Global flights per day, December 2021

87,099 flights a day on average

Airportia tracked 2,700,073 flights in December 2021, 87,099 a day on average. The busiest day was 17 December 2021 with 94,301 flights.

December 2021 (1–31 December 2021) Source: www.airportia.com/statistics/global-flights/2021-12/

Period: 1–31 December 2021 (UTC). The count is updated every hour, so the newest day can still grow. How we count

Flights per day
Flights per day, 1–31 December 2021Source: Airportia.025K50K75K100K flights1 Dec: 86,537 flights2 Dec: 88,875 flights3 Dec: 91,036 flights4 Dec: 81,462 flights5 Dec: 82,370 flights6 Dec: 85,776 flights7 Dec: 83,776 flights8 Dec: 85,130 flights9 Dec: 87,726 flights10 Dec: 90,479 flights11 Dec: 80,866 flights12 Dec: 82,316 flights13 Dec: 85,903 flights14 Dec: 84,778 flights15 Dec: 86,476 flights16 Dec: 90,318 flights17 Dec: 94,301 flights18 Dec: 87,151 flights19 Dec: 88,002 flights20 Dec: 89,527 flights21 Dec: 90,057 flights22 Dec: 92,332 flights23 Dec: 93,819 flights24 Dec: 87,122 flights25 Dec: 72,780 flights26 Dec: 84,371 flights27 Dec: 88,956 flights28 Dec: 89,462 flights29 Dec: 90,694 flights30 Dec: 92,134 flights31 Dec: 85,541 flights1 Dec16 Dec31 Dec

Daily figures

Day (UTC) Flights
31 December 2021 85,541
30 December 2021 92,134
29 December 2021 90,694
28 December 2021 89,462
27 December 2021 88,956
26 December 2021 84,371
25 December 2021 72,780
24 December 2021 87,122
23 December 2021 93,819
22 December 2021 92,332
21 December 2021 90,057
20 December 2021 89,527
19 December 2021 88,002
18 December 2021 87,151
17 December 2021 94,301
16 December 2021 90,318
15 December 2021 86,476
14 December 2021 84,778
13 December 2021 85,903
12 December 2021 82,316
11 December 2021 80,866
10 December 2021 90,479
9 December 2021 87,726
8 December 2021 85,130
7 December 2021 83,776
6 December 2021 85,776
5 December 2021 82,370
4 December 2021 81,462
3 December 2021 91,036
2 December 2021 88,875
1 December 2021 86,537

Cite this

Airportia tracked 2,700,073 flights in December 2021, 87,099 a day on average. The busiest day was 17 December 2021 with 94,301 flights. Source: Airportia, "Global flights per day, December 2021" (1–31 December 2021), https://www.airportia.com/statistics/global-flights/2021-12/, retrieved 3 November 2026.

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How we calculate this

Flights per day
The number of flights (code-shares counted once) that entered Airportia's schedule data with a scheduled departure on that UTC day. It is updated every hour, so the newest day can still grow, and it includes flights that were later cancelled. Totals include all tracked flights, including cargo.

Coverage follows the schedule feed: some regional airports and airlines are missing or report few actual times. These are Airportia's own figures, not official statistics from airports, airlines or regulators.