BTS | Table 1-42: Air Passenger Travel Arrivals in the United States

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Table 1-42: Air Passenger Travel Arrivals in the United States

(Thousands)

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	1975	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
TOTAL arriving passengers (excludes Canada)	12,646	20,262	24,156	36,414	35,464	38,927	41,558	43,818	46,910	49,853	54,315	56,181	57,785	62,217	56,700	53,865
United States (excludes Canada)	6,502	10,031	11,798	19,145	18,910	20,537	21,940	23,291	24,582	25,148	26,744	27,390	27,462	29,837	27,985	26,953
Foreign (excludes Canada)	6,144	10,231	12,357	17,269	16,554	18,390	19,618	20,527	22,328	24,704	27,571	28,791	30,324	32,380	28,715	26,912
Selected countries of embarkation^a
Australia	106	227	277	495	561	598	591	551	581	622	618	613	670	812	739	724
Bahama Islands	758	1,123	1,503	1,679	1,436	1,341	1,370	1,424	1,433	1,487	1,530	1,396	1,337	1,471	1,458	1,430
Barbados	76	135	216	228	197	191	208	196	222	212	203	195	197	208	191	206
Belgium	144	242	281	417	366	357	408	377	379	407	589	715	730	778	598	330
Bermuda	398	497	434	487	430	405	436	447	426	363	425	407	384	374	334	312
Brazil	212	300	352	584	635	645	711	878	1,112	1,176	1,388	1,377	1,154	1,280	1,094	977
Canada^b	N	N	N	6,870	6,263	6,546	6,843	6,812	7,417	8,501	8,895	9,613	^R9,676	^R10,236	^R9,166	8,686
China/Taiwan	50	113	206	325	404	447	606	830	972	1,017	1,068	1,080	1,170	1,186	1,092	1,024
Colombia	173	315	279	286	305	343	389	443	481	499	586	606	649	674	683	590
Denmark	222	267	241	313	279	295	285	267	221	236	252	225	223	232	240	309
Dominican Republic	336	468	606	948	849	951	1,027	1,070	1,136	1,168	1,168	1,251	1,368	1,498	1,430	1,409
France	512	689	955	1,777	1,600	1,926	1,877	2,017	2,045	2,178	2,323	2,523	2,591	3,147	3,023	2,879
Germany	622	1,175	1,582	2,466	2,444	2,797	2,922	2,883	3,125	3,173	3,545	3,558	3,491	3,886	3,519	3,483
Grand Cayman	25	121	173	273	256	229	185	294	314	323	328	370	335	343	317	291
Greece	121	208	187	132	83	146	165	201	220	235	186	192	191	195	135	108
Haiti	91	133	192	233	217	154	200	137	314	303	289	293	327	303	317	338
Hong Kong	98	228	270	356	397	437	511	558	658	668	589	592	650	731	735	697
Ireland	220	220	274	448	418	569	582	660	642	721	716	775	950	1,064	992	848
Israel	84	189	294	204	202	231	293	332	412	483	482	502	547	577	400	343
Italy	431	537	662	792	716	885	903	953	1,007	1,047	1,097	1,078	1,171	1,511	1,269	1,082
Jamaica	457	429	707	975	907	888	982	1,040	1,124	1,136	1,162	1,219	1,209	1,248	1,226	1,238
Japan	1,095	1,624	2,435	4,528	4,510	4,972	4,999	5,149	5,676	6,349	6,736	6,630	6,991	6,974	5,876	5,666
Korea, Republic of	105	234	390	826	827	971	1,070	1,166	1,335	1,514	1,625	1,184	1,240	1,470	1,262	1,253
Mexico	1,626	2,886	2,719	4,313	4,467	4,625	4,778	5,107	4,884	5,591	6,124	6,318	6,576	6,999	6,591	6,349
Netherlands	312	427	583	837	892	1,039	1,297	1,427	1,580	1,774	2,074	2,213	2,318	2,401	2,132	2,104
Netherland Antilles	213	327	407	388	353	290	360	390	339	305	368	382	371	389	371	371
Panama Republic	97	150	180	153	175	177	201	221	225	229	227	267	308	359	343	339
Philippines	108	194	145	246	261	315	318	375	397	379	410	275	331	405	400	365
Spain	306	312	419	558	520	659	600	578	604	618	675	732	734	827	758	769
Switzerland	236	312	452	616	525	549	603	676	733	790	910	1,068	1,026	1,069	913	701
United Kingdom	1,549	2,973	3,460	5,166	4,793	5,651	6,006	6,087	6,648	7,131	7,935	8,640	8,780	9,382	8,435	8,217
Venezuela	205	533	248	458	510	576	653	702	786	659	709	810	794	718	730	556

KEY: N = data do not exist; R = revised.

^a Country where passenger boarded a direct flight to the United States.

^bCanadian figures come from a separate source and represents the number of revenue passengers on scheduled commercial and charter flights. Does not include foreign (non-Canadian, non-U.S.) scheduled carriers.

NOTES

Includes passengers on international commercial flights arriving at U.S. airports and travelers between U.S. airports in the 50 states, Puerto Rico, Guam, or the Virgin Islands, and other U.S. territories.

Data compiled from flight reports required by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, except for Canada.

SOURCES

Totals and all selected Countries, except for Canada:

1975-94: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Special Programs Administration, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, U.S. International Air Travel Statistics (Cambridge, MA: Annual issues), table IIa.

1995: U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration, U.S. International Air Passenger Statistics Report, Calendar Year 1995 (Washington, DC: 1996), table IIa.

1996-2002: Ibid., U.S. International Air Travel Statistics Report (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table IIa.

Canada:

Statistics Canada, Air Carrier Traffic at Canadian Airports (Canada: Annual issues) and personal communication, Oct. 22, 2003.