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.
| 1970 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 234.7 | 1,222.3 | 1,730.7 | 2,444.6 | 2,938.3 | 2,846.6 | 2,731.7 | 1,984.7 | 1,925.8 | 1,907.1 | 1,868.7 | 1,982.6 | 2,027.6 | 1,931.2 | 1,316.5 | 1,244.8 |
| China | 818.3 | 3,900.1 | 7,579.4 | 17,193.9 | 16,764.9 | 15,568.8 | 16,053.7 | 17,822.6 | 19,805.6 | 21,304.6 | 23,323.6 | 25,256.2 | 25,394.6 | 19,264.2 | 20,961.2 | |
| Indonesia | 14.2 | 458.6 | 408.5 | 439.8 | 665.7 | 754.3 | 880.3 | 768.2 | 902.1 | 758.7 | 974.6 | 1,052.4 | 1,131.9 | 981.7 | 674.8 | 772.9 |
| Japan | 379.6 | 5,068.8 | 8,672.0 | 8,549.2 | 7,698.8 | 6,545.9 | 7,045.8 | 7,715.9 | 8,661.8 | 8,661.8 | 9,360.9 | 10,684.6 | 9,420.7 | 8,919.5 | 7,841.5 | 10,947.0 |
| Republic of Korea | 5.6 | 2,459.4 | 7,651.3 | 7,432.6 | 12,942.7 | 12,381.6 | 12,290.7 | 11,112.5 | 11,124.7 | 11,293.8 | 10,806.0 | 11,511.8 | 11,518.6 | 10,664.4 | 12,456.6 | 15,370.0 |
| France | 474.6 | 3,995.8 | 5,224.3 | 5,802.4 | 5,079.7 | 5,068.8 | 4,626.2 | 4,327.1 | 4,151.3 | 4,098.3 | 4,155.4 | 4,260.6 | 4,443.8 | 4,522.6 | 2,467.9 | 4,107.0 |
| Germany | 484.5 | 3,994.2 | 7,127.7 | 7,722.1 | 7,487.5 | 7,716.8 | 7,237.0 | 7,335.7 | 7,184.1 | 6,986.4 | 6,942.7 | 7,901.7 | 7,969.9 | 7,763.6 | 9,166.4 | 11,533.0 |
| Italy | 275.2 | 1,171.3 | 1,748.4 | 1,365.1 | 785.0 | 760.3 | 795.1 | 892.9 | 989.2 | 945.3 | 1,083.2 | 1,437.2 | 1,418.0 | 1,345.0 | 978.8 | 1,150.7 |
| Russian Federation | 1,041.4 | 1,541.2 | 3,531.6 | 3,900.1 | 4,132.1 | 4,249.3 | 4,413.6 | 4,761.0 | 5,863.2 | 6,845.2 | 6,810.6 | 6,481.0 | 4,314.6 | 5,888.4 | ||
| Turkey | 4.6 | 101.3 | 385.0 | 382.9 | 1,149.3 | 1,544.3 | 1,933.7 | 2,296.0 | 2,630.3 | 2,882.2 | 3,493.9 | 4,800.2 | 5,949.2 | 6,815.5 | 6,870.5 | 9,338.3 |
| United Kingdom | 516.9 | 3,825.4 | 5,160.9 | 5,998.4 | 6,082.7 | 6,280.3 | 6,243.5 | 6,031.6 | 5,974.8 | 5,423.2 | 5,512.7 | 5,915.6 | 6,198.4 | 5,851.2 | 3,667.5 | 4,097.1 |
| Argentina | 47.9 | 213.6 | 296.6 | 132.6 | 193.3 | 192.2 | 180.1 | 268.7 | 261.6 | 243.8 | 254.2 | 305.1 | 311.7 | 280.3 | 81.1 | 88.3 |
| Brazil | 164.1 | 1,082.0 | 1,727.9 | 1,530.7 | 1,302.5 | 1,294.5 | 1,363.4 | 1,637.4 | 1,596.8 | 1,493.9 | 1,513.8 | 1,736.5 | 1,845.6 | 1,521.1 | 1,209.7 | 1,294.5 |
| Mexico | 36.7 | 143.2 | 309.9 | 390.4 | 908.9 | 774.6 | 763.9 | 677.1 | 617.5 | 714.0 | 760.8 | 928.8 | 1,063.0 | 1,072.5 | 732.8 | 962.6 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4.5 | 609.6 | 999.6 | 1,021.5 | 1,324.9 | 1,501.3 | 1,815.0 | 1,694.4 | 1,599.9 | 826.8 | 834.0 | 867.6 | 1,085.5 | 2,043.2 | 581.5 | 678.6 |
| Canada | 370.9 | 1,385.3 | 1,896.1 | 1,526.8 | 1,957.3 | 1,980.0 | 1,960.0 | 1,946.3 | 2,084.3 | 2,074.8 | 2,246.2 | 2,841.0 | 2,482.0 | 3,109.0 | 2,306.2 | 3,240.0 |
| United States of America | 5,151.2 | 14,791.4 | 30,172.0 | 37,357.6 | 39,353.3 | 39,621.9 | 39,111.3 | 37,113.6 | 38,225.2 | 37,866.2 | 38,657.9 | 41,591.6 | 42,985.3 | 42,498.3 | 40,793.1 | 46,004.6 |
| India | 96.3 | 662.9 | 547.7 | 774.0 | 1,631.0 | 1,702.7 | 1,579.2 | 1,733.8 | 1,851.3 | 1,833.8 | 1,893.9 | 2,407.1 | 2,704.0 | 1,938.2 | 875.1 | 907.9 |
| South Africa | 56.8 | 179.2 | 687.6 | 923.4 | 1,025.6 | 1,072.9 | 1,174.7 | 1,123.0 | 1,042.7 | 892.7 | 767.3 | 833.3 | 696.7 | 565.2 | 102.4 | 15.1 |