December 2006 Airline Traffic Data: 2006 System Traffic Up 0.8 Percent From 2005
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Thursday, March 15, 2007 - U.S. airlines carried 744.4 million scheduled domestic and international passengers on their systems in 2006, 0.8 percent more than they did in 2005, 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, reported that U.S. airlines carried about the same number of domestic passengers and 6.0 percent more international passengers in 2006 than in 2005 (Tables 7, 13). These passengers traveled on planes with average load factors exceeding 79 percent (Tables 1, 7 and 13).
In December, the most recent month, U.S. airlines carried 60.7 million scheduled domestic and international passengers, 1.9 percent more than in December 2005 (Table 2). The number of domestic passengers increased 1.2 percent in December from a year earlier and international passengers increased 7.3 percent (Tables 7, 13).
Top Airlines in 2006
American Airlines carried more total system passengers in 2006 than any other airline for the fifth consecutive year (Table 3); Southwest Airlines carried more domestic passengers than any other airline for the third consecutive year (Table 9); and American Airlines carried more international passengers than any U.S. carrier for the 17th consecutive year (Table 15).
Top Airports in 2006
More total system and domestic passengers boarded planes in 2006 at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International than at any other U.S. airport for the 11th consecutive year (Tables 5 and 11); more international passengers boarded planes at Miami International than at any other U.S. airport for the 12th consecutive year (Table 17).
Flights Operated
U.S. carriers operated 10.5 million domestic and international flights in 2006, 2.8 percent fewer than were operated in 2005 (Table 1). Domestic fights were down 3.3 percent from the previous year while international flights were up 3.1 percent (Tables 7, 13).
In December, U.S. airlines operated 869,700 scheduled domestic and international flights, unchanged from the number of flights operated in December 2005 (Table 1). The number of domestic flights declined 0.5 percent in December from a year earlier while international flights increased 5.3 percent (Tables 7, 13).
America West Airlines and US Airways report traffic data separately because the carriers hold two operating certificates despite the merged business operations. They will file a merged traffic report when they operate under a single certificate.
System Comparisons (Table 1-6)
In other total system comparisons from 2005 to 2006 and from December 2005 to December 2006 (Table 1):
Revenue passenger miles (RPMs), a measure of the number of passengers and the distance flown, were up 2.4 percent in 2006. In December, RPMs were up 3.0 percent.
Available seat-miles (ASMs), a measure of airline capacity using the number of seats and the distance flown, were up 0.3 percent in 2006. In December, ASMs were up 2.1 percent.
Passenger load factor, passenger miles as a proportion of available seat-miles, was up 1.6 load factor points to 79.2 percent in 2006. In December, load factor was up 0.8 load factor points to 77.0 percent.
Flight stage length, the average non-stop distance flown per departure, was up 2.6 percent in 2006. In December, flight stage length was up 1.4 percent.
Passenger trip length, the average distance flown per passenger, was up 1.6 percent in 2006. In December, passenger trip length was up 1.1 percent.
Among U.S. airlines, American Airlines carried 98.1 million passengers on its system in 2006, the most of any airline (Table 3). In December, American Airlines carried 8.1 million passengers on its system (Table 4).
Among airports, Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International was the busiest U.S. airport in 2006, with 40.7 million domestic and international passenger boardings (Table 5). In December, Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International was the busiest U.S. airport with 3.4 million domestic and international passenger boardings on U. S. carriers (Table 6).
Domestic Air Travel (Tables 7-12)
U.S. airlines carried 658.2 million scheduled domestic passengers in 2006, up 0.1 percent from 657.3 million carried in 2005 (Table 8). The passengers were carried on 9.7 million flights, down 3.3 percent from the 10.0 million flights operated in 2005 (Table 7).
In the most recent month, December, the airlines carried 53.5 million scheduled domestic passengers, up 1.2 percent from the 52.8 million carried during December 2005 (Table 8). The passengers were carried on 798,100 flights, down 0.5 percent from the 802,100 flights operated in December 2005 (Table 7).
