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Transport

Aircraft and Transit Passenger

Data from Jan 2015 to Mar 2026

Last updated: 04 May 2026, 20:41 SGT

CAAS (Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore)

Data covers scheduled and non-scheduled passenger flight services from Changi Airport ONLY. Local Airline refers to Singapore International Airlines (SQ), Silk Air (MI), Jetstar Asia (3K) and Scoot (TR). Foreign Airline refers to the airlines that are not included in “Local Airline”.

Data explorer

AircraftandTransitPassenger.csv (540 rows, 25.6 KB)

Year Year (YYYY)	Month Month (YYYY-MM)	FlightType Text	AirlineType Text	AircraftArrival Text	AircraftDeparture Text	PassengerTransit Text
(Null)0.0% 20158.9% 20168.9% 20178.9% 20188.9%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0% Scheduled50.0% Non-Scheduled50.0%	(Null)0.0% Local50.0% Foreign50.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
2015	2015-01	Scheduled	Foreign	6,013	6,013	63,953
2015	2015-01	Scheduled	Local	7,668	7,670	0
2015	2015-01	Non-Scheduled	Foreign	566	571	51
2015	2015-01	Non-Scheduled	Local	137	142	0
2015	2015-02	Scheduled	Foreign	5,606	5,603	45,628
2015	2015-02	Scheduled	Local	6,997	6,992	0
2015	2015-02	Non-Scheduled	Foreign	522	526	11
2015	2015-02	Non-Scheduled	Local	124	121	0
2015	2015-03	Scheduled	Foreign	5,990	6,000	51,980
2015	2015-03	Scheduled	Local	7,639	7,650	0

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Year	Year	Year (YYYY)	-	Year
Month	Month	Month (YYYY-MM)	-	Month of Year
FlightType	FlightType	Text	-	Whether flights were operated as scheduled passenger or non-scheduled services.
AirlineType	AirlineType	Text	-	Whether airlines were based in Singapore (local) or overseas (foreign).
AircraftArrival	AircraftArrival	Text	-	Number of aircraft arrivals into Singapore Changi Airport.
AircraftDeparture	AircraftDeparture	Text	-	Number of aircraft departures out of Singapore Changi Airport.
PassengerTransit	PassengerTransit	Text	-	Total number of passengers who transited through Singapore Changi Airport.

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Sample OpenAPI query

This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the data catalogue of this dataset. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the API documentation. Try it out on your browser to see the response schema.

import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_8d7c6138029eea4d7ffae4f13e3a6458"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore. (2025). Aircraft and Transit Passenger (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved May 31, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_8d7c6138029eea4d7ffae4f13e3a6458/view

About this dataset

Contact

tan_xiao_yi@caas.gov.sg

Created on

30 Jun 2025

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

CAAS (Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore)