"Europe traffic remains consistent, avoiding the after-summer lull that was experienced in both 2019 and 2020, bringing commercial traffic within 27% of 2019 numbers, the smallest gap that Europe has seen this year."
-Daniel Baker, CEO, FlightAware
Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - United States
Weekly Average | Oct 24 - Oct 31
Flights per Day:
2021: 23,393
2020: 14,611
2019: 27,969
Year-over-year change:
2021 vs. 2020: +60.11%
2021 vs. 2019: -16.36%
Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - Worldwide
Weekly Average | Oct 24 - Oct 31
Flights per Day:
2021: 71,919
2020: 51,994
2019: 99,034
Year-over-year change:
2021 vs. 2020: +38.32%
2021 vs. 2019: -27.38%
Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - Europe
Weekly Average | Oct 24 - Oct 31
Flights per Day:
2021: 17,729
2020: 9,528
2019: 24,382
Year-over-year change:
2021 vs. 2020: +86.07%
2021 vs. 2019: -27.28%
Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - China
Weekly Average | Oct 24 - Oct 31
Flights per Day:
2021: 9,619
2020: 12,328
2019: 14,329
Year-over-year change:
2021 vs. 2020: -21.98%
2021 vs. 2019: -32.87%
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 | Oct 24 - Oct 31
Flights per Day:
2021: 12,683
2020: 9,340
2019: 10,198
Year-over-year change:
2021 vs. 2020: +35.80%
2021 vs. 2019: +24.36%
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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