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August 2023 Private Jet Report

Tracked business aviation movements over August 2023, with fleet mix, seasonality and the airports that carried the most traffic.

Unique aircraft
24,951
Movements
219,136
vs previous
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CO₂, tons
759,991

Daily Flights

Unique aircraft tracked each day of the month

1 7529
2 7162
3 7472
4 7195
5 5604
6 6376
7 7138
8 6941
9 7242
10 7650
11 7428
12 5635
13 6382
14 7098
15 7032
16 7532
17 8263
18 7449
19 5436
20 6581
21 7620
22 7163
23 7585
24 8125
25 7589
26 5351
27 6379
28 7876
29 7178
30 7100
31 8025

Flights by Day of Week

Average per year

Mon 7433
Tue 7169
Wed 7324
Thu 7907
Fri 7415
Sat 5506
Sun 6430

Hourly Flight Pattern

UTC time · average per year

00 992
01 764
02 584
03 466
04 403
05 410
06 465
07 531
08 585
09 639
10 758
11 1065
12 1432
13 1800
14 2064
15 2263
16 2255
17 2222
18 2184
19 2162
20 2037
21 1844
22 1574
23 1270

Fleet by Manufacturer

Unique airframes tracked, by who built them

Ces 5902
Bee 4249
Bom 3332
Gul 2907
Pil 1930
Das 1532
Emb 1212
Dah 970
Haw 651
Cir 425
Cessna
5,902 aircraft
Beechcraft
4,249 aircraft
Bombardier
3,332 aircraft
Gulfstream
2,907 aircraft
Pilatus
1,930 aircraft
Dassault
1,532 aircraft
Embraer
1,212 aircraft
Daher
970 aircraft
Hawker
651 aircraft
Cirrus
425 aircraft

Top Aircraft Models

Most active aircraft types

Pilatus PC-12
1,720 aircraft tracked
Beechcraft King Air 200
1,530 aircraft tracked
Beechcraft King Air 90
922 aircraft tracked
Cessna Citation Excel
890 aircraft tracked
Daher TBM 700
830 aircraft tracked
Cessna Citation CJ2
802 aircraft tracked
Bombardier Challenger 600
783 aircraft tracked
Bombardier Challenger 300
747 aircraft tracked
Gulfstream V
702 aircraft tracked
Embraer Phenom 300
692 aircraft tracked
Gulfstream IV
669 aircraft tracked
Hawker 800
651 aircraft tracked
Gulfstream Global Express
623 aircraft tracked
Cessna Citation CJ3
617 aircraft tracked
Cessna Citation V
610 aircraft tracked
Beechcraft King Air 350
585 aircraft tracked
Dassault Falcon 2000
581 aircraft tracked
Bombardier Learjet 45
537 aircraft tracked
Beechcraft Beechjet 400
518 aircraft tracked
Cessna Citation II
516 aircraft tracked
Beechcraft King Air 300
495 aircraft tracked
Gulfstream G650
490 aircraft tracked
Dassault Falcon 900
465 aircraft tracked
Cirrus Vision Jet
425 aircraft tracked

Top 50 Airports

Busiest private jet airports

# Airport City IATA ICAO Aircraft
1 Washington Dulles International Airport Dulles IAD KIAD 7,435
2 Dallas Love Field Dallas DAL KDAL 6,932
3 Teterboro Airport Teterboro TEB KTEB 5,883
4 General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport Boston BOS KBOS 4,577
5 Lester B. Pearson International Airport Toronto YYZ CYYZ 4,503
6 Metropolitan Oakland International Airport Oakland OAK KOAK 4,349
7 San Francisco International Airport San Francisco SFO KSFO 3,418
8 Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport San Jose SJC KSJC 3,403
9 Scottsdale Airport Scottsdale SCF KSDL 3,151
10 Jackson Hole Airport Jackson JAC KJAC 3,062
11 John Wayne Airport-Orange County Airport Santa Ana SNA KSNA 2,961
12 Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport Denver BJC KBJC 2,706
13 Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport Fort Lauderdale FLL KFLL 2,646
14 Harry Reid International Airport Las Vegas LAS KLAS 2,634
15 Boeing Field King County International Airport Seattle BFI KBFI 2,304
16 Madrid Barajas International Airport Madrid MAD LEMD 2,290
17 Centennial Airport Denver APA KAPA 2,222
18 Zurich Airport Zurich ZRH LSZH 2,062
19 Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport Fort Lauderdale FXE KFXE 2,011
20 Los Angeles International Airport Los Angeles LAX KLAX 1,933
21 General Mitchell International Airport Milwaukee MKE KMKE 1,867
22 London Biggin Hill Airport London BQH EGKB 1,812
23 Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain Airport Minneapolis MSP KMSP 1,812
24 Monterey Peninsula Airport Monterey MRY KMRY 1,756
25 Vancouver International Airport Vancouver YVR CYVR 1,748
26 Orlando Executive Airport Orlando ORL KORL 1,693
27 Van Nuys Airport Van Nuys VNY KVNY 1,648
28 Charlotte Douglas International Airport Charlotte CLT KCLT 1,596
29 Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport Anchorage ANC PANC 1,575
30 Farnborough Airport Farnborough FAB EGLF 1,567
31 Calgary International Airport Calgary YYC CYYC 1,530
32 Asheville Regional Airport Asheville AVL KAVL 1,503
33 San Diego International Airport San Diego SAN KSAN 1,484
34 Portland International Airport Portland PDX KPDX 1,422
35 Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Phoenix PHX KPHX 1,302
36 Ciampino Airport Roma CIA LIRA 1,290
37 Mc Clellan-Palomar Airport Carlsbad CLD KCRQ 1,271
38 City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport Colorado Springs COS KCOS 1,264
39 Cincinnati Municipal Airport Lunken Field Cincinnati LUK KLUK 1,200
40 Olbia / Costa Smeralda Airport Olbia OLB LIEO 1,189
41 Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Amsterdam AMS EHAM 1,168
42 Chicago Midway International Airport Chicago MDW KMDW 1,151
43 Chicago Executive Airport Chicago/Prospect Heights/Wheeling KPWK 1,144
44 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport New Orleans MSY KMSY 1,116
45 McGhee Tyson Airport Knoxville TYS KTYS 1,110
46 Salt Lake City International Airport Salt Lake City SLC KSLC 1,104
47 San Antonio International Airport San Antonio SAT KSAT 1,090
48 Wilmington International Airport Wilmington ILM KILM 1,085
49 Raleigh Durham International Airport Raleigh/Durham RDU KRDU 1,070
50 Long Beach /Daugherty Field/ Airport Long Beach LGB KLGB 1,069

