How Many People Are Flying Somewhere Right Now?

December 8, 2014 — Ever wonder how many people are flying in an airplane right now, at this very minute? There are about 100,000 aircraft that take off and land every day. At any given time, there are between 8,000 and 13,000 aircraft in the sky. If they have an average of 100 passengers per aircraft, that is over 1 million people in the air.
Representative image showing volume of flights per day worldwide

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