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)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In the United States, the total number of local airport operations (takeoffs and landings) was 1,456,984 in August 2026, compared to 1,471,682 in July. This represents a decrease of 1.00 percent.
Sample. In the monthly series shown in the plot, there are 428 observations in total. The series covers the time range stretching from January 1991 to August 2026.
History. Check out some summary statistics we calculated on the entire sample: airport operations had an average value of 1,287,970; they reached a minimum of 695,784 in April 2020; they peaked at 1,738,720 in July 2001.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Units |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 1,448,645 |
| 2026-07-31 | 1,471,682 |
| 2026-08-31 | 1,456,984 |
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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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