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Edition September 2026

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What this edition is

The live map is an illustrative sample. It is not an ICAO, IATA, ACI or Cirium extract. Larger aviation markets were hand-compiled; the rest are estimated from population and income so every country on the map has a colour. Treat it as a working prototype of the research product, not a statistical release.

Flow numbers (revenue, passengers, cargo, movements) are annual totals for calendar 2025. Stocks (airlines, aircraft, airports, destinations, widebodies) are point-in-time at September 2026.

Field-by-field sources

Airline revenue

Annual (2025)

Operating revenue of commercial airlines with an AOC or headquarters in the country — not where the ticket was sold.

This atlas. Illustrative. Hand-compiled for ~90 larger markets from public airline reports and industry knowledge; remaining markets estimated from population and GDP per capita.

Production. IATA World Air Transport Statistics (WATS); airline annual reports and 20-F filings; Cirium Airline Financials; ICAO Air Transport Reporting Form B. IATA WATS and Cirium are licensed products. Republication in a paid table requires redistribution rights.

Airlines

Point in time (September 2026)

Commercial passenger and cargo airlines based in the country (AOC / operating certificate).

This atlas. Illustrative. Hand-compiled for known markets; otherwise estimated.

Production. National CAA AOC registers; ICAO Doc 8585 Designators; ch-aviation; Cirium. National registers are generally public. Aggregators (ch-aviation, Cirium) are licensed.

Aircraft on register

Point in time (September 2026)

Civil aircraft on the national register, including airliners, business jets and general aviation. Not the same as the airline fleet (Ireland’s EI- prefix is a lessor register; Liberia’s A8- is a convenience register).

This atlas. Illustrative. Hand-compiled for large registers; otherwise estimated.

Production. National civil registers (FAA N-Number, UK G-INFO, DGAC, CASA, Transport Canada, CAAC); Cirium Fleets Analyzer. Most CAA registers are public. Cirium Fleets Analyzer is licensed; selling derived fleet counts needs a redistribution clause.

Air passengers

Annual (2025)

Passengers through the country’s airports: arrivals + departures + direct transit.

This atlas. Illustrative. Hand-compiled for major systems; otherwise estimated from population and income.

Production. ICAO Air Transport Reporting Form A; ACI World Airport Traffic; Eurostat; US BTS T-100; national statistics offices. ACI World Traffic is licensed. ICAO and many national series allow citation with attribution; check each series before resale.

Aircraft movements

Annual (2025)

Take-offs and landings at the country’s airports.

This atlas. Illustrative.

Production. ACI; Eurostat; FAA ATADS / OPSNET; national CAAs and airport operators. Same pattern as passengers. Airport-operator figures are often public.

Air freight

Annual (2025)

Freight and mail handled at the country’s airports, tonnes.

This atlas. Illustrative.

Production. ICAO Form A; ACI; IATA Cargo; national customs / aviation statistics. IATA Cargo and ACI are licensed.

Commercial airports

Point in time (September 2026)

Airports with scheduled commercial passenger service in the reference year.

This atlas. Illustrative.

Production. OAG Schedules Analyser (airports with at least one scheduled departure); national AIP; OurAirports as a public cross-check. OAG is licensed. AIP / OurAirports are citable.

International destinations

Point in time (September 2026)

Distinct international cities served with scheduled flights from the country’s airports.

This atlas. Illustrative.

Production. OAG Schedules Analyser; Cirium Diio Mi. OAG and Cirium Diio are licensed. Selling destination counts needs redistribution rights.

Widebodies

Point in time (September 2026)

Widebody aircraft in airlines based in the country (not the entire national GA register).

This atlas. Illustrative.

Production. Cirium Fleets Analyzer; ch-aviation; airline fleet disclosures. Cirium / ch-aviation licensed.

Busiest airport passengers

Annual (2025)

Annual passengers at the country’s busiest airport.

This atlas. Illustrative.

Production. ACI World Airport Traffic Rankings; airport annual reports. ACI rankings are licensed; many airports publish their own traffic.

Flag, hub, alliance, register, authority, carriers

Qualitative (September 2026)

Flag carrier and IATA code, alliance, primary and second hub, nationality mark, national aviation authority, other notable airlines, and short market notes.

