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Revenue Passenger Miles for U.S. Air Carrier Domestic and International, Scheduled Passenger Flights (RPM)

Observations

May 2026: 99,440,769
Updated: Sep 1, 2026 9:03 AM CDT
May 2026:  99,440,769  
Apr 2026:  93,984,347  
Mar 2026:  99,003,685  
Feb 2026:  78,642,748  
Jan 2026:  83,220,828  

Units:

Thousands,
Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:

Monthly

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Notes

Title Release Dates
Revenue Passenger Miles for U.S. Air Carrier Domestic and International, Scheduled Passenger Flights 2015-03-12 2017-11-15
Revenue Passenger Miles for U.S. Air Carrier Domestic and International, Scheduled Passenger Flights (DISCONTINUED) 2017-11-16 2018-09-24
Revenue Passenger Miles for U.S. Air Carrier Domestic and International, Scheduled Passenger Flights 2018-09-25 2026-09-01
 
Source    
U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics 2015-03-12 2026-09-01
 
Release    
U.S. Transportation Data 2015-03-12 2021-09-27
Transportation Services Index and Seasonally-Adjusted Transportation Data 2021-09-28 2026-09-01
 
Units    
Thousands 2015-03-12 2026-09-01
 
Frequency    
Monthly 2015-03-12 2026-09-01
 
Seasonal Adjustment    
Not Seasonally Adjusted 2015-03-12 2026-09-01
 
Notes    
Revenue passenger-miles are a measure of the volume of air passenger transportation. A revenue passenger-mile is equal to one paying passenger 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 2026-09-01

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