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U.S. airlines carried 27.1 million systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service passengers in September 2020, seasonally-adjusted, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), up 14.1% from August.
BTS reported 25.5 million domestic passengers and 1.6 million international passengers on U.S. airlines’ flights in September.
Two measures of U.S. airlines passenger enplanements
September seasonally-adjusted
System-wide enplanements (27.1M) were down 66% from the all-time high of 79.6 million reached in January 2020. Domestic enplanements (25.5M) were down 63.5% from the all-time high of 69.8 million reached in January 2020. International enplanements (1.58M) were down 83.8% from the all-time high of 9.81 million reached in January 2020.September unadjusted
Systemwide enplanements (25.25M) were down 65.2% from the all-time September high (72.6M) reached in 2019 and down 0.2% from August 2020 (25.29M). Domestic enplanements (23.9M) were down 62.7% from the all-time September high (64.0M) reached in 2019 and down 0.3% from August 2020 (23.8M). International enplanements (1.38M) were down 83.7% from the all-time September high (8.61M) reached in 2019 but up 1.6% from August 2020 (1.40M).Table A. Seasonally Adjusted Passenger Enplanements Compared to Previous Time Periods
Percent Change Compared to
| September | 27.1 | 14.1% | -65.2% | -61.0% |
Table B. Unadjusted Passenger Enplanements Compared to Previous Time Periods
Percent Change Compared to
| September | 25.3 | -65.2% | -63.2% | -61.1% |
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