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US Airport Operations: Itinerant: Air Carrier (units; seasonally unadjusted) - United States - US Federal Aviation Administration - Monthly

This series is part of the dataset: US Airport Operations (FAA)

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Latest updates. In the United States, the number of itinerant airport operations (takeoffs and landings) classified in the Air Carrier category was 1,580,369 in July 2026, compared to 1,514,383 in June 2026. This marks an increase of 4.36 percent.

Sample. There are 427 data points overall in the monthly series presented in the plot above. The time range covered by the series stretches from January 1991 to July 2026.

History. Take a look at some summary statistics calculated on the entire sample: airport operations averaged 1,165,549; they reached a maximum of 1,580,369 in July 2026; they reached their minimum of 427,670 in May 2020.

Latest values

Date Value - Units
2026-05-31 1521903.0
2026-06-30 1514383.0
2026-07-31 1580369.0

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Series Metadata

Field Value
Description US Airport Operations: Itinerant: Air Carrier
Country United States
Economic concept Flow
Data type Quantity
Seasonally adjusted No
Deflation method Not applicable
Rescaling None
Measure type Level
Frequency Monthly
Unit Units
Source Federal Aviation Administration
Source type Government agency
Data licence Not copyrightable under U.S. law
Other information Not available
FSR temporal aggregation code SM1

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Seasonally unadjusted

Series Name Observations Start Date End Date
US Airport Operations: Itinerant: Air Carrier (units; seasonally unadjusted) - United States - US Federal Aviation Administration - Monthly 427 1991-01-31 2026-07-31
US Airport Operations: Itinerant: Air Taxi (units; seasonally unadjusted) - United States - US Federal Aviation Administration - Monthly 427 1991-01-31 2026-07-31
US Airport Operations: Itinerant: General Aviation (units; seasonally unadjusted) - United States - US Federal Aviation Administration - Monthly 427 1991-01-31 2026-07-31
US Airport Operations: Itinerant: Military (units; seasonally unadjusted) - United States - US Federal Aviation Administration - Monthly 427 1991-01-31 2026-07-31
US Airport Operations: Itinerant: Total (units; seasonally unadjusted) - United States - US Federal Aviation Administration - Monthly 427 1991-01-31 2026-07-31
US Airport Operations: Local: Civil (units; seasonally unadjusted) - United States - US Federal Aviation Administration - Monthly 427 1991-01-31 2026-07-31
US Airport Operations: Local: Military (units; seasonally unadjusted) - United States - US Federal Aviation Administration - Monthly 427 1991-01-31 2026-07-31
US Airport Operations: Local: Total (units; seasonally unadjusted) - United States - US Federal Aviation Administration - Monthly 427 1991-01-31 2026-07-31
US Airport Operations: Total (units; seasonally unadjusted) - United States - US Federal Aviation Administration - Monthly 427 1991-01-31 2026-07-31

Seasonally adjusted

Series Name Observations Start Date End Date
US Airport Operations: Itinerant: Air Carrier (units; seasonally adjusted) - United States - FSR - Monthly 427 1991-01-31 2026-07-31
US Airport Operations: Itinerant: Air Taxi (units; seasonally adjusted) - United States - FSR - Monthly 427 1991-01-31 2026-07-31
US Airport Operations: Itinerant: General Aviation (units; seasonally adjusted) - United States - FSR - Monthly 427 1991-01-31 2026-07-31
US Airport Operations: Itinerant: Military (units; seasonally adjusted) - United States - FSR - Monthly 427 1991-01-31 2026-07-31
US Airport Operations: Itinerant: Total (units; seasonally adjusted) - United States - FSR - Monthly 427 1991-01-31 2026-07-31
US Airport Operations: Local: Civil (units; seasonally adjusted) - United States - FSR - Monthly 427 1991-01-31 2026-07-31
US Airport Operations: Local: Military (units; seasonally adjusted) - United States - FSR - Monthly 427 1991-01-31 2026-07-31
US Airport Operations: Local: Total (units; seasonally adjusted) - United States - FSR - Monthly 427 1991-01-31 2026-07-31
US Airport Operations: Total (units; seasonally adjusted) - United States - FSR - Monthly 427 1991-01-31 2026-07-31