Air freight emission factors
Air freight transport. From 7 libraries, filed in one model so one publisher's factor compares with another's.
What the 5 factor pages say
One chart per unit, since a kilogram and a kWh do not compare. Colour is the boundary, what the factor counts; every row also names it.
Per t.km · 4 factor pages
Linear scale, from 0- Air Freight - Freight flights: DomesticCombustion4.6
MfE · New Zealand · 2024
- Passengers aircraft - 51-100 sièges, <500 kms jet, 2023Well-to-use4.24
ADEME · France · 2023
- Freight flights - Short-haul, to/from UKWell-to-use1.48
DESNZ · United Kingdom · 2026
- AircraftCombustion0.75
EPA Hub · United States · 2026
Per CAD
OpenIO-Canada puts Air freight transportation services at 1.01 kgCO₂e/CAD (Cradle to gate, 2022), the only factor page in this unit.
Source: the published factor pages, catalogue version 591.
Who publishes these factors
7 libraries publish them. Each name opens the library's page.
ADEME (54) and OpenIO-Canada (13) hold 82% of them; the other 5 publish the rest (15).
Source: open-climate.ai catalogue, version 591, coverage summed over libraries.
Every factor page
Sorted by library. Each factor is also on its library's page.
| Activity | Library | Region | Boundary | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passengers aircraft - 51-100 sièges, <500 kms jet, 2023 | ADEME | France | Well-to-use | 4.24 kgCO₂e/t.km | 2023 |
| Freight flights - Short-haul, to/from UK | DESNZ | United Kingdom | Well-to-use | 1.48 kgCO₂e/t.km | 2026 |
| Aircraft | EPA Hub | United States | Combustion | 0.75 kgCO₂e/t.km | 2026 |
| Air Freight - Freight flights: Domestic | MfE | New Zealand | Combustion | 4.6 kgCO₂e/t.km | 2024 |
| Air freight transportation services | OpenIO-Canada | Saskatchewan | Cradle to gate | 1.01 kgCO₂e/CAD | 2022 |
Other subcategories
- Road freight913 factors · 17 pages
- Sea freight635 factors · 9 pages
- Car travel526 factors · 14 pages
- Multimodal freight325 factors · 5 pages
- Logistics and warehousing305 factors · 5 pages
- Pipeline transport214 factors · 5 pages
- Multimodal passenger travel179 factors · 4 pages
- Air travel156 factors · 8 pages
- Rail freight119 factors · 7 pages
- Bus and coach travel96 factors · 9 pages
- Inland waterway freight75 factors · 4 pages
- Rail travel63 factors · 7 pages
- Motorcycle and scooter travel35 factors · 6 pages
- Ferry travel18 factors · 3 pages
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