Traffic and transport figures for January 2023
Almost 3.9 million passengers flew from, via or to Schiphol in January 2023. That is an increase compared to 2022 (+57%) and 2021 (+348%). The amount of flights to and from Schiphol was 29,987. That also is an increase compared to 2022 (+14%) and 2021 (+104%). The number of passengers and the number of flights are lower than in 2019 and 2020.
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
Number of passengers | 5,005,105 | 5,074,773 | 869,310 | 2,488,210 | 3,896,400 |
Number of commercial flights | 37,185 | 37,567 | 14,666 | 26,233 | 29,987 |
Number of cargo flights | 1,126 | 1,011 | 2,232 | 1,830 | 1,325 |
Transported tonnage | 122,643 | 113,080 | 133,222 | 122,553 | 103,981 |
Passengers
Of the almost 3.9 million passengers in January, 1.5 million passengers had a transfer at Schiphol. The passengers with a transfer were 750,000 unique passengers, who are counted two times in the international counting method: as an arriving passenger and departing passenger. Almost 2.6 million passengers travelled from or to a destination within Europe, 1.3 million outside of Europe.
Cargo
The number of all-cargo flights has decreased from 1,830 to 1,325, compared to 2022. Compared to January 2021, that is a decrease of 41%, but it is an increase compared to 2020 (+31%) and 2019 (+18%). The total transported volume was 103,981 tonnes in January 2023. That is an decrease compared to previous years (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022).
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