"While commercial airline traffic in the United States remains steady, hovering 18% below 2019 travel numbers, business aviation traffic continues to thrive, consistently remaining well above 2019 numbers since late February 2021."
-Daniel Baker, CEO, FlightAware
Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - United States
Weekly Average | Sep 19 - Sep 26
Flights per Day:
2021: 23,519
2020: 14,306
2019: 28,974
Year-over-year change:
2021 vs. 2020: +64.40%
2021 vs. 2019: -18.83%
Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - Worldwide
Weekly Average | Sep 19 - Sep 26
Flights per Day:
2021: 72,022
2020: 52,009
2019: 103,459
Year-over-year change:
2021 vs. 2020: +38.48%
2021 vs. 2019: -30.39%
Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - Europe
Weekly Average | Sep 19 - Sep 26
Flights per Day:
2021: 18,152
2020: 10,738
2019: 27,857
Year-over-year change:
2021 vs. 2020: +69.04%
2021 vs. 2019: -34.84%
Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - China
Weekly Average | Sep 19 - Sep 26
Flights per Day:
2021: 10,483
2020: 12,649
2019: 14,612
Year-over-year change:
2021 vs. 2020: -17.12%
2021 vs. 2019: -28.26%
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 | Sep 19 - Sep 26
Flights per Day:
2021: 13,096
2020: 9,601
2019: 11,129
Year-over-year change:
2021 vs. 2020: +36.40%
2021 vs. 2019: +17.67%
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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