In other domestic comparisons from 2005 to 2006 and from December 2005 to December 2006 (Table 7):
Domestic revenue passenger miles (RPMs), a measure of the number of passengers and the distance flown, were up 0.9 percent in 2006. In December, domestic RPMs were up 1.4 percent.
Domestic available seat-miles (ASMs), a measure of airline capacity using the number of seats and the distance flown, were down 1.5 percent in 2006. In December, domestic ASMs were up 0.4 percent.
Domestic passenger load factor, passenger miles as a proportion of available seat-miles, was up 2.0 load factor points to 79.2 percent in 2006. In December, domestic load factor was up 0.7 load factor points to 76.6 percent.
Domestic flight stage length, the average non-stop distance flown per departure, was up 1.7 percent in 2006. In December, domestic flight stage length was up 0.5 percent.
Domestic passenger trip length, the average distance flown per passenger, was up 0.8 percent in 2006. In December, domestic passenger trip length was up 0.1 percent.
Southwest Airlines carried 96.3 million domestic passengers in 2006, the most of any airline (Table 9). In December, Southwest carried 7.9 million domestic passengers, the most of any airline (Table 10).
Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International was the busiest domestic airport in 2006, with 37.1 million domestic passenger boardings (Table 11). In December, Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson was the busiest domestic airport with 3.0 million domestic passenger boardings (Table 12).
International Air Travel (Tables 13-18)
U.S. airlines carried 86.2 million scheduled international passengers in 2006, up 6.0 percent from the 81.3 million carried in 2005 (Table 14). The passengers were carried on 849,900 flights, up 3.1 percent from the 824,300 flights operated in 2005 (Table 13).
In the most recent month, December, the airlines carried 7.2 million international passengers, up 7.3 percent from the 6.7 million carried during December 2005. The passengers were carried on 71,600 flights, up 5.3 percent from the 68,000 flights operated in December 2005 (Table 13).
In other international comparisons from 2005 to 2006 and from December 2005 to December 2006 (Table 13):
International revenue passenger miles (RPMs), a measure of the number of passengers and the distance flown, were up 6.3 percent in 2006. In December, international RPMs were up 7.6 percent.
International available seat-miles (ASMs), a measure of airline capacity using the number of seats and the distance flown, were up 5.4 percent in 2006. In December, international ASMs were up 6.6 percent.
International passenger load factor, passenger miles as a proportion of available seat-miles, was up 0.6 load factor points to 79.4 in 2006. In December, international load factor was up 0.7 load factor points to 78.0.
International flight stage length, the average non-stop distance flown per departure, was up 2.7 percent in 2006. In December, international flight stage length was up 2.0 percent.
International passenger trip length, the average distance flown per passenger was up 0.2 percent in 2006. In December, international passenger trip length was down 0.2 percent.
American Airlines carried 21.4 million international passengers in 2006, the most of any U.S. airline (Table 15). In December, American carried 1.8 million international passengers, the most of any U.S. airline (Table 16).
Miami International was the busiest U.S. airport for international travel on U.S. carriers in 2006, with 4.5 million international passenger boardings (Table 17). In December, Miami International was the busiest international airport with 424,900 international passenger boardings (Table 18).
Reporting Notes
Data are compiled from monthly reports filed with BTS by commercial U.S. air carriers detailing operations, passenger traffic and freight traffic. This release includes data received by BTS from 92 carriers as of March 7 for U.S. carrier scheduled civilian operations. U.S. carriers' foreign point-to-point flights are included in system and international totals. To create a customized table for passengers, flights, RPMs, ASMs and other data, including non-scheduled service, go to
http://www.bts.gov/programs/airline_information/air_carrier_traffic_statistics/.
Additional traffic numbers are available on the BTS website at TranStats, the Intermodal Transportation Database, at http://transtats.bts.gov. Click on "Aviation." For domestic and international passengers, RPMs and ASMs by carrier and carrier region through December, click on "Air Carrier Summary Data (Form 41 and 298C Summary Data)," and then click on "Schedule T-1."
