In 2023, U.S. airlines carried around 819.3 million passengers on domestic flights across the United States. This was an increase from the roughly 750.6 million domestic passengers carried by U.S. airlines in the previous year.
Domestic passenger enplanements on U.S. airlines from 2004 to 2023 (in millions)*
Characteristic
Passenger enplanements in millions
2023
819.31
2022
750.55
2021
605.92
2020
337.48
2019
811.47
2018
777.96
2017
741.73
2016
719.99
2015
696.01
2014
662.82
2013
645.68
2012
642.29
2011
638.25
02004006008001,000
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Bureau of Transportation Statistics. (March 9, 2024). Domestic passenger enplanements on U.S. airlines from 2004 to 2023 (in millions)* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 16, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/197790/us-airline-domestic-passenger-enplanements-since-2004/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "Domestic passenger enplanements on U.S. airlines from 2004 to 2023 (in millions)*." Chart. March 9, 2024. Statista. Accessed May 16, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/197790/us-airline-domestic-passenger-enplanements-since-2004/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics. (2024). Domestic passenger enplanements on U.S. airlines from 2004 to 2023 (in millions)*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 16, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/197790/us-airline-domestic-passenger-enplanements-since-2004/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "Domestic Passenger Enplanements on U.S. Airlines from 2004 to 2023 (in Millions)*." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Mar 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/197790/us-airline-domestic-passenger-enplanements-since-2004/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Domestic passenger enplanements on U.S. airlines from 2004 to 2023 (in millions)* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/197790/us-airline-domestic-passenger-enplanements-since-2004/ (last visited May 16, 2025)
Domestic passenger enplanements on U.S. airlines from 2004 to 2023 (in millions)* [Graph], Bureau of Transportation Statistics, March 9, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/197790/us-airline-domestic-passenger-enplanements-since-2004/
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