Flights Today
Real-time global aviation statistics
Commercial Flights Today
113,636.25flights taken off worldwide
Understanding Global Flights
Flights today measures the number of commercial flights operating globally. Approximately 117,000 flights take off daily. Our aviation counter tracksflights in the air, daily departures, and airline statistics.
Also known as air travel, aviation traffic, and commercial flights, this metric is closely related to passengers, airlines, and airports.
Our flight data covers multiple dimensions including by region, by airline, busiest routes, and airport rankings.
Aviation Statistics & Data
Track flights today, flights per day, and flights in the air now.
View busiest airports, most popular routes, and airline rankings.
Explore annual passengers, aircraft in service, and low-cost carriers.
Learn about aviation emissions, sustainable aviation fuel, and electric aircraft.
What You'll Find on This Page
- •Live Counter: flights today, flights per second
- •Industry Stats: 4.7 billion passengers, 5,000 airlines
- •Rankings: busiest airports, popular routes
- •Future: sustainable aviation, electric aircraft
This page provides comprehensive data including flight statistics, aviation data, flights counter, air travel tracker, aviation 2025, airline trends, transportation data, and travel statistics.
Flights Per Day
daily average
Annual Passengers
~4.7 billion
Airlines
worldwide
Aviation Facts
- •Busiest airport: Dubai (DXB) ~90M passengers
- •~23,000 aircraft in service globally
- •Busiest route: Seoul-Jeju (15M/year)
- •Average flight: ~1,100 miles distance
Industry Trends
- •Aviation accounts for 2.5% of global CO₂
- •Low-cost carriers: 40% of market
- •Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) growing
- •Electric aircraft expected by 2030
Frequently Asked Questions
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Transportation
Data Sources: FlightAware, IATA, ICAO, OAG Aviation