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The U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today that U.S. airlines' systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service load factor - a measure of the use of airline capacity - rose to 83.8 percent in October, seasonally adjusted, rising for the second consecutive month (Table 1). Seasonal adjustment allows the comparing of monthly load factors to all other months.

Load Factor on All U.S. Scheduled Airlines (Domestic & International),
October 2011 - October 2016

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Load factor is a measure of the use of aircraft capacity that compares the system use, measured in Revenue Passenger-Miles (RPMs) as a proportion of system capacity, measured in Available Seat-Miles (ASMs).

The seasonally-adjusted load factor rose from September (83.7) to October (83.8) because the reduction in system capacity (more than 1.0 percent decline in ASMs) slightly exceeded the decline in passenger travel (less than 1.0 percent decline in RPMs) (Tables 4, 7).

Trends:
Seasonally-adjusted
Systemwide load factor (83.8) was down 1.1 points from the all-time seasonally-adjusted high (84.8) reached in October 2015 (Table 1). Calculations are based on unrounded numbers. Domestic load factor (85.5) was down 0.8 points from the all-time seasonally-adjusted high (86.3) reached in October 2015 (Table 2). International load factor (79.8) was down 3.3 points from the all-time seasonally-adjusted high (83.1) reached in March 2013 (Table 3).

Systemwide RPMs (77.3 billion) were down 1.1 percent from the all-time seasonally-adjusted high (78.2 billion) reached in June 2016 (Table 4). Domestic RPMs (55.0 billion) were down 0.8 percent from the all-time seasonally-adjusted high (55.4 billion) reached in September 2016 (Table 5). International RPMs (22.3 billion) were down 3.0 percent from the all-time seasonally-adjusted high (23.0 billion) reached in July 2016 (Table 6).

Systemwide ASMs (92.3 billion) were down 1.2 percent from the all-time seasonally-adjusted high (93.5 billion) reached in June 2016 (Table 7). Domestic ASMs (64.3 billion) were down 1.4 percent from the all-time seasonally-adjusted high (65.2 billion) reached in July and August 2016 (Table 8). International ASMs (28.0 billion) were down 1.4 percent from the all-time seasonally-adjusted high (28.4 billion) reached in June 2016 (Table 9).

Systemwide passenger enplanements (68.7 million) were down 0.9 percent from the all-time seasonally-adjusted high (69.3 million) reached in September 2016 (Table 10). Domestic passenger enplanements (60.1 million) were down 0.9 percent from the all-time seasonally-adjusted high (60.7 million) reached in September 2016 (Table 11). International passenger enplanements (8.5 million) were down 2.3 percent from the all-time seasonally-adjusted high (8.7 million) reached in June 2016 (Table 12).

Seasonally adjusted trends are for the time period January 2000 to present. Additional data, including domestic and international numbers, can be found on the seasonally-adjusted data page.

Unadjusted
Systemwide load factor (83.8) was down 1.2 points from the all-time October high (85.0) reached in 2015 (Table 13). Domestic load factor (85.3) was down 1.1 points from the all-time October high (86.4) reached in 2015 (Table 14). International load factor (80.0) was down 2.4 points from the all-time October high (82.4) reached in 2010 (Table 15).

Systemwide RPMs (75.9 billion) were down 0.2 percent from the all-time October high (76.1 billion) reached in 2015 (Table 16). Domestic RPMs (54.4 billion) reached an all-time October high, up 0.6 percent from the previous high (54.1 billion) in 2015 (Table 17). International RPMs (21.5 billion) were down 2.3 percent from the all-time October high (22.0 billion) reached in 2015 (Table 18).

Systemwide ASMs (90.6 billion) reached an all-time October high, up 1.3 percent from the previous high (89.5 billion) reached in 2015 (Table 19). Domestic ASMs (63.8 billion) reached an all-time October high, up 1.9 percent from the previous high (62.6 billion) reached in 2015 (Table 20). International ASMs (26.9 billion) were down 0.3 percent from the all-time October high (27.0 billion) reached in 2015 (Table 21).

Systemwide passenger enplanements (68.6 million) were down 0.2 percent from the all-time October high (68.7 million) reached in 2015 (Table 22). Domestic passenger enplanements (60.9 million) equaled the all-time October high (60.9 million) reached in 2015 (Table 23). International passenger enplanements (7.7 million) were down 1.4 percent from the all-time October high (7.8 million) reached in 2015 (Table 24).

