July 2024 Air Passenger Travel
July 2024 International Air Passenger Travel to and from the United States
—Air Passenger Enplanements Up 7.3% Year Over Year in July 2024
—Air Passenger Travel Between the United States and Europe Up 6.8% in July
Data recently released by the National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) show that in July 2024:
U.S.-international air traffic passenger enplanements1 totaled:
- 26.729 million in July 2024, up 7.3% percent compared to July 2023, with enplanements reaching 105.7% of pre-pandemic July 2019 volume.
Originating Non-Stop Air Travel in July 2024
- Non-U.S. citizen air passenger arrivals to the United States from foreign countries totaled:
- 5.518 million in July 2024, up 8.3% compared to July 2023.
- This represents 91.1% of pre-pandemic July 2019 volume.
- 5.518 million in July 2024, up 8.3% compared to July 2023.
On a related note, overseas visitor arrivals2 totaled 3.425 million in July 2024, the thirty-third consecutive month overseas visitor arrivals exceeded 1.0 million. July overseas visitor arrivals reached 85.6% of pre-pandemic July 2019 volume, up from 83.3% in June 2024. (See July 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:
- 7.642 million in July 2024, up 6.6% compared to July 2023.
- This exceeded July 2019 volume by 18.3%.
- 7.642 million in July 2024, up 6.6% compared to July 2023.
World Region Highlights in July 2024 (APIS/I-92 arrivals + departures)
- Total air passenger travel (arrivals and departures) between the United States and other countries were led by Mexico 3.783 million, Canada 3.267 million, the United Kingdom 2.198 million, Germany 1.190 million, and the Dominican Republic 1.188 million.
- International Regional air travel to/from the United States:
- Europe totaled 8.495 million passengers, up 6.8% over July 2023 and up 2.9% compared to July 2019.
- (U.S citizen departures were up 16.9% compared to July 2019, while European citizen arrivals were down -15%.)
- (U.S citizen departures were up 16.9% compared to July 2019, while European citizen arrivals were down -15%.)
- South/Central America/Caribbean totaled 6.410 million, up 5.9% over July 2023 and up 15% compared to July 2019.
- Asia totaled 2.701 million passengers, up 16.6% over July 2023, but down -21.7% compared to July 2019.
- (Asian citizen arrivals to the U.S. were down -36% compared to July 2019, and U.S. citizen departures were up 0.5%.)
- (Asian citizen arrivals to the U.S. were down -36% compared to July 2019, and U.S. citizen departures were up 0.5%.)
- Europe totaled 8.495 million passengers, up 6.8% over July 2023 and up 2.9% compared to July 2019.
- Top U.S. Ports serving international locations were New York (JFK) 3.719 million, Los Angeles (LAX) 2.401 million, Miami (MIA) 2.316 million, San Francisco (SFO) 1.637 million, and Newark (EWR) 1.612 million.
- Top Foreign Ports serving U.S. locations were London Heathrow (LHR) 1.804 million, Toronto (YYZ) 1.206 million, Cancun (CUN) 1.138 million, Paris (CDG) 929,000, and Mexico City (MEX) 845,000.
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.
