Figure 1: North American Freight by Mode, September 2019

September 2019 North American Transborder Freight Numbers

Transborder freight between the U.S. and other North American countries (Canada and Mexico) in September 2019:

• Total Transborder Freight: $101.4 billion of transborder freight moved by all modes of transportation, down 0.2% compared to September 2018
• Most-used mode: Trucks moved $64.0 billion of freight, up 1.1% compared to September 2018
• Second mode: Railways moved $14.8 billion of freight, down 1.9% compared to September 2018

Airline Employment Tables September 2019

Employees at U.S. Scheduled Passenger Airlines Month of September, 1990-2019

September 2019 U.S. Passenger Airline Employment Data

The 21 U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 2.3% more workers in September 2019 than in September 2018:

• September’s 450,517 full-time equivalents (FTEs) was the highest employment total since March 2003 (458,598 FTEs).  
• September was the 71st consecutive month that U.S. scheduled passenger airline FTEs exceeded the same month of the previous year.

Air Traffic October 2019

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

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

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)