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)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In the United States, the number of itinerant airport operations (takeoffs and landings) classified in the Air Carrier category was 1,280,210 in February 2026, compared to 1,332,432 in January 2026. This represents a reduction of 3.92 percent.
Sample. In this monthly series, there are 422 observations. The series covers the period stretching from January 1991 to February 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few simple statistics we calculated on the whole sample: airport operations reached their maximum of 1,567,289 in July 2025; they registered a minimum of 427,670 in May 2020; they had an average value of 1,161,303.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Units |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 1481178.0 |
| 2026-01-31 | 1332432.0 |
| 2026-02-28 | 1280210.0 |
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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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