The data comes from the U.S. International Air Passenger and Freight Statistics Report. As part of the T-100 program, USDOT receives traffic reports of US and international airlines operating to and from US airports. There are two datasets available:
Departures: Data on all flights between US gateways and non-US gateways, irrespective of origin and destination. Each observation provides information on a specific airline for a pair of airports, one in the US and the other outside. Three main columns record the number of flights: Scheduled, Charter, and Total. Passengers: Data on the total number of passengers for each month and year between a pair of airports, as serviced by a particular airline.
U.S. International Air Passenger and Freight data are confidential for a period of 6 months, after which it can be released. As a result, quarterly reports and the year to date/calendar year raw data files available here will always lag by two quarters. Questions that can be answered with data
- Top 10 busiest airports
- Monthly total of flights
Data Provided by the Department of Transportation Office of the Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs. Updated: December 16, 2020 Dataset Owner: Randall_Keizer