This statistic presents the results of a Statista survey among Americans taken in April 2017 regarding air travel on long-haul flights. As of April 2017, close to 30 percent of the respondents said they travelled using up to two long-haul flights in the last two years.
How often did you travel on a long-haul flight over the past two years?
US residents who traveled by air in the past five year
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
A long-haul flight is defined as a flight on a distance of more than 3,500 kilometers and/or with a duration of more than five hours.
Values may not add up to 100 percent due to rounding.
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Statista Survey. (May 2, 2017). How often did you travel on a long-haul flight over the past two years? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 02, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/701386/us-air-travel-frequency-of-flying-long-haul/
Statista Survey. "How often did you travel on a long-haul flight over the past two years?." Chart. May 2, 2017. Statista. Accessed July 02, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/701386/us-air-travel-frequency-of-flying-long-haul/
Statista Survey. (2017). How often did you travel on a long-haul flight over the past two years?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 02, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/701386/us-air-travel-frequency-of-flying-long-haul/
Statista Survey. "How Often Did You Travel on a Long-haul Flight over The past Two Years?." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 May 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/701386/us-air-travel-frequency-of-flying-long-haul/
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