✈️ Airstat Flight Activity Up 80.5% Over 30 Days
Airstat significantly increased flight activity during the 30 days ended September 18, 2026, with the increase distributed across multiple airports. Avi-Go data show that, counting each completed flight leg as one flight, the operator completed 231 flights from August 20 to September 18, 2026, up 103 flights, or 80.5%, from 128 flights between July 21 and August 19. Under a consistent methodology that counts an airport whenever it serves as either the departure or arrival point, flight movements involving Columbia Metropolitan Airport (KCAE) rose from 47 to 80, contributing an increase of 33. Concord-Padgett Regional Airport (KJQF) increased from 0 to 12, Orlando Executive Airport (KORL) from 6 to 16, and McGhee Tyson Airport (KTYS) from 0 to 10. The fifth-largest increase was eight movements, jointly recorded by Charlotte Douglas International Airport (KCLT), Miami Executive Airport (KTMB), Atlantic City International Airport (KACY), and Cobb County International Airport (KRYY). Because airport-involved movements and the operator’s completed flights are measured differently, the individual airport figures do not add directly to the total of 231 flights.
Impact: KCAE contributed the largest single-airport increase among the airports listed, but KJQF, KORL, and KTYS also added a combined 32 movements, indicating that the expansion in activity during this window was not concentrated at a single airport. For Airstat, growth across multiple locations means that crew scheduling, aircraft rotations, and outstation support requirements need to be allocated separately by airport rather than adjusted solely around KCAE.
Recommendation: Airstat could prioritize reviewing the time-of-day distribution and aircraft rotations associated with KCAE’s 33 additional movements while establishing station-specific support checklists for the combined 32 additional movements at KJQF, KORL, and KTYS. It would be worthwhile to continue tracking the rolling 30-day data after September 19, 2026, to determine whether the 231-flight level and the multi-airport growth pattern persist.