Unadjusted trends are for the time period January 1996 to present. Data are available at Customize Table and can be downloaded from the seasonally-adjusted data page.

Explanation of seasonal adjustment
When the primary purpose is to examine monthly shifts in transportation services output and analyze short-term trends, the variation introduced by normal seasonal changes must be removed from the data. Transportation is highly seasonal, and without adjustment, the data do not give an accurate picture of underlying changes in aviation, passenger travel.

Seasonal adjustment of the data removes the seasonal events that follow a regular seasonal pattern. Changes that are not due to seasonality, such as a change in air travel resulting from economic conditions become more readily apparent.

The aviation data are seasonally adjusted for the effects of trading day, moving holidays, and data outliers.

See Seasonal Adjustment for methodology and additional explanation.

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 81 carriers as of Jan. 5 for U.S. carrier scheduled civilian operations.

Go to http://www.transtats.bts.gov/releaseinfo.asp for the complete list of reporting and non-reporting carriers. U.S. carriers' foreign point-to-point flights are included in system and international totals. To create a customized table for passengers, flights, RPMs, ASMs and other data, including non-scheduled service, go to http://apps.bts.gov/xml/air_traffic/src/index.xml#CustomizeTable

For additional scheduled service numbers for U.S. airlines, U.S. and foreign airlines, by airline and by airport, see Passengers, Flights, Revenue Passenger-Miles, Available Seat-Miles and Load Factor.

Traffic numbers are available on the BTS website at TranStats, the Intermodal Transportation Database, at http://transtats.bts.gov. Click on 'Aviation.' For systemwide passengers, RPMs and ASMs by carrier through October, click on 'Air Carrier Summary Data (Form 41 and 298C Summary Data),' and then click on 'Schedule T-1.' Use crosstabs to find scheduled service.

For domestic numbers through October and international numbers through July by origin as well as by carrier, click on 'Aviation,' then click on 'Air Carrier Statistics (Form 41 Traffic).' Click on 'T-100 Market' for system passenger numbers, 'T-100 Domestic Market' for domestic or 'T-100 International Market' for international. For flights, stage length and trip length, use the appropriate T-100 Segment database. Use crosstabs to find scheduled service.

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. TranStats T-100 systemwide and international totals do not include U.S. carriers' foreign point-to-point flights. For October, U.S. carriers reported 84,190 foreign point-to-point passengers. For January through October, U.S. carriers reported 1,013,455 foreign point-to-point passengers.

Data are subject to revision. BTS has scheduled Feb. 16 for the release of November traffic data. None of the data are from samples so measures of statistical significance do not apply.

Seasonally-Adjusted Tables

Load Factor on U.S. Airlines, Seasonally-Adjusted (Tables 1-3)

Table 1. Systemwide Load Factor on U.S. Airlines, Seasonally-Adjusted

Systemwide (Domestic + International) RPMs/ASMs (both seasonally-adjusted) in percent

Scheduled service only

2013 2014 2015 2016
January 83.5 84.2 82.8 83.5
February 83.5 83.8 83.8 83.3
March 83.0 83.5 83.8 82.5
April 83.1 83.8 82.8 83.3
May 82.9 83.9 83.1 83.5
June 83.4 83.0 83.5 83.7
July 83.0 83.2 83.9 83.4
August 82.7 83.3 84.2 82.6
September 82.8 83.2 84.0 83.7
October 82.7 82.8 84.8 83.8
November 83.8 82.9 84.0
December 83.1 82.9 84.0

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment

Note: Load factor is a measure of the use of aircraft capacity that compares Revenue Passenger-Miles (RPMs) as a proportion of Available Seat-Miles (ASMs).

Table 2. Domestic Load Factor on U.S. Airlines, Seasonally-Adjusted

Domestic RPMs/ASMs (both seasonally-adjusted) in percent

Scheduled service only

2013 2014 2015 2016
January 84.0 85.1 83.7 84.6
February 83.9 84.9 85.0 84.4
March 82.9 85.0 85.2 83.4
April 83.7 84.5 84.3 84.6
May 83.0 84.8 84.2 85.1
June 83.7 84.3 84.7 84.8
July 83.2 84.6 85.0 84.3
August 82.8 84.5 85.4 83.7
September 83.1 84.3 85.5 85.2
October 83.1 84.0 86.3 85.5
November 84.6 84.1 84.9
December 83.6 83.9 85.5

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment

Note: Load factor is a measure of the use of aircraft capacity that compares Revenue Passenger-Miles (RPMs) as a proportion of Available Seat-Miles (ASMs).