This atlas. Hand-compiled from public airline, alliance and CAA material, plus Boston Warwick desk knowledge.

Production. Airline websites; Star Alliance / SkyTeam / oneworld directories; IATA; national CAAs. Notes remain Boston Warwick editorial. Facts are public. The notes are Boston Warwick copyright.

Carrier passengers

Annual (2025)

Passengers carried by air carriers registered in the country. World Bank series IS.AIR.PSGR. This is not passengers through the country’s airports.

This atlas. World Bank World Development Indicators, fetched into the atlas store. Not a Boston Warwick estimate.

Production. World Bank WDI IS.AIR.PSGR, refreshed from the public API. Airport throughput stays a separate, licensed series. World Bank CC BY 4.0. Attribution required.

GDP per capita

Annual (2025)

Purchasing-power GDP per person.

This atlas. The map shows the latest edition only. When the next annual World Bank release is in, that figure replaces this one. There is no year control. Earlier years stay in the store for Boston Warwick, not on the public map.

Production. World Bank World Development Indicators (NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD). World Bank CC BY 4.0. Attribution required.

Population

Annual (2025)

Estimated resident population.

This atlas. The map shows the latest edition only. Population rolls forward with the annual World Bank series SP.POP.TOTL. There is no year control.

Production. UN World Population Prospects; World Bank SP.POP.TOTL. UN and World Bank series are public with attribution.

Human Development

Annual (2025)

UNDP Human Development Index.

This atlas. Illustrative.

Production. UNDP Human Development Report data. UNDP, attribution required.

Map geometry

Natural Earth 50m admin-0 via world-atlas, Equal Earth projection. Antarctica, French Southern Antarctic Lands, Heard Island, the British Indian Ocean Territory and South Georgia are omitted. Small countries including Malta, Singapore, Hong Kong and Bahrain are drawn, with a dot where the polygon is only a few pixels.

Keep Natural Earth 50m for the public map. A future airport topic would use a point layer, not a new country geometry.

Production stack (licensed)

A paid briefing that republishes Cirium, OAG, IATA or ACI needs a redistribution right. World Bank series can be cited. The public map does not hand those files to a visitor.

  • Cirium Fleets Analyzer + Diio. Aircraft on register, widebodies, scheduled destinations, some financials.
  • OAG Schedules Analyser. Airports with service, international destinations, capacity.
  • ACI World Airport Traffic. Passengers, cargo and movements at airport and country roll-up.
  • IATA WATS. Airline revenue and traffic by country of airline registration.
  • ICAO data+. Form A/B official traffic; Doc 8585 designators.
  • National CAA registers. Civil register counts and nationality marks (FAA, UK CAA, IAA, GCAA, CAAC, CASA…).
  • World Bank WDI + UNDP HDR. GDP per capita, population, HDI.

What updates itself

The public map shows one year: the latest edition. It does not have a year control. Population, GDP per capita, passengers carried, carrier departures and freight tonne-kilometres come from the World Bank’s public API. The atlas keeps that snapshot and, once it is older than three weeks, asks the World Bank again. A new annual release replaces the figure on the map. There is no monthly series, and visitors cannot step back through earlier years.

Airline revenue, civil registers, airport passengers, cargo tonnes, movements and the dossier notes are a Boston Warwick desk edition. They are labelled illustrative. They move when Boston Warwick issues the next annual edition. They are not backcast.

Carrier passengers (World Bank) and airport passengers (desk) are different facts. The map does not treat them as the same number.

Where the data is kept

Countries, the desk edition, the World Bank history and the topic list sit in the atlas database (Postgres when this app is published). Boston Warwick can extract from that store for a client briefing. Nothing on the public map, the briefing sample or this page writes a spreadsheet to the visitor’s computer.

Topics, later

The store already has a place for a topic that is not a country choropleth. The first one on the list, not drawn yet, is airports most exposed to a rise in the jet-fuel price. That layer would be points, not countries. It is recorded so the next edition has somewhere to go. It is not in this map.

How it sits on bostonwarwick.com

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    Boston Warwick Research · Country Aviation Atlas · Edition September 2026.
    Airline revenue is booked to carriers based in the country. Civil register includes GA.
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