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January 2015 U.S. Airline Traffic Data

Thursday, April 16, 2015

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today that U.S. airlines’ systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service load factor – a measure of the use of airline capacity – was 83.0 percent in January, unchanged from December, seasonally adjusted (Table 1). Seasonal adjustment allows the comparing of monthly load factors to all other months.

Load Factor on All U.S. Scheduled Airlines (Domestic & International), January 2010-January 2015

Load Factor on All U.S. Scheduled Airlines (Domestic & International), January 2010-January 2015

The January 2015 load factor was below the all-time seasonally-adjusted high of 84.4 reached in January 2014 (Table 2). Load factor is a measure of the use of aircraft capacity that compares the system use, measured in Revenue Passenger-Miles (RPMs) as a proportion of system capacity, measured in Available Seat-Miles (ASMs).

RPMs and ASMs fell from December to January but because both declined by 0.7 percent, the load factor remained at 83.0 (Tables 3, 5).

BTS is replacing previous monthly Air Traffic press releases with this monthly load factor press release. Tables 2, 8 and 14 of the previous press release can be found at the end of the Not-Seasonally Adjusted section of this press release. Additional traffic data can be found on the BTS Airlines and Airports page. Click on a link in the Quick Links box on the right.  For more historical data, see Traffic on the BTS website.

U.S. Airline Trends:

Seasonally-adjusted

Since peaking in January and February 2014, load factors have ranged from a high of 83.7 in May to a low of 82.5 in November (Table 2). Load factors have generally increased since the recession that ended in June 2009 because demand, measured in RPMs, has increased at a faster pace than capacity, measured in ASMs. In January, demand was at the second highest level, down from the all-time high set in December. The last 10 months, starting with April 2014 through January 2015 are the 10 all-time highest months for demand (Table 4).

Capacity declined in January from December, the month with the highest all-time level, revised from last month’s release. The most recent three months are the only post-recession months among the overall top 10 for capacity, showing that after six years capacity has returned to pre-recession levels (Table 6). Systemwide enplanements in January were the highest since the recession, and fourth highest all-time, spurred by a monthly record high for international enplanements. Domestic enplanements have been rising slowly but remain below pre-recession levels (Tables 8, 10, 12).

Seasonally-adjusted trends are for the time period January 2000 to present.

Unadjusted

Systemwide: Demand, measured in RPMs, reached an all-time high for the month of January. The number of passengers and capacity, measured in ASMs, while up from January 2014, remained below the all-time highs for the month of January set in 2008.

Domestic: Demand, measured in RPMs, reached an all-time high for the month of January. The number of passengers and capacity, while up from January 2014, remained below the all-time highs for the month of January set in 2008. 

International: The number of passengers, demand and capacity all reached all-time highs for the month of January, exceeding the highs set in January 2014.

Unadjusted trends are for the time period January 1974 to present.

Seasonally-Adjusted Air Travel

Seasonally-Adjusted Revenue Passenger-Miles

RPMs fell 0.7 percent from December to January following a single month of growth from November 2014 to December 2015 (Table 3).

RPMs of 72.8 billion in January were the second highest all-time seasonally-adjusted total, 0.5 billion or 0.7 percent less than the all-time seasonally adjusted high in December 2014. Of the top 10 all-time highest months for RPMs, one has been in 2015 and nine were in 2014 (Table 4).  

Seasonally-Adjusted Available Seat-Miles

ASMs fell 0.7 percent from December to January following four months of growth from August 2014 to December 2015 (Table 5).

ASMs of 87.7 billion in January were the fifth highest all-time seasonally-adjusted total, 0.6 billion or 0.7 percent less than the all-time seasonally adjusted high in December 2014. Of the top 10 all-time highest months for ASMs, one has been in 2015 and two were in 2014 (Table 6).

