Graph and download economic data for Enplanements for U.S. Air Carrier Domestic and International, Scheduled Passenger Flights (ENPLANE) from Jan 2000 to Mar 2025 about flight, passenger, air travel, travel, domestic, and USA.

In 2024, U.S. airlines carried around 852.1 million passengers on domestic flights across the United States. This was an increase from the roughly 819.3 million domestic passengers carried by U.S. airlines in the previous year.

This statistic represents the number of passengers transported by U.S. carriers on international and domestic flights from 2004 through 2021. In 2021, U.S. carriers transported about 61.7 million passengers on international flights.

Data from all U.S. air carrier domestic and international, scheduled passenger flights. International data in system total includes U.S. carrier operations to and from the U.S. and from one foreign point to another foreign point. BTS’ Airlines and Airports available here (https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Data_Elements.aspx) does not include U.S. carriers’ foreign point-to-point flights.

This data is collected by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), U.S. Air Carrier Traffic Statistics reported in BTS' monthly Air Traffic Data release, available here (https://www.bts.dot.gov/statistical-releases).

This dataset contains monthly summaries of air traffic across region's three major airports: Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD), and Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI), by year (currently available for 2000-2024). The data represent passenger activities broken into the following categories: Domestic Enplanement, International Enplanement, Total Enplanement, Total Deplanement, and Total Enplanement and Deplanement.TPB staff obtain the data regularly from the following locations:DCA and IAD - https://www.mwaa.com/dulles-air-traffic-statisticsBWI - https://www.bwiairport.com/flying-with-us/about-bwi/statisticsThe data are combined into an annual table for all airports. A new tab is added to the dataset for each year. The table is updated annually when the full year's passenger report is posted on the original websites. For more information about TPB's Continuous Airport System Planning (CASP) program, please visit the CASP website.

The statistic shows the U.S. airport enplanements in 2018, by state and air carrier category. In that year, there were 2.46 million enplanements of large certificated air carriers in Alabama.

The dataset lists the number of passengers boarding an aircraft at the NYS Airports.

United States Air Carrier Traffic: Revenue Passenger Enplanements data was reported at 81,411.000 Person th in Aug 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 84,307.000 Person th for Jul 2018. United States Air Carrier Traffic: Revenue Passenger Enplanements data is updated monthly, averaging 59,650.500 Person th from Jan 1996 (Median) to Aug 2018, with 272 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 84,307.000 Person th in Jul 2018 and a record low of 34,801.000 Person th in Sep 2001. United States Air Carrier Traffic: Revenue Passenger Enplanements data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by US Department of Transportation. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.TA008: Air Traffic Statistics.

United States - Enplanements for U.S. Air Carrier Domestic and International, Scheduled Passenger Flights was 80911.00000 Thous. in February of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Enplanements for U.S. Air Carrier Domestic and International, Scheduled Passenger Flights reached a record high of 83085.00000 in December of 2024 and a record low of 2999.00000 in April of 2020. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Enplanements for U.S. Air Carrier Domestic and International, Scheduled Passenger Flights - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on June of 2025.

Over the period given, the passenger traffic of American Airlines was roughly stable until the coronavirus pandemic. The number of passengers enplaned dropped significantly to approximately **** million in 2020 due to disrupted airport operations caused by the coronavirus pandemic. In the following years, this volume gradually increased and reached *** million travelers in 2024.

U.S. Air Carrier Passenger Enplanements: 25 years of historical data from 2000 to 2025.

The dataset lists the number of passengers boarding an aircraft at the NYS Airports.

The dataset lists the number of passengers boarding an aircraft at the NYS Airports.

The dataset lists the number of passengers boarding an aircraft at the NYS Airports.

Analysis of ‘Annual Enplanements in NYS Airports: Beginning 1997’ provided by Analyst-2 (analyst-2.ai), based on source dataset retrieved from https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/632395ce-c9c6-4f19-adc2-53f7703e0fff on 27 January 2022.

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The dataset lists the number of passengers boarding an aircraft at the NYS Airports.

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United States - Enplanements for U.S. Air Carrier Domestic, Scheduled Passenger Flights was 72100.00000 Thous. in December of 2024, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Enplanements for U.S. Air Carrier Domestic, Scheduled Passenger Flights reached a record high of 78799.00000 in July of 2024 and a record low of 2877.00000 in April of 2020. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Enplanements for U.S. Air Carrier Domestic, Scheduled Passenger Flights - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on July of 2025.

In 2024, U.S. airlines recorded 982.62 million passengers on domestic and international flights. The previous year, the number of passengers at U.S. airports officially surpassed the pre-pandemic peak of 926.4 million passengers recorded in 2019.

The dataset lists the number of passengers boarding an aircraft at the NYS Airports.

Number of Enplanements (in thousands) at Willard, Bloomington, Peoria, and Springfield airports

VITAL SIGNS INDICATOR
Airport Activity (EC17)

FULL MEASURE NAME
Enplanements or tonnage at airports

LAST UPDATED
August 2022

DESCRIPTION
Airport activity refers to the number of passenger boardings at Bay Area commercial airports and to the quantity of goods – measured in tons – that arrive in the region as air cargo.

DATA SOURCE
United States Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Air Carriers : T-100 Segment - https://www.transtats.bts.gov/DL_SelectFields.aspx?gnoyr_VQ=FMG&QO_fu146_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45
1990-2021 (October)

CONTACT INFORMATION
vitalsigns.info@bayareametro.gov

METHODOLOGY NOTES (across all datasets for this indicator)
Freight data is reported in metric tons. Regional Bay Area airports include Oakland (OAK), San Francisco (SFO), San Jose (SJC), and Santa Rosa (STS).