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.

In 2024, U.S. airlines recorded ****** 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 ***** million passengers recorded in 2019.

Graph and download economic data for Enplanements for U.S. Air Carrier Domestic and International, Scheduled Passenger Flights (ENPLANED11) from Jan 2000 to Jul 2025 about flight, passenger, air travel, travel, domestic, and USA.

The number of flights performed globally by the airline industry has increased steadily since the early 2000s and reached **** million in 2019. However, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the number of flights dropped to **** million in 2020. The flight volume increased again in the following years and was forecasted to reach ** million in 2025.

The United States has 56 air carriers as of 2025, with the majority, 37 air carriers, being medium and small, with a maximum revenue of one billion dollars. Meanwhile, the number of air carriers with revenue more than one billion dollars was 19 in that year. Major air carriersAccording to the U.S. Bureau of Transportation, major air carriers are commercial airlines generating over one billion U.S. dollars in operating revenue per year. The number of major air carriers can therefore change through smaller airlines growing, as well as through new carriers being created, or existing carriers exiting the market (including through mergers, notably the merger between US Airways and American Airlines in October 2015). This threshold is set such that the majority of the U.S. market is serviced by carriers designated as major, with the top 10 carriers alone accounting for over 90 percent of the domestic market.

This dataset provides a comprehensive overview of domestic airline routes within the United States. It includes valuable information for analyzing passenger travel patterns, market trends, and airline pricing strategies.

Data Features:

• Year
• Quarter
• City Market IDs
• Departure City
• Arrival City:
• Miles: The distance between the origin and arrival cities in miles.
• Average Daily Passengers: The average number of passengers flying this route per day.
• Average Fare: The average fare paid by passengers for this route (consider including currency information).

Potential Uses:

• Travel Demand Analysis: Identify popular routes, and understand seasonal variations in passenger traffic.
• Market Research: Analyze airline competition on specific routes and assess pricing strategies.
• Route Optimization: Airlines can use this data to evaluate existing routes and identify potential new routes with high passenger demand.
• Business Intelligence: Businesses can use this data to understand travel patterns relevant to their industry and make informed decisions.

Data Cleaning and Transformation Considerations:

• Ensure consistency in city names (consider using the city market ID to group nearby airports).
• Handle missing values appropriately.
• Consider converting categorical features to numerical representations for analysis.

Content

The data comes from the U.S. International Air Passenger and Freight Statistics Report. As part of the T-100 program, USDOT receives traffic reports of US and international airlines operating to and from US airports. There are two datasets available:

• Departures: Data on all flights between US gateways and non-US gateways, irrespective of origin and destination.

Each observation provides information on a specific airline for a pair of airports, one in the US and the other outside. Three main columns record the number of flights: Scheduled, Charter, and Total.

• Passengers: Data on the total number of passengers for each month and year between a pair of airports, as serviced by a particular airline.

U.S. International Air Passenger and Freight data are confidential for a period of 6 months, after which it can be released. As a result, quarterly reports and the year to date/calendar year raw data files available here will always lag by two quarters.

Questions that can be answered with data

• Top 10 busiest airports
• Monthly total of flights

Acknowledgements

Data Provided by the Department of Transportation Office of the Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs. Updated: December 16, 2020 Dataset Owner: Randall_Keizer

Graph and download economic data for Revenue Passenger Miles for U.S. Air Carrier Domestic and International, Scheduled Passenger Flights (RPM) from Jan 2000 to Jul 2025 about flight, miles, passenger, air travel, travel, revenue, domestic, and USA.

Since 2006, the total number of air traffic passengers increased steadily. In 2021, due to the coronavirus pandemic, it is estimated that the number of air passengers traveling to and from the U.S. was only 99 million. Passenger aviation in the U.S. After the 2008 financial crisis, the U.S. passenger aviation industry experienced a profound evolution. Between 2009 and 2019, the aviation industry in the U.S. experienced an increasing concentration amongst the leading airline operators. In 2021, there were 18 major air carriers in the U.S. Moreover, between 2009 and 2019, passenger revenue generated by the U.S. airline industry increased exponentially, and then dropped sharply in 2020, due to the pandemic, reaching 49 billion U.S. dollars. Size of U.S. aviation industry Thanks to the efficiency-enhancing measures, major competing aviation firms provided a steady improvement in the aviation industry. Five out of the ten most profitable airlines worldwide are U.S.-based, indicating how large the aviation market in the U.S. is compared to the rest of the world. Besides this, the U.S. had the highest airport connectivity in 2019, reaching a score of 7.29 million.

