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