Air Passenger Enplanements Up 14.6% Year Over Year in March 2024
Air Passenger Travel Between the United States and Europe Up 8.5% in March 2024
Data recently released by the National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) show that in March 2024:
U.S.-international air traffic passenger enplanements1 totaled:
22.553 million in March 2024, up 14.6 percent compared to March 2023, with enplanements reaching 105.7 percent of pre-pandemic March 2019 volume.
Originating Non-Stop Air Travel in March 2024
- Non-U.S. citizen air passenger arrivals to the United States from foreign countries totaled:
5.003 million in March 2024, up 16.8 percent compared to March 2023.
This represents 96.2 percent of pre-pandemic March 2019 volume.
On a related note, overseas visitor arrivals2 totaled 2.706 million in March, the 13th consecutive month overseas visitor arrivals exceeded 2.0 million. March overseas visitor arrivals reached 93.8% of pre-pandemic March 2019 volume, up from 86.6% in February 2024. (See March I-94 Advance Release https://www.trade.gov/i-94-
- U.S. citizen air passenger departures from the United States to foreign countries totaled:
- 6.427 million in March 2024, up 13.9 percent compared to March 2023 and exceeding March 2019 volume by 19.5 percent.
World Region Highlights in March 2024 (APIS/I-92 arrivals + departures)
- Total air passenger travel (arrivals and departures) between the United States and other countries were led by Mexico 4.080 million, Canada 2.909 million, the United Kingdom 1.578 million, the Dominican Republic 1.034, and Japan 880,000.
- International regional air travel to/from the United States:
- Europe totaled 5.206 million passengers, up 8.5 percent over March 2023, and down only (-1.0 percent) compared to March 2019.
- (U.S citizen departures were up +10.5 percent compared to March 2019, while European citizen arrivals were down -5.2 percent.)
- Asia totaled 2.520 million passengers, up 33.2 percent over March 2023, but down (-19.0 percent) compared to March 2019.
- (Asian citizen arrivals to the U.S. were down -32.6 percent compared to March 2019, but U.S. citizen departures were up +3.9 percent.)
- South/Central America/Caribbean totaled 6.137 million, up 17.8 percent over March 2023, and 14.7 percent compared to March 2019.
- Europe totaled 5.206 million passengers, up 8.5 percent over March 2023, and down only (-1.0 percent) compared to March 2019.
- Top U.S. Ports serving international locations were New York (JFK) 2.785 million, Miami (MIA) 2.258 million, Los Angeles (LAX) 2.001 million, Newark (EWR) 1.257 million, and San Francisco (SFO) 1.253 million.
- Top Foreign Ports serving U.S. locations were Cancun (CUN) 1.413 million, London Heathrow (LHR) 1.409 million, Toronto (YYZ) 1.181 million, Mexico (MEX) 696,000, and Paris (CDG) 630,000.
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)
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