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Insights from our flight data

Every week, a long read based on our own observations of air traffic: which airports were busiest, which airlines and aircraft stood out, and which patterns emerged. With charts, and always with a clear note on what the numbers do and do not say.

  • Week 41 · 2026

    Friday high, Saturday low: the weekend gap is widening

    What our own ADS-B observations show for 5 to 11 October 2026: the busiest and the quietest day of the past four weeks fell in the same week, Saturday keeps slipping further below the weekdays, and we check what last week’s article promised to watch: Canada, France and the gap between Airbus and Boeing.

    Distinct aircraft seen
    15,326
    Aircraft sightings
    24,265
    Versus the week before
    +2.7%

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