Seasonally-Adjusted Passenger Enplanements

Systemwide: Systemwide passenger enplanements rose 0.3 percent from December to January, the third consecutive monthly increase (Table 7). The systemwide total rose from December to January as a result of a 0.1 percent increase in international enplanements combined with a 0.3 percent increase in domestic enplanements (Tables 9, 11).

Enplanements of 64.4 million in January were the fourth highest all-time seasonally-adjusted total, 0.4 million or 0.7 percent less than the all-time seasonally adjusted high in August 2007.  One of the top 10 all-time highest months for enplanements has been in 2015 and two were in 2014 (Table 8).

Domestic: Enplanements on domestic flights rose 0.3 percent from December to January following a single month of decline from November 2014 to December 2014 (Table 9). Domestic enplanements in January (56 million) were 2.2 percent, less than the all-time seasonally adjusted high in August 2007 (57.2 million). No post-recession month is among the top 10 all-time highest months for domestic enplanements (Table 10).

International: U.S. airlines’ international enplanements rose 0.1 percent from December to January for the third consecutive monthly increase. The January level (8.4 million) was the highest all-time seasonally-adjusted total. One of the top 10 all-time highest months for international enplanements has been in 2015 and nine were in 2014 (Tables 11, 12).

See Seasonally-Adjusted Transportation Data for additional airline data since 2000 and for data from other modes.

Unadjusted Tables

Unadjusted Load Factor

U.S. airlines’ systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service load factor was 79.1 percent in January, down from December and down from January 2014 (Table 13).

The January load factor of 79.1 was down from the all-time seasonally-unadjusted high for the month of January of 80.3 set in 2014. The January load factor was below the all-time seasonally-unadjusted high of 87.0 in June 2013. (Table 14)

The load factor fell year-to-year because ASMs grew more quickly (4.4 percent) than RPMs (2.8 percent) (Tables 15, 17).

Unadjusted Revenue Passenger-Miles

RPMs in January declined 8.3 percent from December but increased 2.8 percent from January 2014 (Table 15).

RPMs of 65.8 billion in January were 21.3 percent less than the all-time high, seasonally-unadjusted, in July 2014. None of the top 10 all-time highest months for RPMs have been in 2015 and two were in 2014 (Table 16). 

Unadjusted Available Seat-Miles

ASMs in January declined 4.2 percent from December but increased 4.4 percent from January 2014 (Table 17).

ASMs of 83.3 billion in January were 13.8 percent less than the all-time high, seasonally-unadjusted, in July 2014. None of the top 10 all-time highest months for ASMs have been in 2015 and two were in 2014 (Table 18). 

Unadjusted Passenger Enplanements

Systemwide: Systemwide seasonally-unadjusted passenger enplanements in January 2015 (57.6 million) fell 9.7 percent from December and 3.2 percent from January 2014 (Table 19).

The January 2015 systemwide enplanement total (57.6 million) was 20.5 percent, less than the all-time seasonally-unadjusted high in July 2007 (72.4 million). January 2015 level was down from the all-time seasonally-unadjusted high for the month of January of 57.7 million set in 2007 (Table 20).

Domestic: Domestic, seasonally-unadjusted passenger enplanements in January 2015 (49.5 million) were 22.0 percent, less than the all-time seasonally-unadjusted high in July 2007 (63.5 million) (Table 21).

The January 2015 level was down from the all-time seasonally-unadjusted high for the month of January of 50.2 million set in 2007 (Table 22).

International: International, seasonally-unadjusted passenger enplanements in January 2015 (8.0 million) were 20.6 percent, less than the all-time seasonally-unadjusted high in July 2014 (10.1 million) (Table 23).

The January 2015 level was up from the all-time seasonally-unadjusted high for the month of January of 8.0 million set in 2014 (Table 24).

Explanation of seasonal adjustment

When the primary purpose is to examine monthly shifts in transportation services output and analyze short-term trends, the variation introduced by normal seasonal changes must be removed from the data. Transportation is highly seasonal, and without adjustment, the data do not give an accurate picture of underlying changes in aviation, passenger travel.

