Florida and Texas, the top states for private jet flights, saw the biggest gains in flights, as Rhode Island led on a percentage gain basis.
The top six states held serve in 2025, as measured by private jet departures and ranked by ARGUS TRAQPak data.
However, Rhode Island had the biggest percentage gain.
Even with a 20.0% increased compared to 2024, The Ocean State couldn’t move up from the 49th spot.
In terms of growth, Mississippi saw a 16.1% increase, moving it up four spots to 38th.
Washington D.C., which includes Dulles International and Reagan National Airports, was next.
The region saw a 12.3% increase.
IAD rode the surge back into the top five busiest airports for private jets in the nation for the first time since 2018.
Hawaii (+9.7%) and New York (+8.9%) also saw substantial gains.
However, if you look at total flights, top-ranked Florida had the biggest increase.
2025 saw a 21,448-flight increase in the Sunshine State, bringing it to nearly 12% of all U.S. private flights.
Second-ranked Texas had the second-biggest increase, up by 13,906 flights.
| Rank | State | 2024 | 2025 | % Share | % Change |
| 1 | Florida (1) | 362,632 | 384,080 | 11.98% | 5.9% |
| 2 | Texas (2) | 314,678 | 328,584 | 10.25% | 4.4% |
| 3 | California (3) | 276,550 | 285,045 | 8.89% | 3.1% |
| 4 | Georgia (4) | 110,072 | 113,996 | 3.55% | 3.6% |
| 5 | Colorado (5) | 107,575 | 110,840 | 3.46% | 3.0% |
| 6 | New Jersey (6) | 105,821 | 105,840 | 3.30% | 0.0% |
| 7 | New York (8) | 91,678 | 99,806 | 3.11% | 8.9% |
| 8 | North Carolina (7) | 91,866 | 94,794 | 2.96% | 3.2% |
| 9 | Tennessee (9) | 84,697 | 89,111 | 2.78% | 5.2% |
| 10 | Illinois (11) | 76,060 | 78,398 | 2.44% | 3.1% |
| 11 | Arizona (10) | 76,178 | 78,163 | 2.44% | 2.6% |
| 12 | Ohio (12) | 74,206 | 74,774 | 2.33% | 0.8% |
| 13 | South Carolina (14) | 61,218 | 65,507 | 2.04% | 7.0% |
| 14 | Pennsylvania (13) | 62,387 | 62,950 | 1.96% | 0.9% |
| 15 | Nevada (15) | 61,074 | 61,643 | 1.92% | 0.9% |
| 16 | Massachusetts (16) | 59,978 | 60,983 | 1.90% | 1.7% |
| 17 | Michigan (16) | 59,751 | 59,316 | 1.85% | -0.7% |
| 18 | Missouri (18) | 55,866 | 56,255 | 1.75% | 0.7% |
| 19 | Indiana (20) | 48,187 | 50,415 | 1.57% | 4.6% |
| 20 | Alabama (19) | 48,896 | 49,764 | 1.55% | 1.8% |
| 21 | Wisconsin (22) | 43,668 | 45,435 | 1.42% | 4.0% |
| 22 | Minnesota (21) | 44,885 | 45,347 | 1.41% | 1.0% |
| 23 | Virginia (23) | 42,977 | 45,153 | 1.41% | 5.1% |
| 24 | Washington (24) | 41,526 | 44,375 | 1.38% | 6.9% |
| 25 | Louisiana (26) | 41,220 | 44,326 | 1.38% | 7.5% |
| 26 | Utah (25) | 41,318 | 42,644 | 1.33% | 3.2% |
| 27 | Kansas (27) | 39,756 | 41,039 | 1.28% | 3.2% |
| 28 | Arkansas (28) | 38,182 | 39,408 | 1.23% | 3.2% |
| 29 | Montana (29) | 36,950 | 38,482 | 1.20% | 4.1% |
| 30 | New Mexico (30) | 35,916 | 38,107 | 1.19% | 6.1% |
| 31 | Oklahoma (31) | 35,080 | 36,802 | 1.15% | 4.9% |
| 32 | Alaska (32) | 34,398 | 36,163 | 1.13% | 5.1% |
| 33 | DC – IAD/DCA (34) | 31,313 | 35,157 | 1.10% | 12.3% |
| 34 | Idaho (33) | 32,288 | 33,105 | 1.03% | 2.5% |
| 35 | Oregon (35) | 30,896 | 32,138 | 1.00% | 4.0% |
| 36 | Nebraska (36) | 30,472 | 31,709 | 0.99% | 4.1% |
| 37 | South Dakota (38) | 27,187 | 29,052 | 0.91% | 6.9% |
| 38 | Mississippi (42) | 23,345 | 27,114 | 0.85% | 16.1% |
| 39 | Kentucky (38) | 27,040 | 26,522 | 0.83% | -1.9% |
| 40 | Hawaii (41) | 23,508 | 25,797 | 0.80% | 9.7% |
| 41 | Wyoming (39) | 24,794 | 25,618 | 0.80% | 3.3% |
| 42 | Iowa (40) | 24,328 | 25,145 | 0.78% | 3.4% |
| 43 | Maryland (43) | 20,885 | 21,450 | 0.67% | 2.7% |
| 44 | North Dakota (44) | 17,580 | 17,706 | 0.55% | 0.7% |
| 45 | Connecticut (45) | 14,897 | 15,073 | 0.47% | 1.2% |
| 46 | Maine (46) | 14,172 | 14,120 | 0.44% | -0.4% |
| 47 | New Hampshire (47) | 12,550 | 12,727 | 0.40% | 1.4% |
| 48 | West Virginia (48) | 9,451 | 9,592 | 0.30% | 1.5% |
| 49 | Rhode Island (49) | 5,724 | 6,868 | 0.21% | 20.0% |
| 50 | Vermont (50) | 5,253 | 5,387 | 0.17% | 2.6% |
| 51 | Delaware (51) | 5,150 | 5,368 | 0.17% | 4.2% |
Source: ARGUS TRAQPak
The top six states that held serve were, as usual, led by Florida, then Texas, California, Georgia, Colorado, and New Jersey.
Only three states saw drops.
Kentucky had the biggest percentage decline at 1.9%.
It also had the most significant decline in flights, with 518 fewer flights last year than the previous year.
Michigan saw the second-largest drop, though it was down just 0.7% on a 435-flight decline.
Maine was in the red with a 52-flight dip.
New Jersey stayed in positive territory by the smallest margin, just 19 flights, making it essentially flat to the previous year.
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