| Field Name | Description | 
|---|
| Year | Year |  | 
| Quarter | Quarter(1-4) | Analysis | 
| AirlineID | An identification number assigned by US DOT to identify a unique airline (carrier). A unique airline (carrier) is defined as one holding and reporting under the same DOT certificate regardless of its Code, Name, or holding company/corporation. | Analysis | 
| UniqueCarrier | Unique Carrier Code. When the same code has been used by multiple carriers, a numeric suffix is used for earlier users, for example, PA, PA(1), PA(2). Use this field for analysis across a range of years. | Analysis | 
| UniqueCarrierName | Unique Carrier Name. When the same name has been used by multiple carriers, a numeric suffix is used for earlier users, for example, Air Caribbean, Air Caribbean (1). |  | 
| UniqCarrierEntity | Unique Entity for a Carrier's Operation Region. | Analysis | 
| CarrierRegion | Carrier's Operation Region. Carriers Report Data by Operation Region | Analysis | 
| Carrier | Code assigned by IATA and commonly used to identify a carrier. As the same code may have been assigned to different carriers over time, the code is not always unique. For analysis, use the Unique Carrier Code. |  | 
| CarrierName | Carrier Name |  | 
| CarrierGroup | Carrier Group Code.  Used in Legacy Analysis | Analysis | 
| CarrierGroupNew | Carrier Group New | Analysis | 
| AircraftGroup | Aircraft Group | Analysis | 
| AircraftType | Aircraft Type | Analysis | 
| AircraftConfig | Aircraft (Cabin) Configuration | Analysis | 
| SvcClass | Type of service provided (Scheduled, Non-Scheduled, etc.).  Note that some service classes are sums of other detailed classes, for example, K (F+G), V (L+N+P+R), and Z (K+V). | Analysis | 
| AvailSeatMiles | All Services, Available Seat Miles, Total | Analysis | 
| RevPaxMiles | All Services, Revenue Passenger Miles, Total | Analysis | 
| RevTonMiles | All Services, Revenue Ton Miles, Total | Analysis | 
| RTMFreight | All Services, Freight Revenue Ton Miles | Analysis | 
| RTMMail | All Services, Mail Revenue Ton Miles | Analysis | 
| AvailTonMiles | All Services, Available Ton Miles, Total | Analysis | 
| RevAirMiles | All Services, Revenue Aircraft Miles Flown | Analysis | 
| RevDepPerformed | All Services, Revenue Aircraft Departures Performed | Analysis | 
| RevAirHours | Revenue Aircraft Hours Flown (Airborne) | Analysis | 
| NonRevAirHours | Non-Revenue Aircraft Hours Flown (Airborne). Note: Data not collected after 2002 Q3. | Analysis | 
| AirHoursRamp | Aircraft Hours, Ramp-to-Ramp | Analysis | 
| AirHours | Total Aircraft Hours Flown (Airborne) | Analysis | 
| AirDaysEquip | Aircraft Days Assigned, Carrier Equipment | Analysis | 
| AirDaysRoute | Aircraft Days Assigned, Carrier Routes. Note: Data not collected after 2002 Q3. | Analysis | 
| AircraftFuel | Aircraft Fuel (gallons) | Analysis | 
| NumMonths | Number of Months that the Carrier Reported in the Quarter (1, 2, or 3) |  |