Figure 2. January-October Passengers on U.S. Airlines - 2003-2019

Figure 1. Monthly Passengers on U.S. Scheduled Airlines (Domestic + International), Seasonally Adjusted, Oct 2016 - Oct 2019 (Sept 2019-Oct 2019 estimated)

Estimated October 2019 U.S. Airline Traffic Data

U.S. airlines carried an estimated 78.1 million system-wide (domestic and international) scheduled service passengers in October 2019, seasonally-adjusted, reaching a new seasonally-adjusted all-time high, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS) first estimate, up 0.9% from the September second estimate.

BTS estimated 68.5 million domestic passengers, which was also a new seasonally-adjusted all-time high, and 9.6 million international passengers on U.S. airlines flights in October

Air Travel Consumer Report: September 2019 and 3rd Quarter 2019 Numbers

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today released its November 2019 Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) on reporting marketing and operating air carrier data compiled for the month of September 2019.  The full consumer report and other aviation consumer matters of interest to the public can be found at http://www.transportation.gov/airconsumer.

Domestic Flights with Tarmac Times of More than 3 Hours and International Flights with Tarmac Times of More than 4 Hours, September 2019

September 2019 Regularly Scheduled Flights with More than 50% Delayed Arrivals of More than 30 Minutes

Airline On-Time/Tarmac Data, September 2019

Passenger Airline Employment, October 2020

Airline Traffic Data, September 2020 Reported

Airline Financial Data, 3rd Quarter 2020