Monthly
Thous.
2000 - 2025
Jan 1, 2000 to Nov 1, 2025
FRED
3 weeks ago
RecentMay 1, 2026
Data from all U.S. air carrier domestic and international, scheduled passenger flights. International data in system total includes U.S. carrier operations to and from the U.S. and from one foreign point to another foreign point. BTS’ Airlines and Airports available here (https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Data_Elements.aspx) does not include U.S. carriers’ foreign point-to-point flights. This data is collected by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), U.S. Air Carrier Traffic Statistics reported in BTS' monthly Air Traffic Data release, available here (https://www.bts.dot.gov/statistical-releases).
As of November 1, 2025 • M data • Source: FRED
This dataset contains 311 monthly observations, over 26 years, updated monthly from FRED. View Methodology
Data Points
311
Coverage
26 years
Updates
monthly
This dataset's metadata was updated on 5/7/2026. The current data may be outdated.