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November 2005 Airline Traffic Data: 11-Month Domestic Traffic Up 4.3 Percent From 2004
Thursday, February 16, 2006 - U.S. airlines carried 4.3 percent more domestic passengers and flew slightly fewer domestic flights during the first 11 months of 2005 than they did during the same period in 2004, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today reported, in a release of preliminary data (Table 1). BTS, a part of DOT’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), reported that the airlines carried 606.4 million domestic passengers during the first 11 months of 2005, up from the 581.6 million carried between January and November 2004 (Table 2). The passengers were carried on 9,246,862 million flights, 1,140 fewer than the 9,248,002 million flights operated in 2004 (Table 1). In other domestic comparisons from the first 11 months of 2004 to the first 11 months of 2005: Revenue passenger miles, a measure of the number of passengers and the distance flown, were up 4.7 percent. Available seat-miles, a measure of airline capacity using the number of seats and the distance flown, were up 1.1 percent. Passenger load factor, passengers carried as a proportion of available seats, was up 2.6 load factor points. Flight stage length, the average non-stop distance flown per departure, was up 2.0 percent. Passenger trip length, the average distance flown per passenger, was 867 miles per trip, up only slightly from 864 miles the first 11 months of 2004. Among airlines, Southwest Airlines carried 81.2 million domestic passengers during the first 11 months of 2005, the most of any airline (Table 3). Among airports, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport was the busiest U.S. airport for domestic travel during the first 11 months of 2005, with 35.6 million passenger boardings (Table 4). November 2005 Airline TrafficFor the month of November 2005, U.S. airlines carried 52.1 million domestic passengers, 0.2 percent more than in November 2004 (Table 5). These passengers were carried on 775,059 flights, down 6.2 percent from the 826,353 flights operated in November 2004. In other month-to-month domestic comparisons from November 2004 to November 2005: Revenue passenger miles, a measure of the number of passengers and the distance flown, were up 2.3 percent. Available seat-miles, a measure of airline capacity, were down 2.2 percent. Passenger load factor, passengers carried as a proportion of available seats, was up 3.3 load factor points. Flight stage length, the average non-stop distance flown per departure, was up 4.5 percent. Passenger trip length, the average distance flown per passenger, was up 2.1 Among airlines, Southwest Airlines carried 7.4 million domestic passengers during November, the most of any airline (Table 6). Among airports, Hartsfield-Jackson International in Atlanta was the busiest U.S. airport for domestic travel in November with 3.0 million passenger boardings (Table 7). Additional airline traffic data can be found on the BTS website at TranStats, the Intermodal Transportation Database at http://transtats.bts.gov. Click on “Aviation,” then on “Air Carrier Statistics (Form 41 Traffic),” then click on “T-100 Domestic Market.” Data are compiled from monthly reports filed with BTS by commercial air carriers detailing operations, passenger traffic and freight traffic. November traffic data are preliminary and include data received by BTS from 130 airlines as of Feb. 14. Data are subject to revision. Revised data from October 2005 and previous months are posted on the BTS website at http://transtats.bts.gov. BTS will release December traffic data, full year totals for 2005, and revised data from November and previous months on March 16. Table 1. Domestic Airline Travel January to November
* The average non-stop distance flown per departure in miles ** The average distance flown per passenger in miles Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Domestic Market and Segment Table 2. Total Industry Domestic Enplanements
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Domestic Market Table 3. Top 10 Airlines, ranked by January-November 2005 Domestic Enplanements
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Domestic Market Table 4. Top 10 Airports ranked by January-November 2005 Domestic Enplanements
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Domestic Market Table 5. Domestic Airline Travel in November
* The average non-stop distance flown per departure in miles ** The average distance flown per passenger in miles Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Domestic Market and Segment Table 6. Top 10 Airlines, ranked by November 2005 Domestic Enplanements
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Domestic Market Table 7. Top 10 Airports ranked by November 2005 Domestic Enplanements
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Domestic Market |
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