--- title: "Aviation Stats Update: March 16, 2022" description: See the latest air traffic stats worldwide, and dive into an interactive dashboard to gain insight into US carriers' delays & cancellations. image: https://blog.flightaware.com/hubfs/Media%20Advisory.png --- [![arrow left](https://blog.flightaware.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/FA_Header_Footer/images/nav/left-chevron.png) Back to Flight Tracking ](https://www.flightaware.com) ![](https://blog.flightaware.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/FA_Header_Footer/images/nav/icon-close.svg) [![FlightAware](https://blog.flightaware.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/FA_Header_Footer/images/nav/flightaware-logo-color.svg) ](https://flightaware.com) - Products Data Products - [![](https://blog.flightaware.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/FA_Header_Footer/images/nav/icon-aeroapi.png) AeroAPI Flight data API with on-demand flight status and flight tracking data. ](https://www.flightaware.com/commercial/aeroapi/) - [![](https://blog.flightaware.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/FA_Header_Footer/images/nav/icon-firehose.png) FlightAware Firehose Streaming flight data feed for enterprise integrations with real-time, historical and predictive flight data. ](https://www.flightaware.com/commercial/firehose/) - 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[Tweet](https://twitter.com/share?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) ** Tags: [News & Announcements](https://blog.flightaware.com/tag/news-announcements) [Aviation Recovery](https://blog.flightaware.com/tag/aviation-recovery) ### 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](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/7228775/51d37c55-0d84-4c2f-8f56-83d0d1ea4c77.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/7228775/51d37c55-0d84-4c2f-8f56-83d0d1ea4c77) --- ### Commercial Airline Traffic - United States **Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - United States** **Weekly Average | Mar 6 - Mar 13** **Flights per Day: **2022: 23,839 2021: 18,506 2020: 29,319 2019: 29,024 **Year-over-year change:** 2022 vs. 2021: +28.82% 2022 vs. 2020: -18.69% 2022 vs. 2019: -17.87%   ### Commercial Airline Traffic - Worldwide **Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - Worldwide** **Weekly Average | Mar 6 - Mar 13** **Flights per Day: ** 2022: 70,074 2021: 53,995 2020: 84,427 2019: 95,659 **Year-over-year change:** 2022 vs. 2021: +29.78% 2022 vs. 2020: -17.00% 2022 vs. 2019: -26.75%   ### Commercial Airline Traffic - Europe **Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - Europe** **Weekly Average | Mar 6 - Mar 13** **Flights per Day: **2022: 15,510 2021: 5,510 2020: 19,281 2019: 21,554 **Year-over-year change:** 2022 vs. 2021: +181.49% 2022 vs. 2020: -19.56% 2022 vs. 2019: -28.04%   ### Commercial Airline Traffic - China **Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - China** **Weekly Average | Mar 6 - Mar 13** **Flights per Day: **2022: 6,856 2021: 12,549 2020: 5,105 2019: 13,633 **Year-over-year change:** 2022 vs. 2021: -45.36% 2022 vs. 2020: +34.29% 2022 vs. 2019: -49.71% ***Commercial Airline:** Any scheduled passenger airline flights. The FAA refers to these as [Part 121](https://www.faa.gov/hazmat/air_carriers/operations/part_121/?utm_campaign=Media%20Emails%20&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9ghcI0HI-8XniPW6LhNAdqxd7bsdeo5SePRDnOhINiM0iHb6Ri_ar9JGRD0RIKobySX0H4) and [Part 129](https://www.faa.gov/hazmat/air_carriers/operations/part_129/?utm_campaign=Media%20Emails%20&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9ghcI0HI-8XniPW6LhNAdqxd7bsdeo5SePRDnOhINiM0iHb6Ri_ar9JGRD0RIKobySX0H4) 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 | Mar 6 - Mar 13** **Flights per Day: ** 2022: 13,301 2021: 11,024 2020: 10,276 2019: 10,072 **Year-over-year change:** 2022 vs. 2021: +20.65% 2022 vs. 2020: +29.44% 2022 vs. 2019: +32.06% ***Business Aviation: **Any turbine general aviation flights that are not commercial or cargo airlines. The FAA refers to these as Part [91](https://www.faa.gov/hazmat/air_carriers/operations/part_91/?utm_campaign=Media%20Emails%20&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9W7cUtmJUKuSWBM815DJs-qNEqxWCo7KjWyTzRcuo-tLPw1i_pILK2anRg7QjMyr5f18WI) or [135](https://www.faa.gov/hazmat/air_carriers/operations/part_135/?utm_campaign=Media%20Emails%20&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9W7cUtmJUKuSWBM815DJs-qNEqxWCo7KjWyTzRcuo-tLPw1i_pILK2anRg7QjMyr5f18WI) 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](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/7228775/51d37c55-0d84-4c2f-8f56-83d0d1ea4c77.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/7228775/51d37c55-0d84-4c2f-8f56-83d0d1ea4c77) ---   **Want more data? 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