Private Jet Flight Activity Analysis – 2022 – Week 36

Everything was bigger last week as U.S. private jet flight activity surged 12% week-to-week, powered by a 14% gain in Texas

After several down weeks, global private jet flight activity jumped 8% week-to-week to 72,651 flights.

That’s 7% higher than Week 36 in 2021 and closer to the 52-week high – 78,406 flights in a week – than the low of 59,546.

Worldwide private jet flights are 2% up on last year’s record-breaking levels over the past four weeks, according to the WingX data.

“So far this month, we have seen a modest correction in the downward trend in flights in 2022 compared to 2021,” says Richard Koe, Managing Director of WingX.

U.S. private jet flights jump 12%

The U.S. saw a big boost week-to-week through Sept. 11, 2022, with 50,004 private jet flights, up 12%.

That was 10% higher than 2021 and between the 52-week high of 57,147 flights and low of 42,240.

For the past four weeks, the U.S. saw 190,790 private jet segments, 4% better than 2021.

Everything was bigger in Texas, where private jet flights were up 14% week-to-week with 5,074 segments, surpassing Florida and California.

Private Jet Flight Activity Analysis – 2022 – Week 36

Global private jet charter and fractional flight activity for the week was up 9% week-to-week with 36,149 flights, still 1% off of 2021’s fiery pace.

For the trailing month, fractional and charter flights worldwide are down 6% from last year.

U.S. charter and fractional flights accounted for 25,300 segments, 15% up from Week 35 and 1% above 2021.

Over the past month, segments are 5% below last year.

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In Europe, fractional and charter flights were down 5% for the week, falling to 9% below 2021 levels for Week 36.