Vhqpa From Australia, joined Jul 2005, 1274 posts, RR: 1 Reply 4, posted (5 years 2 months 3 weeks 2 hours ago) and read 30349 times:
It would almost impossible to calculate all the aircraft in the air at any given time I heard from somewhere that in their heyday that there was a PA aircraft departing or arriving at an airport around the world every 5 seconds. and thats just one airline.
AlexPorter From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 5, posted (5 years 2 months 2 weeks 6 days 4 hours ago) and read 30325 times:
Not to mention all the military flights, general aviation flights, etc...
But if you are just talking commercial, Star Alliance alone generally has about 1000-1500 planes up in the air at any given time, and that's just one alliance. It's probably upwards of 10,000 but Star Alliance is pretty big though. But if I had to guess, I'd say roughly 10,000.
5mileBob From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 104 posts, RR: 1 Reply 6, posted (5 years 2 months 2 weeks 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 30306 times:
In the US around 1800-2000 GMT, the usual is around 5000 IFR aircraft, with another 5000 VFR. The count is close to the same about 6 hours later.
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