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US Airport Operations: 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 airport operations (takeoffs and landings) was 4,460,964 in November 2025, compared to 5,037,893 in the previous month. This marks a reduction of 11.45 percent.

Sample. In this monthly series, there are 419 records in total. The series covers the time period extending from January 1991 to November 2025.

History. Here's a peek at some descriptive statistics calculated on the full sample: airport operations reached their highest level of 6,221,033 in August 2001; they reached their lowest level of 2,055,084 in April 2020; they had an average value of 4,795,404.

Latest values

Date Value - Units
2025-09-30 4882150.0
2025-10-31 5037893.0
2025-11-30 4460964.0

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Series Metadata

Field Value
Description US Airport Operations: 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 419 1991-01-31 2025-11-30
US Airport Operations: Itinerant: Air Taxi (units; seasonally unadjusted) - United States - US Federal Aviation Administration - Monthly 419 1991-01-31 2025-11-30
US Airport Operations: Itinerant: General Aviation (units; seasonally unadjusted) - United States - US Federal Aviation Administration - Monthly 419 1991-01-31 2025-11-30
US Airport Operations: Itinerant: Military (units; seasonally unadjusted) - United States - US Federal Aviation Administration - Monthly 419 1991-01-31 2025-11-30
US Airport Operations: Itinerant: Total (units; seasonally unadjusted) - United States - US Federal Aviation Administration - Monthly 419 1991-01-31 2025-11-30
US Airport Operations: Local: Civil (units; seasonally unadjusted) - United States - US Federal Aviation Administration - Monthly 419 1991-01-31 2025-11-30
US Airport Operations: Local: Military (units; seasonally unadjusted) - United States - US Federal Aviation Administration - Monthly 419 1991-01-31 2025-11-30
US Airport Operations: Local: Total (units; seasonally unadjusted) - United States - US Federal Aviation Administration - Monthly 419 1991-01-31 2025-11-30
US Airport Operations: Total (units; seasonally unadjusted) - United States - US Federal Aviation Administration - Monthly 419 1991-01-31 2025-11-30

Seasonally adjusted

Series Name Observations Start Date End Date
US Airport Operations: Itinerant: Air Carrier (units; seasonally adjusted) - United States - FSR - Monthly 419 1991-01-31 2025-11-30
US Airport Operations: Itinerant: Air Taxi (units; seasonally adjusted) - United States - FSR - Monthly 419 1991-01-31 2025-11-30
US Airport Operations: Itinerant: General Aviation (units; seasonally adjusted) - United States - FSR - Monthly 419 1991-01-31 2025-11-30
US Airport Operations: Itinerant: Military (units; seasonally adjusted) - United States - FSR - Monthly 419 1991-01-31 2025-11-30
US Airport Operations: Itinerant: Total (units; seasonally adjusted) - United States - FSR - Monthly 419 1991-01-31 2025-11-30
US Airport Operations: Local: Civil (units; seasonally adjusted) - United States - FSR - Monthly 419 1991-01-31 2025-11-30
US Airport Operations: Local: Military (units; seasonally adjusted) - United States - FSR - Monthly 419 1991-01-31 2025-11-30
US Airport Operations: Local: Total (units; seasonally adjusted) - United States - FSR - Monthly 419 1991-01-31 2025-11-30
US Airport Operations: Total (units; seasonally adjusted) - United States - FSR - Monthly 419 1991-01-31 2025-11-30