Traffic development
In 2020, 1.461 million flights under instrument flight rules were recorded in German airspace, 56.2 percent fewer than the year before.
Controlled flights
includes practically all scheduled, charter and cargo flights. They are guided
by air traffic control from the moment they take off until the moment they
land.
| Year |
(in millions) | Compared with preceding year |
| 2020 | 1.461 | -56.2% |
| 2019 | 3.334 | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 3.346 | +4.2% |
| 2017 | 3.212 | +3.3% |
| 2016 | 3.109 | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 3.029 | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 2.980 | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 2.953 | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 2.994 | -2.2% |
| 2011 | 3.060 | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 2.971 | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 2.927 | -7.1% |
