The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today that U.S. airlines carried 57.5 million systemwide (domestic + international) scheduled service passengers in November 2013, 2.2 percent fewer than in November 2012. The systemwide total was the result of a 2.7 percent decrease in the number of domestic passengers (50.4 million) and a 2.2 percent increase in international passengers (7.0 million) (Tables 1, 7, 13).

Passengers on All U.S. Scheduled Airlines (Domestic & International),
November 2008-November 2013

SOURCE for recession dates: National Bureau of Economic Research, US Business Cycle Expansions and Contractions

BTS reported that U.S. airlines carried 0.4 percent more total systemwide passengers during the first 11 months of 2013 (680.3 million) than during the same period in 2012 (Table 2). Domestically, U.S. airlines carried 590.9 million passengers, virtually unchanged from 2012 (Table 8). Internationally, they carried 89.3 million passengers, up 3.0 percent from 2012 (Table 14). See Tables 2, 8 and 14 of Air Traffic Press Releases for previous-year data.

Systemwide, domestic and international load factors declined in November 2013 from a year earlier. Systemwide and domestic Revenue Passenger-Miles (RPMs) declined while capacity, measured by Available Seat-Miles (ASMs), rose.  Growth in international capacity exceeded RPM growth (Tables 1, 7, 13). Load factor is a measure of the use of aircraft capacity that compares RPMs as a proportion of ASMs.

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.

Top Airlines

Monthly: In November, Southwest Airlines carried more systemwide and domestic passengers than any other U.S. airline (Tables 4, 10). United Airlines carried the most international passengers (Table 16). The top 10 U.S. airlines in terms of number of passengers carried 80.7 percent of systemwide passengers, up from 80.2 percent carried by the U.S. airlines that were in the top 10 in November 2012.

Year-to-date: During the first 11 months of 2013, Delta carried more systemwide passengers than any other U.S. airline (Table 3). Southwest carried the most domestic passengers (Table 9) while United carried the most international passengers (Table 15). The top 10 U.S. airlines carried 80.5 percent of systemwide passengers, up from 80.0 percent carried by the U.S. airlines that were in the top 10 during the first 11 months of 2012.

Top Airports           

Monthly: In November, more total systemwide and domestic passengers boarded planes at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International than at any other U.S. airport (Tables 6, 12); and more international passengers boarded U.S. carriers at Miami than at any other U.S. airport (Table 18).

Year-to-date: During the first 11 months of 2013, more total systemwide and domestic passengers boarded planes at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson than at any other U.S. airport (Tables 5 and 11); and more international passengers boarded U.S. carriers at Miami than at any other U.S. airport (Table 17).

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 71 carriers as of Feb. 4 for U.S. carrier scheduled civilian operations.

Southwest and AirTran Airways are reporting as separate carriers with the exception of their financial reports.  They have one FAA SOC (single operating certificate), requiring that they utilize the same safety/operating procedures, but they have separate DOT 401 economic certificates, meaning they remain operating as separate economic entities.

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://transtats.bts.gov.  Click on “Aviation.”  For systemwide passengers, RPMs and ASMs by carrier through November, 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 November and international numbers through August 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 November, U.S. carriers reported 174,676 foreign point-to-point passengers. For January through November, U.S. carriers reported 2,117,171 foreign point-to-point passengers.

Data are subject to revision. BTS has scheduled March 13 for the release of December traffic data. None of the data are from samples so measures of statistical significance do not apply.

Table 1. Scheduled System (Domestic and International) Airline Travel on U.S. Airlines

	Monthly			Year-to-Date
	Nov 2012	Nov 2013	Change %	2012	2013	Change %
Passengers (in millions)	58.7	57.5	-2.2	677.8	680.3	0.4
Flights (in thousands)	732.5	716.4	-2.2	8,547.3	8,420.6	-1.5
Revenue Passenger Miles (in billions)	63.4	62.9	-0.8	757.3	769.6	1.6
Available Seat-Miles (in billions)	77.4	79.2	2.3	913.6	927.2	1.5
Load Factor*	81.9	79.4	-2.5	82.9	83.0	0.1
Flight Stage Length**	747.9	772.4	3.3	753.8	768.6	2.0
Passenger Trip Length***	1,078.9	1,094.3	1.4	1,117.2	1,131.4	1.3

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Market and Segment

* Change in load factor points

** The average non-stop distance flown per departure in miles

*** The average distance flown per passenger in miles

Note: Percentage changes based on numbers prior to rounding.

