August 2024 Air Passenger Travel
August 2024 International Air Passenger Travel to and from the United States
—Air Passenger Enplanements Up 7.2% Year Over Year in August 2024
—Air Passenger Travel Between the United States and Europe Up 8.8% in August 2024
Data recently released by the National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) show that in August 2024:
U.S.-international air traffic passenger enplanements1 totaled:
- 25.310 million in August 2024, up 7.2 percent percent compared to August 2023, with enplanements reaching 103.4 percent of pre-pandemic August 2019 volume.
Originating Non-Stop Air Travel in August 2024
- Non-U.S. citizen air passenger arrivals to the United States from foreign countries totaled:
- 5.750 million in August 2024, up 5.2 percent compared to August 2023.
- This represents 91.6 percent of pre-pandemic August 2019 volume.
On a related note, overseas visitor arrivals2 totaled 3.595 million in August 2024, the thirty-fourth consecutive month overseas visitor arrivals exceeded 1.0 million. August overseas visitor arrivals reached 88.5 percent of pre-pandemic August 2019 volume, up from 85.6 percent in July 2024. (See August 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:
- 6.309 million in August 2024, up 9.4 percent compared to August 2023.
- This exceeded August 2019 volume by 18.7 percent.
- 6.309 million in August 2024, up 9.4 percent compared to August 2023.
World Region Highlights in August 2024 (APIS/I-92 arrivals + departures)
- Total air passenger travel (arrivals and departures) between the United States and other countries were led by Canada 3.225 million, Mexico 3.154 million, the United Kingdom 2.173 million, Germany 1.169 million, and France 1.046 million.
- International Regional air travel to/from the United States:
- Europe totaled 8.445 million passengers, up 8.8 percent over August 2023 and up 2.2 percent compared to August 2019.
- (U.S citizen departures were up 19.7 percent compared to August 2019, while European citizen arrivals were down -12.6 percent.)
- (U.S citizen departures were up 19.7 percent compared to August 2019, while European citizen arrivals were down -12.6 percent.)
- South/Central America/Caribbean totaled 5.852 million, up 5.4 percent over August 2023 and up 13.5 percent compared to August 2019.
- Asia totaled 2.666 million passengers, up 14.9 percent over August 2023, but down (-25.2 percent) compared to August 2019.
- (Asian citizen arrivals to the U.S. were down -34.7 percent compared to August 2019, and U.S. citizen departures were down -3 percent)
- Europe totaled 8.445 million passengers, up 8.8 percent over August 2023 and up 2.2 percent compared to August 2019.
- Top U.S. Ports serving international locations were New York (JFK) 3.768 million, Los Angeles (LAX) 2.250 million, Miami (MIA) 2.168 million, Newark (EWR) 1.562 million, San Francisco (SFO) 1.526 million.
- Top Foreign Ports serving U.S. locations were London Heathrow (LHR) 1.758 million, Toronto (YYZ) 1.171 million, Paris (CDG) 914,000, Cancun (CUN) 904,000, and Frankfurt (FRA) 776,000.
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.
