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Available Seat Miles for U.S. Air Carrier Domestic and International, Scheduled Passenger Flights (ASM)

Observations

Jul 2025: 127,687,671
Updated: Oct 15, 2025 9:01 AM CDT
Jul 2025:  127,687,671  
Jun 2025:  123,225,344  
May 2025:  119,739,824  
Apr 2025:  115,620,152  
Mar 2025:  118,964,797  

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Thousands,
Not Seasonally Adjusted

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Monthly

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Title Release Dates
Available Seat Miles for U.S. Air Carrier Domestic and International, Scheduled Passenger Flights 2015-03-12 2017-12-13
Available Seat Miles for U.S. Air Carrier Domestic and International, Scheduled Passenger Flights (DISCONTINUED) 2017-12-14 2018-09-24
Available Seat Miles for U.S. Air Carrier Domestic and International, Scheduled Passenger Flights 2018-09-25 2025-10-15
 
Source    
U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics 2015-03-12 2025-10-15
 
Release    
U.S. Transportation Data 2015-03-12 2021-09-27
Transportation Services Index and Seasonally-Adjusted Transportation Data 2021-09-28 2025-10-15
 
Units    
Thousands 2015-03-12 2025-10-15
 
Frequency    
Monthly 2015-03-12 2025-10-15
 
Seasonal Adjustment    
Not Seasonally Adjusted 2015-03-12 2025-10-15
 
Notes    
Available seat-miles are a measure of the capacity of air passenger transportation. An available seat-mile is equal to one aircraft seat carried one mile.

This data is collected by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), U.S. Air CarrierTraffic Statistics, http://www.rita.dot.gov/bts/acts

2015-03-12 2018-09-24
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 (https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Data_Elements.aspx) 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 (https://www.bts.dot.gov/statistical-releases).

2018-09-25 2025-10-15

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