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...

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...

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...

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...

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

Average and Low Air Fares: Most Heavily Travelled Routes of Greater Than 750 Miles (quarterly data, not seasonally adjusted)

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

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 portion of bar = lowest average fare for an airline...

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.

Transportation Indicators

NOTE: The final issue of this report was December 2002. These reports are provided as a historical reference. A minimal number of indicators are being updated in the White House Economic Statistics Briefing Room.

Due to quality...

TRANSPORTATION ENERGY USE

Transportation Energy Consumption (monthly data)

Transportation accounts for about 28 percent of U.S. energy consumption. Petroleum accounts for nearly all (about 97 percent) of the transportation sector's energy use. Petroleum is a major...

CRUDE OIL AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS SPILLS IN U.S. WATERS

Reported Spills of Petroleum and Petroleum Products into U.S. Waters (monthly data)

NOTE: The spike in 1990 was caused by one tanker spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Crude petroleum and petroleum...