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Sources of Aviation Data
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Statistics (BTS) that they provide value-added services related to data reported
to BTS by the air carriers. BTS does not endorse or recommend firms.
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
BTS provides free downloads of unrestricted airline data from the BTS BOOKSTORE, including a public version of the Origin and Destination Survey, the Data Bank 28 (Domestic Segment, Domestic Market, International Segment and International Market) Traffic data from the Form 41 Schedules T-100 and T-100f.
Description of data offered for sale by BTS
BTS makes available airline data reported to the bureau in air carrier statistical and financial reports. These data are prepared by BTS and can be downloaded free from the BTS BOOKSTORE. Available for free download are: electronic copies of the "Green Book" of Air Carrier Traffic Statistics (Monthly), the "Yellow Book" of Air Carrier Financial Statistics (Quarterly), the "Blue Book" of Air Carrier Industry Scheduled Service Traffic Statistics (Quarterly), Part 234 ASQP On Time/Delay Data, the Data Bank 28 (Domestic Segment, Domestic Market, International Segment and International Market) Traffic data from the Form 41 Schedules T-100 and T-100f and a public version of the Origin and Destination Survey. The “restricted” versions of the Origin and Destination Survey and T100 International Traffic data are available for a fee upon approval. Please go to Restricted Data for more information.
Publications
Air Carrier Financial Statistics (Yellow Book) contains quarterly airline financial statistics obtained from carrier reports to DOT on BTS Form 41 financial schedules. Effective with a rule (ER-1297) adopted July 1982, the filing frequency for income statement and balance sheet data was changed from quarterly to semiannually for medium regional carriers with annual operating revenues under $10 million. Semiannual financial data for these carriers appear as a supplement in June and December issues of this publication. Classification of carriers within groupings is reviewed annually. When a carrier's frequency of filing financial data is changed because of reclassification, it may be necessary to use prior publications to obtain historical data. Data include income statement and balance sheet figures, in separate sections, by carrier entity for the most recent quarter and twelve-month period, and similar data for like periods in the previous year.
Air Carrier Industry Scheduled Service Traffic Statistics (Blue Book) incorporates the scheduled service activities of the Part 298 Small Certificated and Commuter Air Carriers with Large Certificate Medium Regionals into one group in one volume. It includes group totals for Large Certificated Air Carrier groupings. The data are obtained from the carrier reports on either Form 41, Schedule T-1(a) or Form 298-C, Schedules A-1 and T-1. Only Scheduled Service statistics are presented, since the Part 298 exemption authority air carriers report only their Scheduled Service traffic. Only system Scheduled Service totals are presented for each carrier, since the Form 298-C, Schedule A-1, does not give a domestic and international breakout. Data consist of passenger and cargo capacities and traffic actually carried in Scheduled Service for Medium Regional carriers (including Commuters), and summary tables for all carrier groups for the most recent quarter and twelve-month period, and similar data for like periods in previous years.
Air Carrier Traffic Statistics (Green Book) contains monthly airline operating statistics for more than 100 large certificated air carriers, based on data reported to DOT by carriers holding a certificate issued under Section 401 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (now codified in the U.S. Code) which operate aircraft designed for maximum seating capacity of more than 60 seats or a maximum payload capacity of more than 18,000 pounds, or which conduct international operations. The data consist of passenger and cargo capacities and traffic actually carried, by carrier geographic entity (such as Domestic, Latin America, Atlantic and Pacific) and class of service in both Scheduled and Nonscheduled (or charter) Service for the most recent month and twelve-month period, and similar data for like periods in the previous year. Data are summarized by carrier entity (D, L, A and P) and carrier group (major, national, etc.)
Airport Activity Statistics of Certificated Route Air Carriers, 199x (where x is the current year, with about a year delay; for instance, calendar year 1996 data were published in 1997) contains the volume of revenue passengers, freight and mail traffic handled by the nation's Large Certificated Air Carriers at each airport service during the 12-months ending December 31, of the year of the report. In addition, a presentation of aircraft departures is shown including detail by Aircraft Type for total departures performed in Scheduled, Nonscheduled and All-Services. The data are compiled from information reported to DOT by the Large Certificated Air Carriers. These carriers hold Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPN) issued by the DOT authorizing the performance of air transportation. Large Certificated Air Carriers operate aircraft with seating capacity of more than 60 seats or a maximum payload capacity of more than 18,000 pounds or conduct international operations. Data for Commuters, intra-state, nonscheduled air taxi operators, and foreign flag air carriers are not included in this publication.
Origin and Destination (O&D)
O&D Data Bank 1A Ticket Dollar Value O&D (public access)
This file contains data as reported by participating air carriers from the continuous 10% sample of airline tickets where a ticket contains ONLY domestic points/airports. It includes the full itinerary and the dollar amounts paid by each passenger. The data are summarized by routing and fare paid. DOT posts the mileage for each itinerary segment, applies a numeric code identifying each city/airport, and a world area code to indicate the state/country.
