U.S. Airline Revenue Passenger-Miles and Load Factor
U.S. Airline Revenue Passenger-Miles and Load Factor
Monthly data, not seasonally adjusted
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| Date | Domestic RPM | International RPM | Total RPM | Total Load Factor (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan-98 | 32,703,361 | 12,313,921 | 45,017,282 | 63.75 |
| Feb-98 | 31,644,486 | 10,799,651 | 42,444,137 | 65.85 |
| Mar-98 | 38,546,882 | 13,233,055 | 51,779,937 | 72.07 |
| Apr-98 | 37,692,401 | 12,958,973 | 50,651,374 | 71.97 |
| May-98 | 38,163,542 | 14,149,973 | 52,313,515 | 72.22 |
| Jun-98 | 40,285,501 | 14,883,921 | 55,169,422 | 76.17 |
| Jul-98 | 42,238,046 | 15,681,782 | 57,919,828 | 75.60 |
| Aug-98 | 42,590,006 | 16,062,841 | 58,652,847 | 76.68 |
| Sep-98 | 34,471,053 | 13,309,333 | 47,780,386 | 70.21 |
| Oct-98 | 37,783,737 | 13,697,792 | 51,481,529 | 69.55 |
| Nov-98 | 35,657,568 | 12,022,823 | 47,680,391 | 67.57 |
| Dec-98 | 36,802,214 | 12,319,974 | 49,122,188 | 67.31 |
| Jan-99 | 34,171,623 | 12,405,478 | 46,577,101 | 64.84 |
| Feb-99 | 33,007,033 | 10,889,309 | 43,896,343 | 66.70 |
| Mar-99 | 40,739,803 | 14,123,400 | 54,863,203 | 72.94 |
| Apr-99 | 39,414,260 | 13,258,188 | 52,672,448 | 71.77 |
| May-99 | 39,231,207 | 14,348,468 | 53,579,676 | 70.73 |
| Jun-99 | 42,314,579 | 15,673,719 | 57,988,298 | 75.37 |
| Jul-99 | 45,372,953 | 16,754,314 | 62,127,267 | 76.92 |
| Aug-99 | 44,405,702 | 17,158,640 | 61,564,342 | 75.36 |
| Sep-99 | 36,681,450 | 15,228,201 | 51,909,651 | 68.44 |
| Oct-99 | 40,487,192 | 14,924,001 | 55,411,193 | 70.67 |
| Nov-99 | 38,908,197 | 13,172,301 | 52,080,498 | 70.13 |
| Dec-99 | 38,222,542 | 12,357,153 | 50,579,695 | 65.79 |
| Jan-00 | 34,913,749 | 12,660,195 | 47,573,944 | 63.24 |
| Feb-00 | 36,005,847 | 11,912,037 | 47,917,883 | 66.41 |
| Mar-00 | 43,901,516 | 14,997,655 | 58,899,171 | 74.19 |
| Apr-00 | 41,954,244 | 14,999,858 | 56,954,101 | 73.73 |
| May-00 | 43,168,824 | 15,888,261 | 59,057,086 | 74.20 |
| Jun-00 | 45,856,363 | 17,476,816 | 63,333,179 | 79.67 |
| Jul-00 | 47,303,803 | 18,364,852 | 65,668,655 | 79.20 |
| Aug-00 | 46,457,758 | 18,048,152 | 64,505,910 | 77.01 |
| Sep-00 | 38,372,644 | 16,397,050 | 54,769,694 | 69.32 |
| Oct-00 | 41,820,446 | 15,472,087 | 57,292,532 | 70.13 |
| Nov-00 | 40,712,967 | 13,846,677 | 54,559,644 | 70.47 |
| Dec-00 | 39,656,140 | 14,060,875 | 53,717,015 | 68.78 |
| Jan-01 | 37,179,562 | 14,099,511 | 51,279,073 | 63.92 |
| Feb-01 | 35,784,235 | 12,375,363 | 48,159,598 | 66.12 |
| Mar-01 | 44,208,143 | 15,790,285 | 59,998,428 | 73.84 |
| Apr-01 | 42,363,481 | 15,330,785 | 57,694,266 | 72.29 |
| May-01 | 42,517,548 | 15,853,985 | 58,371,533 | 70.67 |
| Jun-01 | 45,304,289 | 17,586,070 | 62,890,359 | 76.94 |
| Jul-01 | 48,067,498 | 18,184,789 | 66,252,287 | 77.12 |
| Aug-01 | 48,579,798 | 18,212,273 | 66,792,071 | 77.17 |
| Sep-01 | 26,230,752 | 11,349,359 | 37,580,111 | 58.36 |
| Oct-01 | 33,428,069 | 9,700,480 | 43,128,549 | 62.76 |
| Nov-01 | 34,035,501 | 9,986,797 | 44,022,297 | 66.88 |
| Dec-01 | 34,900,093 | 11,871,279 | 46,771,372 | 68.12 |
| Jan-02 | 32,996,179 | 12,033,011 | 45,029,190 | 65.01 |
