Data reflects the scheduled services of U.S. passenger and cargo airlines as defined by the U.S. Dept. of Transportation. Cargo equals freight (Account T1: 247) plus mail (Account T1: 249).
|
YEAR |
Deps. (000) |
Passengers Enplaned (000) |
Revenue Psgr. Miles (millions) |
Available Seat Miles (millions) |
Passenger Load Factor (percent) |
Cargo RTMs (mils) |
| SYS |
DOM |
INT |
SYS |
DOM |
INT |
SYS |
DOM |
INT |
SYS |
DOM |
INT |
SYS |
SYS |
| 1926 |
N/A |
6 |
N/A |
N/A |
1.3 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| 1927 |
N/A |
9 |
N/A |
N/A |
1.9 |
0.004 |
1.9 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| 1928 |
N/A |
48 |
1 |
50 |
11 |
0.3 |
11 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| 1929 |
N/A |
162 |
11 |
173 |
35 |
3 |
38 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| 1930 |
N/A |
385 |
33 |
418 |
85 |
8 |
93 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| 1931 |
N/A |
472 |
59 |
532 |
107 |
14 |
121 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| 1932 |
N/A |
476 |
72 |
548 |
127 |
21 |
148 |
304 |
N/A |
N/A |
42.0 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| 1933 |
N/A |
500 |
76 |
576 |
174 |
25 |
200 |
374 |
N/A |
N/A |
46.7 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| 1934 |
N/A |
472 |
100 |
572 |
189 |
37 |
227 |
368 |
N/A |
N/A |
51.4 |
N/A |
N/A |
2 |
| 1935 |
N/A |
679 |
111 |
790 |
281 |
47 |
328 |
578 |
N/A |
N/A |
48.7 |
N/A |
N/A |
5 |
| 1936 |
N/A |
929 |
91 |
1,020 |
391 |
56 |
447 |
686 |
N/A |
N/A |
56.9 |
N/A |
N/A |
8 |
| 1937 |
N/A |
981 |
109 |
1,090 |
410 |
53 |
463 |
836 |
102 |
938 |
49.1 |
51.5 |
49.3 |
9 |
| 1938 |
N/A |
1,197 |
109 |
1,306 |
480 |
53 |
533 |
951 |
116 |
1,068 |
50.4 |
45.7 |
49.9 |
9 |
| 1939 |
N/A |
1,735 |
129 |
1,864 |
683 |
72 |
755 |
1,215 |
134 |
1,350 |
56.2 |
53.5 |
55.9 |
12 |
| 1940 |
N/A |
2,803 |
163 |
2,966 |
1,052 |
100 |
1,152 |
1,817 |
175 |
1,993 |
57.9 |
56.9 |
57.8 |
13 |
| 1941 |
N/A |
3,849 |
229 |
4,078 |
1,385 |
163 |
1,548 |
2,342 |
249 |
2,591 |
59.1 |
65.4 |
59.7 |
18 |
| 1942 |
N/A |
3,129 |
277 |
3,406 |
1,418 |
237 |
1,655 |
1,963 |
314 |
2,277 |
72.2 |
75.7 |
72.7 |
33 |
| 1943 |
N/A |
3,012 |
303 |
3,315 |
1,632 |
246 |
1,878 |
1,855 |
310 |
2,164 |
88.0 |
79.4 |
86.8 |
56 |
| 1944 |
N/A |
4,027 |
361 |
4,388 |
2,177 |
312 |
2,489 |
2,435 |
393 |
2,828 |
89.4 |
79.3 |
88.0 |
74 |
| 1945 |
N/A |
6,541 |
511 |
7,052 |
3,360 |
450 |
3,810 |
3,811 |
588 |
4,399 |
88.2 |
76.6 |
86.6 |
96 |
| 1946 |
N/A |
12,164 |
1,091 |
13,255 |
5,945 |
1,104 |
7,049 |
7,550 |
1,561 |
9,110 |
78.7 |
70.7 |
77.4 |
87 |
| 1947 |
N/A |
12,822 |
1,428 |
14,250 |
6,105 |
1,814 |
7,920 |
9,364 |
2,934 |
12,298 |
65.2 |
61.8 |
64.4 |
131 |
| 1948 |
2,092 |
13,094 |
1,447 |
14,541 |
5,997 |
1,894 |
7,890 |
10,417 |
3,303 |
13,720 |
57.6 |
57.3 |
57.5 |
186 |
| 1949 |
2,262 |
15,121 |
1,599 |
