"Business Aviation in the U.S. is having another strong week. Flight traffic is up compared to the same week over the last three years and shows an increase of 3% in average daily flights over 2021. Worldwide flight traffic declined slightly compared to the previous week but is still up 24% over 2021."
- James Sulak, President, FlightAware
Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - United States
Weekly Average | August 25 - August 31
Flights per Day:
2022: 25,419
2021: 23,901
2020: 15,486
2019: 29,605
Year-over-year change:
2022 vs. 2021: +6%
2022 vs. 2020: +64%
2022 vs. 2019: -14%
Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - Worldwide
Weekly Average | August 25 - August 31
Flights per Day:
2022: 87,517
2021: 70,317
2020: 54,016
2019: 106,569
Year-over-year change:
2022 vs. 2021: +24%
2022 vs. 2020: +62%
2022 vs. 2019: -18%
Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - Europe
Weekly Average | August 25 - August 31
Flights per Day:
2022: 25,266
2021: 19,070
2020: 13,024
2019: 28,837
Year-over-year change:
2022 vs. 2021: +32%
2022 vs. 2020: +94%
2022 vs. 2019: -12%
Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - China
Weekly Average | August 25 - August 31
Flights per Day:
2022: 7,928
2021: 8,611
2020: 12,120
2019: 14,977
Year-over-year change:
2022 vs. 2021: -8%
2022 vs. 2020: -35%
2022 vs. 2019: -47%
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 | August 25 - August 31
Flights per Day:
2022: 12,402
2021: 12,037
2020: 9,023
2019: 10,992
Year-over-year change:
2022 vs. 2021: +3%
2022 vs. 2020: +37%
2022 vs. 2019: +13%
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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