February 2024 Air Passenger Travel

February 2024 International Air Passenger Travel to and from the United States

»Air Passenger Enplanements Up 17.1% Year Over Year in February 2024

»Air Passenger Travel Between the United States and Europe Up 9.6% in February 2024

Data recently released by the National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) show that in February 2024:

U.S.-international air traffic passenger enplanements¹ totaled:

• 18.434 million in February 2024, up 17.1 percent compared to February 2023, with enplanements reaching 107.0 percent of pre-pandemic February 2019 volume. 

Originating Non-Stop Air Travel in February 2024

• Non-U.S. citizen air passenger arrivals to the United States from foreign countries totaled:
  • 4.307 million in February 2024, up 19.3 percent compared to February 2023.
  • This represents 92.3% of pre-pandemic February 2019 volume. 

On a related note, overseas visitor arrivals² totaled  2.253 million in February 2024, the 12th consecutive month overseas visitor arrivals exceeded 2.0 million. February overseas visitor arrivals reached 86.6% of pre-pandemic February 2019 volume, up from 82.7% in January 2024. (See February 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:
  • 4.918 million in February 2024, up 15.7 percent compared to February 2023 and exceeding February 2019 volume by 25.6 percent.

World Region Highlights in February 2024 (APIS/I-92 arrivals + departures)

• Total air passenger travel (arrivals and departures) between the United States and other countries were led by Mexico 3.462 million, Canada 2.455 million, the United Kingdom 1.083 million, the Dominican Republic 862,000, and Japan 682,000.
   
• International regional air travel to/from the United States:
  • Europe totaled 3.533 million passengers, up 9.6 percent over February 2023, and down only (-5.9 percent) compared to February 2019.
     
    • (U.S citizen departures were up +8.1 percent compared to February 2019, while European citizen arrivals were down -14.5 percent.)
       
  • Asia totaled 2.173 million passengers, up 43.6 percent over February 2023, but down (-21.6 percent) compared to February 2019.
     
  • South/Central America/Caribbean totaled 5.324 million, up 19.5 percent over February 2023, and 19.1 percent compared to February 2019.
     
• Top U.S. Ports serving international locations were New York (JFK) 2.260 million, Miami (MIA) 2.031 million, Los Angeles (LAX) 1.677 million, San Francisco (SFO) 1.026 million, and Newark (EWR) 1.020 million.
   
• Top Foreign Ports serving U.S. locations were Cancun (CUN) 1.185 million, Toronto (YYZ) 989,000, London Heathrow (LHR) 957,000, Mexico (MEX) 595,000, and Incheon (ICN) 540,000.

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.
 

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