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Historical Air Traffic Statistics, Annual 1954-1980

  All Services Scheduled Service Non - Scheduled Service
Revenue Passenger ton-miles
(000)		 Revenue Freightton-miles
(000)		 Overall Availableton-miles
(000)		 Revenue Passenger Originations
(000)		 * Revenue Passenger Originations
(000)		 Revenue Passenger Enplanements
(000)		 Revenue Passengerton-miles
(000)		 Revenue Freightton-miles
(000)		 Overall Availableton-miles
(000)		 Overall Revenue Load Factor
%		 Aircraft Revenue Departures Revenue Passenger Miles
(000) 		Available Seat miles
(000)		 Revenue Passenger Originations
(000)		 Overall Availableton-miles
(000)		 Overall Aircraft Revenue miles
(000)
1954 U U U U U  35,447  2,006,906   311,735  4,394,457 57.2% 3,002,576    391,524 U U    68,755  12,731
1955 U U U U U  41,707  2,368,119   382,960  5,157,329 57.8% 3,276,386    381,533 U U   119,354  18,661
1956 U U U U U  46,004  2,686,222   451,000  5,898,482 57.4% 3,502,790  1,532,329 U U   191,731  35,282
1957 U U U U U  49,423  2,998,961   507,438  6,860,371 54.9% 3,768,861  1,532,299 U U   370,512  50,097
1958  3,168,649   676,532  7,416,772  49,165 U  53,071  3,023,016   501,283  7,043,213 53.9% 3,629,070  1,411,197  1,584,247   630   373,558  49,058
1959  3,629,632   795,481  8,336,428  55,997 U  60,297  3,489,725   589,052  7,010,522 55.4% 3,910,470  1,410,349  1,549,193   683   425,905  51,437
1960  3,850,303   820,778  5,024,119  57,873 U  62,258  3,732,481   643,340  9,000,683 52.5% 3,852,906  1,186,849  1,405,478   712   382,744  42,087
1961  4,021,801   962,021 10,578,367  58,403 U  63,012  3,827,040   732,950  4,970,700 49.5% 3,750,482  1,960,809  2,296,164   786   537,844  47,534
1962  4,457,824 1,318,437 12,325,910  62,549 U  67,817  4,209,940   898,187 11,467,650 48.6% 3,660,147  2,509,439  2,891,781 1,018   858,260  64,259
1963  5,104,030 1,275,310 13,256,757  71,438 U  77,403  4,839,125 1,026,533 13,256,757 47.9% 3,788,362  2,854,427  3,204,388 1,095   673,995  48,832
1964  5,957,855 1,555,463 16,302,506  81,762 U  88,520  5,630,350 1,301,487 15,514,043 47.9% 3,954,671  3,305,014  3,732,540 1,239   788,463  49,992
1965  7,087,762 2,180,160 12,440,854  94,655 U 102,920  6,629,164 1,730,295 18,407,913 48.8% 4,197,584  4,539,407  5,063,265 1,443 1,253,081  64,838
1966  8,578,085 2,950,026 23,502,456 109,391 U 118,061  7,736,469 2,050,736 20,936,250 51.0% 4,373,597  8,253,530  9,126,822 2,270 2,566,205 120,302
1967 10,924,267 3,437,648 30,785,135 132,091 U 142,499  9,561,035 2,351,108 26,968,370 48.3% 4,945,947 13,031,879 14,285,743 3,354 3,816,765 175,469
1968 12,684,845 3,766,707 37,223,333 150,151 103,746 162,181 11,023,490 2,804,878 33,221,261 45.9% 5,348,110 16,079,047 17,792,724 4,059 4,002,072 174,121
1969 13,996,087 4,327,771 42,779,192 U 111,697 171,898 12,197,232 3,240,965 38,663,697 43.7% 5,378,343 17,284,091 18,871,030 U 4,115,502 169,858
1970 14,839,278 3,755,438 44,298,170 U 107,952 169,922 13,171,274 3,407,552 41,692,872 43.6% 5,119,556 16,427,352 17,944,228 U 2,605,301 124,095
1971 14,941,607 4,554,260 47,255,550 U 108,267 173,669 13,565,493 3,712,288 44,138,742 42.3% 4,998,934 13,647,567 15,804,582 U 2,220,658 131,589
1972 16,401,499 5,111,502 48,680,473 U 119,267 191,349 15,240,519 4,217,452 45,583,056 45.5% 5,046,438 11,608,985 11,703,143 U 2,059,180 124,000
1973 17,435,289 5,182,778 51,443,758 U 127,474 202,208 16,195,700 4,736,729 49,019,300 45.4% 5,134,577 12,395,070 14,542,676 U 2,424,450 107,609
1974 17,405,131 5,251,383 48,941,526 U 131,812 207,458 16,291,846 4,890,026 46,848,194 47.9% 4,726,101 11,133,244 13,124,271 U 2,093,327  92,680
1975 17,332,436 5,062,409 49,288,695 U 128,790 205,062 16,281,046 4,766,119 47,254,436 46.9% 4,704,710 10,513,948 12,816,993 U 2,034,260  84,187
1976 19,184,370 6,524,781 51,708,842 U 137,247 223,318 17,898,810 5,074,193 49,324,836 48.9% 4,832,664 12,854,732 15,526,758 U 2,384,006  99,294
1977 20,608,129 6,974,242 54,789,077 U 149,464 240,326 19,321,853 5,385,129 52,284,321 49.6% 4,936,519 11,205,075 15,605,649 U 2,504,761 106,383
1978 23,699,762 7,395,423 56,869,894 U 171,944 274,716 22,678,158 5,763,214 54,764,538 54.2% 5,015,939 10,216,147 12,362,470 U 2,105,353  88,197
1979 26,971,040 7,579,883 62,545,447 U 191,016 316,863 26,201,506 5,907,731 60,843,819 54.9% 5,399,652  7,695,509  9,284,386 U 1,701,627  68,018
1980 26,772,298 7,883,229 66,162,893 U 188,062 296,903 25,519,322 5,685,622 62,982,895 51.8% 5,352,927 12,529,865 15,943,464 U 3,180,001 107,931

* Source: "Origin and Destination Survey of Airline Passenger Traffic - Table 1," a publication of the U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board, based upon a ten-percent sample. The ten-percent sample has been expanded to 100% and rounded to thousands (000) for ease of comparison with the "Revenue Passenger Enplanements" data.

U = Unavailable.

NOTE: The traffic data presented on this page is reported to the Department of Transportation on BTS Form 41 by Large Certificated Air Carriers to include carrier groups: Majors, Nationals, Large Regionals, and Medium Regionals. Traffic statistics for Small Certificated Air Carriers and Commuter Air Carriers are not included.
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