U.S. airlines recorded nearly 781 million passengers on domestic and international flights in 2022. The number of passengers at U.S. airports has begun recovering following the COVID-19 pandemic but was still below the approximately 926 million passengers recorded in 2019.
Total passenger enplanements on U.S. airlines from 2004 to 2022 (in millions)*
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Statistics on Passenger airlines in the U.S.
Overview
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- Basic Statistic Number of U.S. air carriers 1995-2023
- Premium Statistic Number of aircraft in the United States 1990-2022
- Basic Statistic U.S. airlines - total operating revenue streams 2004-2022
- Premium Statistic U.S. air carriers - total performed aircraft departures 1991-2021
- Basic Statistic Passengers boarded by the largest U.S. air carriers 1990-2021
- Premium Statistic U.S. airlines - total passengers 2004-2022
- Premium Statistic U.S. airline fuel cost 2004-2021
Segments
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- Premium Statistic U.S. airline industry - passenger revenue 2009-2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. airline industry - passenger baggage fees 2004-2021
- Basic Statistic Total air traffic passengers traveling to/from the United States 2006-2022
- Basic Statistic U.S. airlines - domestic passenger enplanements 2004-2022
- Premium Statistic U.S. airlines - domestic revenue passenger miles 2004-2021
- Premium Statistic U.S. airlines - domestic available seat miles 2004-2022
Airlines
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- Premium Statistic Most profitable airlines in North America 2021
- Premium Statistic Leading airlines in North America based on passenger numbers 2021
- Premium Statistic Punctuality rate of airlines in North America 2022
- Premium Statistic Domestic market share - airlines in U.S. 2011-2021
- Basic Statistic Leading airlines in the U.S. by brand index 2019
Passenger experience
6
- Premium Statistic Customer complaints in the U.S. airline industry by category 2021
- Premium Statistic U.S. airlines by rate of customer complaints 2021
- Premium Statistic American customer satisfaction index scores for airlines in the U.S. 1995-2022
- Premium Statistic Major U.S. air carriers - late departures 2000-2021
- Basic Statistic Cancellations of U.S. air carriers 2000-2021
- Basic Statistic Passengers denied boarding by the largest U.S. air carriers 1990-2021
Further related statistics
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- U.S. airlines - available seat miles 2004-2021
- U.S. airlines - passenger load factor 2004-2021
- American Airlines Group - passenger revenue by segment 2021
- U.S. airlines - international passenger enplanements 2004-2021
- Lufthansa AG - operating profit from passenger carriage 2014
- U.S. airlines - international revenue passenger miles 2004-2021
- Jet Airways - revenue passengers 2011-2018
- Hawaiian Holdings Inc. - revenue passengers 2013-2021
- Alaska Air Group Inc. - revenue passengers 2011-2021
- U.S. average passenger revenue - air traffic 2020
- Volume of taxi passenger transport in China's cities 2010-2016
- U.S. respondents who would feel safe using a passenger drone 2019
- Average cruise revenue per passenger worldwide from 2011 to 2015, by spending type
- Waterway passenger number in Taiwan 2014-2020
- Age distribution of cruise ship passengers 2011
- Industry revenue of “other passenger land transport “ in Spain 2012-2025
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- U.S. airlines - international passenger enplanements 2004-2021
- Lufthansa AG - operating profit from passenger carriage 2014
- U.S. airlines - international revenue passenger miles 2004-2021
- Jet Airways - revenue passengers 2011-2018
- Hawaiian Holdings Inc. - revenue passengers 2013-2021
- Alaska Air Group Inc. - revenue passengers 2011-2021
- U.S. average passenger revenue - air traffic 2020
- Volume of taxi passenger transport in China's cities 2010-2016
- U.S. respondents who would feel safe using a passenger drone 2019
- Average cruise revenue per passenger worldwide from 2011 to 2015, by spending type
- Waterway passenger number in Taiwan 2014-2020
- Age distribution of cruise ship passengers 2011
- Industry revenue of “other passenger land transport “ in Spain 2012-2025
Bureau of Transportation Statistics. (March 9, 2023). Total passenger enplanements on U.S. airlines from 2004 to 2022 (in millions)* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 27, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/197801/total-us-airline-passenger-enplanements-since-2004/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "Total passenger enplanements on U.S. airlines from 2004 to 2022 (in millions)*." Chart. March 9, 2023. Statista. Accessed March 27, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/197801/total-us-airline-passenger-enplanements-since-2004/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics. (2023). Total passenger enplanements on U.S. airlines from 2004 to 2022 (in millions)*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 27, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/197801/total-us-airline-passenger-enplanements-since-2004/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "Total Passenger Enplanements on U.S. Airlines from 2004 to 2022 (in Millions)*." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Mar 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/197801/total-us-airline-passenger-enplanements-since-2004/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Total passenger enplanements on U.S. airlines from 2004 to 2022 (in millions)* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/197801/total-us-airline-passenger-enplanements-since-2004/ (last visited March 27, 2023)
Total passenger enplanements on U.S. airlines from 2004 to 2022 (in millions)* [Graph], Bureau of Transportation Statistics, March 9, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/197801/total-us-airline-passenger-enplanements-since-2004/