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MAJOR U.S. AIR CARRIER ON-TIME PERFORMANCE

MAJOR U.S. AIR CARRIER ON-TIME PERFORMANCE Major U.S. Air Carrier On-Time Performance (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)

The number of flights not departing or arriving on time, cancellations, and diversions are measures of service quality.

These indicators are strongly...

FLIGHT AVAILABILITY

FLIGHT AVAILABILITY Domestic Revenue Aircraft Departures (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)

Average Domestic Flight Stage Length (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)

Frequency of aircraft departures, the number of connections required for a single trip, and the...

ENPLANEMENTS

ENPLANEMENTS Domestic Airline Revenue Enplanements (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)

Revenue enplanements, the number of passengers boarding aircraft, indicate the demand for gate and luggage services. Enplanements differ from the number of trips because passengers may board...

DOMESTIC WATERBORNE FREIGHT

DOMESTIC WATERBORNE FREIGHT Domestic Waterborne Ton-Miles (annual data, not seasonally adjusted)

Domestic waterborne ton-miles show the level of freight flows through U.S. inland, coastal, and Great Lakes waterways. Domestic waterborne ton-miles in the coastwise trade have declined...

CONTAINER TRAFFIC VOLUME

CONTAINER TRAFFIC VOLUME U.S. International Waterborne Container Trade in Twenty-foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) (quarterly data, not seasonally adjusted)

International waterborne container traffic, measured in twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), helps identify container traffic...

BREAKDOWN OF U.S. INLAND WATERWAYS TRADE

BREAKDOWN OF U.S. INLAND WATERWAYS TRADE Transported Tonnage on U.S. Inland Waterways: Petroleum and Chemicals, and Coal and Coal Products (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)

Transported Tonnage on U.S. Inland Waterways: Farm and Food Products (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted...

AVAILABILITY AND USE OF AIR PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION

AVAILABILITY AND USE OF AIR PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION Domestic Air Seat and Passenger Miles (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)

Revenue passenger-miles are a measure of the volume of air passenger transportation. Unused seat-miles (the difference between available seat-miles...

AVAILABILITY AND USE OF AIR FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION

AVAILABILITY AND USE OF AIR FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION Domestic Air Freight Ton-Miles (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)

Though still much smaller than air passenger transportation, air freight is an increasingly important revenue source for the air transportation industry. It...

AIRCRAFT CAPACITY UTILIZATION - PASSENGERS AND FREIGHT

AIRCRAFT CAPACITY UTILIZATION - PASSENGERS AND FREIGHT Domestic Aircraft Revenue Load Factors (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)

Aircraft load factors are used to measure aircraft in-flight capacity utilization.

Revenue Load Factors (percent)    Jul-...

AIR FARES AND PASSENGER VOLUME FOR THE TOP FIVE MAJOR SHORT ROUTES

AIR FARES AND PASSENGER VOLUME FOR THE TOP FIVE MAJOR SHORT ROUTES Average and Low Air Fares: Most Heavily Travelled Routes of 750 Miles and Less (quarterly data, not seasonally adjusted)

NOTE: Blue hatched portion of bar = lowest average fare for an airline meeting...