Federal Reserve Economic Data

Table Data - Load Factor for U.S. Air Carrier Domestic and International, Scheduled Passenger Flights

Title Load Factor for U.S. Air Carrier Domestic and International, Scheduled Passenger Flights
Series ID LOADFACTOR
Source U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Release Transportation Services Index and Seasonally-Adjusted Transportation Data (Not a Press Release)
Seasonal Adjustment Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Monthly
Units Percent
Date Range 2000-01-01 to 2024-08-01
Last Updated 2024-12-11 9:01 AM CST
Notes Data from all U.S. air carrier domestic and international, scheduled passenger flights. International data in system total includes U.S. carrier operations to and from the U.S. and from one foreign point to another foreign point. BTS’ Airlines and Airports available here does not include U.S. carriers’ foreign point-to-point flights.

This data is collected by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), U.S. Air Carrier Traffic Statistics reported in BTS' monthly Air Traffic Data release, available here.
DATE VALUE
2000-01-01 63.4
2000-02-01 66.5
2000-03-01 74.3
2000-04-01 73.8
2000-05-01 74.2
2000-06-01 79.7
2000-07-01 79.2
2000-08-01 77.0
2000-09-01 69.4
2000-10-01 70.2
2000-11-01 70.6
2000-12-01 68.9
2001-01-01 64.1
2001-02-01 66.3
2001-03-01 73.9
2001-04-01 72.3
2001-05-01 70.7
2001-06-01 76.9
2001-07-01 77.1
2001-08-01 77.1
2001-09-01 58.5
2001-10-01 62.7
2001-11-01 66.9
2001-12-01 68.2
2002-01-01 65.2
2002-02-01 68.1
2002-03-01 76.2
2002-04-01 71.4
2002-05-01 72.1
2002-06-01 76.8
2002-07-01 76.9
2002-08-01 77.1
2002-09-01 66.0
2002-10-01 69.1
2002-11-01 67.6
2002-12-01 73.3
2003-01-01 66.4
2003-02-01 68.4
2003-03-01 72.1
2003-04-01 70.9
2003-05-01 74.0
2003-06-01 79.2
2003-07-01 81.5
2003-08-01 79.8
2003-09-01 69.3
2003-10-01 72.6
2003-11-01 71.9
2003-12-01 74.1
2004-01-01 67.8
2004-02-01 69.5
2004-03-01 76.4
2004-04-01 76.6
2004-05-01 75.2
2004-06-01 81.5
2004-07-01 82.6
2004-08-01 79.6
2004-09-01 72.4
2004-10-01 75.0
2004-11-01 73.7
2004-12-01 73.8
2005-01-01 71.5
2005-02-01 71.9
2005-03-01 80.1
2005-04-01 76.8
2005-05-01 78.0
2005-06-01 82.7
2005-07-01 84.0
2005-08-01 80.8
2005-09-01 75.1
2005-10-01 76.1
2005-11-01 76.5
2005-12-01 76.2
2006-01-01 73.5
2006-02-01 75.2
2006-03-01 81.3
2006-04-01 80.9
2006-05-01 80.3
2006-06-01 84.7
2006-07-01 85.1
2006-08-01 81.2
2006-09-01 74.9
2006-10-01 77.3
2006-11-01 77.9
2006-12-01 77.0
2007-01-01 73.4
2007-02-01 75.1
2007-03-01 81.7
2007-04-01 80.8
2007-05-01 80.7
2007-06-01 85.7
2007-07-01 86.0
2007-08-01 84.4
2007-09-01 76.8
2007-10-01 78.7
2007-11-01 77.8
2007-12-01 76.4
2008-01-01 74.0
2008-02-01 75.1
2008-03-01 82.3
2008-04-01 79.3
2008-05-01 80.9
2008-06-01 83.9
2008-07-01 84.0
2008-08-01 83.2
2008-09-01 76.6
2008-10-01 79.2
2008-11-01 75.4
2008-12-01 78.5
2009-01-01 73.0
2009-02-01 73.3
2009-03-01 79.3
2009-04-01 80.6
2009-05-01 79.7
2009-06-01 84.2
2009-07-01 86.4