Seasonal adjustment of the data removes the seasonal events that follow a regular seasonal pattern. Changes that are not due to seasonality, such as a change in air travel resulting from economic conditions become more readily apparent.

The aviation data are seasonally adjusted for the effects of trading day, moving holidays, and data outliers.

See Seasonal Adjustment for methodology and additional explanation.

Reporting Notes

Data are compiled from monthly reports filed with BTS by commercial U.S. air carriers detailing operations, passenger traffic and freight traffic. This release includes data received by BTS from 80 carriers as of April 7 for U.S. carrier scheduled civilian operations.

Go to http://www.transtats.bts.gov/releaseinfo.asp for the complete list of reporting and non-reporting carriers. U.S. carriers’ foreign point-to-point flights are included in system and international totals. To create a customized table for passengers, flights, RPMs, ASMs and other data, including non-scheduled service, go to https://www.transtats.bts.gov/TRAFFIC/

For additional scheduled service numbers for U.S. airlines, U.S. and foreign airlines, by airline and by airport, see Passengers, Flights, Revenue Passenger-Miles, Available Seat-Miles and Load Factor.

Traffic numbers are available on the BTS website at TranStats, the Intermodal Transportation Database, at http://www.transtats.bts.gov.  Click on “Aviation.”  For systemwide passengers, RPMs and ASMs by carrier through January, click on “Air Carrier Summary Data (Form 41 and 298C Summary Data),” and then click on “Schedule T-1.” Use crosstabs to find scheduled service.

For domestic numbers through January and international numbers through October by origin as well as by carrier, click on “Aviation,” then click on “Air Carrier Statistics (Form 41 Traffic).”  Click on “T-100 Market” for system passenger numbers, “T-100 Domestic Market” for domestic or “T-100 International Market” for international. For flights, stage length and trip length, use the appropriate T-100 Segment database. Use crosstabs to find scheduled service.

International totals in this press release consist of all U.S. carrier operations to and from the U.S. and from one foreign point to another foreign point. TranStats T-100 systemwide and international totals do not include U.S. carriers’ foreign point-to-point flights. For January, U.S. carriers reported 118,893 foreign point-to-point passengers.

Data are subject to revision. BTS has scheduled May 14 for the release of February traffic data. None of the data are from samples so measures of statistical significance do not apply.

Seasonally-Adjusted Tables

Table 1. U.S. Airlines Seasonally-Adjusted Monthly Load Factor

Systemwide (Domestic + International) RPMs/ASMs (both seasonally-adjusted) in percent

Scheduled service only

  2012 2013 2014 2015
January 82.3 83.2 84.4 83.0
February 82.5 83.9 84.2  
March 82.8 83.0 83.2  
April 82.8 82.9 83.6  
May 82.3 82.9 83.7  
June 82.7 83.3 83.0  
July 82.5 82.8 83.1  
August 83.1 82.8 83.3  
September 82.7 82.9 83.2  
October 84.1 82.9 83.4  
November 83.1 83.5 82.5  
December 83.2 83.4 83.0  

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment

Note: Load factor is a measure of the use of aircraft capacity that compares Revenue Passenger-Miles (RPMs) as a proportion of Available Seat-Miles (ASMs).

Table 2. 10 Months with Highest Seasonally-Adjusted Load Factors, 2000-2015

Systemwide (Domestic + International) RPMs/ASMs (both seasonally-adjusted) in percent

Scheduled service only

Rank Date Seasonally-Adjusted Load Factor
1 January 2014 84.4
2 February 2014 84.2
3 October 2012 84.1
4 February 2013 83.9
5 May 2014 83.7
6 April 2014 83.6
7 November 2013 83.5
8 October 2010 83.4
9 October 2014 83.4
10 December 2013 83.4

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment

Note: Load factor is a measure of the use of aircraft capacity that compares Revenue Passenger-Miles (RPMs) as a proportion of Available Seat-Miles (ASMs).

