April 2017 U.S. Airline Traffic Data

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today that U.S. airlines’ April systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service passenger enplanements rose 0.9 percent from March, rising for the second consecutive month to 70.3 million, an all-time seasonally-adjusted monthly high in which enplanements have exceeded 70 million for the first time.

Figure 1. Seasonally-Adjusted Systemwide Passenger Enplanements on All U.S. Scheduled Airlines (Domestic & International), January 2014 - April 2017

April Air Traffic Tables

Active U.S. Air Carrier and General Aviation Fleet by Type of Aircraft

KEY: N = data do not exist; P = preliminary; R = revised; U = data are not available.

^a Air carrier aircraft are aircraft carrying passengers or cargo for hire under 14 CFR 121 (large aircraft-more than 30 seats) and 14 CFR 135 (small aircraft-30 seats or less). This definition is more encompassing than that in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Aviation Forecast- jet aircraft, 60 seats or more carrying passengers or cargo for hire. Beginning in 1990, the number of aircraft is the monthly average reported in use for the last three months of the...

Table 24. International Load Factor on U.S. Airlines, Unadjusted, April 2017

Table 23. Domestic Load Factor on U.S. Airlines, Unadjusted, April 2017

Table 22. Systemwide Load Factor on U.S. Airlines, Unadjusted, April 2017

Table 21. International Available Seat-Miles (ASMs) on U.S. Airlines, Unadjusted, April 2017

Table 20. Domestic Available Seat-Miles (ASMs) on U.S. Airlines, Unadjusted, April 2017

Table 19. Systemwide Available Seat-Miles (ASMs) on U.S. Airlines, Unadjusted, April 2017