O&D Data Bank 1A Ticket Dollar Value O&D (restricted access)
This file contains all of the data as reported by participating air carriers from the continuous 10% sample of airline tickets. It includes the full itinerary and the dollar amounts paid by each passenger. The data are summarized by routing and fare paid. DOT posts the mileage for each itinerary segment, applies a numeric code identifying each city/airport, and a world area code to indicate the state/country. (See Restricted Data section for more information.)
Airline Service Quality Performance (ASQP) Reports of 14 CFR Part 234 (On-Time) Data
Carriers with one percent or more of total domestic scheduled service passenger revenues are required to report data for their flights involving any airport in the 48 contiguous states that account for one percent or more of domestic scheduled service passenger enplanements. The regulation also provides for the voluntary reporting of a carrier's entire domestic system and voluntary reporting by other carriers. The reporting carriers have uniformly elected to report their total domestic system operations. Some of the data elements included are: departure, arrival and elapsed flight times as shown by the Office Airline Guide (OAG), the carrier's computer reservations system (CRS), the carrier's actual performance; selected differences among the three sources, such as delay and elapsed time difference; and the causes of delays.
Form 41 Schedules T-100 & T-100(f)
T-100 Data Bank 28DM Domestic Market Data
This file contains data reported by U.S. carriers operating between airports located within the boundaries of the United States and its territories. These data are often referred to as either "Market" or "On-Flight O&D" records. These data fields contain information on passengers, freight and/or mail enplaned at the origin airport and deplaned at the destination airport. Each monthly release contains 12 months of data.
T-100 Data Bank 28DS Domestic Segment Data
This file contains data reported by U.S. carriers operating nonstop between airports located within the boundaries of the United States and its territories. These data fields contain information by aircraft type and service class for departures performed, available capacity and seats, passengers transported, freight and mail transported, scheduled departures, and aircraft hours ramp-to-ramp and airborne. Each monthly release contains 12 months of data.
T-100 Data Bank 28IM International Market Data
International Market Data are subject to access restrictions. These data are often referred to as either "Market" or "On-Flight O&D" records. The data fields contain information on passengers, freight and/or mail enplaned at the origin airport and deplaned at the destination airport. There are two data banks created from international market data. One contains only U.S. and foreign air carrier data where one point is within the a U.S. state or territory and the other point is foreign (outside the U.S. and its territories); this data bank is held confidential for six months after the report date. The second data bank contains the same data plus U.S. air carrier data between two foreign points; these data are held confidential for three years after the report date. (See Restricted Data section for more information.)
T-100 Data Bank 28IS International Segment Data
International Market Data are subject to access restrictions. These data fields contain information by aircraft type and service class for departures performed, available capacity and seats, passengers transported, freight and mail transported, scheduled departures, and aircraft hours ramp-to-ramp and airborne. There are two data banks created from international segment data. One contains only U.S. and foreign air carrier data where one point is within the a U.S. state or territory and the other point is foreign (outside the U.S. and its territories); this data bank is held confidential for six months after the report date. The second data bank contains the same data plus U.S. air carrier data between two foreign points; these data are held confidential for three years after the report date. (See Restricted Data section for more information.)
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Documents
Airport Activity Statistics of Certificated Air Carriers Summary Tables
Airport Activity Statistics of Certificated
Air Carriers: Summary Tables presents summary data for all scheduled and
nonscheduled service by large certificated U.S. air carriers—including the volume
of passenger, freight, and mail enplanements, and aircraft departures for each
airport served during the 12 month calendar year. This document is published
annually by the BTS. Visit Products
to order a print copy.
National Transportation Statistics
National Transportation Statistics presents
information on the U.S. transportation system, including its physical components,
safety record, economic performance, energy use, and environmental impacts.
This document is published annually by the BTS. Visit Products
to order a print copy.
World Aviation Directory
World Aviation Directory is the world’s only comprehensive directory of aviation/aerospace
companies, products and services. This document is published by McGraw-Hill.
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General Air Transportation Data Services
These firms provide data obtained from BTS Air Carriers' Form 41 Financial
and Traffic Data, and other reports, including the Air Carriers' Passenger Origin-Destination
(O&D) Statistics and flight schedules. Data banks include extensive historical
data, including most current financial and operating statistics submitted by
U.S. commercial air carriers, and (after a six-month restricted release delay)
the traffic statistics of foreign air carriers serving the U.S. The data are
provided by air carrier reports to BTS that include the Form 41 Financial and
Form 41 Service Segment/T-9, T-100 and T-100(f) reports. Special reports and
analyses of aviation data are available.
