April 2024 Air Passenger Travel
April 2024 International Air Passenger Travel to and from the United States
—Air passenger enplanements up 8% year over year in April 2024
—Air passenger travel between the United States and Europe up 6.1% in April 2024
Data recently released by the National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) show that in April 2024:
U.S.-international air traffic passenger enplanements1 totaled:
- 21.400 million in April 2024, up 8 (7.955%) percent compared to April 2023, with enplanements reaching 101.6 percent of pre-pandemic April 2019 volume.
Originating Non-Stop Air Travel in April 2024
- Non-U.S. citizen air passenger arrivals to the United States from foreign countries totaled:
- 4.873 million in April 2024, up 6.8 percent compared to April 2023.
- This represents 85.3 percent of pre-pandemic April 2019 volume.
- 4.873 million in April 2024, up 6.8 percent compared to April 2023.
On a related note, overseas visitor arrivals2 totaled 2.821 million in April 2024. April overseas visitor arrivals reached 79.3 percent of pre-pandemic April 2019 volume, down from 93.8 percent in March 2024. (See April I-94 Advance Release https://www.trade.gov/i-94-arrivals-program)
- U.S. citizen air passenger departures from the United States to foreign countries totaled:
- 5.544 million in April 2024, up 5.6 percent compared to April 2023.
- This exceeded April 2019 volume by 16.9 percent.
- 5.544 million in April 2024, up 5.6 percent compared to April 2023.
World Region Highlights in April 2024 (APIS/I-92 arrivals + departures)
- Total air passenger travel (arrivals and departures) between the United States and other countries were led by Mexico 3.319 million, Canada 2.675 million, the United Kingdom 1.714 million, the Dominican Republic 931,000, and Germany 853,000.
- International regional air travel to/from the United States:
- Europe totaled 6.011 million passengers, up 6.1 percent over April 2023, and down only (-2.9 percent) compared to April 2019.
- (U.S citizen departures were up +17.8 percent compared to April 2019, while European citizen arrivals were down -21.6 percent.)
- (U.S citizen departures were up +17.8 percent compared to April 2019, while European citizen arrivals were down -21.6 percent.)
- South/Central America/Caribbean totaled 5.430 million, up 8.9 percent over April 2023, and 11.8 percent compared to April 2019.
- Asia totaled 2.326 million passengers, up 22.5 percent over April 2023, but down (-21.8 percent) compared to April 2019.
- (Asian citizen arrivals to the U.S. were down -33.5 percent compared to April 2019, and U.S. citizen departures were down -8 percent.)
- (Asian citizen arrivals to the U.S. were down -33.5 percent compared to April 2019, and U.S. citizen departures were down -8 percent.)
- Europe totaled 6.011 million passengers, up 6.1 percent over April 2023, and down only (-2.9 percent) compared to April 2019.
- Top U.S. Ports serving international locations were New York (JFK) 2.938 million, Miami (MIA) 2.018 million, Los Angeles (LAX) 1.951 million, Newark (EWR) 1.311 million, and San Francisco (SFO) 1.263 million.
- Top Foreign Ports serving U.S. locations were London Heathrow (LHR) 1.451 million, Toronto (YYZ) 1.087 million, Cancun (CUN) 1.072 million, Paris (CDG) 678,000, and Mexico (MEX) 645,000.
1 APIS/ “I-92” (arrivals + departures)
2 ADIS/I-94 (with stays of 1-night or more in the United States and visiting under certain visa types)
Interested in an interactive data visualization of these statistics? Please visit our APIS/I-92 International Air Passenger Monitor for a more comprehensive and customizable experience.
I-92/APIS International Air Passengers
The APIS/I-92 Program provides information on non-stop international air traffic between the United States and other countries. The data has been collected from the Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection’s Advance Passenger Information System (APIS) since July 2010. The APIS based “I-92” system provides air traffic data on the following parameters: number of passengers, by country, airport, scheduled or chartered, U.S. Flag, foreign flag, citizens and non-citizens. Visit the APIS/I-92 Data Program home page for more information on airline travel to and from the United States.
