Data Snapshot #50 - Did you know... how many aircraft were in the air in 2024?

EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot analyses the total number of aircraft in the air for any 15-minute interval in 2024.

Read the article Published March 20, 2025

One-off publication Latest release March 20, 2025

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Data and Resources

API

EUROCONTROL_Area

API name: data-snapshot-50--eurocontrol-area

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Code examples

curl

curl 'https://polaris.goens.dev/api/3/action/datastore_search?resource_id=data-snapshot-50--eurocontrol-area&limit=5'

Python

import pandas as pd

df = pd.read_csv('https://polaris.goens.dev/datastore/dump/data-snapshot-50--eurocontrol-area?format=csv')

R

df <- read.csv('https://polaris.goens.dev/datastore/dump/data-snapshot-50--eurocontrol-area?format=csv')

Worldwide

API name: data-snapshot-50--worldwide

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Code examples

curl

curl 'https://polaris.goens.dev/api/3/action/datastore_search?resource_id=data-snapshot-50--worldwide&limit=5'

Python

import pandas as pd

df = pd.read_csv('https://polaris.goens.dev/datastore/dump/data-snapshot-50--worldwide?format=csv')

R

df <- read.csv('https://polaris.goens.dev/datastore/dump/data-snapshot-50--worldwide?format=csv')

API documentation and rate limits

Cite this data

Source: EUROCONTROL Aviation Intelligence Unit. Data Snapshot #50 - Did you know... how many aircraft were in the air in 2024?. https://polaris.goens.dev/dataset/data-snapshot-50

May be copied in whole or in part, provided that EUROCONTROL is mentioned as the source and it is not used for commercial purposes. Full disclaimer

Data sources

Contact
aviation.intelligence@eurocontrol.int

The table view shows where each column comes from, under Data Dictionary.

Notes from the source

  • The data source for EUROCONTROL figures is based on the aircraft entry and exit in/from the EUROCONTROL airspace.
  • The data source for the global figures is Flightradar24 Historical Global Utilisation and excludes general aviation.

Additional Info

Field Value
Update frequency One-off
Time resolution
Data from 2019-01-01
Data to 2024-12-31
Data description https://www.eurocontrol.int/publication/eurocontrol-data-snapshot-50
Methodology
Source page https://ansperformance.eu/publications/ectl/datasnap/