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National Transportation Statistics

"Screen capture of cover of the NTS 50th anniversary edition p.d.f."The National Transportation Statistics (NTS) is a collection of transportation data first published in November 1971.  BTS celebrates the first half-century of NTS with a commemorative publication in 2021. This 50th anniversary edition includes links to digitized versions of the entire NTS collection.

View the 50th Anniversary NTS.

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Recently Updated Tables by Topic:

  • Number of U.S. Airports (1-3)
  • U.S. Flag Vessels by Type and Age (1-34)
  • U.S. Air Carrier Aircraft Departures, Enplaned Revenue Passengers, and Enplaned Revenue Tons (1-37)
  • Principal Means of Transportation to Work (1-41)
  • U.S.-Canadian Border Land-Passenger Gateways: Entering the United States (1-47)
  • U.S.-Mexican Border Land-Passenger Gateways: Entering the United States (1-48)
  • U.S. Hazardous Materials Shipments by Transportation Mode (1-62)
  • U.S. Hazardous Materials Shipments by Hazard Class (1-63)
  • Passengers Boarded and Denied Boarding by the Largest U.S. Air Carriers (1-64)
  • Baggage Mishandled by Marketing U.S. Air Carriers (1-65)
  • Flight Operations Arriving On Time by the Largest U.S. Air Carriers (1-66)
  • FAA-Cited Causes of Departure and En Route Delays (1-67)
  • Major U.S. Air Carrier Delays, Cancellations, and Diversions (1-68)
  • U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Attributed to For-Hire Transportation Services (billions of current dollars) (3-1)
  • U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Attributed to For-Hire Transportation Services (billions of chained 2012 dollars) (3-2)
  • Sales Price of Transportation Fuel to End-Users (3-11)
  • Price Trends of Gasoline v. Other Consumer Goods and Services (3-12)
  • Producer Price Indices for Transportation Services and Warehousing Services (NAICS) (3-13)
  • Producer Price Indices for Transportation Equipment, NAICS Basis (3-14)
  • Average Passenger Revenue per Passenger-Mile (3-20)
  • Average Freight Revenue per Ton-Mile (3-21)
  • Truck Profile
  • Water Transport Profile