Top 50 Routes

Busiest private jet sectors of the period

# Route Cities Flights
1 IAD → TEB Dulles → Teterboro 24
2 TEB → FOK Teterboro → Westhampton Beach 24
3 TEB → BED Teterboro → Bedford 22
4 TEB → ACK Teterboro → Nantucket 22
5 TEB → IAD Teterboro → Dulles 19
6 TEB → BOS Teterboro → Boston 18
7 DAL → HOU Dallas → Houston 17
8 SNA → VNY Santa Ana → Van Nuys 17
9 HPN → IAD White Plains → Dulles 17
10 TEB → VNY Teterboro → Van Nuys 16
11 FOK → TEB Westhampton Beach → Teterboro 16
12 OPF → TEB Miami → Teterboro 16
13 YYZ → TEB Toronto → Teterboro 16
14 BED → TEB Bedford → Teterboro 15
15 MDW → TEB Chicago → Teterboro 15
16 TEB → OPF Teterboro → Miami 15
17 SCF → VNY Scottsdale → Van Nuys 14
18 IAD → HPN Dulles → White Plains 14
19 HOU → DAL Houston → Dallas 14
20 HPN → ACK White Plains → Nantucket 14
21 SNA → LAS Santa Ana → Las Vegas 14
22 HPN → BED White Plains → Bedford 14
23 DAL → AUS Dallas → Austin 13
24 DAL → TEB Dallas → Teterboro 13
25 FAB → LTN Farnborough → London 13
26 ABQ → PHX Albuquerque → Phoenix 13
27 TEB → RDU Teterboro → Raleigh/Durham 12
28 AUS → DAL Austin → Dallas 12
29 VNY → TEB Van Nuys → Teterboro 12
30 BFI → TEB Seattle → Teterboro 12
31 YVR → YYC Vancouver → Calgary 12
32 LAS → SNA Las Vegas → Santa Ana 11
33 ACK → HPN Nantucket → White Plains 11
34 SJC → VNY San Jose → Van Nuys 11
35 SJC → BFI San Jose → Seattle 11
36 HPN → MVY White Plains → Martha's Vineyard 11
37 FLL → TEB Fort Lauderdale → Teterboro 11
38 DAL → SNA Dallas → Santa Ana 11
39 NCE → LBG Nice → Paris 11
40 BOS → TEB Boston → Teterboro 10
41 VNY → LAS Van Nuys → Las Vegas 10
42 BWI → TEB Baltimore → Teterboro 10
43 TEB → KPWK Teterboro → Chicago/Prospect Heights/Wheeling 10
44 NCE → FAB Nice → Farnborough 10
45 SJC → SNA San Jose → Santa Ana 10
46 VNY → SNA Van Nuys → Santa Ana 10
47 VNY → OAK Van Nuys → Oakland 10
48 LAS → VNY Las Vegas → Van Nuys 10
49 TEB → MVY Teterboro → Martha's Vineyard 10
50 SNA → MRY Santa Ana → Monterey 10

Top 50 Operators

By number of airframes seen in the air

Operator Aircraft Active days
Tvpx Aircraft Solutions Inc Trustee 621 4,714
Bank Of Utah Trustee 423 3,174
Wheels Up Partners Llc 131 1,935
Flexjet Llc 88 1,651
Netjets Sales Inc 61 1,195
Wilmington Trust Co Trustee 118 822
Uas Transervices Inc 47 778
Guardian Flight Llc 48 699
Airsprint Inc. 32 644
Tvpx Ars Inc Trustee 84 637
Registration Pending 62 447
Netjets Sales Inc, Netjets Aviation Inc 21 387

Registered owners as filed, so trust companies and management firms appear alongside operators — a single fleet is often split across several legal entities.

Aircraft by Registration Country

By registration prefix on the airframe

United States
17,671 aircraft
prefix N
Other
1,228 aircraft
prefix P
Canada
801 aircraft
prefix C
Germany
535 aircraft
prefix D
Brazil
534 aircraft
prefix PR
Mexico
421 aircraft
prefix XA
Australia
389 aircraft
prefix VH
France
216 aircraft
prefix F
Austria
196 aircraft
prefix OE
Malta
195 aircraft
prefix 9H
Isle of Man
188 aircraft
prefix M
United Kingdom
166 aircraft
prefix G

August 2023 Report

What went into this report

Complete analysis with 50 airports, 50 routes, and 50 operators.