Table 2. Total System (Domestic and International) Scheduled Enplanements on U.S. Airlines

Passenger numbers in millions (000,000)

	2011	2012	2011-2012 Pct. Change	2013	2012-2013 Pct. Change
January	53.7	54.4	1.4	55.3	1.7
February	50.1	53.1	6.0	52.5	-1.2
March	63.6	64.5	1.4	65.1	1.0
April	60.5	61.5	1.6	61.0	-0.8
May	63.9	63.7	-0.3	64.8	1.7
June	66.2	66.6	0.6	67.1	0.7
July	69.9	69.2	-1.0	69.2	0.0
August	66.3	67.8	2.2	67.7	0.0
September	58.1	57.4	-1.1	58.1	1.2
October	61.2	60.9	-0.4	62.0	1.8
November	58.3	58.7	0.8	57.5	-2.2
December	59.1	58.9	-0.3
11 Mo. Total	671.7	677.8	0.9	680.3	0.4
Yr. Total	730.8	736.7	0.8

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Market

Note: Percentage changes based on numbers prior to rounding.

Table 3. Top 10 U.S. Airlines, ranked by January-November 2013 System* Scheduled Enplanements

Passenger numbers in millions (000,000)

Jan-Nov 2013 Rank	Carrier	Jan-Nov 2013 Enplaned Passengers	Jan-Nov 2012 Rank	Jan-Nov 2012 Enplaned Passengers	Pct. Change 2012-2013
1	Delta	110.522	1	107.465	2.8
2	Southwest**	105.074	2	103.194	1.8
3	United	82.568	3	85.144	-3.0
4	American	79.493	4	79.129	0.5
5	US Airways	52.212	5	49.840	4.8
6	ExpressJet	30.282	6	29.773	1.7
7	JetBlue	27.723	7	26.454	4.8
8	SkyWest	24.915	8	23.995	3.8
9	Alaska	18.030	11	16.949	6.4
10	AirTran	16.578	9	20.139	-17.7

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Market

* System equals domestic plus international

** The merged Southwest and AirTran are now reporting separately although operating under a single certificate.

Note: Percentage changes based on numbers prior to rounding.

Table 4. Top 10 U.S. Airlines, ranked by November 2013 System* Scheduled Enplanements

Passenger numbers in millions (000,000)

Nov 2013 Rank	Carrier	Nov 2013 Enplaned Passengers	Nov 2012 Rank	Nov 2012 Enplaned Passengers	Pct. Change 2012-2013
1	Southwest**	9.283	2	9.163	1.3
2	Delta	9.182	1	9.323	-1.5
3	United	6.902	3	6.942	-0.6
4	American	6.670	4	6.881	-3.1
5	US Airways	4.459	5	4.479	-0.5
6	ExpressJet	2.626	6	2.663	-1.4
7	JetBlue	2.313	7	2.338	-1.1
8	SkyWest	2.071	8	2.136	-3.0
9	Alaska	1.525	11	1.492	2.2
10	American Eagle	1.356	10	1.509	-10.1

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Market

* System equals domestic plus international

** The merged Southwest and AirTran are now reporting separately although operating under a single certificate.

Note: Percentage changes based on numbers prior to rounding.

Table 5. Top 10 U.S. Airports, ranked by January-November 2013 System* Scheduled Enplanements on U.S. Airlines

Passenger numbers in millions (000,000)

Jan-Nov 2013 Rank	Airport	Jan-Nov 2013 Enplaned Passengers	Jan-Nov 2012 Rank	Jan-Nov 2012 Enplaned Passengers	Pct. Change 2012-2013
1	Atlanta	40.904	1	41.565	-1.6
2	Chicago O'Hare	27.412	2	27.582	-0.6
3	Dallas/Fort Worth	26.157	3	25.217	3.7
4	Los Angeles	23.557	5	22.931	2.7
5	Denver	23.018	4	23.442	-1.8
6	Charlotte	19.400	6	18.269	6.2
7	Phoenix	17.469	7	17.647	-1.0
8	San Francisco	17.202	8	17.076	0.7
9	Las Vegas	16.958	9	17.006	-0.3
10	Houston Bush	16.312	10	16.619	-1.8

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Market

* System equals domestic plus international

Note: Percentage changes based on numbers prior to rounding.

