International Air Traffic Passenger Enplanements Up 208%, Air passenger travel between the U.S. and Europe up 659%.
Data recently released by the National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) show that in February 2022:
U.S.- International air traffic passenger enplanements (arrivals + departures) totalled 9.766 million in February 2022, up 208% compared to February 2021, however, enplanements reached just 56% of its volume in February 2019.
Originating Non-Stop Air Travel in January 2022
- Non-U.S. Citizen Air Passenger Arrivals to the United States, from foreign countries, totalled 2.159 million, +236% compared to February 2021 and -53.7% compared to February 2019.
On a related note, overseas ‘visitor’ arrivals (‘I-94’/ADIS) totalled 1.047 million, the fourth consecutive month that overseas visitor arrivals totalled over 1.0 million. (See I-94 Early Release)
- U.S. Citizen Air Passenger Departures from the United States to foreign countries totalled 2.780 million, +199% compared to February 2021 and -29.0% compared to February 2019.
World Region Highlights
- Top Countries of Total International Air Traffic Passenger Enplanements to and from the United States were Mexico 2.58 million, Canada 830k, Dominican Republic 636k, the United Kingdom 491k, and Colombia 305k.
- Top U.S. Ports, serving international locations, were Miami (MIA) 1.376 million, New York (JFK) 1.35 million, Los Angeles (LAX) 750k, Newark (EWR) 596k and ATL (ATL) 547k.
- Top Foreign Ports, serving U.S. locations, were Cancun (CUN) 940k, Mexico City (MEX) 469k, London Heathrow (LHR) 446k, Toronto (YYZ) 348k and San Jose Cabo (SJD) 312k.
Interested in an interactive data visualization of these statistics? Please contact Mark Sheehan on the following email: mark@egtmedia.com.
Edited by: Mark Sheehan