Table 3. U.S. Airlines Seasonally-Adjusted Monthly Revenue Passenger-Miles (RPMs)

Systemwide (Domestic + International) RPMs (seasonally-adjusted) in billions (000,000,000)

Scheduled service only

  2012 2013 2014 2015
January 68.0 69.4 71.0 72.8
February 68.5 70.4 70.7  
March 68.8 69.3 71.5  
April 68.7 69.6 71.5  
May 68.3 69.9 72.0  
June 68.5 70.2 71.8  
July 68.1 69.8 72.2  
August 68.6 70.2 72.1  
September 68.5 70.1 72.1  
October 68.3 70.4 72.5  
November 68.8 70.9 71.9  
December 68.8 70.8 73.3  

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment

Note: Revenue passenger-miles are a measure of the volume of air passenger transportation. A revenue passenger-mile is equal to one paying passenger carried one mile.

Table 4. 10 Months with Highest Seasonally-Adjusted Revenue Passenger-Miles (RPMs), 2000-2015

Systemwide (Domestic + International) RPMs (seasonally-adjusted) in billions (000,000,000)

Scheduled service only

Rank Month Seasonally-Adjusted RPMs in billions
1 December 2014 73.3
2 January 2015 72.8
3 October 2014 72.5
4 July 2014 72.2
5 August 2014 72.1
6 September 2014 72.1
7 May 2014 72.0
8 November 2014 71.9
9 June 2014 71.8
10 April 2014 71.5

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment

Note: Revenue passenger-miles are a measure of the volume of air passenger transportation. A revenue passenger-mile is equal to one paying passenger carried one mile.

Table 5. U.S. Airlines Seasonally-Adjusted Monthly Available Seat-Miles (ASMs)

Systemwide (Domestic + International) ASMs (seasonally-adjusted) in billions (000,000,000)

Scheduled service only

  2012 2013 2014 2015
January 82.6 83.4 84.2 87.7
February 83.0 83.9 83.9  
March 83.1 83.5 86.0  
April 83.0 83.9 85.6  
May 83.0 84.3 86.0  
June 82.8 84.3 86.5  
July 82.5 84.3 86.8  
August 82.6 84.8 86.6  
September 82.8 84.6 86.7  
October 81.2 85.0 87.0  
November 82.8 84.9 87.2  
December 82.7 85.0 88.4  

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment

Note: Available seat-miles are a measure of the capacity of air passenger transportation. An available seat-mile is equal to one aircraft seat carried one mile.

Table 6. 10 Months with Highest Seasonally-Adjusted Available Seat-Miles (ASMs), 2000-2015

Systemwide (Domestic + International) ASMs (seasonally-adjusted) in billions (000,000,000)

Scheduled service only

Rank Month Seasonally-Adjusted ASMs in billions
1 December 2014 88.4
2 November 2007 88.3
3 December 2007 88.1
4 January 2008 88.0
5 January 2015 87.7
6 February 2008 87.7
7 October 2007 87.7
8 March 2008 87.5
9 November 2014 87.2
10 September 2007 87.1

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment

Note: Available seat-miles are a measure of the capacity of air passenger transportation. An available seat-mile is equal to one aircraft seat carried one mile.

Table 7. U.S. Airlines Systemwide Seasonally-Adjusted Passenger Enplanements

Systemwide (Domestic + International) passenger enplanements (seasonally-adjusted) in millions (000,000)

Scheduled service only

  2012 2013 2014 2015
January 61.12 61.79 62.69 64.42
February 61.38 62.71 62.61  
March 61.14 61.23 63.70  
April 61.44 61.62 63.35  
May 61.00 61.64 63.57  
June 61.15 61.97 63.41  
July 61.11 61.24 63.67  
August 61.51 61.76 63.71  
September 61.34 62.06 64.01  
October 61.17 62.17 63.95  
November 61.18 63.04 64.23  
December 61.81 62.57 64.26  

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Market

Table 8. Systemwide 10 Months with Highest Seasonally-Adjusted Available Passenger Enplanements, 2000-2015

