Average Freight Revenue per Ton-Mile

KEY: N = data does not exist; R = revised; U = data are not available.

^a For 1990 and later, air carriers that did not report both financial data and all months of traffic data for a given period were excluded from the calculations. Cargo revenue includes both scheduled and charter property revenue and mail revenue.

^b General freight common carriers, most of which are LTL (less-than-truckload) carriers.

^c Total finished goods. Converted to 1990 base year index by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics and therefore...

Average Passenger Revenue per Passenger-Mile

KEY: N = data do not exist; NA = not applicable; U = data are not available.

^aAmtrak began operations in 1971.

Average Passenger Fares

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

^a Data for years after 1994 are not comparable with prior years or with numbers published in the previous NTS report.

^b Regular route Intercity service.

^c Prior to 1984, excludes Commuter rail, automated guideway, urban ferryboat, demand responsive, and most rural and smaller systems.

^dAmtrak began operations in 1971.

Personal Consumption Expenditures on Transportation by Subcategory

KEY: R = revised; RVs = recreational vehicles.

^a Also includes greasing, washing, storage, and leasing.

^b Consists of premiums plus premium supplements less normal losses and dividends paid to policyholders for motor vehicles insurance. 

^c Consists of baggage charges, coastal and inland waterway fares, travel agents' fees, airports bus fares, and limousine services.

Producer Price Indices for Transportation Services and Warehousing Services

KEY: N = data do not exist; NA = not applicable; NAICS = North American Industry Classification System; P = preliminary; R = revised.

U.S. Airport Runway Pavement Conditions

KEY: NPIAS = National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems.

^a The U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA's) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems is composed of all commercial service airports, all reliever airports, and selected general aviation airports. It does not include over 1,000 publicly owned public-use landing areas, privately owned public-use airports, and other civil landing areas not open to the general public. NPIAS airports account for almost all enplanements. In 2005, there were approximately 16,500 non-NPIAS...

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...