France daily flights: 7-day moving average
France daily flights: 7-day moving average stood at 4,373.1 Flights per day on Oct 18, 2026, according to EUROCONTROL – Daily Traffic Variation (IFR flights), States and Airports dashboards. It is one of the indicators in the Daily flights table (Value · Daily), with a complete series running from Jan 1, 2026 to Oct 18, 2026. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Daily flights table
| Indicator | 18-10-2026 | 17-10-2026 | 16-10-2026 | 15-10-2026 | 14-10-2026 | 13-10-2026 | 12-10-2026 | 11-10-2026 | 10-10-2026 | 09-10-2026 | |
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| Flights | |||||||||||
| 7-day moving average | 4,373.1 | 4,378.1 | 4,363.4 | 4,343.9 | 4,333.9 | 4,323.3 | 4,321.3 | 4,342.9 | 4,355.3 | 4,366.6 | |
| Flights | 4,175 | 3,911 | 4,764 | 4,585 | 4,333 | 4,299 | 4,545 | 4,210 | 3,808 | 4,627 |
Understanding france daily flights: 7-day moving average
The metric smooths out high-frequency volatility in daily aviation traffic by calculating the arithmetic mean of instrument flight rules movements over a rolling seven-day window. Included are all commercial, cargo, and general aviation operations across the national airspace, averaged to neutralize the severe dips that routinely occur over weekends and public holidays. This formulation differs from raw daily counts by filtering out transient weather disruptions and single-day scheduling anomalies, presenting a clearer view of underlying operational momentum.
Analysts should examine this smoothed series to identify medium-term trajectory shifts without the distraction of weekly periodicity. Because the calculation looks backward across the preceding week, rapid turns in activity take several days to fully reflect in the headline average. Comparing this smoothed measure directly against unsmoothed daily data can cause confusion regarding the exact timing of sudden operational shocks.
Frequently asked questions
- How does the seven-day moving average handle weekend dips in traffic?
- The calculation blends weekend lows with mid-week peaks over a rolling week, distributing the weekly rhythm evenly across all reporting days.
- Why use a moving average instead of raw daily flight counts?
- Smoothing eliminates predictable weekly periodicity and temporary weather spikes, making underlying medium-term trends easier to identify.
- Does this smoothed series delay the visibility of sudden operational changes?
- Because each calculation incorporates the prior six days, sharp structural breaks in traffic take up to a week to be fully absorbed.