For domestic numbers through December and international numbers through September by origin as well as by carrier and region, after clicking on "Aviation," click on "Air Carrier Statistics (Form 41 Traffic)." Click on "T-100 Market" for system passenger numbers, "T-100 Domestic Market" for domestic or "T-100 International Market" for international. For flights, stage length and trip length, use the appropriate T-100 Segment database.
TranStats system and international totals do not include U.S. carriers' foreign point-to-point flights. For December, U.S. carriers reported 276,142 foreign point-to-point passengers. For 2006, U.S. carriers reported 3,605,454 foreign point-to-point passengers.
Data are subject to revision. BTS has scheduled April 12 for the release of January traffic data.
Table 1. Scheduled System (Domestic and International) Airline Travel on U.S. Carriers
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| Passengers (in millions) |
59.5 |
60.6 |
1.9 |
738.6 |
744.4 |
0.8 |
| Flights (in thousands) |
870.1 |
869.7 |
0.0 |
10,858.0 |
10,548.7 |
−2.8 |
| Revenue Passenger Miles(in billions) |
63.2 |
65.1 |
3.0 |
779.0 |
797.4 |
2.4 |
| Available Seat-Miles(in billions) |
82.9 |
84.6 |
2.1 |
1,003.3 |
1,006.4 |
0.3 |
| Load Factor* |
76.2 |
77.0 |
0.8 |
77.6 |
79.2 |
1.6 |
| Flight Stage Length** |
697.9 |
707.5 |
1.4 |
680.2 |
697.9 |
2.6 |
| Passenger Trip Length*** |
1,062.4 |
1,074.2 |
1.1 |
1,054.7 |
1,071.1 |
1.6 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Market and Segment
*Change in load factor points
**The average non-stop distance flown per departure in miles
*** The average distance flown per passenger in miles
Note: Percentage changes based on numbers prior to rounding.
Table 2. Total System (Domestic and International) Scheduled Enplanements on U.S. Carriers
Passenger numbers in millions (000,000)
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| January |
49.4 |
54.4 |
10.2 |
55.6 |
2.1 |
| February |
50.5 |
52.9 |
4.6 |
53.4 |
0.9 |
| March |
60.3 |
66.1 |
9.7 |
65.8 |
−0.4 |
| April |
59.2 |
61.6 |
4.0 |
63.2 |
2.6 |
| May |
59.1 |
64.2 |
8.6 |
64.5 |
0.4 |
| June |
63.6 |
67.1 |
5.5 |
67.2 |
0.1 |
| July |
67.1 |
70.6 |
5.2 |
69.5 |
−1.5 |
| August |
64.7 |
66.8 |
3.4 |
66.5 |
−0.5 |
| September |
53.3 |
56.8 |
6.5 |
56.3 |
−0.8 |
| October |
60.1 |
59.9 |
−0.3 |
61.6 |
2.9 |
| November |
57.4 |
58.7 |
2.2 |
60.2 |
2.6 |
| December |
59.0 |
59.5 |
0.9 |
60.7 |
1.9 |
| Yr. Total |
703.7 |
738.6 |
5.0 |
744.4 |
0.8 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Market
Note: Percentage changes based on numbers prior to rounding.
Table 3. Top 10 U.S. Airlines, ranked by 2006 System* Scheduled Enplanements
Passenger numbers in millions (000,000)
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| 1 |
American |
98.1 |
1 |
98.0 |
| 2 |
Southwest |
96.3 |
2 |
88.4 |
| 3 |
Delta |
73.5 |
3 |
86.0 |
| 4 |
United |
69.3 |
4 |
66.7 |
| 5 |
Northwest |
54.8 |
5 |
56.5 |
| 6 |
Continental |
46.7 |
6 |
42.8 |
| 7 |
US Airways |
36.5 |
7 |
41.9 |
| 8 |
America West |
21.2 |
8 |
22.1 |
| 9 |
AirTran |
20.0 |
11 |
16.6 |
| 10 |
SkyWest |
19.5 |
12 |
16.6 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Market
* System equals domestic plus international
Note: Percentage changes based on numbers prior to rounding.
