U.S. airlines carried 86.8 million scheduled service passengers in August

November 15, 2024

U.S. airlines carried 86.8 million systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service passengers in August 2024, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). When adjusted for seasonality, August enplanements are up 0.6% from July and down 1.2% from the all-time high reached in June 2024.

BTS reported 74.8 million domestic passengers and 12 million international passengers on U.S. airlines flights in August, not adjusting for seasonality.

Systemwide enplanements, domestic enplanements and international enplanements all reached new all-time highs for the month of August.