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Aviation Stats Update: March 16, 2022

Written by FlightAware | March 16, 2022 4:17:25 PM Z

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 | Mar 6 - Mar 13

Flights per Day:
2022: 23,839
2021: 18,506
2020: 29,319
2019: 29,024

Year-over-year change:
2022 vs. 2021: +28.82%
2022 vs. 2020: -18.69%

2022 vs. 2019: -17.87%


 

Commercial Airline Traffic - Worldwide

Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - Worldwide

Weekly Average | Mar 6 - Mar 13

Flights per Day:

2022: 70,074
2021: 53,995
2020: 84,427
2019: 95,659

Year-over-year change:
2022 vs. 2021: +29.78%
2022 vs. 2020: -17.00%
2022 vs. 2019: -26.75%

 

Commercial Airline Traffic - Europe

Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - Europe

Weekly Average | Mar 6 - Mar 13

Flights per Day:
2022: 15,510
2021: 5,510
2020: 19,281
2019: 21,554

Year-over-year change:
2022 vs. 2021: +181.49%
2022 vs. 2020: -19.56%
2022 vs. 2019: -28.04%

 

Commercial Airline Traffic - China

Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - China

Weekly Average | Mar 6 - Mar 13

Flights per Day:
2022: 6,856
2021: 12,549

2020: 5,105
2019: 13,633

Year-over-year change:
2022 vs. 2021: -45.36%
2022 vs. 2020: +34.29%

2022 vs. 2019: -49.71%

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 | Mar 6 - Mar 13

Flights per Day:

2022: 13,301
2021: 11,024
2020: 10,276
2019: 10,072

Year-over-year change:
2022 vs. 2021: +20.65%
2022 vs. 2020: +29.44%
2022 vs. 2019: +32.06%

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.

 
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