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"While the US commercial airline industry weathered a challenging January with a Nor'easter shutting down major East Coast airports, followed by record-breaking Winter Storm Landon impacting much of the country, it's exciting to see flights rebound closer to pre-pandemic levels as we move into the second half of February."

- James Sulak, President, FlightAware

 

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.

Launch Interactive Dashboard


Commercial Airline Traffic - United States

Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - United States

Weekly Average | Jan 30 - Feb 13

Flights per Day:
2022: 23,015
2021: 15,460
2020: 27,292
2019: 26,092

Year-over-year change:
2022 vs. 2021: +48.87%
2022 vs. 2020: -15.67%

2022 vs. 2019: -11.79%


 

Commercial Airline Traffic - Worldwide

Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - Worldwide

Weekly Average | Jan 30 - Feb 13

Flights per Day:
2022: 71,502
2021: 43,067
2020: 85,246
2019: 93,164

Year-over-year change:
2022 vs. 2021: +66.03%
2022 vs. 2020: -16.12%
2022 vs. 2019: -23.25%

 

 

Commercial Airline Traffic - Europe

Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - Europe

Weekly Average | Jan 30 - Feb 13

Flights per Day:
2022: 14,023
2021: 5,155
2020: 20,359
2019: 20,754

Year-over-year change:
2022 vs. 2021: +172.00%
2022 vs. 2020: -31.12%
2022 vs. 2019: -32.43%

 

 

Commercial Airline Traffic - China

Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - China

Weekly Average | Jan 30 - Feb 13

Flights per Day:
2022: 11,537
2021: 5,954

2020: 3,933
2019: 14,790

Year-over-year change:
2022 vs. 2021: +93.76%
2022 vs. 2020: +193.31%

2022 vs. 2019: -22.00%

 

 

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 | Jan 30 - Feb 13

Flights per Day:
2022: 12,134
2021: 9,551
2020: 10,144
2019: 9,420

Year-over-year change:
2022 vs. 2021: +27.05%
2022 vs. 2020: +19.62%
2022 vs. 2019: +28.81%

 

 

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.

Launch Interactive Dashboard


 
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