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"Commercial air traffic soared in the first quarter of 2024, with China leading the rebound. By the end of March, China's weekly average reached 8% above 2019 levels. Globally, air traffic is nearing pre-pandemic levels, sitting at just 1% below 2019 figures."
- 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.
Commercial Airline Traffic - United States
Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - United States
Weekly Average | March 25 - March 31
Flights per Day:
2024: 27,552
2023: 25,831
2022: 24,589
2021: 19,507
2020: 13,940
2019: 29,009
Year-over-year change:
2024 vs. 2023: +7%
2024 vs. 2022: +12%
2024 vs. 2021: +41%
2024 vs. 2020: +98%
2024 vs. 2019: -5%
Commercial Airline Traffic - Worldwide
Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - Worldwide
Weekly Average | March 25 - March 31
Flights per Day:
2024: 94,778
2023: 87,965
2022: 71,067
2021: 57,731
2020: 31,104
2019: 95,865
Year-over-year change:
2024 vs. 2023: +8%
2024 vs. 2022: +33%
2024 vs. 2021: +64%
2024 vs. 2020: +205%
2024 vs. 2019: -1%
Commercial Airline Traffic - Europe
Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - Europe
Weekly Average | March 25 - March 31
Flights per Day:
2024: 21,307
2023: 19,844
2022: 18,442
2021: 6,895
2020: 2,663
2019: 21,939
Year-over-year change:
2024 vs. 2023: +7%
2023 vs. 2022: +16%
2023 vs. 2021: +209%
2023 vs. 2020: +700%
2023 vs. 2019: -3%
Commercial Airline Traffic - China
Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - China
Weekly Average | March 25 - March 31
Flights per Day:
2024: 14,584
2023: 12,771
2022: 3,197
2021: 13,012
2020: 5,250
2019: 13,566
Year-over-year change:
2024 vs. 2023: +14%
2023 vs. 2022: +356%
2023 vs. 2021: +12%
2023 vs. 2020: +178%
2023 vs. 2019: +8%
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 | March 25 - March 31
Flights per Day:
2024: 11,388
2023: 11,907
2022: 12,952
2021: 11,432
2020: 3,334
2019: 10,252
Year-over-year change:
2024 vs. 2023: -4%
2023 vs. 2022: -12%
2023 vs. 2021: 0%
2023 vs. 2020: +242%
2023 vs. 2019: +11%
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.
FlightAware (a Collins Aerospace business) 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.
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