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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 stood at 1,527,249 in May 2026, versus 1,496,250 in the previous month. This represents a gain of 2.07 percent.

Sample. In the monthly time series shown in the figure, there are a total of 425 observations. The time period covered by the series stretches from January 1991 to May 2026.

History. Here's a snapshot of a few simple statistics calculated on the full sample: airport operations averaged 1,163,765; they reached their highest level of 1,567,289 in July 2025; they reached their minimum of 427,670 in May 2020.

Latest values

Date Value - Units
2026-03-31 1506688.0
2026-04-30 1496250.0
2026-05-31 1527249.0

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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 425 1991-01-31 2026-05-31
US Airport Operations: Itinerant: Air Taxi (units; seasonally unadjusted) - United States - US Federal Aviation Administration - Monthly 425 1991-01-31 2026-05-31
US Airport Operations: Itinerant: General Aviation (units; seasonally unadjusted) - United States - US Federal Aviation Administration - Monthly 425 1991-01-31 2026-05-31
US Airport Operations: Itinerant: Military (units; seasonally unadjusted) - United States - US Federal Aviation Administration - Monthly 425 1991-01-31 2026-05-31
US Airport Operations: Itinerant: Total (units; seasonally unadjusted) - United States - US Federal Aviation Administration - Monthly 425 1991-01-31 2026-05-31
US Airport Operations: Local: Civil (units; seasonally unadjusted) - United States - US Federal Aviation Administration - Monthly 425 1991-01-31 2026-05-31
US Airport Operations: Local: Military (units; seasonally unadjusted) - United States - US Federal Aviation Administration - Monthly 425 1991-01-31 2026-05-31
US Airport Operations: Local: Total (units; seasonally unadjusted) - United States - US Federal Aviation Administration - Monthly 425 1991-01-31 2026-05-31
US Airport Operations: Total (units; seasonally unadjusted) - United States - US Federal Aviation Administration - Monthly 425 1991-01-31 2026-05-31

Seasonally adjusted

Series Name Observations Start Date End Date
US Airport Operations: Itinerant: Air Carrier (units; seasonally adjusted) - United States - FSR - Monthly 425 1991-01-31 2026-05-31
US Airport Operations: Itinerant: Air Taxi (units; seasonally adjusted) - United States - FSR - Monthly 425 1991-01-31 2026-05-31
US Airport Operations: Itinerant: General Aviation (units; seasonally adjusted) - United States - FSR - Monthly 425 1991-01-31 2026-05-31
US Airport Operations: Itinerant: Military (units; seasonally adjusted) - United States - FSR - Monthly 425 1991-01-31 2026-05-31
US Airport Operations: Itinerant: Total (units; seasonally adjusted) - United States - FSR - Monthly 425 1991-01-31 2026-05-31
US Airport Operations: Local: Civil (units; seasonally adjusted) - United States - FSR - Monthly 425 1991-01-31 2026-05-31
US Airport Operations: Local: Military (units; seasonally adjusted) - United States - FSR - Monthly 425 1991-01-31 2026-05-31
US Airport Operations: Local: Total (units; seasonally adjusted) - United States - FSR - Monthly 425 1991-01-31 2026-05-31
US Airport Operations: Total (units; seasonally adjusted) - United States - FSR - Monthly 425 1991-01-31 2026-05-31