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September Airline Traffic Data: Nine-Month Domestic Traffic Up 7.5 Percent From 2003
Thursday, December 9, 2004 - U.S. airlines carried 7.5 percent more domestic passengers and flew 3.7 percent more domestic flights during the first nine months of this year than they did during the same period last year, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today reported, in a release of preliminary data (Table 2). The airlines carried 472.3 million domestic passengers during the first nine months of 2004, up from the 439.6 million carried between January and September 2003 (Table 1). The passengers were carried on 7.4 million flights, up 3.7 percent from the 7.2 million flights operated in 2003 (Table 2). In other domestic comparisons from the first nine months of 2003 to the first nine months of 2004: Revenue passenger miles, a measure of the number of passengers and the distance flown, were up 10.5 percent. Available seat-miles, a measure of airline capacity, were up 7.9 percent. Load factor, a measure of how many seats are sold and used, was up 1.7 points. Flight stage length, the average non-stop distance, was up 4.6 percent. Passenger trip length, the average distance passengers travel, was up 2.8 percent. Among airlines, Southwest Airlines carried 61.0 million domestic passengers during the first nine months of 2004, the most of any airline (Table 3). Among airports, Hartsfield-Jackson International in Atlanta was the busiest U.S. airport for domestic travel during the first nine months of 2004, with 28.1 million passenger boardings (Table 4). September 2004 Airline TrafficIn September 2004, U.S. airlines carried 47.8 million domestic passengers, 7.2 percent more than in September 2003 (Table 5). These passengers were carried on 803,243 flights, up 1.3 percent from the flights operated in September 2003. In other month-to-month domestic comparisons from September 2003 to September 2004: Revenue passenger miles, a measure of the number of passengers and the distance flown, were up 10.1 percent. Available seat-miles, a measure of airline capacity, were up 4.8 percent. Load factor, a measure of how many seats are sold and used, was up 3.4 points. Flight stage length, the average non-stop distance, was up 4.1 percent. Passenger trip length, the average distance passengers travel, was up 2.7 percent. The number of domestic airline passengers declined 15.0 percent in September from August (Table 1). Month-to-month comparisons may be affected by seasonal factors. Among airlines, Southwest Airlines carried 6.1 million domestic passengers during September, the most of any airline (Table 6). Among airports, Hartsfield-Jackson International in Atlanta was the busiest U.S. airport for domestic travel during September, with 2.7 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. Septembertraffic data are preliminary and include data received by BTS from 212 airlines as of Dec. 7. Data are subject to revision. Revised data from August 2004 and previous months are posted on the BTS website at http://transtats.bts.gov. BTS will release October traffic data on Jan. 13. Table 1: Total Industry Domestic Enplanements
Source: T-100 Domestic Market Table 2: Domestic Airline Travel January to September
Source: T-100 Domestic Market and Segment Table 3: Top 10 Airlines, ranked by January to September 2004 Domestic Enplanements
Source: T-100 Domestic Market Table 4: Top 10 Airports ranked by January-September 2004 Domestic Enplanements
Source: T-100 Domestic Market Table 5: Domestic Airline Travel in September
Source: T-100 Domestic Market and Segment Table 6: Top 10 Airlines, ranked by September 2004 Domestic Enplanements
Source: T-100 Domestic Market Table 7: Top 10 Airports ranked by September 2004 Domestic Enplanements
Source: T-100 Domestic Market |
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