2023 private jet flights by state

Florida had the most private jet departures by state in 2023 while Nevada had the largest increase in flights.

By Doug Gollan, March 18, 2024

Despite a 5% drop, Florida remained the busiest U.S. state in the annual ranking of private jet flights by state.

According to data from Argus TraqPak, the Sunshine State saw 369,838 departures in 2023.

That represented a drop of 19,644 flights, the largest drop of any state compared to 2022.

Its share of flights, however, only edged down by one-tenth of a point to 11.9%.

That’s because 42 other states, including the District of Columbia Airports, DCA, and IAD, were all in the red.

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Private Jet Flight by State

Overall, private aviation flights dropped 3.8% from the 2021 and 2022 Covid-driven surge.

Nevada saw the biggest increase, 1,975 flights, giving it 62,237 departures, a 3.3% increase.

That moved it from the 17th to the 14th slot and boosted its market share from 1.9 to 3.3 percent.

While Texas and California held serve at the number two and three slots, Georgia moved from fifth to fourth, flipping positions with Colorado.

2023 Private Aviation Flights By State

Rank	State	2022	2023	% Share	% Change
1	Florida (1)	389,482	369,838	11.9%	-5.0%
2	Texas (2)	320,888	309,947	9.9%	-3.4%
3	California (3)	296,990	278,338	8.9%	-6.3%
4	Georgia (5)	116,049	111,287	3.6%	-4.1%
5	Colorado (4)	118,565	110,205	3.5%	-7.1%
6	New Jersey (6)	105,659	106,129	3.4%	0.4%
7	North Carolina (7)	98,516	95,952	3.1%	-2.6%
8	New York (8)	98,418	92,842	3.0%	-5.7%
9	Tennessee (9)	87,221	86,338	2.8%	-1.0%
10	Arizona (10)	84,342	78,787	2.5%	-6.6%
11	Illinois (11)	80,423	77,149	2.5%	-4.1%
12	Ohio (12)	75,951	74,279	2.4%	-2.2%
13	Pennsylvania (13)	66,250	64,941	2.1%	-2.0%
14	Nevada (17)	60,262	62,237	2.0%	3.3%
15	South Carolina (15)	64,041	61,913	2.0%	-3.3%
16	Michigan (14)	64,873	61,212	2.0%	-5.6%
17	Massachusetts (16)	63,286	61,100	2.0%	-3.5%
18	Missouri (18)	59,696	58,722	1.9%	-1.6%
19	Alabama (19)	51,044	49,541	1.6%	-2.9%
20	Indiana (20)	49,411	47,513	1.5%	-3.8%
21	Minnesota (22)	45,604	44,528	1.4%	-2.4%
22	Wisconsin (21)	46,022	44,237	1.4%	-3.9%
23	Virginia (23)	45,062	44,054	1.4%	-2.2%
24	Washington (24)	43,919	41,838	1.3%	-4.7%
25	Utah (27)	41,980	40,869	1.3%	-2.6%
26	Louisiana (25)	43,119	40,300	1.3%	-6.5%
27	Kansas (26)	42,033	39,452	1.3%	-6.1%
28	Arkansas (29)	38,565	38,179	1.2%	-1.0%
29	Alaska (28)	40,707	36,650	1.2%	-10.0%
30	Oklahoma (30)	37,523	35,222	1.1%	-6.1%
31	New Mexico (31)	34,748	34,731	1.1%	0.0%
32	Montana (32)	34,496	33,170	1.1%	-3.8%
33	Idaho (34)	33,136	31,446	1.0%	-5.1%
34	Oregon (33)	33,500	31,171	1.0%	-7.0%
35	DC – IAD/DCA (43)	31,644	31,148	1.0%	-1.6%
36	Nebraska (35)	32,594	31,134	1.0%	-4.5%
37	Kentucky (37)	28,387	27,918	0.9%	-1.7%
38	South Dakota (38)	27,427	26,994	0.9%	-1.6%
39	Mississippi (39)	27,202	26,239	0.8%	-3.5%
40	Iowa (40)	25,978	25,622	0.8%	-1.4%
41	Wyoming (42)	24,102	24,263	0.8%	0.7%
42	Hawaii (41)	24,737	21,963	0.7%	-11.2%
43	Maryland (36)	23,064	21,738	0.7%	-5.7%
44	North Dakota (44)	17,028	17,055	0.5%	0.2%
45	Connecticut (45)	15,859	15,022	0.5%	-5.3%
46	Maine (46)	15,008	14,859	0.5%	-1.0%
47	New Hampshire (47)	12,710	13,315	0.4%	4.8%
48	West Virginia (48)	11,455	12,857	0.4%	12.2%
49	Rhode Island (49)	6,275	6,037	0.2%	-3.8%
50	Vermont (51)	4,736	5,392	0.2%	13.9%
51	Delaware (50)	5,288	5,293	0.2%	0.1%

Source: Argus TraqPak

There were no changes in the sixth through 13th rankings.

The biggest gainers in terms of market share for 2023 were Vermont (+13.9%), West Virginia (+12.2%), and New Hampshire (+4.8%).

Hawaii (-11.2%), Alaska (-10.0%), Colorado (-7.1%), Oregon (-7.0%), Arizona (-6.6.%), Louisiana (-6.5%), California (-6.3%), Oklahoma and Kansas (each -6.1%) had the biggest declines in private jet flight departures.

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