"While the US commercial airline industry weathered a challenging January with a Nor'easter shutting down major East Coast airports, followed by record-breaking Winter Storm Landon impacting much of the country, it's exciting to see flights rebound closer to pre-pandemic levels as we move into the second half of February."
- James Sulak, President, FlightAware
Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - United States
Weekly Average | Jan 30 - Feb 13
Flights per Day:
2022: 23,015
2021: 15,460
2020: 27,292
2019: 26,092
Year-over-year change:
2022 vs. 2021: +48.87%
2022 vs. 2020: -15.67%
2022 vs. 2019: -11.79%
Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - Worldwide
Weekly Average | Jan 30 - Feb 13
Flights per Day:
2022: 71,502
2021: 43,067
2020: 85,246
2019: 93,164
Year-over-year change:
2022 vs. 2021: +66.03%
2022 vs. 2020: -16.12%
2022 vs. 2019: -23.25%
Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - Europe
Weekly Average | Jan 30 - Feb 13
Flights per Day:
2022: 14,023
2021: 5,155
2020: 20,359
2019: 20,754
Year-over-year change:
2022 vs. 2021: +172.00%
2022 vs. 2020: -31.12%
2022 vs. 2019: -32.43%
Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - China
Weekly Average | Jan 30 - Feb 13
Flights per Day:
2022: 11,537
2021: 5,954
2020: 3,933
2019: 14,790
Year-over-year change:
2022 vs. 2021: +93.76%
2022 vs. 2020: +193.31%
2022 vs. 2019: -22.00%
Commercial Airline: Any scheduled passenger airline flights. The FAA refers to these as Part 121 and Part 129 traffic. The airline numbers shown in this report do not include canceled flights.
Quick Stats: Business Aviation Traffic - United States
Weekly Average | Jan 30 - Feb 13
Flights per Day:
2022: 12,134
2021: 9,551
2020: 10,144
2019: 9,420
Year-over-year change:
2022 vs. 2021: +27.05%
2022 vs. 2020: +19.62%
2022 vs. 2019: +28.81%
Business Aviation: Any turbine general aviation flights that are not commercial or cargo airlines. The FAA refers to these as Part 91 or 135 traffic.
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