Data Snapshot #61 - Which European countries experience the biggest summer traffic surge?

EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot provides insights on the seasonal traffic patterns across Europe in 2025.

Read the article Published October 2, 2026

One-off publication Latest release October 2, 2026

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Data and Resources

API

SI Summary

API name: data-snapshot-61--si-summary

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Code examples

curl

curl 'https://polaris.goens.dev/api/3/action/datastore_search?resource_id=data-snapshot-61--si-summary&limit=5'

Python

import pandas as pd

df = pd.read_csv('https://polaris.goens.dev/datastore/dump/data-snapshot-61--si-summary?format=csv')

R

df <- read.csv('https://polaris.goens.dev/datastore/dump/data-snapshot-61--si-summary?format=csv')

Raw Data

API name: data-snapshot-61--raw-data

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Code examples

curl

curl 'https://polaris.goens.dev/api/3/action/datastore_search?resource_id=data-snapshot-61--raw-data&limit=5'

Python

import pandas as pd

df = pd.read_csv('https://polaris.goens.dev/datastore/dump/data-snapshot-61--raw-data?format=csv')

R

df <- read.csv('https://polaris.goens.dev/datastore/dump/data-snapshot-61--raw-data?format=csv')

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Cite this data

Source: EUROCONTROL Aviation Intelligence Unit. Data Snapshot #61 - Which European countries experience the biggest summer traffic surge?. https://polaris.goens.dev/dataset/data-snapshot-61

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Data sources

Contact
aviation.intelligence@eurocontrol.int

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

Notes from the source

  • SI Summary Sheet contains the Seasonal Index data.
  • Raw Data Sheet contains raw data.
  • Seasonal Index = Peak Index - Trough Index
  • Peak Index = The highest monthly traffic index.
  • Trough Index = The lowest monthly traffic index.
  • Monthly Index = Monthly Average Daily Traffic ÷ Annual Average Daily Traffic × 100
  • Monthly Average Daily Traffic = Monthly Traffic ÷ Number of days in month
  • Annual Average Daily Traffic = Yearly Traffic ÷ 365

Additional Info

Field Value
Update frequency One-off
Time resolution
Data from 2025-01-01
Data to 2025-12-01
Data description https://www.eurocontrol.int/publication/eurocontrol-data-snapshot-61-seasonal-traffic-patterns-across-europe
Methodology
Source page https://ansperformance.eu/publications/ectl/datasnap/