Systemwide (Domestic + International) passenger enplanements on U.S. airlines (seasonally-adjusted) in millions (000,000)

Scheduled service only

Rank Month Seasonally-Adjusted enplanements in millions
1 August 2007 64.86
2 October 2007 64.69
3 September 2007 64.43
4 January 2015 64.42
5 November 2007 64.41
6 June 2007 64.38
7 July 2007 64.34
8 May 2007 64.30
9 December 2014 64.26
10 November 2014 64.23

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Market

Table 9. U.S. Airlines Domestic Seasonally-Adjusted Passenger Enplanements

Domestic passenger enplanements on U.S. airlines (seasonally-adjusted) in millions (000,000)

Scheduled service only

  2012 2013 2014 2015
January 53.37 53.83 54.36 56.00
February 53.57 54.66 54.36  
March 53.26 53.21 55.38  
April 53.59 53.66 54.99  
May 53.19 53.59 55.20  
June 53.36 53.84 55.02  
July 53.31 53.04 55.28  
August 53.68 53.53 55.35  
September 53.36 53.86 55.71  
October 53.25 53.92 55.76  
November 53.24 54.79 55.90  
December 53.88 54.29 55.85  

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Domestic Market

Table 10. Domestic 10 Months with Highest Seasonally-Adjusted Available Passenger Enplanements, 2000-2015

Domestic passenger enplanements on U.S. airlines (seasonally-adjusted) in millions (000,000)

Scheduled service only

Rank Month Seasonally-Adjusted enplanements in millions
1 August 2007 57.24
2 October 2007 57.03
3 June 2007 56.90
4 September 2007 56.89
5 May 2007 56.88
6 July 2007 56.79
7 April 2007 56.74
8 November 2007 56.68
9 February 2008 56.37
10 January 2008 56.24

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Domestic Market

Table 11. U.S. Airlines International Seasonally-Adjusted Passenger Enplanements

International passenger enplanements (seasonally-adjusted) in millions (000,000)

Scheduled service only

  2012 2013 2014 2015
January 7.74 7.96 8.33 8.41
February 7.80 8.05 8.25  
March 7.87 8.01 8.32  
April 7.85 7.96 8.35  
May 7.81 8.05 8.37  
June 7.79 8.14 8.39  
July 7.79 8.21 8.38  
August 7.83 8.23 8.36  
September 7.98 8.20 8.31  
October 7.92 8.25 8.19  
November 7.94 8.25 8.33  
December 7.93 8.28 8.41  

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 International Market

Table 12. International 10 Months with Highest Seasonally-Adjusted Available Passenger Enplanements, 2000-2015

International passenger enplanements on U.S. airlines (seasonally-adjusted) in millions (000,000)

Scheduled service only

Rank Month Seasonally-Adjusted enplanements in millions
1 January 2015 8.41
2 December 2014 8.41
3 June 2014 8.39
4 July 2014 8.38
5 May 2014 8.37
6 August 2014 8.36
7 April 2014 8.35
8 January 2014 8.33
9 November 2014 8.33
10 March 2014 8.32

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 International Market

Table 13. U.S. Airlines Unadjusted Monthly Load Factor

Systemwide (Domestic + International) RPMs/ASMs (both unadjusted) in percent

Scheduled service only

  2012 2013 2014 2015
January 77.6 78.9 80.3 79.1
February 76.6 79.2 79.8  
March 83.0 84.3 83.5  
April 82.5 81.6 83.4  
May 83.5 84.2 85.0  
June 86.5 87.0 86.4  
July 86.6 86.6 86.7  
August 86.5 86.1 86.4  
September 81.6 81.6 81.9  
October 83.4 82.2 82.8  
November 81.9 79.3 79.8  
December 81.5 84.4 82.6  

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment

Note: Load factor is a measure of the use of aircraft capacity that compares Revenue Passenger-Miles (RPMs) as a proportion of Available Seat-Miles (ASMs).

