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"We are excited to see progress across the board in flight traffic this week. Business Aviation in the US has surpassed 2019 traffic for the fourth consecutive week. Commercial flight traffic in China and the US both hit new highs since the onset of the pandemic, China down only 3.5% from 2019 and the US down about 33% from 2019."

-Daniel Baker, CEO, FlightAware

Commercial Airline Traffic - United States

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Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - United States
Weekly Average | March 22-28

 

Flights per Day:
2021: 19,411
2020: 16,581
2019: 29,032

Year-over-year change:
2021 vs. 2020: +17.07%
2021 vs. 2019: -33.14%

 

 

Commercial Airline Traffic - Worldwide

WW Commercial

Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - Worldwide
Weekly Average | March 22-28
 

Flights per Day:
2021: 57,030
2020: 38,094
2019: 95,624

Year-over-year change:
2021 vs. 2020: +49.71%
2021 vs. 2019: -40.36%

 

Commercial Airline Traffic - Europe

Europe commercial

Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - Europe
Weekly Average | March 22-28
 

Flights per Day:
2021: 6,381
2020: 3,774
2019: 21,668

Year-over-year change:
2021 vs. 2020: +69.10%
2021 vs. 2019: -70.55%

 

Commercial Airline Traffic - China

China Commercial

Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - China
Weekly Average | March 22-28
 

Flights per Day:
2021: 13,103
2020: 5,300
2019: 13,569

Year-over-year change:
2021 vs. 2020: +147.22%
2021 vs. 2019: -3.43%

 

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 | March 22-28
 

Flights per Day:
2021: 11,411
2020: 3,724
2019: 10,399

Year-over-year change:
2021 vs. 2020: +206.42%
2021 vs. 2019: +9.73%

 

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.

 

About FlightAware:

FlightAware (flightaware.com) is the leading provider of real-time and historical flight information and insights to the global aviation community. FlightAware serves all segments of the aviation marketplace through best-of-breed applications and data services that provide comprehensive information about the current and predicted movement of aircraft. Through the collection, interpretation, and enrichment of hundreds of sources of data, including data from FlightAware’s own proprietary terrestrial ADS-B network spanning seven continents and in 200 countries and territories, the company is able to transform millions of raw flight data elements and deliver them as coherent, easy-to-consume flight stories. As a single source of accurate and actionable data for aviation players large and small, FlightAware is central to aviation. ​

FlightAware is privately held with headquarters in Houston and locations in New York, Austin, Singapore, and London.

 

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