2009-08-01 84.9
2009-09-01 79.8
2009-10-01 82.1
2009-11-01 78.9
2009-12-01 80.4
2010-01-01 75.7
2010-02-01 76.5
2010-03-01 82.7
2010-04-01 81.7
2010-05-01 82.3
2010-06-01 86.2
2010-07-01 86.8
2010-08-01 85.3
2010-09-01 81.0
2010-10-01 83.1
2010-11-01 80.4
2010-12-01 80.7
2011-01-01 76.5
2011-02-01 75.8
2011-03-01 80.8
2011-04-01 80.7
2011-05-01 83.5
2011-06-01 85.6
2011-07-01 86.9
2011-08-01 85.6
2011-09-01 81.9
2011-10-01 82.5
2011-11-01 81.9
2011-12-01 80.7
2012-01-01 77.6
2012-02-01 76.6
2012-03-01 83.0
2012-04-01 82.5
2012-05-01 83.5
2012-06-01 86.5
2012-07-01 86.6
2012-08-01 86.5
2012-09-01 81.6
2012-10-01 83.4
2012-11-01 81.9
2012-12-01 81.5
2013-01-01 78.9
2013-02-01 79.2
2013-03-01 84.3
2013-04-01 81.6
2013-05-01 84.2
2013-06-01 87.0
2013-07-01 86.6
2013-08-01 86.1
2013-09-01 81.6
2013-10-01 82.2
2013-11-01 79.3
2013-12-01 84.4
2014-01-01 80.3
2014-02-01 79.8
2014-03-01 83.5
2014-04-01 83.4
2014-05-01 85.0
2014-06-01 86.4
2014-07-01 86.7
2014-08-01 86.5
2014-09-01 81.9
2014-10-01 82.8
2014-11-01 79.8
2014-12-01 82.6
2015-01-01 79.1
2015-02-01 80.2
2015-03-01 83.9
2015-04-01 82.5
2015-05-01 84.1
2015-06-01 86.4
2015-07-01 87.4
2015-08-01 86.4
2015-09-01 83.0
2015-10-01 85.0
2015-11-01 82.4
2015-12-01 82.9
2016-01-01 80.2
2016-02-01 78.8
2016-03-01 83.6
2016-04-01 82.0
2016-05-01 83.8
2016-06-01 86.6
2016-07-01 86.8
2016-08-01 84.6
2016-09-01 83.3
2016-10-01 83.8
2016-11-01 83.1
2016-12-01 82.8
2017-01-01 79.4
2017-02-01 79.0
2017-03-01 83.5
2017-04-01 83.9
2017-05-01 84.0
2017-06-01 86.5
2017-07-01 86.6
2017-08-01 85.5
2017-09-01 81.7
2017-10-01 83.6
2017-11-01 83.8
2017-12-01 82.7
2018-01-01 78.8
2018-02-01 80.1
2018-03-01 85.0
2018-04-01 82.9
2018-05-01 84.2
2018-06-01 87.5
2018-07-01 87.8
2018-08-01 86.2
2018-09-01 80.6
2018-10-01 83.4
2018-11-01 83.8
2018-12-01 82.4
2019-01-01 79.3
2019-02-01 80.5
2019-03-01 85.5
2019-04-01 84.6
2019-05-01 86.2
2019-06-01 88.8
2019-07-01 88.6
2019-08-01 86.7
2019-09-01 82.4
2019-10-01 83.9
2019-11-01 81.7
2019-12-01 85.4
2020-01-01 80.1
2020-02-01 79.6
2020-03-01 51.8
2020-04-01 13.8
2020-05-01 36.0
2020-06-01 54.2
2020-07-01 48.2
2020-08-01 47.6
2020-09-01 53.4
2020-10-01 56.5
2020-11-01 52.1
2020-12-01 53.7
2021-01-01 50.3
2021-02-01 53.8
2021-03-01 63.4
2021-04-01 69.1
2021-05-01 75.4
2021-06-01 81.0
2021-07-01 84.3
2021-08-01 78.7
2021-09-01 72.1
2021-10-01 76.8
2021-11-01 78.9
2021-12-01 79.7
2022-01-01 66.3
2022-02-01 73.3
2022-03-01 82.8
2022-04-01 85.2
2022-05-01 85.9
2022-06-01 89.1
2022-07-01 88.0
2022-08-01 85.3
2022-09-01 84.6
2022-10-01 85.7
2022-11-01 83.1
2022-12-01 83.4
2023-01-01 77.5
2023-02-01 78.4
2023-03-01 83.9
2023-04-01 84.5
2023-05-01 85.2
2023-06-01 88.5
2023-07-01 88.3
2023-08-01 83.7
2023-09-01 82.1
2023-10-01 83.4
2023-11-01 81.7
2023-12-01 81.2
2024-01-01 78.4
2024-02-01 78.9
2024-03-01 84.1
2024-04-01 82.2
2024-05-01 84.9
2024-06-01 87.5
2024-07-01 87.7
2024-08-01 85.4

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