In the hours after Super Bowl LX, where the Seattle Seahawks pounded the New England Patriots, close to 100 private jets departed from the San Francisco Bay area, highlighting many of America’s elite who attended the iconic sporting event.
Within the two hours of the Super Bowl ending, Flightradar24 identified that 95 private jets departed, with the most popular destinations including Van Nuys Airport (VNY) and Las Vegas Harry Reid International Airport (LAS). Overall, more than 1,000 private jets were used to travel to and from the Super Bowl event. Between Wednesday and Saturday in the lead-up to the Super Bowl, 914 business jets were recorded arriving in the Bay Area.
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With many on a tight schedule, the 95 that departed within hours of the Super Bowl LX ending, included that of Kim Kardashian and Nike onboard the $65 million (brand new) Gulfstream G650s that is registered to the Kardashian family under an LLC. The plane was destined for Los Angeles (Van Nuys). Kardashian was at the Super Bowl alongside British racing driver Lewis Hamilton, with whom she is rumored to be dating.
Private jets departed from five key Bay Area airports, which included 
San Francisco International Airport (SFO), San Jose Mineta International Airport (SJC), Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport (OAK), Livermore Municipal Airport (LVK), and Hayward Executive Airport (HWD).
Using data from Flightradar24, there was a 1,136% increase in all private and business jet departures in the immediate two hours following the game, compared to the previous Sunday.
Los Angeles And Las Vegas The Most Popular Destinations
Within the first two hours after the game, Los Angeles was the most popular destination, with 15 of the total 95 services taking off for the City of Angels. Las Vegas, the second most popular destination, had 14 departures within those first 120 minutes post Super Bowl LX.
Included in these flights were Jay-Z and Beyoncé, who departed for Van Nuys Airport, onboard the Bombardier Global 7500, which is registered to a holding company with the same address as Jay-Z’s Roc Nation.
Overall, the majority of these 95 flights were to destinations within the United States (92 flights), with other services to Canada and Mexico. Additionally, other aircraft were flying internationally, including flights across the Atlantic Ocean and to South America, as reported by Business Insider.
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Scheduled Passenger Flights Also Got A Boost
Those without the budget for private aircraft were able to make the most of the additional capacity added by most major US carriers this Super Bowl weekend. The iconic sporting event usually triggers massive travel demand across the US to the host city, and puts pressure on airports and airline operations. Airlines frequently respond to this by adding additional flights or capacity on key routes.
Flights are usually added just days after the earlier conference championship games, but behind the scenes, extensive planning takes place with airlines, including network design and coordination with airports, to enable additional services to meet pent-up demand. Some of the biggest carriers in the United States, including 
American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue, Southwest, and United Airlines all responded with more services to and from the Bay Area to cater to Super Bowl fans.
In some instances, routes are added between cities not historically served by regular nonstop operations. This included JetBlue’s special service between Providence, Rhode Island, and San Francisco, which operated the route especially for the Super Bowl weekend. Other carriers, like 
Alaska Airlines, also responded with 16 additional round-trip flights from Seattle to San Jose and San Francisco, while American Airlines added more than 10,000 seats to and from San Jose throughout its network.
For airlines, leaning into special events allows them to differentiate themselves from the competition, with some flights even using special flight numbers tied to fan bases, as United Airlines notably did this for Super Bowl LVIII on flights between Kansas City and Las Vegas.
