
CHART: Domestic Flights: Air Passengers: Available seat-miles
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Domestic Flights: Air Passengers: Available seat-miles
The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality. The data have been adjusted to have a standard 30-day month by multiplying the data for each month by the ratio: 30/(actual days in month).
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Previous
59.49
August-2002
(billions)
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Current
56.86
August-2003
(billions)
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Provided by
Bureau of Transportation Statistics as of October 2003.
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CHART: Domestic Flights: Air Passengers: Revenue passenger-miles
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Domestic Flights: Air Passengers: Revenue passenger-miles
The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality. The data have been adjusted to have a standard 30-day month by multiplying the data for each month by the ratio: 30/(actual days in month).
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Previous
14.18
August-2002
(billions)
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Current
11.63
August-2003
(billions)
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Provided by
Bureau of Transportation Statistics as of July 2003.
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CHART: Domestic Flights: Air Passengers: Unused seat-miles
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Domestic Flights: Air Passengers: Unused seat-miles
The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality. The data have been adjusted to have a standard 30-day month by multiplying the data for each month by the ratio: 30/(actual days in month).
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Previous
45.31
August-2002
(billions)
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Current
45.24
August-2003
(billions)
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Provided by
Bureau of Transportation Statistics as of October 2003.
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CHART: Domestic Flights: Air Freight: Available ton-miles
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Domestic Flights: Air Freight: Available ton-miles
The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality.
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Previous
3.85
August-2002
(billions)
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Current
3.88
August-2003
(billions)
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Provided by
Bureau of Transportation Statistics as of October 2003.
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CHART: Domestic Flights: Air Freight: Unused ton-miles
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Domestic Flights: Air Freight: Unused ton-miles
The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality.
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Previous
2.72
August-2002
(billions)
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Current
2.70
August-2003
(billions)
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Provided by
Bureau of Transportation Statistics as of October 2003.
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CHART: Domestic Flights: Air Freight: Revenue ton-miles
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Domestic Flights: Air Freight: Revenue ton-miles
The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality.
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Previous
1.13
August-2002
(billions)
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Current
1.18
August-2003
(billions)
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Provided by
Bureau of Transportation Statistics as of October 2003.
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CHART: Domestic Revenue Load Factors: Passenger revenue load factor
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Domestic Revenue Load Factors: Passenger revenue load factor
The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality.
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Previous
76.17
August-2002
(percent)
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Current
79.56
August-2003
(percent)
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Provided by
Bureau of Transportation Statistics as of October 2003.
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CHART: Domestic Revenue Load Factors: Overall aircraft revenue load factor
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Domestic Revenue Load Factors: Overall aircraft revenue load factor
The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality.
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Previous
57.80
August-2002
(percent)
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Current
59.61
August-2003
(percent)
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Provided by
Bureau of Transportation Statistics as of October 2003.
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CHART: Domestic Revenue Load Factors: Freight revenue load factor
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Domestic Revenue Load Factors: Freight revenue load factor
The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality.
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Previous
29.43
August-2002
(percent)
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Current
30.34
August-2003
(percent)
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Provided by
Bureau of Transportation Statistics as of October 2003.
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CHART: Domestic Flight Availability and Distance: Revenue aircraft departures
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Domestic Flight Availability and Distance: Revenue aircraft departures
The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality.
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Previous
675
August-2002
(thousands)
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Current
634
August-2003
(thousands)
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Provided by
Bureau of Transportation Statistics as of October 2003.
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CHART: Domestic Flight Availability and Distance: Flight stage length
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Domestic Flight Availability and Distance: Flight stage length
The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality.
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Previous
697
August-2002
(miles)
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Current
719
August-2003
(miles)
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Provided by
Bureau of Transportation Statistics as of October 2003.
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CHART: Major U.S. Air Carrier On-time Performance: Number of scheduled flights
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Major U.S. Air Carrier On-time Performance: Number of scheduled flights
The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality.
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Previous
415,004
November-2002
(percent)
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Current
392,762
November-2003
(percent)
|
Provided by
Bureau of Transportation Statistics as of October 2003.
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CHART: Major U.S. Air Carrier On-time Performance: Percent of flights not arriving on time
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Major U.S. Air Carrier On-time Performance: Percent of flights not arriving on time
The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality.
