US Air Traffic in 2017

976.4M passengers · +3.6% vs 2016

751.4MDomestic
225.0MInternational
9.7MFlights
81%Load factor

Busiest routes (among today's top 25)

  • LAX ↔ SFO3.6M
  • JFK ↔ LAX3.5M
  • LGA ↔ ORD3.1M
  • LAX ↔ ORD2.9M
  • JFK ↔ LHR2.9M
  • ATL ↔ MCO2.8M
  • LAS ↔ LAX2.8M
  • DEN ↔ LAX2.5M
  • ORD ↔ SFO2.4M
  • ATL ↔ FLL2.4M

Busiest airports (among today's top 25)

Traffic among today's largest carriers

Figures cover flights touching the United States and its territories (US DOT BTS T-100) — not global totals.

Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 · United States Government public domain.