| Feb-02 | 32,587,181 | 10,749,336 | 43,336,517 | 67.97 |
| Mar-02 | 41,424,662 | 13,924,311 | 55,348,974 | 76.17 |
| Apr-02 | 38,475,773 | 12,912,423 | 51,388,197 | 71.42 |
| May-02 | 39,908,390 | 14,110,048 | 54,018,438 | 72.14 |
| Jun-02 | 42,899,467 | 15,497,952 | 58,397,419 | 76.85 |
| Jul-02 | 45,270,462 | 16,009,812 | 61,280,274 | 76.94 |
| Aug-02 | 45,415,533 | 16,191,849 | 61,607,382 | 77.10 |
| Sep-02 | 34,211,929 | 13,875,349 | 48,087,278 | 65.97 |
| Oct-02 | 39,079,883 | 13,497,780 | 52,577,662 | 69.10 |
| Nov-02 | 36,350,828 | 12,141,969 | 48,492,796 | 67.48 |
| Dec-02 | 41,362,758 | 13,387,275 | 54,750,032 | 73.31 |
| Jan-03 | 36,210,749 | 12,885,225 | 49,095,975 | 66.20 |
| Feb-03 | 34,147,815 | 10,714,909 | 44,862,725 | 68.31 |
| Mar-03 | 41,773,833 | 12,566,448 | 54,340,280 | 72.12 |
| Apr-03 | 39,465,184 | 10,369,972 | 49,835,156 | 71.02 |
| May-03 | 41,001,253 | 11,574,407 | 52,575,660 | 74.07 |
| Jun-03 | 44,490,188 | 13,917,428 | 58,407,615 | 79.21 |
| Jul-03 | 48,318,913 | 15,515,842 | 63,834,756 | 81.51 |
| Aug-03 | 46,979,520 | 15,905,481 | 62,885,001 | 79.83 |
| Sep-03 | 36,817,305 | 13,570,201 | 50,387,506 | 69.22 |
| Oct-03 | 41,477,527 | 13,446,818 | 54,924,345 | 72.56 |
| Nov-03 | 39,330,878 | 12,816,478 | 52,147,356 | 71.85 |
| Dec-03 | 42,696,701 | 13,928,669 | 56,625,370 | 74.03 |
| Jan-04 | 38,112,106 | 13,514,813 | 51,626,920 | 67.67 |
| Feb-04 | 38,572,730 | 12,152,814 | 50,725,543 | 69.39 |
| Mar-04 | 46,504,892 | 14,734,723 | 61,239,615 | 76.37 |
| Apr-04 | 45,792,761 | 14,337,423 | 60,130,184 | 76.58 |
| May-04 | 45,347,392 | 15,387,851 | 60,735,243 | 75.20 |
| Jun-04 | 49,771,059 | 17,005,935 | 66,776,994 | 81.45 |
| Jul-04 | 52,727,371 | 18,181,452 | 70,908,823 | 82.62 |
| Aug-04 | 50,813,621 | 17,759,063 | 68,572,684 | 79.63 |
| Sep-04 | 40,643,225 | 15,247,003 | 55,890,228 | 72.40 |
| Oct-04 | 45,764,664 | 15,383,252 | 61,147,916 | 75.04 |
| Nov-04 | 43,560,798 | 14,117,956 | 57,678,754 | 73.69 |
| Dec-04 | 45,180,139 | 15,522,402 | 60,702,541 | 73.75 |
| Jan-05 | 41,608,324 | 15,579,637 | 57,187,961 | 71.35 |
| Feb-05 | 40,114,309 | 13,469,541 | 53,583,850 | 71.82 |
| Mar-05 | 50,789,169 | 17,292,464 | 68,081,633 | 80.15 |
| Apr-05 | 47,001,946 | 16,217,198 | 63,219,144 | 76.86 |
| May-05 | 49,015,686 | 17,392,627 | 66,408,313 | 78.04 |
| Jun-05 | 52,180,932 | 18,748,724 | 70,929,656 | 82.72 |
| Jul-05 | 55,289,186 | 20,035,543 | 75,324,729 | 84.07 |
| Aug-05 | 52,508,887 | 19,203,163 | 71,712,050 | 80.83 |
| Sep-05 | 43,524,027 | 16,630,715 | 60,154,741 | 75.10 |
| Oct-05 | 45,894,292 | 16,087,969 | 61,982,261 | 76.12 |
| Nov-05 | 45,108,500 | 14,770,703 | 59,879,203 | 76.49 |
| Dec-05 | 46,189,028 | 16,337,728 | 62,526,757 | 76.22 |
| Jan-06 | 42,965,223 | 16,156,674 | 59,121,897 | 73.45 |
| Feb-06 | 40,926,218 | 13,912,616 | 54,838,834 | 75.15 |
| Mar-06 | 50,692,244 | 18,094,193 | 68,786,437 | 81.29 |
| Apr-06 | 48,799,678 | 17,684,163 | 66,483,840 | 80.92 |
| May-06 | 49,300,983 | 18,464,737 | 67,765,720 | 80.31 |
| Jun-06 | 52,198,918 | 20,274,150 | 72,473,067 | 84.75 |
| Jul-06 | 54,505,058 | 21,509,396 | 76,014,454 | 85.13 |
