U.S. Airlines Carried 83.5 Million Passengers in August 2026, Down 3.7% From a Year Earlier
U.S. airlines carried 83.5 million systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service passengers in August 2026, down 3.7% from the same month last year, according to data released by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) on November 12.
BTS reported 72 million domestic passengers and 11.5 million international passengers on U.S. airlines flights in August, not adjusting for seasonality. When adjusted for seasonality, August enplanements were up 0.4% from July and down 4.3% from the all-time high reached in June 2024.
On an unadjusted basis, systemwide enplanements were down 3.8% from the all-time August high of 86.8 million reached in 2024, domestic enplanements were down 3.7% from the August 2024 high of 74.8 million, and international enplanements were down 6.5% from the August 2025 high of 12.3 million.
The release, BTS 26-83, said the data were compiled from monthly reports filed by 59 U.S. carriers as of November 4, and that data through September is scheduled for release on December 10.
(Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics)
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics
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