Airline Traffic Data
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March 2022 U.S. Airline Traffic Data
BTS 26-22
U.S. airlines carried 69.4 million systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service passengers in March 2022, seasonally-adjusted, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), up 4.3% from February.
Seasonally-adjusted, BTS reported 61.8 million domestic passengers and 7.6 million international passengers on U.S. airlines flights in March.
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.
February 2022 U.S. Airline Traffic Data
BTS 23-22
U.S. airlines carried 66.2 million systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service passengers in February 2022, seasonally-adjusted, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS), up 9.2% from January.
U.S. Scheduled Service Airline Passengers Up 106% in February 2022 from 2021, Still Down 19% from Pre-pandemic 2020 (Preliminary)
U.S. airlines carried 54.5 million scheduled service passengers in February 2022 (preliminary), 106% more than in February 2021 and 19% fewer than in pre-pandemic February 2020, according to data filed with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) by 23 airlines that carry more than 90% of...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.
U.S. Scheduled Service Airline January 2022 Passengers Increased 33% from 2021, Decreased 34% from Pre-pandemic 2020 (Preliminary)
U.S. airlines carried 46.3 million scheduled service passengers in January 2022 (preliminary), 33.2% more than in January 2021 and 34.0% fewer than in pre-pandemic January 2020, according to data filed with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) by 23 airlines that carry more than 90% of...Full-Year 2021 and December 2021 U.S. Airline Traffic Data
BTS 12-22
U.S. airlines carried 674 million passengers (not seasonally adjusted) in 2021, 82.5% more than in 2020 (369 million, unadjusted). U.S. airline passenger enplanements in 2021 remained 27.3% below pre-pandemic 2019’s 927 million (unadjusted). System-wide 2021 enplanements comprised 612 million passengers on domestic flights and 62 million passengers on international flights (unadjusted).