U.S. airlines carried 87.1 million scheduled service passengers in May 2024

August 20, 2024

According to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) U.S. airlines carried 87.1 million systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service passengers in May 2024.

BTS reported 75.8 million domestic passengers and 11.3 million international passengers on U.S. airlines flights in May, not adjusting for seasonality.

Systemwide enplanements (87.1M) reached a new all-time high for the month of May. Domestic enplanements (75.8M) also reached a new all-time high for the month of May, as well as international enplanements (11.25M)

BTS notes that, when adjusted for seasonality, May enplanements are down 0.5% from April and down 2.3% from the all-time high reached in February 2024.