Table 4. Top 10 U.S. Airlines, ranked by December 2006 System* Scheduled Enplanements
Passenger numbers in millions (000,000)
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| 1 |
American |
8.1 |
1 |
8.2 |
| 2 |
Southwest |
7.9 |
2 |
7.3 |
| 3 |
Delta |
6.0 |
3 |
6.2 |
| 4 |
United |
5.4 |
4 |
5.6 |
| 5 |
Northwest |
4.5 |
5 |
4.3 |
| 6 |
Continental |
4.0 |
6 |
3.8 |
| 7 |
US Airways |
2.9 |
7 |
2.8 |
| 8 |
AirTran |
1.8 |
9 |
1.5 |
| 9 |
JetBlue |
1.7 |
13 |
1.4 |
| 10 |
America West |
1.7 |
8 |
1.8 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Market
* System equals domestic plus international
Note: Percentage changes based on numbers prior to rounding.
Table 5. Top 10 U.S. Airports, ranked by 2006 System* Scheduled Enplanements
Passenger numbers in millions (000,000)
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| 1 |
Atlanta |
40.7 |
1 |
41.5 |
| 2 |
Chicago O'Hare |
34.4 |
2 |
34.4 |
| 3 |
Dallas - Fort Worth |
28.2 |
3 |
27.6 |
| 4 |
Los Angeles International |
23.1 |
4 |
22.9 |
| 5 |
Denver |
22.4 |
5 |
20.4 |
| 6 |
Las Vegas |
20.9 |
6 |
20.3 |
| 7 |
Phoenix |
20.3 |
7 |
20.1 |
| 8 |
Houston Bush |
19.8 |
8 |
18.4 |
| 9 |
Detroit Metro |
17.2 |
10 |
17.2 |
| 10 |
Minneapolis - St Paul |
17.0 |
9 |
17.7 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Market
* System equals domestic plus international
Note: Percentage changes based on numbers prior to rounding.
Table 6. Top 10 U.S. Airports ranked by December 2006 System* Scheduled Enplanements
Passenger numbers in millions (000,000)
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| 1 |
Atlanta |
3.4 |
1 |
3.3 |
| 2 |
Chicago O'Hare |
2.7 |
2 |
2.8 |
| 3 |
Dallas-Fort Worth |
2.3 |
3 |
2.3 |
| 4 |
Los Angeles International |
2.0 |
4 |
1.9 |
| 5 |
Houston Bush |
1.7 |
7 |
1.6 |
| 6 |
Las Vegas |
1.7 |
8 |
1.6 |
| 7 |
Phoenix |
1.6 |
6 |
1.7 |
| 8 |
Denver |
1.6 |
5 |
1.7 |
| 9 |
Detroit Metro |
1.4 |
10 |
1.4 |
| 10 |
Minneapolis - St Paul |
1.4 |
9 |
1.4 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Market
* System equals domestic plus international
Note: Percentage changes based on numbers prior to rounding.
Table 7. Domestic Scheduled Airline Travel on U.S. Carriers
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| Passengers (in millions) |
52.8 |
53.5 |
1.2 |
657.3 |
658.2 |
0.1 |
| Flights (in thousands) |
802.1 |
798.1 |
−0.5 |
10,033.7 |
9,698.8 |
−3.3 |
| Revenue Passenger Miles(in billions) |
46.2 |
46.8 |
1.4 |
569.3 |
574.5 |
0.9 |
| Available Seat-Miles(in billions) |
60.9 |
61.1 |
0.4 |
737.1 |
725.8 |
−1.5 |
| Load Factor* |
75.9 |
76.6 |
0.7 |
77.2 |
79.2 |
2.0 |
| Flight Stage Length** |
621.4 |
624.6 |
0.5 |
604.8 |
615.3 |
1.7 |
| Passenger Trip Length*** |
874.7 |
876.0 |
0.1 |
866.0 |
872.8 |
0.8 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Domestic Market and Segment
*Change in load factor points
**The average non-stop distance flown per departure in miles
*** The average distance flown per passenger in miles
Note: Percentage changes based on numbers prior to rounding.
