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Air Traffic Statistics

Five-Year Civil International Air Traffic
(April 2013 – March 2018)

   Aircraft Movement
   Passenger*
   Commercial Cargo
   Fiscal Year
   Movement
   % Change
   Number
   % Change
   Tonnes
   % Change
   2013-2014
   377 478
   6%
   60 085 950
   6%
   4 176 970
   3%
   2014-2015
   395 997
   5%
   64 264 961
   7%
   4 405 028
   5%
   2015-2016
   410 065
   4%
   69 303 711
   8%
   4 343 289
   -1%
   2016-2017
   410 455
   0.1%
   70 047 862
   1%
   4 635 588
   6.7%
   2017-2018
   423 436
   3%
   73 257 295
   5%
   4 981 942
   7%

* Passengers include transfer, but exclude transit passengers.


Five-Year Total Flights Handled by the Air Traffic Management Division
(April 2013 – March 2018)

   Fiscal Year
   Flights Handled*
   % Change (from last year)
   2013-2014
   602 392
   7%
   2014-2015
   631 383
   5%
   2015-2016
   670 481
   6%
   2016-2017
   700 868
   5%
   2017-2018
   764 824
   9%

* [Flights Handled] is the total number of aircraft handled by the Air Traffic Management Division of CAD in the year. It includes:

  1. international and local aircraft movements at the Hong Kong International Airport;
  2. flights transiting the Hong Kong Flight Information Region not landing Hong Kong;
  3. flights landing and departing Macao International Airport handled by the Air Traffic Management Division.

Five-Year Aircraft Movement at the Hong Kong International Airport

  • 13/14
  • 14/15
  • 15/16
  • 16/17
  • 17/18
    in thousands
    Fiscal Year
  • 500
  • 400
  • 300
  • 200
  • 100
  • 0
377
396
410
410
423

Five-Year Total Flights Handled by the Air Traffic Management Division

  • 13/14
  • 14/15
  • 15/16
  • 16/17
  • 17/18
    in thousands
    Fiscal Year
  • 800
  • 700
  • 600
  • 500
  • 400
  • 300
  • 200
  • 100
  • 0
602
631
670
701
765

Five-Year Passenger Traffic at the Hong Kong International Airport

  • 13/14
  • 14/15
  • 15/16
  • 16/17
  • 17/18
    in millions
    Fiscal Year
  • 80
  • 70
  • 60
  • 50
  • 40
  • 30
  • 20
  • 10
  • 0
60.1
64.3
69.3
70.0
73.3

Five-Year Cargo Traffic at the Hong Kong International Airport

  • 13/14
  • 14/15
  • 15/16
  • 16/17
  • 17/18
    in million tonnes
    Fiscal Year
  • 5
  • 4
  • 3
  • 2
  • 1
  • 0
4.2
4.4
4.3
4.6
5.0