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Christmas Travel Statistics

2019 vs. 2020 holiday travel numbers starting the Friday prior to Christmas. Note Christmas Day* fell on a Wednesday in 2019, compared to a Friday in 2020.

 

United States Commercial Aviation  |  Flights/Day

  2019 2020 % Change
Friday 30,660 18,889 -38.39
Saturday 29,702 18,948 -36.20
Sunday 29,018 18,612 -35.86
Monday 29,896 18,475 -38.20
Tuesday 27,340 18,451 -32.51
Wednesday 22,213*
18,611 -16.22
Thursday 27,576 16,223 -41.17
Friday 29,875 11,699*
-60.84
Saturday 28,566 16,572 -41.97
Sunday 28,837 18,825 -34.72

 

Worldwide Commercial Aviation  |  Flights/Day

  2019 2020 % Change
Friday 105,634 62,024 -41.28
Saturday 98,678 58,237 -40.98
Sunday 100,282 59,639 -40.53
Monday 102,412 57,925 -43.44
Tuesday 92,224 56,341 -38.91
Wednesday 80,728* 58,938 -26.99
Thursday 96,514 53,347 -44.73
Friday 102,530 45,573* -55.55
Saturday 96,746 52,666 -45.56
Sunday 98,753 58,257 -41.01

 

 

Tracking the Recovery
Commercial Airline Traffic - United States

Year-Over-Year

20201228_USCovid

Quick Stats:
United States Commercial Airline Traffic  |  Weekly Average

2020 Flights/Day: 16,979
2019 Flights/Day: 27,783
Year-over-year change: -38.89%

 

Commercial Airline Traffic - Worldwide

Year-Over-Year

20201228_WorldCovid

Quick Stats:
Worldwide Commercial Aviation  |  Weekly Average

2020 Flights/Day: 54,721
2019 Flights/Day: 95,919
Year-over-year change: -42.95%

 

Commercial Airline Traffic - Europe

Year-Over-Year

20201228_EuropeCovid

Quick Stats:
Commercial Aviation - Europe  |  Weekly Average

2020 Flights/Day: 7,218
2019 Flights/Day: 20,025
Year-over-year change: -63.95%

 

Commercial Airline Traffic - China

Year-Over-Year

20201228_ChinaCovid

Quick Stats:
Commercial Aviation - China  |  Weekly Average

2020 Flights/Day: 11,880
2019 Flights/Day: 14,209
Year-over-year change: -16.39%

 

Commercial Airline: Any passenger airline flights. The FAA refers to this as Part 121 traffic.
The airline numbers shown in this report do not include canceled flights.

 

Business Aviation Traffic - United States

Year-Over-Year

20201228_BAGACovid

Quick Stats:
United States Business Aviation Traffic  |  Weekly Average

2020 Flights/Day: 8,737
2019 Flights/Day: 8,045
Year-over-year change: 8.61%

 
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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