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Japan: Air transport, freight

8474.02million ton-km · 2023+9.8% 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 Japan from 1970 to 2023.

19842023

Every year

YearValue (million ton-km)Note
20238,474.02
20229,688.6
202110,947.023
20207,841.508
20198,919.48
20189,420.659
201710,684.574
20169,360.888
20158,661.758
20148,661.758
20137,715.927
20127,045.781
20116,545.945
20107,698.798
200910,485.665
20088,172.807
20078,435.069
20068,480.024
20058,549.241
20048,708.244
20038,279.576
20028,204.671
20017,614.102
20008,672.048
19998,225.6
19987,514.1
19977,504.6
19966,801.3
19956,538
19946,007.9
19935,484.2
19925,185.2
19915,225.3
19905,068.8
19895,128.6
19884,780.7
19874,326.3
19863,608.1
19853,071.4
19842,796.3
19832,528
19822,221.9
19812,111.5
19801,870.7
19791,624.8
19781,356.1
19771,147.5
19761,030.8
1975852.9
1974739.4
1973753.1
1972585.1
1971464.1
1970379.6

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Civil Aviation Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). Air transport, freight. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-air-transport-freight (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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