World Bank · Infrastructure
Germany: Air transport, freight
12,767million ton-km · 2023+74.0% since 2013
Air freight is the volume of freight, express, and diplomatic bags carried on each flight stage (operation of an aircraft from takeoff to its next landing), measured in metric tons times kilometers traveled. Annual figures for Germany from 1970 to 2023.
Every year
| Year | Value (million ton-km) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 12,766.529 | |
| 2022 | 12,857.218 | |
| 2021 | 11,533.049 | |
| 2020 | 9,166.371 | |
| 2019 | 7,763.619 | |
| 2018 | 7,969.864 | |
| 2017 | 7,901.652 | |
| 2016 | 6,942.706 | |
| 2015 | 6,986.405 | |
| 2014 | 7,184.146 | |
| 2013 | 7,335.699 | |
| 2012 | 7,236.981 | |
| 2011 | 7,716.762 | |
| 2010 | 7,487.481 | |
| 2009 | 10,187.719 | |
| 2008 | 8,352.882 | |
| 2007 | 8,528.959 | |
| 2006 | 8,133.987 | |
| 2005 | 7,722.133 | |
| 2004 | 8,065.6 | |
| 2003 | 7,295.67 | |
| 2002 | 7,195.804 | |
| 2001 | 7,026.248 | |
| 2000 | 7,127.713 | |
| 1999 | 6,610.7 | |
| 1998 | 6,233.8 | |
| 1997 | 6,183.9 | |
| 1996 | 6,036.3 | |
| 1995 | 5,835.9 | |
| 1994 | 5,373.3 | |
| 1993 | 4,639.9 | |
| 1992 | 4,287.5 | |
| 1991 | 4,108.7 | |
| 1990 | 3,994.2 | |
| 1989 | 3,840.3 | |
| 1988 | 3,470 | |
| 1987 | 3,247.7 | |
| 1986 | 2,826.9 | |
| 1985 | 2,378.5 | |
| 1984 | 2,235.5 | |
| 1983 | 1,941 | |
| 1982 | 1,592.1 | |
| 1981 | 1,495.2 | |
| 1980 | 1,506 | |
| 1979 | 1,513.5 | |
| 1978 | 1,344.8 | |
| 1977 | 1,204.2 | |
| 1976 | 1,040.5 | |
| 1975 | 920.7 | |
| 1974 | 941 | |
| 1973 | 826.8 | |
| 1972 | 656.6 | |
| 1971 | 532.9 | |
| 1970 | 484.5 |
Source
Published by World Bank, produced by International Civil Aviation Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.
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