16,720 |
6,768 |
2,060 |
8,827 |
11,712 |
3,639 |
15,351 |
57.8 |
56.6 |
57.5 |
231 |
| 1950 |
2,457 |
17,468 |
1,752 |
19,220 |
8,029 |
2,214 |
10,243 |
13,125 |
3,717 |
16,842 |
61.2 |
59.6 |
60.8 |
318 |
| 1951 |
2,596 |
22,711 |
2,140 |
24,851 |
10,590 |
2,614 |
13,204 |
15,615 |
4,369 |
19,984 |
67.8 |
59.8 |
66.1 |
381 |
| 1952 |
2,737 |
25,176 |
2,391 |
27,567 |
12,559 |
3,065 |
15,624 |
19,170 |
4,955 |
24,125 |
65.5 |
61.9 |
64.8 |
421 |
| 1953 |
2,960 |
28,901 |
2,745 |
31,646 |
14,794 |
3,451 |
18,245 |
23,337 |
5,624 |
28,962 |
63.4 |
61.4 |
63.0 |
444 |
| 1954 |
3,002 |
32,529 |
2,919 |
35,448 |
16,802 |
3,810 |
20,613 |
26,922 |
6,455 |
33,377 |
62.4 |
59.0 |
61.8 |
470 |
| 1955 |
3,281 |
38,221 |
3,488 |
41,709 |
19,852 |
4,499 |
24,351 |
31,371 |
7,203 |
38,574 |
63.3 |
62.5 |
63.1 |
574 |
| 1956 |
3,503 |
41,937 |
4,068 |
46,005 |
22,399 |
5,226 |
27,625 |
35,366 |
8,308 |
43,674 |
63.3 |
62.9 |
63.3 |
652 |
| 1957 |
3,771 |
45,162 |
4,304 |
49,466 |
25,379 |
5,882 |
31,261 |
41,746 |
9,313 |
51,059 |
60.8 |
63.2 |
61.2 |
710 |
| 1958 |
3,629 |
48,298 |
4,772 |
53,070 |
25,375 |
6,124 |
31,499 |
42,724 |
10,392 |
53,115 |
59.4 |
58.9 |
59.3 |
735 |
| 1959 |
3,910 |
54,958 |
5,338 |
60,296 |
29,308 |
7,064 |
36,372 |
48,405 |
10,842 |
59,247 |
60.5 |
65.2 |
61.4 |
855 |
| 1960 |
3,853 |
56,351 |
5,906 |
62,257 |
30,557 |
8,306 |
38,863 |
52,220 |
13,347 |
65,567 |
58.5 |
62.2 |
59.3 |
952 |
| 1961 |
3,750 |
56,900 |
6,112 |
63,012 |
31,062 |
8,769 |
39,831 |
56,087 |
15,770 |
71,857 |
55.4 |
55.6 |
55.4 |
1,104 |
| 1962 |
3,660 |
60,739 |
7,079 |
67,818 |
33,623 |
10,138 |
43,760 |
63,888 |
18,724 |
82,612 |
52.6 |
54.1 |
53.0 |
1,318 |
| 1963 |
3,788 |
69,366 |
8,037 |
77,403 |
38,457 |
11,905 |
50,362 |
72,255 |
22,590 |
94,845 |
53.2 |
52.7 |
53.1 |
1,465 |
| 1964 |
3,955 |
79,139 |
9,381 |
88,520 |
44,141 |
14,352 |
58,494 |
80,524 |
25,791 |
106,316 |
54.8 |
55.6 |
55.0 |
1,763 |
| 1965 |
4,198 |
92,073 |
10,847 |
102,920 |
51,887 |
16,789 |
68,676 |
94,787 |
29,533 |
124,320 |
54.7 |
56.8 |
55.2 |
2,313 |
| 1966 |
4,374 |
105,789 |
12,272 |
118,061 |
60,591 |
19,298 |
79,889 |
104,669 |
33,176 |
137,844 |
57.9 |
58.2 |
58.0 |
2,911 |
| 1967 |
4,946 |
128,479 |
14,020 |
142,499 |
75,487 |
23,259 |
98,747 |
133,700 |
41,119 |
174,819 |
56.5 |
56.6 |
56.5 |
3,436 |
| 1968 |
5,348 |
145,774 |
16,407 |
162,181 |
87,508 |
26,451 |
113,958 |
166,871 |
49,575 |
216,446 |
52.4 |
53.4 |
52.6 |
4,178 |
| 1969 |
5,378 |
158,405 |
13,493 |
171,898 |
102,717 |
22,703 |
125,420 |
206,434 |
44,412 |
250,846 |
49.8 |
51.1 |
50.0 |
4,700 |
| 1970 |
5,120 |
153,662 |
16,260 |
169,922 |
104,147 |
27,563 |
131,710 |
213,160 |
51,960 |
265,120 |
48.9 |
53.0 |
49.7 |
4,984 |
| 1971 |
4,999 |
156,195 |
17,474 |
173,669 |
106,438 |
29,219 |
135,658 |
221,503 |
58,320 |
279,823 |
48.1 |
50.1 |
48.5 |
5,108 |
| 1972 |
5,046 |
