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"COVID-19 put the brakes on aviation in March 2020. But almost exactly 3 years later, all regions of the world are showing big recoveries. This is especially true in China, where commercial aviation has finally come back to life in the last few weeks, with flight counts off only 15% from 2019 record highs."
- Matt Davis, President, FlightAware
Interactive US Cancellations and Delays Report
Due to the high interest in delays and cancellations, our team has developed an interactive Delays and Cancellations Report in Tableau.
Commercial Airline Traffic - United States
Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - United States
Weekly Average | February 22 - February 28
Flights per Day:
2023: 24,623
2022: 23,272
2021: 16,383
2020: 28,601
2019: 27,411
Year-over-year change:
2023 vs. 2022: +6%
2023 vs. 2021: +50%
2023 vs. 2020: -14%
2023 vs. 2019: -10%
Commercial Airline Traffic - Worldwide
Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - Worldwide
Weekly Average | February 22 - February 28
Flights per Day:
2023: 86,138
2022: 71,186
2021: 49,311
2020: 86,945
2019: 94,250
Year-over-year change:
2023 vs. 2022: +21%
2023 vs. 2021: +75%
2023 vs. 2020: -1%
2023 vs. 2019: -9%
Commercial Airline Traffic - Europe
Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - Europe
Weekly Average | February 22 - February 28
Flights per Day:
2023: 18,967
2022: 14,897
2021: 5,382
2020: 21,669
2019: 21,227
Year-over-year change:
2023 vs. 2022: +27%
2023 vs. 2021: +252%
2023 vs. 2020: -12%
2023 vs. 2019: -11%
Commercial Airline Traffic - China
Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - China
Weekly Average | February 22 - February 28
Flights per Day:
2023: 12,271
2022: 10,039
2021: 10,791
2020: 3,948
2019: 14,514
Year-over-year change:
2023 vs. 2022: +22%
2023 vs. 2021: +14%
2023 vs. 2020: +211%
2023 vs. 2019: -15%
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.
Business Aviation Traffic - United States
Quick Stats: Business Aviation Traffic - United States
Weekly Average | February 22 - February 28
Flights per Day:
2023: 11,754
2022: 12,924
2021: 10,370
2020: 10,500
2019: 9,848
Year-over-year change:
2023 vs. 2022: -9%
2023 vs. 2021: +25%
2023 vs. 2020: +23%
2023 vs. 2019: +31%
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.
Interactive US Cancellations and Delays Report
Due to the high interest in delays and cancellations, our team has developed an interactive Delays and Cancellations Report in Tableau.
FlightAware (a Collins Aerospace business) is the leading provider of real-time and historical flight information and insights to the global aviation community. FlightAware serves all segments of the aviation marketplace through best-of-breed applications and data services that provide comprehensive information about the current and predicted movement of aircraft. Through the collection, interpretation, and enrichment of hundreds of sources of data, including data from FlightAware’s own proprietary terrestrial ADS-B network spanning seven continents and in 200 countries and territories, the company is able to transform millions of raw flight data elements and deliver them as coherent, easy-to-consume flight stories. As a single source of accurate and actionable data for aviation players large and small, FlightAware is central to aviation.
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