Table 3. International Load Factor on U.S. Airlines, Seasonally-Adjusted

International RPMs/ASMs (both seasonally-adjusted) in percent

Scheduled service only

2013 2014 2015 2016
January 82.2 82.3 80.7 80.9
February 82.4 81.5 81.4 80.7
March 83.1 80.4 81.0 80.3
April 81.8 82.3 79.6 80.5
May 82.6 82.1 80.7 79.8
June 82.6 80.5 80.8 81.1
July 82.7 80.1 81.7 81.3
August 82.6 80.7 81.5 80.0
September 82.2 80.8 80.7 80.4
October 81.8 80.4 81.6 79.8
November 82.1 80.2 81.7
December 82.0 80.7 80.8

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment

Note: Load factor is a measure of the use of aircraft capacity that compares Revenue Passenger-Miles (RPMs) as a proportion of Available Seat-Miles (ASMs).

Revenue Passenger-Miles on U.S. Airlines, Seasonally-Adjusted (Tables 4-6)

Table 4. Systemwide Revenue Passenger-Miles (RPMs) on U.S. Airlines, Seasonally-Adjusted

Systemwide (Domestic + International) RPMs (seasonally-adjusted) in billions (000,000,000)

Scheduled service only

2013 2014 2015 2016
January 69.6 71.0 73.1 76.5
February 70.7 71.3 73.4 76.6
March 69.5 72.2 74.4 76.3
April 69.7 71.7 74.1 77.1
May 69.7 71.9 74.6 77.7
June 70.1 71.6 74.8 78.2
July 69.7 71.7 75.8 77.9
August 70.0 71.8 76.2 77.2
September 69.9 71.9 75.8 78.1
October 70.2 72.2 77.1 77.3
November 71.2 72.5 76.4
December 70.5 73.1 77.0

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment

Note: Revenue passenger-miles are a measure of the volume of air passenger transportation. A revenue passenger-mile is equal to one paying passenger carried one mile.

Table 5. Domestic Revenue Passenger-Miles (RPMs) on U.S. Airlines, Seasonally-Adjusted

Domestic RPMs (seasonally-adjusted) in billions (000,000,000)

Scheduled service only

2013 2014 2015 2016
January 48.1 48.8 50.7 53.8
February 48.8 49.1 50.9 54.0
March 47.7 50.0 51.8 53.7
April 48.0 49.3 51.8 54.4
May 47.8 49.3 52.0 55.1
June 48.2 49.2 52.2 55.2
July 47.8 49.6 52.8 54.9
August 47.9 49.6 53.2 54.6
September 48.0 49.8 53.1 55.4
October 48.1 50.1 54.2 55.0
November 49.1 50.2 53.7
December 48.5 50.7 54.2

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment

Note: Revenue passenger-miles are a measure of the volume of air passenger transportation. A revenue passenger-mile is equal to one paying passenger carried one mile.

Table 6. International Revenue Passenger-Miles (RPMs) on U.S. Airlines, Seasonally-Adjusted

International RPMs (seasonally-adjusted) in billions (000,000,000)

Scheduled service only

2013 2014 2015 2016
January 21.5 22.2 22.4 22.7
February 21.9 22.2 22.5 22.6
March 21.8 22.2 22.5 22.6
April 21.6 22.5 22.3 22.7
May 21.9 22.5 22.5 22.6
June 21.9 22.3 22.6 23.0
July 21.9 22.1 23.0 23.0
August 22.1 22.2 22.9 22.6
September 21.9 22.2 22.7 22.6
October 22.1 22.1 22.9 22.3
November 22.1 22.2 22.7
December 22.0 22.4 22.8

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment

Note: Revenue passenger-miles are a measure of the volume of air passenger transportation. A revenue passenger-mile is equal to one paying passenger carried one mile.