Table 8. Domestic Scheduled Enplanements on U.S. Carriers
Passenger numbers in millions (000,000)
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| January |
43.8 |
48.0 |
9.5 |
48.9 |
1.8 |
| February |
45.3 |
47.1 |
3.9 |
47.4 |
0.6 |
| March |
54.2 |
58.8 |
8.7 |
58.3 |
−0.9 |
| April |
53.3 |
54.9 |
3.1 |
55.8 |
1.7 |
| May |
53.0 |
57.3 |
8.1 |
57.2 |
−0.3 |
| June |
57.0 |
59.7 |
4.9 |
59.3 |
−0.8 |
| July |
59.6 |
62.4 |
4.7 |
60.8 |
−2.5 |
| August |
57.4 |
59.1 |
3.0 |
58.3 |
−1.4 |
| September |
47.7 |
50.6 |
6.1 |
50.0 |
−1.3 |
| October |
54.2 |
53.7 |
−0.8 |
55.1 |
2.5 |
| November |
51.8 |
52.8 |
1.9 |
53.8 |
2.0 |
| December |
52.6 |
52.8 |
0.3 |
53.5 |
1.2 |
| Yr. Total |
629.8 |
657.3 |
4.4 |
658.2 |
0.1 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Domestic Market
Note: Percentage changes based on numbers prior to rounding.
Table 9. Top 10 U.S. Airlines, ranked by 2006 Domestic Scheduled Enplanements
Passenger numbers in millions (000,000)
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| 1 |
Southwest |
96.3 |
1 |
88.4 |
| 2 |
American |
76.8 |
3 |
77.3 |
| 3 |
Delta |
63.4 |
2 |
77.5 |
| 4 |
United |
57.2 |
4 |
55.2 |
| 5 |
Northwest |
45.1 |
5 |
46.7 |
| 6 |
Continental |
35.8 |
7 |
33.0 |
| 7 |
US Airways |
31.9 |
6 |
37.0 |
| 8 |
AirTran |
20.0 |
10 |
16.5 |
| 9 |
America West |
19.9 |
8 |
20.9 |
| 10 |
SkyWest |
18.7 |
11 |
16.0 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Domestic Market
Note: Percentage changes based on numbers prior to rounding.
Table 10. Top 10 U.S. Airlines, ranked by December 2006 Domestic Scheduled Enplanements
Passenger numbers in millions (000,000)
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| 1 |
Southwest |
7.9 |
1 |
7.3 |
| 2 |
American |
6.3 |
2 |
6.4 |
| 3 |
Delta |
5.1 |
3 |
5.5 |
| 4 |
United |
4.5 |
4 |
4.6 |
| 5 |
Northwest |
3.8 |
5 |
3.5 |
| 6 |
Continental |
3.1 |
6 |
2.9 |
| 7 |
US Airways |
2.6 |
7 |
2.5 |
| 8 |
AirTran |
1.8 |
9 |
1.5 |
| 9 |
JetBlue |
1.7 |
11 |
1.4 |
| 10 |
America West |
1.6 |
8 |
1.7 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Domestic Market
Note: Percentage changes based on numbers prior to rounding.
