Figure 3-4 U.S. Airline Revenue Passenger-Miles, Available Seat-Miles, and Load Factor: Jan 2003–Jan 2015
Seasonally-adjusted
Date | Load Factor | Revenue Passenger-Miles (billions) | Available Seat-Miles (billions) |
---|---|---|---|
1/1/2003 | 72.6 | 55.4 | 76.3 |
2/1/2003 | 73.2 | 54.6 | 74.5 |
3/1/2003 | 70.2 | 52.7 | 75.1 |
4/1/2003 | 69.7 | 50.3 | 72.2 |
5/1/2003 | 74.3 | 52.5 | 70.6 |
6/1/2003 | 73.3 | 53.5 | 73.0 |
7/1/2003 | 74.7 | 55.1 | 73.8 |
8/1/2003 | 74.8 | 55.6 | 74.3 |
9/1/2003 | 74.4 | 56.2 | 75.6 |
10/1/2003 | 74.4 | 56.6 | 76.0 |
11/1/2003 | 75.1 | 57.6 | 76.7 |
12/1/2003 | 74.7 | 57.8 | 77.4 |
1/1/2004 | 74.0 | 58.2 | 78.6 |
2/1/2004 | 74.6 | 59.0 | 79.1 |
3/1/2004 | 74.8 | 59.6 | 79.7 |
4/1/2004 | 75.4 | 60.6 | 80.4 |
5/1/2004 | 75.3 | 60.5 | 80.4 |
6/1/2004 | 76.0 | 61.5 | 80.9 |
7/1/2004 | 76.1 | 61.6 | 81.0 |
8/1/2004 | 75.5 | 61.5 | 81.4 |
9/1/2004 | 76.9 | 61.6 | 80.1 |
10/1/2004 | 76.5 | 62.8 | 82.2 |
11/1/2004 | 75.5 | 62.5 | 82.7 |
12/1/2004 | 76.1 | 63.4 | 83.3 |
1/1/2005 | 77.3 | 63.9 | 82.8 |
2/1/2005 | 76.5 | 64.4 | 84.2 |
3/1/2005 | 77.0 | 64.8 | 84.1 |
4/1/2005 | 77.2 | 64.9 | 84.0 |
5/1/2005 | 77.7 | 65.7 | 84.5 |
6/1/2005 | 77.4 | 65.3 | 84.4 |
7/1/2005 | 77.8 | 65.7 | 84.4 |
8/1/2005 | 77.1 | 64.7 | 83.8 |
9/1/2005 | 79.0 | 65.8 | 83.3 |
10/1/2005 | 77.4 | 63.9 | 82.6 |
11/1/2005 | 78.4 | 65.1 | 83.0 |
12/1/2005 | 78.9 | 65.6 | 83.1 |
1/1/2006 | 79.2 | 65.9 | 83.2 |
2/1/2006 | 79.6 | 66.1 | 83.0 |
3/1/2006 | 79.7 | 66.7 | 83.7 |
4/1/2006 | 79.7 | 66.9 | 83.9 |
5/1/2006 | 79.7 | 66.6 | 83.6 |
6/1/2006 | 79.5 | 66.6 | 83.7 |
7/1/2006 | 79.2 | 66.2 | 83.6 |
8/1/2006 | 77.5 | 65.0 | 83.9 |
9/1/2006 | 78.6 | 66.2 | 84.3 |
10/1/2006 | 78.5 | 66.5 | 84.7 |
11/1/2006 | 79.7 | 67.4 | 84.6 |
12/1/2006 | 79.6 | 67.7 | 85.1 |
1/1/2007 | 78.8 | 68.1 | 86.3 |
2/1/2007 | 79.4 | 67.9 | 85.5 |
3/1/2007 | 80.3 | 68.8 | 85.8 |
4/1/2007 | 79.8 | 68.7 | 86.0 |
5/1/2007 | 80.0 | 68.8 | 86.0 |
6/1/2007 | 80.9 | 69.2 | 85.6 |
7/1/2007 | 80.7 | 69.1 | 85.7 |
8/1/2007 | 80.8 | 69.8 | 86.3 |
9/1/2007 | 79.9 | 69.5 | 87.1 |
10/1/2007 | 79.6 | 69.8 | 87.7 |
11/1/2007 | 79.6 | 70.3 | 88.3 |
12/1/2007 | 78.9 | 69.5 | 88.1 |
1/1/2008 | 79.3 | 69.8 | 88.0 |
2/1/2008 | 79.8 | 70.0 | 87.7 |
3/1/2008 | 79.7 | 69.8 | 87.5 |
4/1/2008 | 80.1 | 69.4 | 86.6 |
5/1/2008 | 80.1 | 69.5 | 86.8 |
6/1/2008 | 79.4 | 68.5 | 86.3 |
7/1/2008 | 78.9 | 67.7 | 85.8 |
8/1/2008 | 79.5 | 67.5 | 84.9 |
9/1/2008 | 79.3 | 64.6 | 81.4 |
10/1/2008 | 79.8 | 65.3 | 81.8 |
11/1/2008 | 79.0 | 64.2 | 81.2 |
12/1/2008 | 79.3 | 64.2 | 80.9 |
1/1/2009 | 78.6 | 63.9 | 81.2 |
2/1/2009 | 78.2 | 64.4 | 82.4 |
3/1/2009 | 78.7 | 63.2 | 80.3 |
4/1/2009 | 80.3 | 64.8 | 80.7 |
5/1/2009 | 78.6 | 62.6 | 79.7 |
6/1/2009 | 79.9 | 63.7 | 79.8 |
