The FAA ✈️ engagement report
@FAANews - 538K followers on X
Measured over 36 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on August 27, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 60 interactions against 538K followers, an engagement rate of 0.011%. Measured over 36 original posts, its engagement rate beats 35% of 3,882 tracked accounts of a similar size, which puts it in the middle of its size range rather than at either end. Posts are seen about 16K times each, and 0.374% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 3.01% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 2 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on roughly 53% of days. Most posts go out around 11:00 UTC, and Tuesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 36 posts sampled, 92% carry an image or video and 78% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 6.0K interactions, about 100x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #faaweathersquad, #airportgrants, #lala.
Measured over 36 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on August 27, 2026. Recurring tags: #faaweathersquad, #airportgrants, #lala.
Compared with accounts its own size
The FAA ✈️'s engagement rate beats 35% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (3,882 accounts, accounts of similar size (decile 8 of 10)). A percentile is spread evenly by construction, so 50 really is the middle of that group and 90 really is its top tenth.
On engagement per impression rather than per follower it beats 28% of the same group. When those two numbers disagree, the gap is about how far its posts travel rather than how people react to them.
Where this sits in the catalog
At 0.011%, The FAA ✈️ sits above the 10th percentile of the 37,459 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the bottom 25% band, which runs below 0.012%.
Show the percentile table
| Percentile | Engagement rate |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 0.002% |
| 25th percentile | 0.012% |
| 50th percentile | 0.081% |
| 75th percentile | 0.438% |
| 90th percentile | 2.10% |
| 99th percentile | 159.8% |
This ruler is the whole measured catalog, not a size-matched group: it shows where the raw rate falls across every account we can measure, all of which are large. For a like-for-like comparison, read the size-band percentile above instead. See how the bands are built
Posting timing
This account posts most often around 11:00 UTC, and Tuesday is its busiest day of the week. The bars below are the catalog-wide pattern, with this account's own busiest slot marked. They do not show how this account performs at each hour: we keep one aggregate per account, not one per hour, so that measurement does not exist in our data.
Show engagement by hour posted, utc as a table
| Hour (UTC) | Vs author median | Posts |
|---|---|---|
| 00:00 UTC | -1% | 52K |
| 01:00 UTC | -2% | 53K |
| 02:00 UTC | -3% | 51K |
| 03:00 UTC | -4% | 55K |
| 04:00 UTC | -6% | 44K |
| 05:00 UTC | -4% | 43K |
| 06:00 UTC | -4% | 49K |
| 07:00 UTC | -5% | 53K |
| 08:00 UTC | -4% | 62K |
| 09:00 UTC | -3% | 71K |
| 10:00 UTC | -2% | 74K |
| 11:00 UTC | -3% | 81K |
| 12:00 UTC | -2% | 89K |
| 13:00 UTC | -2% | 97K |
| 14:00 UTC | -3% | 100K |
| 15:00 UTC | -2% | 104K |
| 16:00 UTC | -4% | 101K |
| 17:00 UTC | -3% | 94K |
| 18:00 UTC | -1% | 87K |
| 19:00 UTC | -2% | 82K |
| 20:00 UTC | -1% | 77K |
| 21:00 UTC | -1% | 68K |
| 22:00 UTC | -1% | 59K |
| 23:00 UTC | -2% | 53K |
Show engagement by day of week as a table
| Day | Vs author median | Posts |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday | +5% | 236K |
| Monday | 0% | 298K |
| Tuesday | -3% | 295K |
| Wednesday | -1% | 255K |
| Thursday | -1% | 249K |
| Friday | -3% | 257K |
| Saturday | +3% | 231K |
Best tweets
- Aug 24, 2026100x their median
🚨THIS IS HOW YOU FAST-TRACK CONTROLLERS INTO TOWERS ✈️ We started a program for college students to complete FAA Academy training right ON CAMPUS— and jump straight into on-site facility training after graduation‼️ I am here at SUNY Schenectady to check out their simulators and meet the next gen of controllers It’s the community colleges like this one that are helping power our mission 🇺🇸
- Aug 11, 202664x their median
Flames shoot from an American Airlines jet engine moments after it strikes birds during takeoff from Myrtle Beach, forcing the pilot to declare a mayday. The Boeing 737 quickly turns back as crews prepare for an emergency response on the ground. The plane lands safely with all 181 passengers safe after the midair scare.
- Aug 20, 202616x their median
A Cessna 150 airplane and a Bell 407 helicopter collided in midair near Carlisle, Pennsylvania, around 7:50 p.m. local time on Wednesday, Aug. 19. Two people were on board the helicopter. The number of people on board the Cessna is unknown. The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will investigate. The NTSB will lead the investigation and provide all updates.