172,452 |
18,897 |
191,349 |
118,138 |
34,268 |
152,406 |
226,614 |
60,797 |
287,411 |
52.1 |
56.4 |
53.0 |
5,177 |
| 1973 |
5,135 |
183,272 |
18,936 |
202,208 |
126,317 |
35,640 |
161,957 |
244,699 |
65,898 |
310,597 |
51.6 |
54.1 |
52.1 |
5,764 |
| 1974 |
4,002 |
189,733 |
17,725 |
175,876 |
129,732 |
33,186 |
138,240 |
233,880 |
63,126 |
297,006 |
55.5 |
52.6 |
54.8 |
5,125 |
| 1975 |
4,705 |
188,746 |
16,316 |
205,060 |
131,728 |
31,082 |
162,810 |
241,282 |
61,724 |
303,006 |
54.6 |
50.4 |
53.7 |
5,863 |
| 1976 |
4,833 |
206,279 |
17,039 |
223,320 |
145,271 |
33,717 |
178,988 |
261,248 |
61,574 |
322,822 |
55.6 |
54.8 |
55.4 |
6,188 |
| 1977 |
4,937 |
222,283 |
18,043 |
240,329 |
156,609 |
36,610 |
193,219 |
280,619 |
64,947 |
345,566 |
55.8 |
56.4 |
55.9 |
6,532 |
| 1978 |
5,016 |
253,957 |
20,759 |
274,715 |
182,669 |
44,112 |
226,781 |
299,542 |
69,209 |
368,751 |
61.0 |
63.7 |
61.5 |
6,931 |
| 1979 |
5,380 |
292,700 |
24,163 |
316,681 |
208,891 |
53,132 |
261,980 |
332,796 |
83,330 |
416,126 |
62.8 |
63.8 |
63.0 |
7,114 |
| 1980 |
5,353 |
272,829 |
24,074 |
296,901 |
200,829 |
54,363 |
255,192 |
346,028 |
86,507 |
432,535 |
58.0 |
62.8 |
59.0 |
7,004 |
| 1981 |
5,212 |
265,304 |
20,672 |
285,978 |
198,715 |
50,173 |
248,888 |
346,172 |
78,725 |
424,897 |
57.4 |
63.7 |
58.6 |
7,060 |
| 1982 |
4,964 |
274,342 |
19,760 |
294,103 |
210,149 |
49,495 |
259,644 |
359,528 |
80,591 |
440,119 |
58.5 |
61.4 |
59.0 |
6,966 |
| 1983 |
5,034 |
296,721 |
21,917 |
318,640 |
226,909 |
54,920 |
281,829 |
379,150 |
85,388 |
464,538 |
59.8 |
64.3 |
60.7 |
7,481 |
| 1984 |
5,448 |
321,047 |
23,636 |
344,680 |
243,692 |
61,424 |
305,116 |
422,507 |
92,817 |
515,323 |
57.7 |
66.2 |
59.2 |
8,087 |
| 1985 |
5,835 |
357,109 |
24,913 |
382,023 |
270,584 |
65,819 |
336,403 |
445,826 |
101,963 |
547,788 |
60.7 |
64.6 |
61.4 |
7,646 |
| 1986 |
6,427 |
393,864 |
25,082 |
418,948 |
302,090 |
64,456 |
366,546 |
497,991 |
109,445 |
607,436 |
60.7 |
58.9 |
60.3 |
8,992 |
| 1987 |
6,581 |
416,831 |
30,847 |
447,655 |
324,637 |
79,834 |
404,450 |
526,958 |
121,763 |
648,721 |
61.6 |
65.6 |
62.4 |
9,981 |
| 1988 |
6,700 |
419,210 |
35,404 |
454,613 |
329,309 |
93,992 |
423,302 |
536,663 |
140,140 |
676,802 |
61.4 |
67.1 |
62.5 |
11,442 |
| 1989 |
6,622 |
416,331 |
37,361 |
453,693 |
329,975 |
102,739 |
432,714 |
530,079 |
154,297 |
684,376 |
62.3 |
66.6 |
63.2 |
12,154 |
| 1990 |
6,924 |
423,565 |
41,995 |
465,558 |
340,231 |
117,695 |
457,926 |
563,065 |
170,310 |
733,375 |
60.4 |
69.1 |
62.4 |
12,549 |
| 1991 |
6,783 |
412,360 |
39,941 |
452,303 |
332,566 |
115,389 |
447,955 |
543,638 |
171,561 |
715,199 |
61.2 |
67.3 |
62.6 |
12,130 |
| 1992 |
7,051 |
431,693 |
43,415 |
475,105 |
347,931 |
130,622 |
478,554 |
557,989 |
194,784 |
752,772 |
62.4 |
67.1 |
63.6 |
13,198 |
| 1993 |
7,245 |
443,172 |
45,348 |
488,520 |
354,177 |
135,508 |
489,684 |
571,489 |
