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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 1,438,796 in May 2026, compared to 1,434,908 in April. This constitutes an increase of 0.27 percent.

Sample. In this monthly time series, there are a total of 425 data points. The time range covered by the series goes from January 1991 to May 2026.

History. Take a look at some summary statistics computed on the entire sample: airport operations had an average value of 1,286,762; they recorded a bottom of 695,784 in April 2020; they hit a peak of 1,738,720 in July 2001.

Latest values

Date Value - Units
2026-03-31 1393270.0
2026-04-30 1434908.0
2026-05-31 1438796.0

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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 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