as its main runway, with the 2,565-meter (8,415 feet) 08L/26R typically serving as a taxiway.

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Shigatse Peace Airport, China (runway length: 5,000m) Shigatse Peace Airport (RKZ), a dual-use military and civilian airport in Shigatse, Tibet hosts the longest runway in the world. The new runway (09/27) stretches 5,000m (16,404 ft) long with a 60-meter asphalt overrun at each end.

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The airfield is managed by three FAA air traffic control towers. O'Hare has a voluntary nighttime (22:00–07:00) noise abatement program. Currently, O'Hare has the most runways of any civilian airport in the world, totaling eight.

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