200,151 |
771,641 |
62.0 |
67.7 |
63.5 |
14,120 |
| 1994 |
7,531 |
481,755 |
47,093 |
528,849 |
378,990 |
140,391 |
519,382 |
585,438 |
198,893 |
784,331 |
64.7 |
70.6 |
66.2 |
16,062 |
| 1995 |
8,062 |
506,806 |
52,831 |
547,775 |
394,204 |
145,903 |
540,656 |
603,036 |
203,059 |
806,095 |
65.4 |
71.9 |
67.0 |
16,921 |
| 1996 |
8,230 |
538,353 |
54,355 |
581,237 |
425,506 |
152,732 |
578,663 |
626,210 |
208,282 |
834,492 |
67.9 |
73.3 |
69.3 |
17,754 |
| 1997 |
8,127 |
548,694 |
56,591 |
594,727 |
442,946 |
160,182 |
603,419 |
640,593 |
216,013 |
856,606 |
69.1 |
74.2 |
70.4 |
20,510 |
| 1998 |
8,289 |
566,594 |
60,377 |
612,882 |
455,059 |
163,640 |
617,575 |
648,277 |
224,694 |
872,972 |
70.2 |
72.8 |
70.7 |
20,496 |
| 1999 |
8,627 |
589,116 |
57,522 |
635,959 |
480,070 |
171,916 |
652,047 |
687,668 |
230,910 |
918,578 |
69.8 |
74.5 |
71.0 |
21,613 |
| 2000 |
9,035 |
616,621 |
60,830 |
666,149 |
508,235 |
184,144 |
692,757 |
714,201 |
242,186 |
956,388 |
71.2 |
76.0 |
72.4 |
23,888 |
| 2001 |
8,888 |
570,125 |
52,008 |
622,129 |
480,348 |
171,353 |
651,700 |
695,200 |
235,311 |
930,511 |
69.1 |
72.8 |
70.0 |
24,569 |
| 2002 |
9,307 |
561,276 |
52,808 |
614,338 |
470,044 |
165,198 |
642,374 |
678,479 |
215,738 |
894,217 |
70.3 |
76.6 |
71.8 |
26,510 |
| 2003 |
10,896 |
592,616 |
53,876 |
647,470 |
500,306 |
156,632 |
657,290 |
689,199 |
204,741 |
893,941 |
72.6 |
76.5 |
73.5 |
26,735 |
| 2004 |
11,429 |
640,698 |
62,222 |
703,692 |
551,937 |
181,743 |
733,956 |
741,677 |
229,788 |
971,466 |
74.4 |
79.1 |
75.5 |
27,978 |
| 2005 |
11,564 |
670,418 |
67,908 |
738,628 |
579,690 |
198,872 |
779,014 |
752,482 |
250,253 |
1,002,735 |
77.0 |
79.5 |
77.6 |
28,037 |
| 2006 |
11,268 |
671,796 |
72,445 |
744,728 |
585,391 |
212,023 |
797,414 |
740,909 |
264,625 |
1,005,534 |
79.0 |
79.9 |
79.2 |
29,339 |
| 2007 |
11,399 |
693,374 |
75,996 |
769,622 |
604,215 |
225,227 |
829,442 |
757,604 |
280,063 |
1,037,667 |
79.8 |
80.4 |
79.9 |
29,570 |
| 2008 |
10,896 |
664,714 |
76,735 |
743,306 |
580,221 |
232,139 |
812,360 |
728,821 |
292,527 |
1,021,348 |
79.6 |
79.4 |
79.5 |
28,375 |
| 2009 |
10,131 |
630,499 |
73,443 |
703,942 |
549,130 |
220,355 |
769,485 |
678,663 |
278,633 |
957,196 |
80.9 |
79.1 |
80.4 |
25,002 |
Traffic statistics reflect the following "Freedoms of the Air," where applicable:
- Right to fly across another country’s territory without landing
- Right to land in another country’s territory for non-traffic purposes
- Right to carry (and drop off) traffic to another country
- Right to pick up traffic in another country and take it to the home country of the carrier
- Right to pick up traffic in another country and take it to a third country
- Right to transport traffic between two countries with an intermediate stop in the home country
- Right to transport traffic between two countries without touching the home country