January 2022 U.S. Airline Traffic Data
BTS 18-22
U.S. airlines carried 58.0 million systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service passengers in January 2022, seasonally-adjusted, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS), down 14.8% from December.
BTS reported 52.1 million domestic passengers and 6 million international passengers on U.S. airlines flights in January.
U.S. airline traffic reports are filed monthly with BTS. See the tables that accompany this release on the BTS website for summary data since 2016 (Tables 1-24) and complete data since 2000.
Two measures of U.S. airlines passenger enplanements
January seasonally adjusted
- System-wide enplanements (58.0M) were down 26.8% from the all-time high of 79.3 million reached in January 2020.
- Domestic enplanements (52.1M) were down 25.5% from the all-time high of 69.9 million reached in January 2020.
- International enplanements (5.96M) were down 39.4% from the all-time high of 9.84 million reached in October 2019.
January unadjusted
- Systemwide enplanements (51.8M) were down 26.8% from the all-time January high (70.8) reached in 2020.
- Domestic enplanements (45.7M) were down 25.8% from the all-time January high (61.6) reached in 2020.
- International enplanements (6.05M) were down 34% from the all-time January high (9.2) reached in 2020.
Table 1. Systemwide Passenger Enplanements on U.S. Airlines, Seasonally-Adjusted, January 2018 - January 2022
| Date | Enplanements |
|---|---|
| January-2019 | 75.04 |
| February-2019 | 76.02 |
| March-2019 | 76.71 |
| April-2019 | 76.80 |
| May-2019 | 77.04 |
| June-2019 | 77.25 |
| July-2019 | 77.21 |
| August-2019 | 77.52 |
| September-2019 | 78.16 |
| October-2019 | 77.85 |
| November-2019 | 78.83 |
| December-2019 | 78.69 |
| January-2020 | 79.59 |
| February-2020 | 78.84 |
| March-2020 | 37.46 |
| April-2020 | 3.01 |
| May-2020 | 7.66 |
| June-2020 | 15.32 |
| July-2020 | 21.24 |
| August-2020 | 23.75 |
| September-2020 | 27.16 |
| October-2020 | 29.54 |
| November-2020 | 29.63 |
| December-2020 | 31.22 |
| January-2021 | 39.08 |
| February-2021 | 31.81 |
| March-2021 | 41.10 |
| April-2021 | 47.49 |
| May-2021 | 55.44 |
| June-2021 | 60.87 |
| July-2021 | 65.23 |
| August-2021 | 62.35 |
| September-2021 | 63.12 |
| October-2021 | 64.98 |
| November-2021 | 68.00 |
| December-2021 | 68.12 |
| January-2022 | 58.00 |
Table A. Seasonally Adjusted Passenger Enplanements Compared to Previous Time Periods
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Seasonally Adjusted |
Passengers (in millions) |
Percent Change Compared to |
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Previous Month |
Previous Year |
Three Years Previous |
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January |
58.0 |
-14.8% |
90.3% |
-22.5% |
Table B. Unadjusted Passenger Enplanements Compared to Previous Time Periods
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Unadjusted |
Passengers (in millions) |
Percent Change Compared to |
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Previous Year |
Two Years Previous |
Three Years Previous |
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January |
51.8 |
89.8% |
-26.8% |
-22.7% |
For data filed through January, see accompanying tables. For the complete database of reported data, see Traffic. For an explanation of BTS’ seasonal adjustment methodology, see Seasonal Adjustment.
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 77 U.S. carriers as of April 6 for U.S. carrier scheduled civilian operations.
See the BTS Airlines and Airports page for additional scheduled service numbers through January for U.S. airlines. International data by origin and destination is available through October. 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. BTS’ Airlines and Airports page does not include U.S. carriers’ foreign point-to-point flights.
BTS has scheduled May 12 for the release of data through February.
None of the data are from samples. Measures of statistical significance do not apply to the complete air traffic data.