Table 14. 10 Months with Highest Unadjusted Load Factors, 2000-2015

Systemwide (Domestic + International) RPMs/ASMs (both unadjusted) in percent

Scheduled service only

Rank Month Unadjusted Load Factor
1 June 2013 87.0
2 July 2011 86.9
3 July 2010 86.8
4 July 2014 86.7
4 July 2014 86.7
5 July 2013 86.6
6 July 2012 86.6
7 June 2012 86.5
8 August 2012 86.5
9 August 2014 86.4

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment

Note: Load factor is a measure of the use of aircraft capacity that compares Revenue Passenger-Miles (RPMs) as a proportion of Available Seat-Miles (ASMs).

Table 15. U.S. Airlines Unadjusted Monthly Revenue Passenger-Miles (RPMs)

Systemwide (Domestic + International) RPMs (unadjusted) in billions (000,000,000)

Scheduled service only

  2012 2013 2014 2015
January 61.1 62.4 64.1 65.9
February 57.5 57.5 57.9  
March 70.8 72.2 73.6  
April 67.8 67.8 70.7  
May 71.2 73.0 75.2  
June 76.0 77.9 79.5  
July 79.6 81.3 83.7  
August 77.7 79.3 81.2  
September 65.2 66.6 68.4  
October 67.0 69.1 71.1  
November 63.4 63.0 65.2  
December 65.9 70.4 71.8  

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment

Note: Revenue passenger-miles are a measure of the volume of air passenger transportation. A revenue passenger-mile is equal to one paying passenger carried one mile.

Table 16. 10 Months with Highest Unadjusted Revenue Passenger-Miles (RPMs), 2000-2015

Systemwide (Domestic + International) RPMs (unadjusted) in billions (000,000,000)

Scheduled service only

Rank Month Unadjusted RPMs in billions
1 July 2014 83.7
2 July 2013 81.3
3 August 2014 81.2
4 July 2011 80.4
5 July 2007 79.9
6 July 2012 79.6
7 June 2014 79.5
8 August 2013 79.3
9 July 2008 78.8
10 August 2007 78.3

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment

Note: Revenue passenger-miles are a measure of the volume of air passenger transportation. A revenue passenger-mile is equal to one paying passenger carried one mile.

Table 17. U.S. Airlines Unadjusted Monthly Available Seat-Miles (ASMs)

Systemwide (Domestic + International) ASMs (unadjusted) in billions (000,000,000)

Scheduled service only

  2012 2013 2014 2015
January 78.7 79.2 79.8 83.3
February 75.0 72.6 72.5  
March 85.3 85.6 88.2  
April 82.1 83.1 84.8  
May 85.2 86.7 88.5  
June 87.8 89.5 92.0  
July 91.9 93.8 96.5  
August 89.9 92.2 94.0  
September 80.0 81.5 83.5  
October 80.3 84.0 85.9  
November 77.4 79.5 81.7  
December 80.9 83.4 86.9  

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment

Note: Available seat-miles are a measure of the capacity of air passenger transportation. An available seat-mile is equal to one aircraft seat carried one mile.

Table 18. 10 Months with Highest Unadjusted Available Seat-Miles (ASMs), 2000-2015

Systemwide (Domestic + International) ASMs (unadjusted) in billions (000,000,000)

Scheduled service only

Rank Month Unadjusted ASMs in billions
1 July 2014 96.5
2 August 2014 94.0
3 July 2013 93.8
4 July 2008 93.7
5 July 2007 92.9
6 August 2007 92.8
7 July 2011 92.5
8 August 2013 92.2
9 June 2014 92.0
10 July 2012 91.9

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment

Note: Available seat-miles are a measure of the capacity of air passenger transportation. An available seat-mile is equal to one aircraft seat carried one mile.

