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"After the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States, commercial airline traffic saw an expected dip but has since increased, bringing commercial airline traffic within 12% of 2019 numbers, the smallest gap the US has seen this year."
- James Sulak, President, FlightAware
Commercial Airline Traffic - United States
Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - United States
Weekly Average | Nov 28 - Dec 5
Flights per Day:
2021: 24,547
2020: 16,681
2019: 27,804
Year-over-year change:
2021 vs. 2020: +47.15%
2021 vs. 2019: -11.71%
Commercial Airline Traffic - Worldwide
Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - Worldwide
Weekly Average | Nov 28 - Dec 5
Flights per Day:
2021: 72,454
2020: 52,750
2019: 97,001
Year-over-year change:
2021 vs. 2020: +37.35%
2021 vs. 2019: -25.31%
Commercial Airline Traffic - Europe
Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - Europe
Weekly Average | Nov 28 - Dec 5
Flights per Day:
2021: 15,389
2020: 6,056
2019: 21,432
Year-over-year change:
2021 vs. 2020: +154.10%
2021 vs. 2019: -28.19%
Commercial Airline Traffic - China
Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - China
Weekly Average | Nov 28 - Dec 5
Flights per Day:
2021: 8,745
2020: 12,219
2019: 14,195
Year-over-year change:
2021 vs. 2020: -28.43%
2021 vs. 2019: -38.39%
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 | Nov 28 - Dec 5
Flights per Day:
2021: 13,262
2020: 9,411
2019: 10,712
Year-over-year change:
2021 vs. 2020: +40.91%
2021 vs. 2019: +23.81%
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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