AVITAS
14520 Avion Parkway
Suite 220
Chantilly, VA 20151
Tel: 703-476-2300
Fax: 703-860-5855
John Weber
Vice President of Worldwide Sales
BACK Aviation Solutions
195 Church Street, 8th Floor
New Haven, Connecticut 06510
Tel: 800-446-2225 or 203-752-2000
Fax: 203-752-1650
E-mail: info@backaviation.com
The Boyd Group
78 Beaver Brook Canyon Road
Evergreen, CO 80439
Tel: 303-674-2000
Fax: 303-674-9995
E-mail: aviation-info@aviationplanning.com
W. F. Vartorella
Craig/Vartorella International Marketing and Advertising
P.O. Box 1376
Camden, SC 29020
Tel: 803-432-4353
Fax: 803-242-9442
Data Base Products, Inc.
12770 Coit Road
Suite 1218
Dallas, TX 75251
Tel: 800-345-2876 or 972-233-0595
Fax: 972-233-0594
Email: info@airlinedata.com
InterVISTAS-ga2 Consulting, Inc.
1615 L Street NW
Suite 910
Washington, DC 2003
Phone: 202-457-0212
Fax: 202-833-3183
E-mail: infoglobal@ga2online.com
Rich Golazewski
Executive Vice President
GRA (formerly Gellman Research Associates)
115 West Avenue, Suite 201
Jenkintown, PA 19046
Tel: 215-884-7500
Fax: 215-884-1385
E-mail: gramail@gra-inc.com
McGraw-Hill Aviation Week Group Newsletters
1200 G Street, NW
Suite 200
Washington, DC 20005
Tel: 202-383-2375
Fax: 202-383-2438
Bryson P. Monteleone
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Morten Beyer & Agnew
2107 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 750
Arlington, VA 22201
Tel: 703-276-3200
Fax: 703-276-3201
Nammack Associates
6120 New Pembrooke Lane
Fredericksburg, VA 22407
Tel: 540-891-7788
Fax: 540-891-7799
E-mail ezfly@aol.com
Seabury APG
1919 Gallows Road, Suite 550
Vienna, VA 22182
Tel: 703-748-9890
Fax: 703-748-9895
Website: www.seaburyapg.com
SH&E (Simat, Helliesen & Eichner)
4400 MacArthur Boulevard, NW
Washington, DC 20007
Tel: 202-342-1691
Janet St. Mark
SMS Associates
1001 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Suite 337
Washington, DC 20036
Tel: 202-659-8705
Technical Applications Group
1250 24th Street, NW, Suite 350
Washington, DC 20037
Tel: 202-462-3411
Fax: 202-462-3436
E-mail: tagid@excite.com
TravelScan
6106 MacArthur Boulevard
Suite 104
Bethesda, MD 20816
Joseph E. Meier
Yield Data Services
1921 Florida Ave., N.W.
P.O. Box 53284
Washington, DC 20009
Tel: 202-483-4833
Fax: 292-462-0738
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Specialized Air Transportation Data Services
Congressional Information Service
Documents on Demand Division
4520 East West Highway
Suite 800
Bethesda, MD 20814
Tel: 800-638-8380 or 301-654-1550
Congressional Information Service provides copies of all official Federal Government
Publications.
Chief
Statistics Section
International Civil Aviation Organization
999 University Street
Montreal, Quebec H3C 5H7
Canada
Tel: 514-954-8022
E-mail: sta@icao.int
International Cival Aviation Organization provides data on commercial air carrier
traffic and finances, airports traffic and finances, on-flight origin and destination,
traffic by flight stage, fleet and personnel, en-route facilities traffic statistics
and finances, civil aircraft on register, general aviation activities, civilian
pilot licenses and aircraft accidents.
National Archive and Records Administration
Center for Electronic Records Branch (NNXA)
8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, MD 20740-6001
Tel: 301-713-6645
The National Archive and Records Administration (NARA) provides copies of magnetic
tape/cartridge extracts of BTS data banks and copies of data bank descriptions.
National Technical Information Service
5285 Port Royal Road
Springfield, VA 22151
Tel: 703-487-4726
The National Technical Information Service sells Airport Activity Statistics
and other DOT data.
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Air Transportation Data Assistance, Collection, and Analysis
Air Transportation Data Assistance, Collection, and Analysis
Eclat Consulting
1555 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 602
Arlington, Virginia 22209
(703) 294-5880
http://www.eclatconsulting.com/Eclat%20Brochure.pdf
National Archives and Records Administration
Center for Electronic Records (NNXA)
Tel: 301-713-6645
8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, MD 20740-6001
http://www.nara.gov/
The DOT-BTS Office of Airline Information (OAI) processes U.S. air carrier
submissions of the Passenger Origin-Destination Survey (O&D)
each quarter and T-100 ON-FLIGHT MARKET AND NONSTOP SEGMENT (and formerly
the ER-586 Service Segment Data/Form 41 Schedule T-9 (SSD) Data)
each month. Annually, OAI provides a calendar year tape of O&D and T-100
data (and formerly SSD data) to NARA.
