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US Airport Operations: Local: Civil (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 local airport operations (takeoffs and landings) classified as Civil was 1,139,964 in January 2026, compared to 1,004,780 in December 2025. This marks an increase of 13.45 percent.

Sample. In the monthly time series plotted above, there are a total of 421 observations. The series covers the time range stretching from January 1991 to January 2026.

History. Check out a few descriptive statistics we calculated on the full sample: airport operations hit a peak of 1,609,124 in July 2001; they hit a trough of 616,921 in April 2020; they had a mean value of 1,182,595.

Latest values

Date Value - Units
2025-11-30 1211301.0
2025-12-31 1004780.0
2026-01-31 1139964.0

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Series Metadata

Field Value
Description US Airport Operations: Local: Civil
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 421 1991-01-31 2026-01-31
US Airport Operations: Itinerant: Air Taxi (units; seasonally unadjusted) - United States - US Federal Aviation Administration - Monthly 421 1991-01-31 2026-01-31
US Airport Operations: Itinerant: General Aviation (units; seasonally unadjusted) - United States - US Federal Aviation Administration - Monthly 421 1991-01-31 2026-01-31
US Airport Operations: Itinerant: Military (units; seasonally unadjusted) - United States - US Federal Aviation Administration - Monthly 421 1991-01-31 2026-01-31
US Airport Operations: Itinerant: Total (units; seasonally unadjusted) - United States - US Federal Aviation Administration - Monthly 421 1991-01-31 2026-01-31
US Airport Operations: Local: Civil (units; seasonally unadjusted) - United States - US Federal Aviation Administration - Monthly 421 1991-01-31 2026-01-31
US Airport Operations: Local: Military (units; seasonally unadjusted) - United States - US Federal Aviation Administration - Monthly 421 1991-01-31 2026-01-31
US Airport Operations: Local: Total (units; seasonally unadjusted) - United States - US Federal Aviation Administration - Monthly 421 1991-01-31 2026-01-31
US Airport Operations: Total (units; seasonally unadjusted) - United States - US Federal Aviation Administration - Monthly 421 1991-01-31 2026-01-31

Seasonally adjusted

Series Name Observations Start Date End Date
US Airport Operations: Itinerant: Air Carrier (units; seasonally adjusted) - United States - FSR - Monthly 421 1991-01-31 2026-01-31
US Airport Operations: Itinerant: Air Taxi (units; seasonally adjusted) - United States - FSR - Monthly 421 1991-01-31 2026-01-31
US Airport Operations: Itinerant: General Aviation (units; seasonally adjusted) - United States - FSR - Monthly 421 1991-01-31 2026-01-31
US Airport Operations: Itinerant: Military (units; seasonally adjusted) - United States - FSR - Monthly 421 1991-01-31 2026-01-31
US Airport Operations: Itinerant: Total (units; seasonally adjusted) - United States - FSR - Monthly 421 1991-01-31 2026-01-31
US Airport Operations: Local: Civil (units; seasonally adjusted) - United States - FSR - Monthly 421 1991-01-31 2026-01-31
US Airport Operations: Local: Military (units; seasonally adjusted) - United States - FSR - Monthly 421 1991-01-31 2026-01-31
US Airport Operations: Local: Total (units; seasonally adjusted) - United States - FSR - Monthly 421 1991-01-31 2026-01-31
US Airport Operations: Total (units; seasonally adjusted) - United States - FSR - Monthly 421 1991-01-31 2026-01-31