"After a month of seeing little change in flight activity in Europe, we are excited to report a 16% increase in commercial flight traffic in the last two weeks."
-Daniel Baker, CEO, FlightAware
Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - United States
Weekly Average | May 17-23
Flights per Day:
2021: 21,185
2020: 7,825
2019: 29,056
Year-over-year change:
2021 vs. 2020: +170.73%
2021 vs. 2019: -27.09%
Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - Worldwide
Weekly Average | May 17-23
Flights per Day:
2021: 59,097
2020: 23,414
2019: 99,484
Year-over-year change:
2021 vs. 2020: +152.40%
2021 vs. 2019: -40.60%
Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - Europe
Weekly Average | May 17-23
Flights per Day:
2021: 8,132
2020: 2,154
2019: 25,709
Year-over-year change:
2021 vs. 2020: +277.61%
2021 vs. 2019: -68.37%
Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - China
Weekly Average | May 17-23
Flights per Day:
2021: 13,265
2020: 8,627
2019: 13,877
Year-over-year change:
2021 vs. 2020: +53.76%
2021 vs. 2019: -4.41%
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 | May 17-23
Flights per Day:
2021: 11,892
2020: 6,543
2019: 10,664
Year-over-year change:
2021 vs. 2020: +81.75%
2021 vs. 2019: +11.51%
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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