Percentage of flights arriving on-time. A flight is on-time if it arrives within 15 minutes of the schedule arrival time. Data are available for those carriers that had at least 1% of domestic enplanements in the previous year. The last 25 months of data include only carriers that reported in each of the last 25 months to retain comparability. Earlier data includes all reporting carriers. A scheduled operation consists of any nonstop segment of a flight. The Bureau of Transportation Statistics air collects performance data from U.S. air carriers and international carriers operating within the U.S.

A. SUMMARY San Francisco International Airport Report on Monthly Passenger Traffic Statistics by Airline. B. HOW THE DATASET IS CREATED Data is self-reported by airlines and is only available at a monthly level C. UPDATE PROCESS Data updated quarterly D. HOW TO USE THIS DATASET Airport data is seasonal in nature, therefore any comparative analyses should be done on a period-over-period basis (i.e. January 2010 vs. January 2009) as opposed to period-to-period (i.e. January 2010 vs. February 2010). It is also important to note that fact and attribute field relationships are not always 1-to-1. For example, Passenger Counts belonging to United Airlines will appear in multiple attribute fields and are additive, which provides flexibility for the user to derive categorical Passenger Counts as desired.

This dataset contains monthly air traffic passenger statistics for major U.S. airports from 1999 to 2025. It includes data on domestic and international passengers, categorized by terminal, airline, and destination. Useful for aviation trends, forecasting, and transportation analysis.

Graph and download economic data for Available Seat Miles for U.S. Air Carrier Domestic and International, Scheduled Passenger Flights (ASM) from Jan 2000 to Jul 2025 about flight, miles, passenger, air travel, travel, domestic, and USA.

Number of Businesses statistics on the Domestic Airlines industry in the US

No. of Flights: FAT Terminal: Main data was reported at 3.000 Unit in 30 Nov 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 4.000 Unit for 29 Nov 2025. No. of Flights: FAT Terminal: Main data is updated daily, averaging 2.000 Unit from May 2008 (Median) to 30 Nov 2025, with 6348 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 10.000 Unit in 09 Dec 2024 and a record low of 0.000 Unit in 05 Sep 2020. No. of Flights: FAT Terminal: Main data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.TA: Airport Statistics: Number of Flights: by Airport. [COVID-19-IMPACT]

The statistic illustrates the air travel frequency in the United States in 2019. During the survey, ** percent of Americans said they travel a few times a year.

In 2023, the estimated number of scheduled passengers boarded by the global airline industry amounted to approximately *** billion people. This represents a significant increase compared to the previous year since the pandemic started and the positive trend was forecast to continue in 2024, with the scheduled passenger volume reaching just below **** billion travelers. Airline passenger traffic The number of scheduled passengers handled by the global airline industry has increased in all but one of the last decade. Scheduled passengers refer to the number of passengers who have booked a flight with a commercial airline. Excluded are passengers on charter flights, whereby an entire plane is booked by a private group. In 2023, the Asia Pacific region had the highest share of airline passenger traffic, accounting for ********* of the global total.

The number of enplaned passengers in the United States followed an increasing trend with slight oscillations until the coronavirus pandemic. Due to border closures and stay-at-home requirements, the passenger volume dropped by 60 percent and amounted to 347.9 million travelers. However, American airline companies showed strong resilience to the narrowing down effects of the pandemic, and a strong recovery was recorded in the following years. As of 2024, around 900.2 million passengers traveled with American air carriers, the highest figure recorded in the given period.

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

United States No. of Flights: JFK Terminal: 4 data was reported at 96.000 Unit in 16 May 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 87.000 Unit for 15 May 2025. United States No. of Flights: JFK Terminal: 4 data is updated daily, averaging 0.000 Unit from May 2008 (Median) to 16 May 2025, with 6215 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 122.000 Unit in 19 Jul 2024 and a record low of 0.000 Unit in 17 Aug 2023. United States No. of Flights: JFK Terminal: 4 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.TA: Airport Statistics: Number of Flights: by Airport. [COVID-19-IMPACT]