U.S. Air Carrier Traffic Statistics

System	August 2026			August 2025
System	Scheduled	Non-Scheduled	Total	Scheduled	Non-Scheduled	Total
Revenue Passenger Enplanements (000)	83,531	421	83,952	86,765	470	87,235
Revenue Passenger Miles (000)	99,870,075	355,181	100,225,256	103,422,634	457,629	103,880,263
Available Seat Miles (000)	120,534,381	935,421	121,469,802	122,213,492	1,103,254	123,316,746
Passenger Load Factor (%)	82.85	37.97	82.51	84.62	41.47	84.23
Revenue Freight Ton Miles (000)	753,210	23,857	777,067	653,573	27,224	680,797
Total Revenue Ton Miles (000)	10,760,265	59,377	10,819,642	11,019,822	72,995	11,092,817
Available Ton Miles (000)	16,546,588	179,890	16,726,478	17,029,499	245,839	17,275,338
Ton Miles Load Factor (%)	65.03	33.00	64.68	64.71	29.69	64.21
Revenue Departures Performed	806,546	24,152	830,698	812,304	24,052	836,356
Revenue Aircraft Miles Flown (000)	709,840	8,905	718,745	718,288	9,318	727,606
Revenue Aircraft Hours (Airborne)	1,614,536	27,707	1,642,243	1,627,273	27,947	1,655,220

System	September 2025 - August 2026			September 2024 - August 2025
System	Scheduled	Non-Scheduled	Total	Scheduled	Non-Scheduled	Total
Revenue Passenger Enplanements (000)	966,030	4,996	971,026	975,678	4,694	980,372
Revenue Passenger Miles (000)	1,135,425,159	5,021,755	1,140,446,914	1,132,685,231	4,796,359	1,137,481,590
Available Seat Miles (000)	1,384,310,786	12,858,264	1,397,169,050	1,374,119,267	11,918,339	1,386,037,606
Passenger Load Factor (%)	82.02	39.05	81.62	82.42	40.24	82.06
Revenue Freight Ton Miles (000)	8,404,829	376,753	8,781,582	7,810,868	321,794	8,132,662
Total Revenue Ton Miles (000)	122,236,542	878,955	123,115,497	121,373,834	801,489	122,175,323
Available Ton Miles (000)	191,100,642	2,660,193	193,760,835	190,180,014	2,644,534	192,824,548
Ton Miles Load Factor (%)	63.96	33.04	63.53	63.82	30.30	63.36
Revenue Departures Performed	9,253,741	215,239	9,468,980	9,228,152	205,532	9,433,684
Revenue Aircraft Miles Flown (000)	8,179,343	103,201	8,282,544	8,114,208	95,262	8,209,470
Revenue Aircraft Hours (Airborne)	18,699,507	285,622	18,985,129	18,550,237	271,144	18,821,381

U.S Air Carrier Traffic Statistics through August 2026