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May 2024 U.S. Airline Traffic Data Up 6.4% From The Same Month Last Year – Image Credit Bureau of Transportation Statistics
U.S. airlines carried 87.1 million systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service passengers in May 2024, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). When adjusted for seasonality, May enplanements are down 0.5% from April and down 2.3% from the all-time high reached in February 2024.
BTS reported 75.8 million domestic passengers and 11.3 million international passengers on U.S. airlines flights in May, not adjusting for seasonality.
Two measures of U.S. airlines passenger enplanements
May seasonally adjusted
- Systemwide enplanements (80.4M) were down 2.3% from the all-time high of 82.3 million reached in February 2024.
- Domestic enplanements (69.7M) were down 2% from the all-time high of 71.1 million reached in November 2023.
- International enplanements (10.64M) were down 4.5% from the all-time high of 11.15 million reached in February 2024.
May unadjusted
- Systemwide enplanements (87.1M) reached a new all-time high for the month of May.
- Domestic enplanements (75.8M) reached a new all-time high for the month of May.
- International enplanements (11.25M) reached a new all-time high for the month of May.
Monthly Passengers on U.S. Scheduled Airlines (Domestic + International), May 2021 – May 2024
Table A. Seasonally Adjusted Passenger Enplanements Compared to Previous Time Periods
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Percent Change Compared to |
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| Seasonally
Adjusted |
Passengers
(in millions) |
Previous Month |
Previous Year |
Three Years Previous |
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May |
80.4 |
-0.5% |
4.9% |
46.3% |
Table B. Unadjusted Passenger Enplanements Compared to Previous Time Periods
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Percent Change Compared to |
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| Unadjusted | Passengers
(in millions) |
Previous Year |
Two Years Previous |
Three Years Previous |
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May |
87.1 |
6.4% |
14.9% |
50.9% |