In fiscal year 2017, the payload distance of postal mail transported domestically via air transportation in Japan amounted to around ** million ton-kilometers. Airmail is commonly transported domestically as air freight on passenger flights operated by the major Japanese airlines Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways.
fiscal years 2013 to 2017; the Japanese fiscal year starts April 1 of each stated year and ends March 31 of the following year
Supplementary notes
Ton-kilometers = (Weight of transported cargo per route) x (Distance of route).
Data prior to 2015 come from previous reports.
Values have been rounded.
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Statistics Bureau of Japan. (November 22, 2019). Payload distance of postal mail transported via domestic flights in Japan from fiscal year 2013 to 2017 (in million ton-kilometers) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 25, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1055375/japan-airmail-transport-distance-domestic-flight/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. "Payload distance of postal mail transported via domestic flights in Japan from fiscal year 2013 to 2017 (in million ton-kilometers)." Chart. November 22, 2019. Statista. Accessed July 25, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1055375/japan-airmail-transport-distance-domestic-flight/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. (2019). Payload distance of postal mail transported via domestic flights in Japan from fiscal year 2013 to 2017 (in million ton-kilometers). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 25, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1055375/japan-airmail-transport-distance-domestic-flight/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. "Payload Distance of Postal Mail Transported via Domestic Flights in Japan from Fiscal Year 2013 to 2017 (in Million Ton-kilometers)." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Nov 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1055375/japan-airmail-transport-distance-domestic-flight/
Statistics Bureau of Japan, Payload distance of postal mail transported via domestic flights in Japan from fiscal year 2013 to 2017 (in million ton-kilometers) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1055375/japan-airmail-transport-distance-domestic-flight/ (last visited July 25, 2025)
Payload distance of postal mail transported via domestic flights in Japan from fiscal year 2013 to 2017 (in million ton-kilometers) [Graph], Statistics Bureau of Japan, November 22, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1055375/japan-airmail-transport-distance-domestic-flight/
