The Unique Traffic Profiles of General Aviation Airports, Before and After the Pandemic

Abstract

The FAA's Operations Network (OPSNET) defines general aviation (GA) as all non-military flights other than air carrier and air taxi operations. In essence, GA consists of personal and corporate flights, along with small aircraft charters. Back in December, we highlighted data showing that GA traffic was recovering faster than commercial traffic. The OPSNET data shown in Figure 1 confirms that this is the case. Here, the blue line, representing itinerant GA traffic, is relatively flat in comparison to the orange line, representing Air Carrier and Air Taxi traffic, which still remain well below pre-COVID levels. We thought it would also be interesting to look at some individual GA airports, as many of them have their own seasonal fluctuations in traffic. Figures 2 and 3 show monthly itinerant GA operations at Naples, Florida (APF) and Aspen, Colorado (ASE). Both show marked seasonality, although not the same pattern.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2021
Accession Number
AD1172261

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Organizations

  • MITRE Corporation

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerospace Industry
  • Air Traffic
  • Aircrafts
  • Colorado
  • Commerce
  • Communities
  • Continents
  • Executives
  • Geographic Regions
  • Governments
  • Mountains
  • New Jersey
  • New York
  • North America
  • Pandemics
  • Recovery
  • Seasonal Variations
  • Traffic

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  • Academic Conference Management
  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Maritime Security/Maritime Homeland Security