Number of flights in Iraq

Airportia tracked an average of 145 flights a day to, from and within Iraq in the 7 days to 5 November 2026, 2.8% more than in the same week of 2025. That is about 38,922 flights so far in 2026 (−10.5% on the same days of 2025).

Flights a day to, from and within Iraq

145

Average of the 7 days to 5 November 2026

  • ▲ +2.8% vs the same week in 2025 (141 a day)
  • ▲ +137.7% vs the same week in 2020 (61 a day)

38,922 flights so far in 2026 ▼ −10.5% on the same days of 2025

Source: Airportia Flights Monitor, airportia.com/flights-monitor/iraq/

2026 compared with previous years

Years to show
Flights per day in Iraq
Flights per day in Iraq, 7-day average, 2020–2026Airportia tracked an average of 145 flights a day to, from and within Iraq in the 7 days to 5 November 2026, 2.8% more than in the same week of 2025. That is about 38,922 flights so far in 2026 (−10.5% on the same days of 2025).50100150200250JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec2020202120222023202420252026
Flight miles per day in Iraq
Flight miles per day in Iraq, 7-day average, 2020–2026120,807 miles a day in the 7 days to 5 November 2026.50k100k150k200kJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec2020202120222023202420252026

Each point is the average of the 7 days ending that day. Lines stop at the latest day with data.

Daily figures are rounded up to a whole flight, so for countries with fewer than about 50 flights a day the year-over-year percentages can shift by a few points.

International and domestic flights

International
133 a day
92% of flights , −0.7% vs 2025
Domestic
12 a day
8% of flights , +71.4% vs 2025
Flight miles
120,807 a day
+1.1% vs 2025

Domestic: both airports are in Iraq. International: one airport is abroad; such a flight also counts for the other country.

Busiest countries

Iraq is number 88 of 228 countries by flights tracked on 5 November 2026.

# Country Flights/day vs 2025
1 United States 30,354 +7.9%
2 China 14,033 −2.4%
3 Spain 4,827 +6.1%
4 United Kingdom 4,728 −1.2%
5 Japan 4,134 −4.6%
6 India 4,026 −6.5%
7 Germany 4,014 +0.6%
8 Brazil 3,536 +35.6%
9 Italy 3,348 +9.1%
10 Canada 3,290 +24.0%
88 Iraq 145 +2.8%

Country counts include flights to, from and within the country, so an international flight counts for both countries.

Average flights per day by month

For the years ticked above the charts.

Month 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 170 131 128 123 110 71 128
February 155 124 122 119 119 70 131
March 17 113 121 118 124 79 58
April 21 122 123 106 115 85 2
May 91 132 124 117 138 83 2
June 126 88 152 129 134 103 1
July 154 122 147 138 155 129 3
August 186 208 158 125 144 129 27
September 181 194 154 152 174 130 39
October 157 173 107 131 133 122 47
November 143 159 114 120 120 121 62
December – 168 124 122 118 118 65

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Source: Airportia, "Airportia Flights Monitor: daily flights in Iraq (7-day average of flights tracked)", https://www.airportia.com/flights-monitor/iraq/, retrieved 6 November 2026.

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How we count

  • What counts as a flight. A commercial scheduled flight in Airportia's flight database with a recorded actual departure or arrival time. Cancelled flights are excluded, and a codeshare is counted once (under the operating flight), not once per flight number.
  • Cargo. Totals include all tracked flights, including cargo.
  • Flights tracked, not all flights. These are flights tracked by Airportia from its schedule and status data suppliers, not every flight in the air. Private and military flights are not included. Part of any change between years can come from changes in coverage rather than in air traffic.
  • Coverage change in July 2025. From 22 July 2025 our schedule supplier covers about 5% more flights worldwide (more or less in a given country). Year-over-year changes between 22 July 2025 and 21 July 2026 read about 5 points higher than the real change in traffic. Comparisons after that date are like for like again.
  • 7-day average. Each daily figure is the number of flights scheduled in the 7 days (UTC) ending that day, divided by 7 and rounded up to a whole flight (or mile). This smooths out weekday patterns, so the same week of different years compares like with like. The rounding adds at most one flight a day, so for countries with fewer than about 50 flights a day year-over-year percentages can shift by a few points.
  • Countries. A country's figure counts flights departing from or arriving in it; domestic flights have both airports in the country. Pages for countries with fewer than 20 flights a day are not indexed by search engines.
  • Miles. Great-circle distance between the two airports in statute miles, summed over the flights in the 7 days, divided by 7 and rounded up to a whole mile.
  • Updates and coverage. Updated once a day for the previous UTC day. Daily data starts in 2020; the charts can show every year from 2020–2026, with 2020 as the pandemic reference. Latest day: 5 November 2026.
  • The figures are provided as they are, without guarantees, and are not travel advice.

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