7/1/2009 | 81.2 | 64.7 | 79.6 |
8/1/2009 | 81.2 | 64.6 | 79.6 |
9/1/2009 | 81.7 | 64.2 | 78.7 |
10/1/2009 | 82.5 | 64.5 | 78.1 |
11/1/2009 | 80.8 | 63.6 | 78.7 |
12/1/2009 | 82.4 | 65.0 | 78.9 |
1/1/2010 | 81.0 | 65.3 | 80.5 |
2/1/2010 | 81.6 | 64.7 | 79.3 |
3/1/2010 | 82.4 | 65.5 | 79.5 |
4/1/2010 | 81.7 | 64.9 | 79.4 |
5/1/2010 | 81.2 | 65.5 | 80.6 |
6/1/2010 | 82.2 | 66.5 | 80.9 |
7/1/2010 | 82.0 | 66.5 | 81.1 |
8/1/2010 | 81.8 | 66.7 | 81.6 |
9/1/2010 | 82.2 | 67.7 | 82.4 |
10/1/2010 | 83.4 | 69.3 | 83.1 |
11/1/2010 | 82.0 | 68.0 | 82.9 |
12/1/2010 | 82.5 | 67.6 | 82.0 |
1/1/2011 | 81.5 | 67.5 | 82.9 |
2/1/2011 | 81.1 | 67.2 | 82.8 |
3/1/2011 | 80.6 | 67.3 | 83.5 |
4/1/2011 | 81.0 | 67.6 | 83.5 |
5/1/2011 | 82.4 | 68.1 | 82.7 |
6/1/2011 | 81.7 | 67.8 | 83.0 |
7/1/2011 | 82.4 | 68.6 | 83.3 |
8/1/2011 | 82.0 | 67.2 | 81.9 |
9/1/2011 | 82.9 | 68.6 | 82.8 |
10/1/2011 | 83.0 | 68.5 | 82.5 |
11/1/2011 | 83.3 | 68.0 | 81.6 |
12/1/2011 | 82.5 | 68.3 | 82.8 |
1/1/2012 | 82.3 | 68.0 | 82.6 |
2/1/2012 | 82.5 | 68.5 | 83.0 |
3/1/2012 | 82.8 | 68.8 | 83.1 |
4/1/2012 | 82.8 | 68.7 | 83.0 |
5/1/2012 | 82.3 | 68.3 | 83.0 |
6/1/2012 | 82.7 | 68.5 | 82.8 |
7/1/2012 | 82.5 | 68.1 | 82.5 |
8/1/2012 | 83.1 | 68.6 | 82.6 |
9/1/2012 | 82.7 | 68.5 | 82.8 |
10/1/2012 | 84.1 | 68.3 | 81.2 |
11/1/2012 | 83.1 | 68.8 | 82.8 |
12/1/2012 | 83.2 | 68.8 | 82.7 |
1/1/2013 | 83.2 | 69.4 | 83.4 |
2/1/2013 | 83.9 | 70.4 | 83.9 |
3/1/2013 | 83.0 | 69.3 | 83.5 |
4/1/2013 | 82.9 | 69.6 | 83.9 |
5/1/2013 | 82.9 | 69.9 | 84.3 |
6/1/2013 | 83.3 | 70.2 | 84.3 |
7/1/2013 | 82.8 | 69.8 | 84.3 |
8/1/2013 | 82.8 | 70.2 | 84.8 |
9/1/2013 | 82.9 | 70.1 | 84.6 |
10/1/2013 | 82.9 | 70.4 | 85.0 |
11/1/2013 | 83.5 | 70.9 | 84.9 |
12/1/2013 | 83.4 | 70.8 | 85.0 |
1/1/2014 | 84.4 | 71.0 | 84.2 |
2/1/2014 | 84.2 | 70.7 | 83.9 |
3/1/2014 | 83.2 | 71.5 | 86.0 |
4/1/2014 | 83.6 | 71.5 | 85.6 |
5/1/2014 | 83.7 | 72.0 | 86.0 |
6/1/2014 | 83.0 | 71.8 | 86.5 |
7/1/2014 | 83.1 | 72.2 | 86.8 |
8/1/2014 | 83.3 | 72.1 | 86.6 |
9/1/2014 | 83.2 | 72.1 | 86.7 |
10/1/2014 | 83.4 | 72.5 | 87.0 |
11/1/2014 | 82.5 | 71.9 | 87.2 |
12/1/2014 | 83.0 | 73.3 | 88.4 |
1/1/2015 | 83.0 | 72.8 | 87.7 |
NOTE: Includes domestic and international scheduled services. Revenue passenger-miles (RPM) are a measure of the volume of air passenger transportation. An RPM is equal to one paying passenger carried one mile. Available seat-miles (ASM) are a measure of capacity of air passenger transportation. An ASM is equal to one aircraft seat carried one mile. Load factor is a measure of the use of aircraft capacity that compares RPMs as a proportion of ASMs.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information, T-100 Segment Data, available at www.transtats.bts.gov as of April 2015.