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Previous
14.80
November-2002
(percent)
|
Current
19.98
November-2003
(percent)
|
Provided by
Bureau of Transportation Statistics as of October 2003.
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CHART: Major U.S. Air Carrier On-time Performance: Percent of flights not departing on time
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Major U.S. Air Carrier On-time Performance: Percent of flights not departing on time
The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality.
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Previous
11.58
November-2002
(percent)
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Current
14.86
November-2003
(percent)
|
Provided by
Bureau of Transportation Statistics as of October 2003.
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CHART: Major U.S. Air Carrier On-time Performance: Percent of cancelled flights
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Major U.S. Air Carrier On-time Performance: Percent of cancelled flights
The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality. Also counted in flights not arriving or departing on time.
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Previous
0.89
November-2002
(percent)
|
Current
1.28
November-2003
(percent)
|
Provided by
Bureau of Transportation Statistics as of October 2003.
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CHART: Major U.S. Air Carrier On-time Performance: Percent of diverted flights
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Major U.S. Air Carrier On-time Performance: Percent of diverted flights
The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality. Also counted in flights not arriving on time.
|
Previous
0.11
November-2002
(percent)
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Current
0.17
November-2003
(percent)
|
Provided by
Bureau of Transportation Statistics as of October 2003.
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CHART: Domestic Airline Jet Fuel: For nonscheduled airlines
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Domestic Airline Jet Fuel: For nonscheduled airlines
The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality.
|
Previous
0.87
October-2002
(dollar per gallon)
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Current
0.88
October-2003
(dollar per gallon)
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Provided by
Bureau of Transportation Statistics as of October 2003.
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CHART: Domestic Airline Jet Fuel: For scheduled airlines
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Domestic Airline Jet Fuel: For scheduled airlines
The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality.
|
Previous
0.80
October-2002
(dollar per gallon)
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Current
0.81
October-2003
(dollar per gallon)
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Provided by
Bureau of Transportation Statistics as of October 2003.
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CHART: U.S. Foreign Waterborne Freight: Total waterborne metric tons
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U.S. Foreign Waterborne Freight: Total waterborne metric tons
The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality.
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Previous
99,991
August-2002
(thousands)
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Current
102,946
August-2003
(thousands)
|
Provided by
Bureau of Transportation Statistics as of October 2003.
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CHART: U.S. Surface Trade with Canada: Truck
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U.S. Surface Trade with Canada: Truck
The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality.
|
Previous
21,383
October-2002
(millions of dollars)
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Current
21,881
October-2003
(millions of dollars)
|
Provided by
Bureau of Transportation Statistics as of October 2003.
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CHART: U.S. Surface Trade with Canada: Rail
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U.S. Surface Trade with Canada: Rail
The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality.
|
Previous
5,490
October-2002
(millions of dollars)
|
Current
6,300
October-2003
(millions of dollars)
|
Provided by
Bureau of Transportation Statistics as of October 2003.
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CHART: U.S. Surface Trade with Canada: Pipeline
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U.S. Surface Trade with Canada: Pipeline
The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality.
|
Previous
2,089
October-2002
(millions of dollars)
|
Current
2,516
October-2003
(millions of dollars)
|
Provided by
Bureau of Transportation Statistics as of October 2003.
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CHART: U.S. Surface Trade with Mexico: Truck
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U.S. Surface Trade with Mexico: Truck
The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality.
|
Previous
15,352
October-2002
(millions of dollars)
|
Current
15,945
October-2003
(millions of dollars)
|
Provided by
Bureau of Transportation Statistics as of October 2003.
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CHART: U.S. Surface Trade with Mexico: Rail
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U.S. Surface Trade with Mexico: Rail
The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality.
|
Previous
2,716
October-2002
(millions of dollars)
|
Current
2,803
October-2003
(millions of dollars)
|
Provided by
Bureau of Transportation Statistics as of October 2003.
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CHART: U.S. Surface Trade with Mexico: Pipeline
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U.S. Surface Trade with Mexico: Pipeline
The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality.
|
Previous
66
October-2002
(millions of dollars)
|
Current
6
October-2003
(millions of dollars)
|
Provided by
Bureau of Transportation Statistics as of October 2003.
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