KIX Forecast of International Flight Passengers For Summer Holidays 2023

Kansai Airports announces today a forecast of international passenger traffic, Japanese and nonJapanese combined, at Kansai International Airport (KIX) during the coming summer holidays (forecast for 11 days from Thursday, August 10, 2023, to Sunday, August 20, 2023).

• International flight passengers are forecasted to be 598,900 (daily average: 54,400).
  Note: Actual figures in summer holidays in 2019 for 10 days were 748,030 with a daily average of 74,800.
• The busiest departure day is expected to be Friday, August 11, 2023, with 29,100 departing passengers, while the busiest arrival day is forecast to be Thursday, August 10, 2023, with 29,300 arriving passengers.
  Note: In summer holidays in 2019, Friday, August 16, 2019, was the busiest day for departure with 47,250 departing passengers, and Friday, August 16, 2019, was the busiest day for arrival with 54,370 passengers.
• The daily average number of passengers is likely to be 73% compared to 2019, and the top three destinations are expected to be South Korea, China and Southeast Asia.