Available Seat-Miles on U.S. Airlines, Seasonally-Adjusted (Tables 7-9)

Table 7. Systemwide Available Seat-Miles (ASMs) on U.S. Airlines, Seasonally-Adjusted

Systemwide (Domestic + International) ASMs (seasonally-adjusted) in billions (000,000,000)

Scheduled service only

2013 2014 2015 2016
January 83.4 84.3 88.4 91.6
February 84.7 85.1 87.5 92.0
March 83.7 86.4 88.7 92.5
April 83.8 85.6 89.4 92.5
May 84.1 85.6 89.7 93.1
June 84.1 86.2 89.6 93.5
July 84.0 86.3 90.3 93.4
August 84.6 86.2 90.5 93.4
September 84.4 86.4 90.2 93.3
October 84.9 87.1 90.9 92.3
November 84.9 87.4 91.0
December 84.9 88.2 91.6

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment

Note: Available seat-miles are a measure of the capacity of air passenger transportation. An available seat-mile is equal to one aircraft seat carried one mile.

Table 8. Domestic Available Seat-Miles (ASMs) on U.S. Airlines, Seasonally-Adjusted

Domestic ASMs (seasonally-adjusted) in billions (000,000,000)

Scheduled service only

2013 2014 2015 2016
January 57.3 57.3 60.6 63.5
February 58.2 57.8 59.9 63.9
March 57.5 58.8 60.9 64.3
April 57.4 58.3 61.5 64.3
May 57.6 58.2 61.8 64.7
June 57.6 58.4 61.7 65.1
July 57.4 58.6 62.2 65.2
August 57.9 58.6 62.3 65.2
September 57.8 59.0 62.1 65.1
October 57.9 59.6 62.8 64.3
November 58.0 59.7 63.2
December 58.0 60.4 63.4

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment

Note: Available seat-miles are a measure of the capacity of air passenger transportation. An available seat-mile is equal to one aircraft seat carried one mile.

Table 9. International Available Seat-Miles (ASMs) on U.S. Airlines, Seasonally-Adjusted

International ASMs (seasonally-adjusted) in billions (000,000,000)

Scheduled service only

2013 2014 2015 2016
January 26.1 27.0 27.8 28.1
February 26.5 27.2 27.6 28.0
March 26.2 27.6 27.8 28.1
April 26.5 27.3 28.0 28.2
May 26.5 27.5 27.9 28.3
June 26.5 27.8 27.9 28.4
July 26.6 27.6 28.1 28.3
August 26.7 27.5 28.2 28.2
September 26.7 27.4 28.1 28.2
October 27.0 27.5 28.0 28.0
November 26.9 27.7 27.7
December 26.8 27.8 28.2

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment

Note: Available seat-miles are a measure of the capacity of air passenger transportation. An available seat-mile is equal to one aircraft seat carried one mile.

Passenger Enplanements on U.S. Airlines, Seasonally-Adjusted (Tables 10-12)

Table 10. Systemwide Passenger Enplanements on U.S. Airlines, Seasonally-Adjusted

Systemwide (Domestic + International) passenger enplanements (seasonally-adjusted) in millions (000,000)

Scheduled service only

2013 2014 2015 2016
January 61.80 62.79 64.75 67.57
February 62.99 63.06 64.90 67.51
March 61.44 63.95 65.60 67.01
April 61.63 63.51 65.72 67.89
May 61.60 63.49 65.98 68.89
June 61.94 63.33 66.09 68.91
July 61.35 63.66 66.91 68.42
August 61.61 63.53 67.42 67.96
September 61.87 63.76 67.32 69.25
October 61.92 63.76 68.15 68.65
November 62.95 64.16 67.64
December 62.55 64.17 67.94

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Market

Table 11. Domestic Passenger Enplanements on U.S. Airlines, Seasonally-Adjusted

Domestic passenger enplanements on U.S. airlines (seasonally-adjusted) in millions (000,000)

Scheduled service only

2013 2014 2015 2016
January 53.85 54.47 56.34 58.94
February 54.89 54.75 56.49 58.89
March 53.41 55.58 57.19 58.39
April 53.63 55.09 57.32 59.27
May 53.54 55.09 57.54 60.26
June 53.81 54.96 57.60 60.17
July 53.16 55.34 58.32 59.72
August 53.40 55.21 58.77 59.35
September 53.70 55.49 58.73 60.66
October 53.68 55.57 59.56 60.12
November 54.72 55.84 59.03
December 54.28 55.80 59.28

