"Flight traffic in China has seen a sharp decrease compared to prior years, with commercial air travel down 64% compared to 2019 and 51% compared to last year. Business aviation traffic in the United States continues to show strong growth over prior years, up 5% from this week last year."
- James Sulak, President, FlightAware
Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - United States
Weekly Average | September 8 - September 14
Flights per Day:
2022: 24,883
2021: 23,165
2020: 14,109
2019: 28,507
Year-over-year change:
2022 vs. 2021: +7%
2022 vs. 2020: +76%
2022 vs. 2019: -13%
Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - Worldwide
Weekly Average | September 8 - September 14
Flights per Day:
2022: 83,313
2021: 71,795
2020: 52,645
2019: 103,875
Year-over-year change:
2022 vs. 2021: +16%
2022 vs. 2020: +58%
2022 vs. 2019: -20%
Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - Europe
Weekly Average | September 8 - September 14
Flights per Day:
2022: 24,779
2021: 18,618
2020: 12,239
2019: 28,200
Year-over-year change:
2022 vs. 2021: +33%
2022 vs. 2020: +102%
2022 vs. 2019: -12%
Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - China
Weekly Average | September 8 - September 14
Flights per Day:
2022: 5,274
2021: 10,683
2020: 12,294
2019: 14,451
Year-over-year change:
2022 vs. 2021: -51%
2022 vs. 2020: -57%
2022 vs. 2019: -64%
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 | September 8 - September 14
Flights per Day:
2022: 13,325
2021: 12,691
2020: 9,336
2019: 10,734
Year-over-year change:
2022 vs. 2021: +5%
2022 vs. 2020: +43%
2022 vs. 2019: +24%
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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