🛬 Nearly 20,000 Business Aviation Takeoffs and Landings at Boeing Field in the Third Quarter
When scheduling ground-handling sales visits between Seattle’s Boeing Field (KBFI) and Portland International Airport (KPDX), the former offers a larger pool of business aviation activity to engage with. Avi-Go data show that from July 1 through September 30, 2026, KBFI recorded 9,913 business aviation departures and 10,069 arrivals, for a total of 19,982 takeoffs and landings. Over the same period, KPDX recorded 3,206 departures and 3,152 arrivals, totaling 6,358—a difference of 13,624 between the two airports. These figures count each airport departure and arrival as one movement. They indicate the scale of potential ground-handling contact opportunities, not the number of distinct aircraft, customers, or obtainable orders.
Impact: For a ground-handling sales team covering both KBFI and KPDX, KBFI’s higher quarterly volume of business aviation takeoffs and landings can guide how the team allocates time for visits, but it cannot be converted directly into ground-handling revenue. Specific sales opportunities still depend on the operators using the airport, existing service relationships, and whether the team can provide the required ground-handling services.
Recommendation: Start with KBFI’s 19,982 recorded takeoffs and landings in the third quarter to identify operators that use the airport frequently. Then check existing service relationships and the team’s ground-handling capabilities before setting a visit list. KPDX’s 6,358 movements can serve as a separate benchmark for airport activity, helping the team avoid setting contract-signing priorities solely on the difference in total movements between the two airports.