July 2024 U.S. Airline Traffic Data Up 4.5% from the Same Month Last Year

Thursday, October 10, 2024

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U.S. airlines carried 91.8 million systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service passengers in July 2024, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). When adjusted for seasonality, July enplanements are down 1.9% from June and down 1.9% from the all-time high reached in June 2024.

BTS reported 78.8 million domestic passengers and 13 million international passengers on U.S. airlines flights in July, not adjusting for seasonality.

U.S. airline traffic reports are filed monthly with BTS. See the tables that accompany this release on the BTS website for summary data since 2016 (Tables 1-24) and complete data since 2000.

Two measures of U.S. airlines passenger enplanements

July seasonally adjusted

Systemwide enplanements (81.3M) were down 1.9% from the all-time high of 82.9 million reached in June 2024.
Domestic enplanements (70.7M) were down 2% from the all-time high of 72.1 million reached in June 2024.
International enplanements (10.6M) were down 4.2% from the all-time high of 11.1 million reached in February 2024.

July unadjusted

Systemwide enplanements (91.8M) reached a new all-time high for the month of July.
Domestic enplanements (78.8M) reached a new all-time high for the month of July.
International enplanements (13.0M) reached a new all-time high for the month of July.

Line chart showing Monthly Passengers on U.S. Scheduled Airlines (Domestic + International), July 2021 - July 2024 Line chart

Table A. Seasonally Adjusted Passenger Enplanements Compared to Previous Time Periods

		Percent Change Compared to
Seasonally Adjusted	Passengers (in millions)	Previous Month	Previous Year	Three Years Previous
July	81.3	-1.9%	3.9%	25.7%

Table B. Unadjusted Passenger Enplanements Compared to Previous Time Periods

		Percent Change Compared to
Unadjusted	Passengers (in millions)	Previous Year	Two Years Previous	Three Years Previous
July	91.8	4.5%	14.2%	24.4%

For data filed through July, see accompanying tables. For the complete database of reported data, see Traffic. For an explanation of BTS' seasonal adjustment methodology, see Seasonal Adjustment.

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 77 U.S. carriers as of October 3 for U.S. carrier scheduled civilian operations.

See the BTS Airlines and Airports page for additional scheduled service numbers through July for U.S. airlines. International data by origin and destination is available through April. International totals in this press release consist of all U.S. carrier operations to and from the U.S. and from one foreign point to another foreign point. BTS' Airlines and Airports page does not include U.S. carriers' foreign point-to-point flights.

BTS has scheduled November 14 for the release of data through August.

None of the data are from samples. Measures of statistical significance do not apply to the complete air traffic data.