- Aug 14, 20266.0x their median
(1/4) #Lala will strengthen and become a hurricane as it approaches the Big Island on Saturday, and is expected to track south of the smaller islands on Sunday. Conditions will rapidly deteriorate on the Big Island by Saturday, so preparations must be rushed to completion today. https://t.co/DBaxTuTNx0
- Aug 11, 20263.3x their median
✈️ Newark Airport is getting new radar technology to replace an aging system that’s been in service for nearly 30 years. The new surface movement radar at @EWRairport gives air traffic controllers better visibility of aircraft and vehicles on the ground, even at night, during bad weather and other conditions to keep flights safe. We’re building a brand-new air traffic control system for the future with modern technology, software and the infrastructure to keep up with the growth of air travel. Old systems out. New tech in. 🛰️ https://t.co/Gf2faLEdXm
- Aug 18, 20263.2x their median
The next era of aviation is here! 🚁 The FAA’s eVTOL Integration Pilot Program (eIPP) is putting innovative electric aircraft technology to the test. Through this first-of-its-kind program, @ElectraAero, @PennDOTNews and @NewJerseyDOT completed flight tests exploring routes that connect small local airports to @PHLAirport. Learn how we’re safely integrating advanced air mobility into our nation’s airspace: https://t.co/5w9SuaI7ZL.
- Aug 23, 20263.0x their median
Happy 68th Birthday, FAA! 🎂🎉 Our dedicated workforce is modernizing our nation's airspace system to take aviation safely into the future. ✈️ https://t.co/pYJuBobgzb
- Aug 19, 20262.4x their median
Today is #NationalAviationDay! ✈️ Air travel is possible because of the many aviation professionals who work every day to keep America’s busy airspace safe. From air traffic controllers and technicians to inspectors and so many others, thank you for your dedication. https://t.co/L73G0oCRmr
- Aug 20, 20262.1x their median
America's skies demand a modern air traffic control system. ✈️ The FAA and @USDOT are modernizing the nation's air traffic control system one airport at a time and improving the travel experience for millions of passengers. Here's our progress: ✅ 62% telecommunications lines replaced with fiber-optic and wireless infrastructure ✅ 96 surface awareness systems installed ✅ 380 analog radios converted to digital ✅ 20 tower electronic flight strips implemented ✅ 166 voice switch systems installed ✅ 9 new radar systems deployed Track our progress at → https://t.co/Gf2faLEdXm
- Aug 19, 20262.1x their median
Another system upgrade is complete! ✅ @DAY_IntlAirport is the 20th tower to switch from using antiquated paper strips to groundbreaking electronic flight strips. The upgraded technology provides controllers real-time traffic data and enhances safety and efficiency for travelers. 🛫 Learn more ➡️ https://t.co/Gf2faLEdXm @USDOT
Ranked by total interactions across everything we have tracked for this account, which is a longer history than the 30-day window the rates above use. The multiple compares each post to this account's own median.
Recurring topics
The most frequent hashtags in the sampled posts. They describe what this account writes about; they are not a performance signal, and the catalog-wide breakdown on the hub shows how little hashtag count moves.
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Reading these numbers
A typical post picks up 60 interactions against 538K followers, an engagement rate of 0.011%. Measured over 36 original posts, its engagement rate beats 35% of 3,882 tracked accounts of a similar size, which puts it in the middle of its size range rather than at either end. Posts are seen about 16K times each, and 0.374% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 3.01% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 2 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on roughly 53% of days. Most posts go out around 11:00 UTC, and Tuesday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 36 posts sampled, 92% carry an image or video and 78% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 6.0K interactions, about 100x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #faaweathersquad, #airportgrants, #lala.
- What is The FAA ✈️'s engagement rate on X?
- The FAA ✈️ (@FAANews) has an engagement rate of 0.011%, based on the median interactions across 36 original posts from the last 30 days against 538,433 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.011%, The FAA ✈️ sits above the 10th percentile of the 37,459 accounts in this comparison. Those comparison accounts are all large ones, because our scanning cadence is weighted towards big accounts, so this is a ranking among peers of similar scale rather than a ranking across X.
- Does @FAANews have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 35% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (3,882 accounts), which puts it in the middle of its size range group. Ranking inside a size band matters because engagement rate falls as accounts grow, so a raw rate would mostly re-measure the follower count. It is a starting point for a look at follower quality, not a verdict on it.
- When does @FAANews post?
- Most posts go out around 11:00 UTC, and Tuesday is its busiest day, at roughly 1.97 posts per day across the measured window.