"Commercial air traffic in Europe grows strong over 2021 and 2020 levels, only down 9% from 2019. Business aviation travel in the United States continues to surpass 2019 traffic, showing a 22% increase over flights this week in 2019."
- James Sulak, President, FlightAware
Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - United States
Weekly Average | October 25 - October 31
Flights per Day:
2022: 24,346
2021: 23,393
2020: 14,611
2019: 27,969
Year-over-year change:
2022 vs. 2021: +4%
2022 vs. 2020: +67%
2022 vs. 2019: -13%
Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - Worldwide
Weekly Average | October 25 - October 31
Flights per Day:
2022: 79,904
2021: 71,919
2020: 51,994
2019: 99,034
Year-over-year change:
2022 vs. 2021: +11%
2022 vs. 2020: +54%
2022 vs. 2019: -19%
Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - Europe
Weekly Average | October 25 - October 31
Flights per Day:
2022: 22,250
2021: 17,729
2020: 9,528
2019: 24,382
Year-over-year change:
2022 vs. 2021: +25%
2022 vs. 2020: +134%
2022 vs. 2019: -9%
Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - China
Weekly Average | October 25 - October 31
Flights per Day:
2022: 4,620
2021: 9,619
2020: 12,328
2019: 14,329
Year-over-year change:
2022 vs. 2021: -52%
2022 vs. 2020: -63%
2022 vs. 2019: -68%
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 | October 25 - October 31
Flights per Day:
2022: 12,449
2021: 12,683
2020: 9,340
2019: 10,198
Year-over-year change:
2022 vs. 2021: -2%
2022 vs. 2020: +33%
2022 vs. 2019: +22%
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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