The fundamental problem private aviation solves is the geographic limitation of commercial travel. The numbers illustrate this unambiguously: Commercial airlines serve roughly 500 airports in the United States, while private aviation reaches more than 5,000. Here, Jettly examines the structural gap between commercial and private airport accessibility. Private aviation reduces these friction costs by enabling direct origin-to-destination movement across a broader geographic network. Commercial Retrenchment and Private ExpansionSeveral developments across 2024 and 2025 illustrate how airport access is diverging between commercial and private aviation.