Table 19. U.S. Airlines Systemwide Unadjusted Passenger Enplanements

Systemwide (Domestic + International) passenger enplanements (unadjusted) in millions (000,000)

Scheduled service only

  2012 2013 2014 2015
January 54.44 55.35 55.81 57.57
February 53.11 52.49 52.44  
March 64.46 65.10 66.44  
April 61.50 60.98 63.49  
May 63.68 64.79 66.51  
June 66.61 67.08 68.60  
July 69.19 69.22 71.89  
August 67.76 67.73 69.53  
September 57.42 58.19 59.99  
October 60.93 62.16 64.34  
November 58.74 57.60 59.74  
December 58.87 62.49 63.78  
1 Mo. Total 54.44 55.35 55.81 57.57
Yr. Total 736.71 743.18 762.56 57.57

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Market

Table 20. Systemwide 10 Months with Highest Unadjusted Available Passenger Enplanements, 2000-2015

Systemwide (Domestic + International) passenger enplanements on U.S. airlines (unadjusted) in millions (000,000)

Scheduled service only

Rank Month Unadjusted enplanements in millions
1 July 2007 72.40
2 July 2014 71.89
3 August 2007 71.34
4 July 2005 70.57
5 July 2008 70.47
6 July 2011 69.91
7 June 2007 69.69
8 August 2014 69.53
9 July 2006 69.51
10 July 2013 69.22

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Market

Table 21. U.S. Airlines Domestic Unadjusted Passenger Enplanements

Domestic passenger numbers (unadjusted) in millions (000,000)

Scheduled Service Only

  2012 2013 2014 2015
January 47.08 47.82 47.96 49.53
February 46.41 45.74 45.51  
March 56.20 56.57 57.76  
April 53.69 53.23 55.25  
May 55.75 56.56 57.89  
June 57.90 57.99 59.26  
July 59.69 59.31 61.76  
August 58.65 58.12 59.76  
September 50.14 50.77 52.53  
October 53.78 54.71 56.94  
November 51.85 50.54 52.58  
December 51.17 54.33 55.49  
1 Mo. Total 47.08 47.82 47.96 49.53
Yr. Total 642.31 645.69 662.69 49.53

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Domestic Market

Table 22. Domestic 10 Months with Highest Unadjusted Available Passenger Enplanements, 2000-2015

Domestic passenger enplanements on U.S. airlines (unadjusted) in millions (000,000)

Scheduled service only

Rank Month Unadjusted enplanements in millions
1 July 2007 63.46
2 August 2007 62.66
3 July 2005 62.40
4 July 2014 61.76
5 June 2007 61.49
6 July 2008 61.40
7 July 2006 60.84
8 July 2011 60.31
9 August 2014 59.76
10 June 2005 59.72

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Domestic Market

Table 23. U.S. Airlines International Unadjusted International Passenger Enplanements

International passenger enplanements (unadjusted) in millions (000,000)

Scheduled service only

  2012 2013 2014 2015
January 7.36 7.53 7.85 8.05
February 6.70 6.75 6.93  
March 8.26 8.53 8.68  
April 7.80 7.75 8.24  
May 7.93 8.22 8.62  
June 8.71 9.08 9.34  
July 9.50 9.91 10.13  
August 9.11 9.61 9.77  
September 7.29 7.43 7.46  
October 7.15 7.45 7.40  
November 6.89 7.06 7.16  
December 7.71 8.16 8.29  
1 Mo. Total 7.36 7.53 7.85 8.05
Yr. Total 94.41 97.48 99.87 8.05

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 International Market

Table 24. International 10 Months with Highest Unadjusted Available Passenger Enplanements, 2000-2015

International passenger enplanements on U.S. airlines (unadjusted) in millions (000,000)

Scheduled service only

Rank Month Unadjusted enplanements in millions
1 July 2014 10.13
2 July 2013 9.91
3 August 2014 9.77
4 August 2013 9.61
5 July 2011 9.60
6 July 2012 9.50
7 June 2014 9.34
8 July 2010 9.29
9 August 2012 9.11
10 June 2013 9.08

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 International Market