To obtain the tapes, contact NARA at (301) 713-6645. O&D data banks
DB1A and DB2A are subject to release restrictions;
for further information, contact OAI at oai-support@bts.gov.
Currently, all domestic SSD is a public file, since the domestic SSD were only
restricted for 12 months. SSD data collection ended 12/31/89, concurrently with
the inception of the T-100 data collection on 1/1/90. The Domestic Form 41
Schedule T-100 data are not restricted, and are available to the public
upon completion of the monthly processing.
International T-100 and T-100F detail reports by U.S. and foreign
air carriers are generally restricted for six-months.
U.S. air carrier data between foreign points are restricted for thr ee years.
A pamphlet on restricted release data is available from oai-support@bts.gov.
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Department of Commerce Tourism Industries
For data availability, contact:
International Trade Administration
Tourism Industries
14th and Constitution
Washington, DC 20030
Tel: 202-482-4028
Fax: 202-482-2887
http://www.ita.doc.gov/
Summary of International Travelers to the United States
This publication provides international visitor arrival statistics by world
region and 90 different countries. The publication is produced on a monthly/quarterly/annual
basis.
I-92 U.S. International Air Travel Statistics
This database contains information based on the Immigration and Naturalization
(INS) I-92 form. The data included arrival and departure estimates and are detailed
by country and port of debarkation and embarkation, U.S. citizens and non-citizens,
U.S. flag and foreign flag carriers, and scheduled and chartered flights.
In-Flight Survey of International Air Travelers
Data on travel characteristics and spending patterns of travelers to and from
the U.S., including traveler's residence, purpose of trip, port of entry, destinations
visited, duration of stay, type of lodging, information sources used, means
of booking trip, use of package trip, domestic transportation, demographics,
and expenditure categories.
Canadian Travel Report
Details Canadian tourism to the U.S. in total and by individual state visited,
for number of visitors, visitor nights, spending, mode of transportation, purpose
of trip, lodging, activities, residence, and seasonality.
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Restricted Data
Types of Restricted Data
- T-100 (U.S. Carriers) and T-100f (Foreign Carriers) non-stop segment and
on-flight market data from January 1990 to date. Public access to international
data of U.S. and foreign air carriers is restricted for a period of six months
from the data date, except that U.S. carriers foreign-to-foreign airport data
are restricted for three years.
- Passenger Origin-Destination (O&D) Survey . Domestic data are unrestricted.
International data are permanently restricted; however, an applicaton for
restricted access to these data may be filed. (See below for more information.)
- Domestic and International ER-586 (Service Segment Data) and Nonstop Market
Report (Schedule T-9) data are unrestricted since 1997, although the international
data were permanently restricted before that date. Collection of these data
ended on January 1, 1990, when it was replaced by the T-100 data collection
from U.S. air carriers.
How to Apply for Access to Restricted Release Airline Data
Revised April 24, 2008
All applicants must submit:
- A completed copy of the Certification to Protect Restricted Release Aviation Economic Information (PDF-16KB | HTML-8KB) (Note: the USER of the data is YOUR firm or organization unless you are applying as an individual and not on behalf of an employer) and
- A letter requesting access. This letter must include the following information:
- A statement identifying the restricted database for which access is requested: International Passenger Origin-Destination Survey.
- A statement concerning whether or not you and your organization meet the U.S. Citizenship requirement (see the back of the certification for definition).
- A list of intermediaries to be used, if other than the presumed ones listed in item 3 of the certification. The term "intermediary" includes anyone who will work with or provide you with the restricted O&D data including, but not limited to, consultants, engineers, attorneys, and data vendors. You must include the names of such individuals and their firm(s) as intermediaries if their services involve the use of restricted O&D data.
- A brief description of the proposed use of the data.
- A statement indicating an understanding of and agreement to abide by the protection and disclosure rules (see back of certification).
- A brief description of HOW the restricted data will be protected from unauthorized use or disclosure while in your or your firm’s possession, including the original media obtained by you. Provide an estimated date when your use of the restricted data will end (e.g., when your project or analysis and reporting activity is complete or your consulting agreement ends, etc.) and how you will dispose of the restricted data, including any media that has been used to store these data (including the original CD).
The completed certification and accompanying letter must both be signed by the Responsible Official, who is designated on the certification, and submitted to:
Mr. M. Clay Moritz, Jr.
Acting Assistant Director for Airline Information, RTS-42
Bureau of Transportation Statistics, E34
Research and Innovative Technology Administration
U.S. Department of Transportation
1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E.
Washington, D.C. 20590-0001
Questions about access can be directed to me at clay.moritz@dot.gov or (202) 366-4385.
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