Aviation Statistics

Shigatse Peace Airport and Ulyanovsk Vostochny Airport share the top spot with runways of 5,000 metres. 5 of the 17 airp...

China has 24 of the 56 airports on the list, 43% of the total, ahead of Peru with 8. 10 countries have at least one airp...

Daocheng Yading Airport is the highest airport in the world at 4,411 metres above sea level, 77 metres above Qamdo Bamda...

Dubai International Airport handled 95,192,160 international passengers in 2025, 1.19 times the 79,874,784 of London Hea...

Ilyushin Il-2 leads with 36,183 built, 1.04 times the 34,852 of the Messerschmitt Bf 109. 9 of the 12 types entered prod...

Cessna 172 leads with 44,000 built, 1.34 times the 32,778 of the Piper PA-28 series. 10 of the 12 types were designed in...

Newark to Singapore is scheduled at 19.2 hours, the longest on the list, ahead of New York-JFK-Singapore at 18.9. Every...

New York-JFK to Singapore, flown by Singapore Airlines, is the longest at 15,349 km, 5 km further than Newark-Singapore....

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport handled 106,302,208 passengers in 2025, 1.12 times the 95,192,160 of Du...

Hong Kong International Airport handled 5,070,256 tonnes in 2025, 1.24 times the 4,096,016 tonnes of Shanghai Pudong Int...

United States (926,737,000), China (659,629,070) and Ireland (170,161,848) take the top three. Across the twenty shown,...

United States (666,153,000), China (440,301,216) and Russia (96,851,769) take the top three. Across the twenty shown, va...

United States (852,828,000), China (250,754,113) and Ireland (169,377,735) take the top three. Across the twenty shown,...

United States (9,267), China (4,909) and India (1,235) take the top three. Across the twenty shown, values run from 9,26...

United States (941,557,000), China (619,215,886) and Ireland (192,528,432) take the top three. Across the twenty shown,...

Hong Kong - Taipei (6.78), Cairo - Jeddah (5.47) and Seoul Incheon - Tokyo Narita (5.41) take the top three in Airline S...

Chicago O'Hare handled the most aircraft movements of any airport, with 860,015 takeoffs and landings, well ahead of Atl...

The top three in Commercial Aircraft Delivered (2024) in 2024 are Airbus (766), Boeing (348) and Embraer (73). The 5 ent...

Shigatse Peace (China) and Ulyanovsk Vostochny (Russia) are level at the top on 5,000 Runway Length (m). Embraer Gaviao...

China overwhelmingly dominates high-altitude aviation, holding eight of the ten highest airports, all located on the Tib...

The top three in Number of Airports in 2024 are United States (15,873), Brazil (4,919) and Australia (2,180). United Sta...

The three big US network carriers occupy the top of the ranking, with United (1,090 aircraft), American (1,013) and Delt...

Singapore Airlines holds the top two positions, flying from New York JFK (15,349 km) and Newark (15,344 km) to Singapore...

Dubai is the clear global leader for international travel, handling 92.33 million international passengers, over 13 mill...