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Domestic Market

Table 12. International Passenger Enplanements on U.S. Airlines, Seasonally-Adjusted

International passenger enplanements (seasonally-adjusted) in millions (000,000)

Scheduled service only

2013 2014 2015 2016
January 7.94 8.32 8.41 8.63
February 8.10 8.32 8.41 8.61
March 8.03 8.36 8.41 8.62
April 8.01 8.42 8.40 8.62
May 8.06 8.40 8.44 8.63
June 8.13 8.37 8.49 8.74
July 8.19 8.32 8.58 8.70
August 8.21 8.32 8.66 8.61
September 8.17 8.27 8.59 8.59
October 8.24 8.19 8.59 8.54
November 8.23 8.32 8.61
December 8.26 8.37 8.66

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 International Market

Unadjusted Tables

Load Factor on U.S. Airlines, Unadjusted (Tables 13-15)

Table 13. Systemwide Load Factor on U.S. Airlines, Unadjusted

Systemwide (Domestic + International) RPMs/ASMs (both unadjusted) in percent

Scheduled service only

2013 2014 2015 2016
January 78.9 80.3 79.1 80.2
February 79.2 79.8 80.2 78.8
March 84.3 83.5 83.9 83.6
April 81.6 83.4 82.5 82.0
May 84.2 85.0 84.1 83.8
June 87.0 86.4 86.4 86.6
July 86.6 86.7 87.4 86.8
August 86.1 86.5 86.4 84.6
September 81.6 81.9 83.0 83.3
October 82.2 82.8 85.0 83.8
November 79.3 79.8 82.4
December 84.4 82.6 82.9
10 Mo. Value 83.3 83.8 84.0 83.5
Yr. Value 83.1 83.4 83.8

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment

Note: Load factor is a measure of the use of aircraft capacity that compares Revenue Passenger-Miles (RPMs) as a proportion of Available Seat-Miles (ASMs).

Table 14. Domestic Load Factor on U.S. Airlines, Unadjusted

Domestic RPMs/ASMs (both unadjusted) in percent

Scheduled service only

2013 2014 2015 2016
January 78.9 80.7 79.2 80.6
February 80.8 82.1 82.4 80.8
March 85.0 85.5 85.8 85.3
April 82.8 84.9 84.9 84.1
May 84.9 86.3 85.6 85.9
June 87.0 87.4 87.4 87.6
July 86.5 87.8 88.1 87.2
August 85.5 86.9 86.6 84.7
September 80.9 82.1 83.8 84.2
October 82.7 84.1 86.4 85.3
November 80.1 81.4 84.2
December 85.1 83.5 84.0
10 Mo. Value 83.6 84.9 85.2 84.7
Yr. Value 83.5 84.5 85.0

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment

Note: Load factor is a measure of the use of aircraft capacity that compares Revenue Passenger-Miles (RPMs) as a proportion of Available Seat-Miles (ASMs).

Table 15. International Load Factor on U.S. Airlines, Unadjusted

International RPMs/ASMs (both unadjusted) in percent

Scheduled service only

2013 2014 2015 2016
January 78.8 79.6 78.8 79.5
February 75.6 75.0 75.3 73.9
March 82.5 79.2 79.5 79.4
April 78.8 80.1 77.1 77.3
May 82.8 82.3 80.8 79.3
June 86.9 84.4 84.4 84.5
July 86.9 84.4 85.8 86.0
August 87.2 85.5 86.0 84.3
September 83.3 81.6 81.4 81.1
October 81.1 79.8 81.6 80.0
November 77.6 76.2 78.1
December 82.9 80.8 80.3
10 Mo. Value 82.7 81.4 81.4 80.8
Yr. Value 82.3 81.0 81.0

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment

Note: Load factor is a measure of the use of aircraft capacity that compares Revenue Passenger-Miles (RPMs) as a proportion of Available Seat-Miles (ASMs).