Table 6. Top 10 U.S. Airports, ranked by November 2013 System* Scheduled Enplanements on U.S. Airlines

Passenger numbers in millions (000,000)

Nov 2013 Rank	Airport	Nov 2013 Enplaned Passengers	Nov 2012 Rank	Nov 2012 Enplaned Passengers	Pct. Change 2012-2013
1	Atlanta	3.491	1	3.664	-4.7
2	Chicago O'Hare	2.382	2	2.365	0.7
3	Dallas/Fort Worth	2.223	3	2.253	-1.3
4	Los Angeles	2.000	5	1.966	1.7
5	Denver	1.947	4	2.011	-3.2
6	Charlotte	1.674	6	1.670	0.2
7	Phoenix	1.505	7	1.564	-3.8
8	San Francisco	1.487	8	1.475	0.8
9	Las Vegas	1.455	9	1.463	-0.5
10	Houston Bush	1.422	10	1.438	-1.2

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Market

* System equals domestic plus international

Note: Percentage changes based on numbers prior to rounding.

Table 7. Domestic Scheduled Airline Travel on U.S. Airlines

	Monthly			Year-to-Date
	Nov 2012	Nov 2013	Change %	2012	2013	Change %
Passengers (in millions)	51.8	50.4	-2.7	591.1	590.9	0.0
Flights (in thousands)	669.3	652.0	-2.6	7,774.0	7,644.5	-1.7
Revenue Passenger Miles (in billions)	45.1	44.3	-1.9	522.9	528.4	1.1
Available Seat-Miles (in billions)	54.5	55.3	1.3	625.9	633.9	1.3
Load Factor*	82.8	80.2	-2.6	83.5	83.4	-0.2
Flight Stage Length**	648.2	666.5	2.8	645.2	656.9	1.8
Passenger Trip Length***	870.9	878.4	0.9	884.5	894.1	1.1

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

* Change in load factor points

** The average non-stop distance flown per departure in miles

*** The average distance flown per passenger in miles

Note: Percentage changes based on numbers prior to rounding.

Table 8. Domestic Scheduled Enplanements on U.S. Airlines

Passenger numbers in millions (000,000)

	2011	2012	2011-2012 Pct. Change	2013	2012-2013 Pct. Change
January	46.3	47.1	1.7	47.8	1.6
February	43.7	46.4	6.3	45.7	-1.4
March	55.6	56.2	1.0	56.6	0.6
April	52.9	53.7	1.6	53.2	-0.9
May	56.0	55.7	-0.4	56.6	1.4
June	57.8	57.9	0.2	58.0	0.1
July	60.3	59.7	-1.0	59.3	-0.6
August	57.4	58.6	2.2	58.1	-0.9
September	51.0	50.1	-1.7	50.7	1.1
October	54.1	53.8	-0.6	54.6	1.5
November	51.7	51.8	0.4	50.4	-2.7
December	51.5	51.2	-0.7
11 Mo. Total	586.7	591.1	0.8	590.9	0.0
Yr. Total	638.2	642.3	0.6

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

Note: Percentage changes based on numbers prior to rounding.

Table 9. Top 10 U.S. Airlines, ranked by January-November 2013 Domestic Scheduled Enplanements

Passenger numbers in millions (000,000)

Jan-Nov 2013 Rank	Carrier	Jan-Nov 2013 Enplaned Passengers	Jan-Nov 2012 Rank	Jan-Nov 2012 Enplaned Passengers	Pct. Change 2012-2013
1	Southwest**	105.074	1	103.194	1.8
2	Delta	90.283	2	88.111	2.5
3	American	59.673	4	59.632	0.1
4	United	59.608	3	62.287	-4.3
5	US Airways	45.730	5	43.556	5.0
6	ExpressJet	27.480	6	27.283	0.7
7	JetBlue	23.585	8	22.746	3.7
8	SkyWest	23.438	7	22.806	2.8
9	Alaska	16.366	11	15.363	6.5
10	AirTran	15.044	9	18.958	-20.6

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

** The merged Southwest and AirTran are now reporting separately although operating under a single certificate.

Note: Percentage changes based on numbers prior to rounding.

