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US Airport Operations: Local: Total (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 total number of local airport operations (takeoffs and landings) stood at 1,260,260 in February 2026, compared to 1,185,404 in the previous month. This constitutes a gain of 6.31 percent.

Sample. There are 422 data points overall in the monthly time series displayed in the plot above. The series covers the time period stretching from January 1991 to February 2026.

History. Here’s a quick look at a few summary statistics we computed on the whole sample: airport operations had a mean of 1,285,793; they hit a peak of 1,738,720 in July 2001; they recorded a bottom of 695,784 in April 2020.

Latest values

Date Value - Units
2025-12-31 1042927.0
2026-01-31 1185404.0
2026-02-28 1260260.0

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Series Metadata

Field Value
Description US Airport Operations: Local: Total
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 422 1991-01-31 2026-02-28
US Airport Operations: Itinerant: Air Taxi (units; seasonally unadjusted) - United States - US Federal Aviation Administration - Monthly 422 1991-01-31 2026-02-28
US Airport Operations: Itinerant: General Aviation (units; seasonally unadjusted) - United States - US Federal Aviation Administration - Monthly 422 1991-01-31 2026-02-28
US Airport Operations: Itinerant: Military (units; seasonally unadjusted) - United States - US Federal Aviation Administration - Monthly 422 1991-01-31 2026-02-28
US Airport Operations: Itinerant: Total (units; seasonally unadjusted) - United States - US Federal Aviation Administration - Monthly 422 1991-01-31 2026-02-28
US Airport Operations: Local: Civil (units; seasonally unadjusted) - United States - US Federal Aviation Administration - Monthly 422 1991-01-31 2026-02-28
US Airport Operations: Local: Military (units; seasonally unadjusted) - United States - US Federal Aviation Administration - Monthly 422 1991-01-31 2026-02-28
US Airport Operations: Local: Total (units; seasonally unadjusted) - United States - US Federal Aviation Administration - Monthly 422 1991-01-31 2026-02-28
US Airport Operations: Total (units; seasonally unadjusted) - United States - US Federal Aviation Administration - Monthly 422 1991-01-31 2026-02-28

Seasonally adjusted

Series Name Observations Start Date End Date
US Airport Operations: Itinerant: Air Carrier (units; seasonally adjusted) - United States - FSR - Monthly 422 1991-01-31 2026-02-28
US Airport Operations: Itinerant: Air Taxi (units; seasonally adjusted) - United States - FSR - Monthly 422 1991-01-31 2026-02-28
US Airport Operations: Itinerant: General Aviation (units; seasonally adjusted) - United States - FSR - Monthly 422 1991-01-31 2026-02-28
US Airport Operations: Itinerant: Military (units; seasonally adjusted) - United States - FSR - Monthly 422 1991-01-31 2026-02-28
US Airport Operations: Itinerant: Total (units; seasonally adjusted) - United States - FSR - Monthly 422 1991-01-31 2026-02-28
US Airport Operations: Local: Civil (units; seasonally adjusted) - United States - FSR - Monthly 422 1991-01-31 2026-02-28
US Airport Operations: Local: Military (units; seasonally adjusted) - United States - FSR - Monthly 422 1991-01-31 2026-02-28
US Airport Operations: Local: Total (units; seasonally adjusted) - United States - FSR - Monthly 422 1991-01-31 2026-02-28
US Airport Operations: Total (units; seasonally adjusted) - United States - FSR - Monthly 422 1991-01-31 2026-02-28