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"July presented a new milestone in the worldwide aviation recovery with average daily flights exceeding 100,000, numbers not seen since October 2019."

- Matt Davis, 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.

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Commercial Airline Traffic - United States

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Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - United States

Weekly Average | July 25 - July 31

Flights per Day:
2023: 27,533
2022: 25,829

2021: 24,785
2020: 14,956
2019: 30,964

Year-over-year change:
2023 vs. 2022: +7%
2023 vs. 2021: +11%
2023 vs. 2020: +84%

2023 vs. 2019: -11%

Commercial Airline Traffic - Worldwide

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Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - Worldwide

Weekly Average | July 25 - July 31

Flights per Day:
2023: 101,567
2022: 89,995
2021: 73,674
2020: 49,624
2019: 107,836

Year-over-year change:
2023 vs. 2022: +13%
2023 vs. 2021: +38%
2023 vs. 2020: +105%
2023 vs. 2019: -6%
 

Commercial Airline Traffic - Europe

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Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - Europe

Weekly Average | July 25 - July 31

Flights per Day:
2023: 27,099
2022: 24,830
2021: 18,061
2020: 10,610
2019: 28,406

Year-over-year change:
2023 vs. 2022: +9%
2023 vs. 2021: +50%
2023 vs. 2020: +155%
2023 vs. 2019: -5%

Commercial Airline Traffic - China

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Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - China

Weekly Average | July 25 - July 31

Flights per Day:
2023: 14,896
2022: 10,406
2021: 12,224
2020: 11,369
2019: 15,123

Year-over-year change:
2023 vs. 2022: +43%
2023 vs. 2021: +22%
2023 vs. 2020: +31%
2023 vs. 2019: -2%

 

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

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Quick Stats: Business Aviation Traffic - United States

Weekly Average | July 25 - July 31

Flights per Day:
2023: 13,237
2022: 13,442
2021: 13,364
2020: 9,142
2019: 10,821

Year-over-year change:
2023 vs. 2022: -2%
2023 vs. 2021: +1%
2023 vs. 2020: +47%
2023 vs. 2019: +24%

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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