This statistic represents passenger-miles in U.S. air traffic from 2007 through 2021. In 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. air passengers covered a distance of only 306.1 billion miles by plane. According to the source, air traffic passenger miles are defined as aircraft-miles flown on each inter airport segment multiplied by the number of passengers carried on that segment.
U.S. air traffic passenger-miles from 2007 to 2021
(in billions)
To retrieve the data click T1: U.S. Air Carrier Airport Activity Statistics,select Analysis from the Carrier Region row and select Time Series as the Analysis Type.
Air carrier passenger-miles are computed by summing the products of the aircraft-miles flown on each inter airport segment multiplied by the number of passengers carried on that segment. Air traffic includes air carriers (certificated, domestic, all services) and general aviation (all operations other than those operating under 14 CFR and 14 CFR 135).
Values have been rounded.
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Bureau of Transportation Statistics. (August 31, 2022). U.S. air traffic passenger-miles from 2007 to 2021 (in billions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 31, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/185744/us-passenger-miles-in-air-traffic-since-1990/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "U.S. air traffic passenger-miles from 2007 to 2021 (in billions)." Chart. August 31, 2022. Statista. Accessed October 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/185744/us-passenger-miles-in-air-traffic-since-1990/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics. (2022). U.S. air traffic passenger-miles from 2007 to 2021 (in billions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/185744/us-passenger-miles-in-air-traffic-since-1990/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "U.S. Air Traffic Passenger-miles from 2007 to 2021 (in Billions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Aug 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/185744/us-passenger-miles-in-air-traffic-since-1990/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. air traffic passenger-miles from 2007 to 2021 (in billions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/185744/us-passenger-miles-in-air-traffic-since-1990/ (last visited October 31, 2024)
U.S. air traffic passenger-miles from 2007 to 2021 (in billions) [Graph], Bureau of Transportation Statistics, August 31, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/185744/us-passenger-miles-in-air-traffic-since-1990/
