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"US commercial airline traffic continued to increase through the Fourth of July holiday weekend, as numbers reach the highest we've seen in 2021 (23,963 airline flights in a day)."
-Daniel Baker, CEO, FlightAware
Commercial Airline Traffic - United States
Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - United States
Weekly Average | Jun 28 - Jul 5
Flights per Day:
2021: 23,685
2020: 12,003
2019: 28,175
Year-over-year change:
2021 vs. 2020: +97.32%
2021 vs. 2019: -15.94%
Commercial Airline Traffic - Worldwide
Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - Worldwide
Weekly Average | Jun 28 - Jul 5
Flights per Day:
2021: 69,622
2020: 39,677
2019: 104,062
Year-over-year change:
2021 vs. 2020: +75.47%
2021 vs. 2019: -33.10%
Commercial Airline Traffic - Europe
Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - Europe
Weekly Average | Jun 28 - Jul 5
Flights per Day:
2021: 15,567
2020: 7,543
2019: 28,570
Year-over-year change:
2021 vs. 2020: +106.39%
2021 vs. 2019: -45.51%
Commercial Airline Traffic - China
Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - China
Weekly Average | Jun 28 - Jul 5
Flights per Day:
2021: 11,982
2020: 9,359
2019: 14,646
Year-over-year change:
2021 vs. 2020: +28.02%
2021 vs. 2019: -18.19%
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 | Jun 28 - Jul 5
Flights per Day:
2021: 12,125
2020: 8,631
2019: 8,344
Year-over-year change:
2021 vs. 2020: +40.48%
2021 vs. 2019: +45.32%
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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