Originally Posted by
R_Strowe
Thank you for making my point. There are, on a typical day in the US, just over 5 times the number of General Aviation flights, nearly 5 times the number of Air Taxi (135 charter) flights, and almost 6 times the number of airline (121 Air Carrier) flights.
https://sos.noaa.gov/datasets/air-traffic/
Sorry, but your military flights are a drop in the bucket. Civilian aviation easily outnumbers military by a total factor of 15. You simply aren’t using that much airspace.
R_Strowe
Part 135 and 121 don't operate 400 feet and below except for takeoff and landing. And of the civilian aviation number, how many of those operate at 400 feet and below extensively? Much less than your five times number. Numbers I forwarded were for flights where the majority of the time is spent below 400 feet. The 5 times number you quoted for general aviation spends the majority of their time ABOVE 400 feet AGL.