Revenue Passenger-Miles on U.S. Airlines, Unadjusted (Tables 16-18)

Table 16. Systemwide Revenue Passenger-Miles (RPMs) on U.S. Airlines, Unadjusted

Systemwide (Domestic + International) RPMs (unadjusted) in billions (000,000,000)

Scheduled service only

2013 2014 2015 2016
January 62.4 64.1 66.0 69.3
February 57.5 57.9 59.8 64.6
March 72.2 73.6 75.8 78.7
April 67.8 70.7 73.1 75.1
May 73.0 75.2 78.0 80.8
June 77.9 79.5 82.7 86.5
July 81.3 83.7 88.3 90.6
August 79.3 81.2 85.2 86.1
September 66.6 68.4 72.5 75.3
October 69.1 71.3 76.1 75.9
November 63.0 65.2 70.0
December 70.4 71.8 74.8
10 Mo. Total 707.0 725.6 757.4 782.9
Yr. Total 840.4 862.5 902.2

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment

Note: Revenue passenger-miles are a measure of the volume of air passenger transportation. A revenue passenger-mile is equal to one paying passenger carried one mile.

Table 17. Domestic Revenue Passenger-Miles (RPMs) on U.S. Airlines, Unadjusted

Domestic RPMs (unadjusted) in billions (000,000,000)

Scheduled service only

2013 2014 2015 2016
January 42.7 43.6 45.1 48.1
February 40.4 40.5 42.3 46.5
March 50.6 51.9 53.9 56.7
April 47.3 49.3 51.9 53.6
May 50.1 51.5 54.3 57.1
June 52.8 54.0 57.0 60.3
July 54.8 56.9 60.4 62.4
August 53.1 54.6 57.8 59.3
September 44.7 46.3 49.9 52.7
October 47.9 50.1 54.1 54.4
November 44.4 46.4 50.9
December 49.1 50.3 53.1
10 Mo. Total 484.3 498.7 526.6 551.0
Yr. Total 577.9 595.3 630.7

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment

Note: Revenue passenger-miles are a measure of the volume of air passenger transportation. A revenue passenger-mile is equal to one paying passenger carried one mile.

Table 18. International Revenue Passenger-Miles (RPMs) on U.S. Airlines, Unadjusted

International RPMs (unadjusted) in billions (000,000,000)

Scheduled service only

2013 2014 2015 2016
January 19.7 20.5 20.8 21.2
February 17.2 17.3 17.5 18.1
March 21.6 21.8 21.8 22.0
April 20.5 21.5 21.2 21.5
May 22.9 23.7 23.8 23.7
June 25.0 25.5 25.7 26.2
July 26.5 26.8 27.8 28.3
August 26.2 26.6 27.4 26.9
September 21.9 22.1 22.6 22.7
October 21.2 21.2 22.0 21.5
November 18.6 18.8 19.1
December 21.2 21.5 21.7
10 Mo. Total 222.7 226.9 230.8 232.0
Yr. Total 262.6 267.2 271.6

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment

Note: Revenue passenger-miles are a measure of the volume of air passenger transportation. A revenue passenger-mile is equal to one paying passenger carried one mile.

Available Seat-Miles on U.S. Airlines, Unadjusted (Tables 19-21)

Table 19. Systemwide Available Seat-Miles (ASMs) on U.S. Airlines, Unadjusted

Systemwide (Domestic + International) ASMs (unadjusted) in billions (000,000,000)

Scheduled service only

2013 2014 2015 2016
January 79.2 79.8 83.4 86.3
February 72.6 72.5 74.5 81.9
March 85.6 88.2 90.3 94.2
April 83.1 84.8 88.6 91.6
May 86.7 88.5 92.8 96.4
June 89.5 92.0 95.7 99.9
July 93.8 96.5 101.0 104.4
August 92.2 94.0 98.6 101.8
September 81.5 83.5 87.3 90.4
October 84.0 86.1 89.5 90.6
November 79.5 81.7 84.9
December 83.4 86.8 90.3
10 Mo. Total 848.2 865.9 901.7 937.5
Yr. Total 1,011.1 1,034.4 1,076.9

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment

Note: Available seat-miles are a measure of the capacity of air passenger transportation. An available seat-mile is equal to one aircraft seat carried one mile.