Table 11. Top 10 U.S. Airports, ranked by 2006 Domestic Scheduled Enplanements
Passenger numbers in millions (000,000)
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| 1 |
Atlanta |
37.1 |
1 |
38.6 |
| 2 |
Chicago O'Hare |
31.1 |
2 |
31.3 |
| 3 |
Dallas - Fort Worth |
26.0 |
3 |
25.5 |
| 4 |
Denver |
21.8 |
6 |
19.9 |
| 5 |
Los Angeles International |
21.3 |
4 |
21.2 |
| 6 |
Las Vegas |
20.7 |
5 |
20.1 |
| 7 |
Phoenix |
19.7 |
7 |
19.4 |
| 8 |
Houston Bush |
16.9 |
9 |
15.7 |
| 9 |
Minneapolis - St Paul |
15.9 |
8 |
16.6 |
| 10 |
Orlando |
15.7 |
11 |
15.5 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Domestic Market
Note: Percentage changes based on numbers prior to rounding.
Table 12. Top 10 U.S. Airports, ranked by December 2006 Domestic Scheduled Enplanements
Passenger numbers in millions (000,000)
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| 1 |
Atlanta |
3.0 |
1 |
3.1 |
| 2 |
Chicago O'Hare |
2.4 |
2 |
2.5 |
| 3 |
Dallas - Fort Worth |
2.1 |
3 |
2.2 |
| 4 |
Los Angeles International |
1.8 |
4 |
1.7 |
| 5 |
Las Vegas |
1.7 |
7 |
1.6 |
| 6 |
Phoenix |
1.6 |
6 |
1.6 |
| 7 |
Denver |
1.6 |
5 |
1.6 |
| 8 |
Houston Bush |
1.4 |
8 |
1.4 |
| 9 |
Minneapolis - St Paul |
1.3 |
9 |
1.3 |
| 10 |
Detroit Metro |
1.3 |
11 |
1.2 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Domestic Market
Note: Percentage changes based on numbers prior to rounding.
Table 13: International Scheduled Airline Travel on U.S. Carriers
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| Passengers (in millions) |
6.7 |
7.2 |
7.3 |
81.3 |
86.2 |
6.0 |
| Flights (in thousands) |
68.0 |
71.6 |
5.3 |
824.3 |
849.9 |
3.1 |
| Revenue Passenger-Miles(in billions) |
17.0 |
18.3 |
7.6 |
209.8 |
222.9 |
6.3 |
| Available Seat-Miles(in billions) |
22.0 |
23.5 |
6.6 |
266.2 |
280.6 |
5.4 |
| Load Factor* |
77.3 |
78.0 |
0.7 |
78.8 |
79.4 |
0.6 |
| Flight Stage Length** |
1,600.9 |
1,632.8 |
2.0 |
1,597.8 |
1,640.2 |
2.7 |
| Passenger Trip Length*** |
2,541.7 |
2,547.7 |
0.2 |
2,579.8 |
2,585.1 |
0.2 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 International Market and Segment
*Change in load factor points
**The average non-stop distance flown per departure in miles
*** The average distance flown per passenger in miles
Note: Percentage changes based on numbers prior to rounding.
Table 14. International Scheduled Enplanements on U.S. Carriers
Passenger numbers in millions (000,000)
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| January |
5.6 |
6.5 |
16.0 |
6.7 |
3.9 |
| February |
5.2 |
5.8 |
10.8 |
6.0 |
3.8 |
| March |
6.1 |
7.3 |
18.8 |
7.6 |
4.0 |
| April |
5.9 |
6.8 |
12.0 |
7.3 |
7.9 |
| May |
6.1 |
6.9 |
13.4 |
7.3 |
6.5 |
| June |
6.7 |
7.4 |
10.9 |
7.9 |
7.0 |
| July |
7.5 |
8.2 |
9.3 |
8.7 |
6.0 |
| August |
7.3 |
7.7 |
6.0 |
8.2 |
5.8 |
| September |
5.7 |
6.2 |
9.7 |
6.4 |
2.8 |
| October |
5.9 |
6.2 |
4.5 |
6.6 |
6.4 |
| November |
5.7 |
5.9 |
4.9 |
6.4 |
8.4 |
| December |
6.3 |
6.7 |
5.8 |
7.2 |
7.3 |
| Yr. Total |
73.9 |
81.5 |
10.1 |
86.2 |
6.0 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 International Market
Note: Percentage changes based on numbers prior to rounding.
