Air Traffic September 2019

Table B. Unadjusted Estimated and Reported Passenger Enplanements Compared to Previous Time Periods, September 2019 Estimate

Table A. Seasonally Adjusted Estimated and Reported Passenger Enplanements Compared to Previous Time Periods, September 2019 Estimate

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

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

Estimated September 2019 U.S. Airline Traffic Data

U.S. airlines carried an estimated 76.4 million systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service passengers in September 2019, seasonally adjusted, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS) first estimate, down 0.7% from the August second estimate.

The BTS estimate of the September enplanement total of 76.4 million was down 1.7% from the all-time, seasonally adjusted, reported high of 77.7 million reached in June 2019.

August 2019 TSI Tables

Freight Transportation Services Index, August 2014 - August 2019

August 2019 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI)

The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI), which is based on the amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry, rose 1.4% in August from July, rising to a new all-time high with the second consecutive monthly increase, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS). From August 2018 to August 2019, the index rose 4.1% compared to a rise of 5.5% from August 2017 to August 2018 (Tables 1, 2, and 2A).

Table 9: Combined Transportation Services Index from Year-to-Year, August 2019