📉 KTEB Fleet Mix Shift: Citation Latitude Takes Top Spot, G550 Drops Nearly 30% in a Single Quarter
America's busiest business aviation airport, Teterboro (KTEB), is undergoing a quiet fleet transition. Avi-Go data shows KTEB Q1 2026 total business aircraft movements reached 30,933, down 6.1% year-over-year. More notable than the volume decline is the shift in fleet composition: Citation Latitude topped the rankings for the first time with 2,302 movements, edging out Challenger 350 (2,244); Phenom 300 surged 17.1% to 1,897; Citation Longitude rose 14.6% to 1,108. Large-cabin long-range types contracted sharply — G550 fell 29.6% to 897, Global 6000 dropped 18.4% to 840, and G650ER has fallen out of the Top 10. The Learjet series recorded zero movements in both Q1 2025 and Q1 2026, marking a complete exit from KTEB operations. This structural shift from large long-range to midsize and super-midsize aircraft likely reflects suppressed transatlantic demand amid geopolitical tensions, while short- to medium-range business travel has remained relatively resilient.
Implications: The market share landscape for midsize OEMs at KTEB is being rewritten, with direct impact on operator fleet planning and FBO ramp resource allocation. Order conversion pressure on large-cabin OEMs in the North American core market will intensify.
Recommendations: FBO operators should review KTEB ramp and ground handling resource allocation before Q2 2026, tilting capacity toward midsize aircraft services. Large-cabin operators can use H2 2026 utilization data to reassess the pace of long-range route recovery before making premature fleet reductions.