Table 15. Top 10 U.S. Airlines, ranked by 2006 International Scheduled Enplanements
Passenger numbers in millions (000,000)
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| 1 |
American |
21.4 |
1 |
20.8 |
| 2 |
United |
12.1 |
2 |
11.6 |
| 3 |
Continental |
11.0 |
3 |
9.8 |
| 4 |
Delta |
10.1 |
5 |
8.5 |
| 5 |
Northwest |
9.7 |
4 |
9.8 |
| 6 |
US Airways |
4.6 |
6 |
4.8 |
| 7 |
Alaska |
2.3 |
7 |
2.2 |
| 8 |
ExpressJet |
1.9 |
8 |
1.8 |
| 9 |
Executive |
1.8 |
9 |
1.7 |
| 10 |
Continental Micronesia |
1.3 |
10 |
1.3 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 International Market
Note: Percentage changes based on numbers prior to rounding.
Table 16. Top 10 U.S. Airlines, ranked by December 2006 International Scheduled Enplanements
Passenger numbers in millions (000,000)
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| 1 |
American |
1.8 |
1 |
1.8 |
| 2 |
United |
1.0 |
2 |
1.0 |
| 3 |
Continental |
0.9 |
3 |
0.8 |
| 4 |
Delta |
0.9 |
5 |
0.7 |
| 5 |
Northwest |
0.8 |
4 |
0.7 |
| 6 |
US Airways |
0.3 |
6 |
0.3 |
| 7 |
Alaska |
0.2 |
7 |
0.2 |
| 8 |
ExpressJet |
0.2 |
8 |
0.2 |
| 9 |
Executive |
0.1 |
9 |
0.1 |
| 10 |
America West |
0.1 |
10 |
0.1 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 International Market
Note: Percentage changes based on numbers prior to rounding.
Table 17. Top 10 U.S. Airports, ranked by 2006 International Scheduled Enplanements
Passenger numbers in thousands (000)
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| 1 |
Miami |
4,481.8 |
1 |
4,226.2 |
| 2 |
New York - JFK |
3,584.0 |
2 |
3,473.4 |
| 3 |
Atlanta |
3,572.2 |
5 |
2,885.6 |
| 4 |
Newark |
3,414.3 |
4 |
2,988.9 |
| 5 |
Chicago O'Hare |
3,309.3 |
3 |
3,108.0 |
| 6 |
Houston Bush |
2,933.5 |
6 |
2,701.0 |
| 7 |
Dallas - Fort Worth |
2,209.6 |
7 |
2,115.4 |
| 8 |
Los Angeles International |
1,779.5 |
8 |
1,724.4 |
| 9 |
San Francisco |
1,721.7 |
9 |
1,652.9 |
| 10 |
Detroit Metro |
1,616.8 |
10 |
1,620.5 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 International Market
Note: Percentage changes based on numbers prior to rounding.
Table 18. Top 10 U.S. Airports, ranked by December 2006 International Scheduled Enplanements
Passenger numbers in thousands (000)
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| 1 |
Miami |
424.9 |
1 |
416.3 |
| 2 |
Atlanta |
336.1 |
3 |
279.8 |
| 3 |
New York - JFK |
330.1 |
2 |
291.7 |
| 4 |
Newark |
294.6 |
5 |
253.6 |
| 5 |
Houston Bush |
273.9 |
4 |
261.0 |
| 6 |
Chicago O'Hare |
273.4 |
6 |
250.3 |
| 7 |
Dallas - Fort Worth |
186.9 |
7 |
190.8 |
| 8 |
Los Angeles International |
171.1 |
8 |
153.6 |
| 9 |
San Francisco |
154.0 |
9 |
142.2 |
| 10 |
Detroit Metro |
129.2 |
10 |
125.8 |
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 International Market
Note: Percentage changes based on numbers prior to rounding.
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