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)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In the United States, the total number of airport operations (takeoffs and landings) was 4,268,550 in February 2026, versus 4,180,943 in January 2026. This represents a rise of 2.10 percent.
Sample. There are 422 observations in the monthly series shown in the graph above. The time span covered by the series goes from January 1991 to February 2026.
History. Here's a peek at some statistics we calculated on the full sample: airport operations averaged 4,791,115; they achieved a maximum of 6,221,033 in August 2001; they recorded a bottom of 2,055,084 in April 2020.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Units |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 4126710.0 |
| 2026-01-31 | 4180943.0 |
| 2026-02-28 | 4268550.0 |
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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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