Table 20. Domestic Available Seat-Miles (ASMs) on U.S. Airlines, Unadjusted

Domestic ASMs (unadjusted) in billions (000,000,000)

Scheduled service only

2013 2014 2015 2016
January 54.1 54.0 57.0 59.7
February 50.0 49.4 51.3 57.5
March 59.5 60.7 62.9 66.5
April 57.1 58.0 61.1 63.8
May 59.1 59.7 63.4 66.5
June 60.7 61.8 65.2 68.8
July 63.3 64.8 68.6 71.5
August 62.1 62.9 66.7 70.0
September 55.2 56.5 59.5 62.5
October 57.9 59.6 62.6 63.8
November 55.5 56.9 60.5
December 57.8 60.3 63.2
10 Mo. Total 579.0 587.4 618.3 650.6
Yr. Total 692.3 704.6 742.0

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment

Note: Available seat-miles are a measure of the capacity of air passenger transportation. An available seat-mile is equal to one aircraft seat carried one mile.

Table 21. International Available Seat-Miles (ASMs) on U.S. Airlines, Unadjusted

International ASMs (unadjusted) in billions (000,000,000)

Scheduled service only

2013 2014 2015 2016
January 25.0 25.8 26.4 26.7
February 22.7 23.1 23.3 24.5
March 26.1 27.5 27.5 27.7
April 26.0 26.8 27.5 27.8
May 27.6 28.8 29.4 29.8
June 28.8 30.2 30.5 31.1
July 30.5 31.7 32.4 32.9
August 30.1 31.1 31.9 31.9
September 26.3 27.0 27.8 27.9
October 26.1 26.5 27.0 26.9
November 24.0 24.7 24.5
December 25.6 26.6 27.0
10 Mo. Total 269.2 278.5 283.7 287.2
Yr. Total 318.8 329.8 335.2

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment

Note: Available seat-miles are a measure of the capacity of air passenger transportation. An available seat-mile is equal to one aircraft seat carried one mile.

Passenger Enplanements on U.S. Airlines, Unadjusted (Tables 22-24)

Table 22. Systemwide Passenger Enplanements on U.S. Airlines, Unadjusted

Systemwide (Domestic + International)passenger enplanements (unadjusted) in millions (000,000)

Scheduled service only

2013 2014 2015 2016
January 55.35 55.81 57.78 60.81
February 52.49 52.44 54.16 58.49
March 65.10 66.44 68.20 70.56
April 60.98 63.49 65.92 67.23
May 64.79 66.51 68.93 71.52
June 67.08 68.60 71.27 74.50
July 69.22 71.89 75.63 76.89
August 67.73 69.53 72.87 73.43
September 58.19 59.99 63.74 66.47
October 62.16 64.49 68.73 68.62
November 57.60 59.74 64.59
December 62.49 63.78 66.40
10 Mo. Total 623.09 639.19 667.23 688.52
Yr. Total 743.18 762.71 798.22

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Market

Table 23. Domestic Passenger Enplanements on U.S. Airlines, Unadjusted

Domesticpassenger enplanements (unadjusted) in millions (000,000)

Scheduled service only

2013 2014 2015 2016
January 47.82 47.96 49.73 52.47
February 45.74 45.51 47.17 51.11
March 56.57 57.76 59.56 61.59
April 53.23 55.25 57.70 58.89
May 56.56 57.89 60.25 62.75
June 57.99 59.26 61.81 64.76
July 59.31 61.76 65.13 66.14
August 58.12 59.76 62.77 63.48
September 50.77 52.53 55.99 58.62
October 54.71 57.08 60.89 60.89
November 50.54 52.58 57.15
December 54.33 55.49 57.87
10 Mo. Total 540.82 554.76 581.00 600.70
Yr. Total 645.69 662.83 696.02

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Domestic Market

Table 24. International Passenger Enplanements on U.S. Airlines, Unadjusted

Internationalpassenger enplanements (unadjusted) in millions (000,000)

Scheduled service only

2013 2014 2015 2016
January 7.53 7.85 8.06 8.33
February 6.75 6.93 7.00 7.38
March 8.53 8.68 8.64 8.96
April 7.75 8.24 8.22 8.34
May 8.22 8.62 8.67 8.76
June 9.08 9.34 9.46 9.74
July 9.91 10.13 10.50 10.75
August 9.61 9.77 10.09 9.95
September 7.43 7.46 7.75 7.86
October 7.45 7.41 7.84 7.73
November 7.06 7.16 7.44
December 8.16 8.29 8.53
10 Mo. Total 82.26 84.43 86.23 87.80
Yr. Total 97.48 99.88 102.20

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 International Market

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