Table 10. Top 10 U.S. Airlines, ranked by November 2013 Domestic Scheduled Enplanements

Passenger numbers in millions (000,000)

Nov 2013 Rank	Carrier	Nov 2013 Enplaned Passengers	Nov 2012 Rank	Nov 2012 Enplaned Passengers	Pct. Change 2012-2013
1	Southwest**	9.283	1	9.163	1.3
2	Delta	7.661	2	7.886	-2.8
3	United	5.123	4	5.205	-1.6
4	American	5.040	3	5.218	-3.4
5	US Airways	3.994	5	4.028	-0.8
6	ExpressJet	2.375	6	2.451	-3.1
7	JetBlue	1.970	8	2.028	-2.9
8	SkyWest	1.938	7	2.037	-4.9
9	Alaska	1.366	11	1.351	1.1
10	American Eagle	1.239	10	1.381	-10.3

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

** The merged Southwest and AirTran are now reporting separately although operating under a single certificate.

Note: Percentage changes based on numbers prior to rounding.

Table 11. Top 10 U.S. Airports, ranked by January-November 2013 Domestic Scheduled Enplanements

Passenger numbers in millions (000,000)

Jan-Nov 2013 Rank	Airport	Jan-Nov 2013 Enplaned Passengers	Jan-Nov 2012 Rank	Jan-Nov 2012 Enplaned Passengers	Pct. Change 2012-2013
1	Atlanta	36.977	1	37.752	-2.1
2	Chicago O'Hare	24.718	2	24.932	-0.9
3	Dallas/Fort Worth	23.733	3	23.013	3.1
4	Denver	22.423	4	22.911	-2.1
5	Los Angeles	21.722	5	21.167	2.6
6	Charlotte	18.107	6	17.027	6.3
7	Las Vegas	16.946	7	16.993	-0.3
8	Phoenix	16.815	8	16.956	-0.8
9	San Francisco	15.477	9	15.406	0.5
10	Minneapolis	13.739	11	13.722	0.1

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

Note: Percentage changes based on numbers prior to rounding.

Table 12. Top 10 U.S. Airports, ranked by November 2013 Domestic Scheduled Enplanements

Passenger numbers in millions (000,000)

Nov 2013 Rank	Airport	Nov 2013 Enplaned Passengers	Nov 2012 Rank	Nov 2012 Enplaned Passengers	Pct. Change 2012-2013
1	Atlanta	3.169	1	3.364	-5.8
2	Chicago O'Hare	2.179	2	2.153	1.2
3	Dallas/Fort Worth	2.013	3	2.059	-2.2
4	Denver	1.897	4	1.972	-3.8
5	Los Angeles	1.836	5	1.821	0.8
6	Charlotte	1.585	6	1.584	0.0
7	Las Vegas	1.454	8	1.461	-0.5
8	Phoenix	1.445	7	1.501	-3.7
9	San Francisco	1.351	9	1.345	0.4
10	Orlando	1.171	10	1.218	-3.9

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

Note: Percentage changes based on numbers prior to rounding.

Table 13. International Scheduled Airline Travel on U.S. Airlines

	Monthly			Year-to-Date
	Nov 2012	Nov 2013	Change %	2012	2013	Change %
Passengers (in millions)	6.9	7.0	2.2	86.7	89.3	3.0
Flights (in thousands)	63.3	64.4	1.8	773.2	776.1	0.4
Revenue Passenger Miles (in billions)	18.2	18.6	2.1	234.4	241.3	2.9
Available Seat-Miles (in billions)	22.9	24.0	4.7	287.7	293.3	1.9
Load Factor*	79.6	77.6	-2.0	81.5	82.3	0.8
Flight Stage Length**	1,801.9	1,844.0	2.3	1,846.0	1,868.9	1.2
Passenger Trip Length***	2,643.3	2,639.6	-0.1	2,703.4	2,701.5	-0.1

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

* Change in load factor points

** The average non-stop distance flown per departure in miles

*** The average distance flown per passenger in miles

Note: Percentage changes based on numbers prior to rounding.

Table 14. International Scheduled Enplanements on U.S. Airlines

Passenger numbers in millions (000,000)

	2011	2012	2011-2012 Pct. Change	2013	2012-2013 Pct. Change
January	7.4	7.4	-0.3	7.5	2.3
February	6.4	6.7	4.4	6.8	0.8
March	7.9	8.3	4.2	8.5	3.3
April	7.7	7.8	1.7	7.8	-0.6
May	7.9	7.9	0.7	8.2	3.7
June	8.5	8.7	2.8	9.1	4.3
July	9.6	9.5	-1.0	9.9	4.3
August	8.9	9.1	2.4	9.6	5.5
September	7.1	7.3	2.8	7.4	1.9
October	7.1	7.2	1.0	7.4	4.1
November	6.6	6.9	4.3	7.0	2.2
December	7.5	7.7	2.3
11 Mo. Total	85.0	86.7	2.0	89.3	3.0
Yr. Total	92.5	94.4	2.0

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

Note: Percentage changes based on numbers prior to rounding.

