ARGUS' September Business Aircraft Activity Report published this week shows business aircraft activity in the U.S. was up for the 10th month in a row in September, climbing 3.9% on last year.

Reviewing year over year flight activity (September 2014 vs. September 2013), the results by operational category were positive across the board with Part 91 leading the way, up 4.0%.

The Part 135 & Fractional markets were up 3.8% & 3.1% respectively. Flight activity by aircraft category finished positive for all aircraft, including turboprops which posted a 0.7% rise year over year; that marks the first year over year rise in turboprop flight activity since a 0.4% rise in June 2014. Large cabin flight activity led the way for the month, up 7.4% from September 2013. Small & mid-size cabin aircraft posted year over year increases of 6.0% & 4.1% in that order.

The small cabin fractional market continues to post the largest growth for an individual segment with a year over year increase of 20.7%.

Looking ahead to next month, TRAQPak analysts estimate there will be a 0.9% increase in overall flight activity year over year in October 2014. If October experiences a rise of 0.1% or greater, it will be in the most active single month since 2008.

ARGUS TRAQPak data is serial-number specific aircraft arrival and departure information on all IFR flights in the US (including Alaska and Hawaii) and Canada. The tables below reflect business aircraft activity data for September 1-30, 2014 vs. August 1-31, 2014 and September 1-30, 2014 vs. September 1-30, 2013 respectively. A copy of the report can be downloaded at: http://www.mylanderpages.com/argus1/TRAQPakMonthlyReport

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