| Aug-06 | 52,073,032 | 20,341,056 | 72,414,087 | 81.17 |
| Sep-06 | 43,107,572 | 17,535,962 | 60,643,533 | 74.91 |
| Oct-06 | 47,135,975 | 17,364,757 | 64,500,733 | 77.29 |
| Nov-06 | 45,965,651 | 16,114,308 | 62,079,958 | 77.86 |
| Dec-06 | 46,834,443 | 17,703,473 | 64,537,917 | 76.94 |
| Jan-07 | 43,822,568 | 17,449,185 | 61,271,752 | 73.31 |
| Feb-07 | 41,269,371 | 15,087,190 | 56,356,561 | 75.03 |
| Mar-07 | 51,517,372 | 19,345,384 | 70,862,756 | 81.64 |
| Apr-07 | 49,771,542 | 18,461,871 | 68,233,412 | 80.80 |
| May-07 | 51,030,892 | 19,340,678 | 70,371,570 | 80.75 |
| Jun-07 | 54,017,653 | 21,324,405 | 75,342,058 | 85.70 |
| Jul-07 | 56,571,884 | 22,707,709 | 79,279,594 | 86.00 |
| Aug-07 | 55,681,501 | 22,059,235 | 77,740,736 | 84.43 |
| Sep-07 | 45,239,640 | 18,993,610 | 64,233,249 | 76.76 |
| Oct-07 | 49,068,394 | 18,761,046 | 67,829,440 | 78.68 |
| Nov-07 | 47,255,508 | 17,507,568 | 64,763,076 | 77.82 |
| Dec-07 | 47,069,778 | 19,120,710 | 66,190,487 | 76.38 |
| Jan-08 | 44,232,544 | 18,681,437 | 62,913,981 | 73.91 |
| Feb-08 | 43,428,458 | 16,602,057 | 60,030,515 | 75.02 |
| Mar-08 | 52,016,066 | 20,817,144 | 72,833,210 | 82.26 |
| Apr-08 | 48,188,581 | 19,237,426 | 67,426,008 | 79.29 |
| May-08 | 50,259,001 | 20,971,025 | 71,230,026 | 80.92 |
| Jun-08 | 52,520,398 | 22,205,728 | 74,726,125 | 83.88 |
| Jul-08 | 54,620,469 | 23,554,369 | 78,174,838 | 84.06 |
| Aug-08 | 52,642,308 | 23,160,957 | 75,803,265 | 83.26 |
| Sep-08 | 41,014,911 | 18,736,448 | 59,751,359 | 76.64 |
| Oct-08 | 44,912,316 | 18,506,767 | 63,419,084 | 79.17 |
| Nov-08 | 40,577,709 | 16,551,937 | 57,129,646 | 75.42 |
| Dec-08 | 43,823,823 | 18,277,290 | 62,101,113 | 78.48 |
| Jan-09 | 39,298,689 | 17,527,990 | 56,826,679 | 72.91 |
| Feb-09 | 37,639,605 | 14,607,211 | 52,246,816 | 73.32 |
| Mar-09 | 46,516,572 | 18,128,242 | 64,644,814 | 79.37 |
| Apr-09 | 45,418,161 | 18,449,548 | 63,867,709 | 80.65 |
| May-09 | 45,979,358 | 18,544,286 | 64,523,644 | 79.75 |
| Jun-09 | 49,289,179 | 20,783,536 | 70,072,716 | 84.29 |
| Jul-09 | 52,703,657 | 22,967,859 | 75,671,517 | 86.46 |
| Aug-09 | 50,466,241 | 22,618,482 | 73,084,723 | 84.96 |
| Sep-09 | 41,655,693 | 18,399,666 | 60,055,359 | 79.78 |
| Oct-09 | 44,780,295 | 18,052,345 | 62,832,640 | 82.17 |
| Nov-09 | 41,571,758 | 16,086,418 | 57,658,176 | 78.88 |
| Dec-09 | 43,649,297 | 18,174,165 | 61,823,462 | 80.34 |
| Jan-10 | 40,300,202 | 17,840,345 | 58,140,547 | 75.62 |
| Feb-10 | 36,996,450 | 14,973,602 | 51,970,052 | 76.46 |
| Mar-10 | 47,618,281 | 19,145,988 | 66,764,269 | 82.67 |
| Apr-10 | 45,645,777 | 17,934,405 | 63,580,183 | 81.67 |
| May-10 | 46,951,942 | 20,542,020 | 67,493,962 | 82.34 |
| Jun-10 | 50,386,013 | 22,716,286 | 73,102,299 | 86.22 |
| Jul-10 | 53,091,553 | 24,585,604 | 77,677,158 | 86.88 |
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* Current month minus same month previous year. This is generally used in the case of bound numbers, such as proportions that cannot exceed 100%.
NOTE: The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information, available at http://www.bts.gov/programs/airline_information/ as of October 2010.