Table 15. Top 10 U.S. Airlines, ranked by January-November 2013 International Scheduled Enplanements

Passenger numbers in thousands (000)

Jan-Nov 2013 Rank	Carrier	Jan-Nov 2013 Enplaned Passengers	Jan-Nov 2012 Rank	Jan-Nov 2012 Enplaned Passengers	Pct. Change 2012-2013
1	United	22,959.7	1	22,856.7	0.5
2	Delta	20,239.0	3	19,354.3	4.6
3	American	19,819.7	2	19,496.5	1.7
4	US Airways	6,481.5	4	6,283.6	3.1
5	JetBlue	4,137.8	5	3,708.1	11.6
6	ExpressJet	2,802.2	6	2,489.7	12.6
7	Alaska	1,664.3	7	1,585.8	4.9
8	American Eagle	1,559.1	8	1,197.5	30.2
9	AirTran	1,534.5	10	1,180.7	30.0
10	SkyWest	1,477.1	9	1,188.8	24.3

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

Note: Percentage changes based on numbers prior to rounding.

Table 16. Top 10 U.S. Airlines, ranked by November 2013 International Scheduled Enplanements

Passenger numbers in thousands (000)

Nov 2013 Rank	Carrier	Nov 2013 Enplaned Passengers	Nov 2012 Rank	Nov 2012 Enplaned Passengers	Pct. Change 2012-2013
1	United	1,778.9	1	1,737.4	2.4
2	American	1,630.6	2	1,663.5	-2.0
3	Delta	1,520.2	3	1,437.8	5.7
4	US Airways	464.8	4	451.3	3.0
5	JetBlue	342.4	5	310.4	10.3
6	ExpressJet	251.0	6	211.7	18.5
7	Alaska	159.5	7	141.3	12.9
8	SkyWest	133.3	11	98.8	34.8
9	AirTran	120.0	9	104.8	14.5
10	American Eagle	117.2	8	127.7	-8.2

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

Note: Percentage changes based on numbers prior to rounding.

Table 17. Top 10 U.S. Airports, ranked by January-November 2013 International Scheduled Enplanements on U.S. Airlines

Passenger numbers in thousands (000)

Jan-Nov 2013 Rank	Airport	Jan-Nov 2013 Enplaned Passengers	Jan-Nov 2012 Rank	Jan-Nov 2012 Enplaned Passengers	Pct. Change 2012-2013
1	Miami	5,257.8	1	5,136.9	2.4
2	New York JFK	4,607.3	2	4,516.8	2.0
3	Atlanta	3,927.6	3	3,812.7	3.0
4	Newark	3,631.0	4	3,581.7	1.4
5	Houston Bush	3,030.1	5	3,043.2	-0.4
6	Chicago O'Hare	2,694.1	6	2,650.4	1.6
7	Dallas/Fort Worth	2,423.9	7	2,203.4	10.0
8	Los Angeles	1,835.3	8	1,763.2	4.1
9	San Francisco	1,725.4	9	1,670.5	3.3
10	Philadelphia	1,598.7	10	1,516.1	5.4

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

Note: Percentage changes based on numbers prior to rounding.

Table 18. Top 10 U.S. Airports, ranked by November 2013 International Scheduled Enplanements on U.S. Airlines

Passenger numbers in thousands (000)

Nov 2013 Rank	Airport	Nov 2013 Enplaned Passengers	Nov 2012 Rank	Nov 2012 Enplaned Passengers	Pct. Change 2012-2013
1	Miami	448.8	1	465.3	-3.5
2	New York JFK	357.6	2	351.3	1.8
3	Atlanta	322.9	3	299.4	7.8
4	Newark	278.5	4	270.4	3.0
5	Houston Bush	258.1	5	250.2	3.1
6	Dallas/Fort Worth	210.2	7	194.3	8.2
7	Chicago O'Hare	202.2	6	212.3	-4.7
8	Los Angeles	163.9	8	145.3	12.8
9	San Francisco	136.1	9	129.9	4.8
10	Philadelphia	114.5	11	107.4	6.7

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

Note: Percentage changes based on numbers prior to rounding.