: Thousands of planes fly nationwide each day. Passengers travel constantly for business, pleasure or commute. Airlines adjust the number of flights they schedule based on the number of passengers.
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28,537 is the number of commercial flights per day, according to the National Air Traffic Controllers Association.
I have seen estimates that (Commercial only) acount for about 180,000 per day. Private small aircraft ould need to be added to that total
At any given moment above the skies of the United States. there are about 2,500 flights in the air. During a 24 hour period, about 95,000 scheduled airline flights take place.
I've seen widely ranging numbers from 87000 to 110000 flights that occur per day.
After researching every airport arrivals and departures for the various World commercial airlines, I get just over 171,300 flights in 24 hours.