Study Shows Alaska Tops In Per Capita U.S. Private Jet Departures

A study conducted by student travel company Rustic Pathways, which analyzed data from Argus International, has revealed that Alaska tops the United States in per capita private jet departures.

According to the study, Alaska had 4,996 private jet departures per 100,000 residents and a total of 36,650 departures in 2023, averaging over 100 flights daily.

Wyoming and South Dakota also ranked high, with Wyoming reporting 24,263 jet departures a year and 4,173 registered aircraft, while South Dakota had 26,944 annual departures and 2,961 private jets. Montana, North Dakota and Nevada rounded out the top six. Because of their dense populations, New York, Connecticut and Maryland had the fewest annual per capita private jet departures per 100,000 residents.

According to Rustic Pathways CEO Shayne Fitz-Coy, “America flies more private jets than any other country in the world, with a grand total of 3,123,007 departures in the U.S. in 2023.”