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CHART: Domestic Flights: Air Passengers: Available seat-miles
CHART: Domestic Flights: Air Passengers: Available seat-miles

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).

Previous
59.49

August-2002
(billions)


Current
56.86

August-2003
(billions)
Provided by Bureau of Transportation Statistics as of October 2003.
CHART: Domestic Flights: Air Passengers: Revenue passenger-miles
CHART: Domestic Flights: Air Passengers: Revenue passenger-miles

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).

Previous
14.18

August-2002
(billions)


Current
11.63

August-2003
(billions)
Provided by Bureau of Transportation Statistics as of July 2003.
CHART: Domestic Flights: Air Passengers: Unused seat-miles
CHART: Domestic Flights: Air Passengers: Unused seat-miles

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).

Previous
45.31

August-2002
(billions)


Current
45.24

August-2003
(billions)
Provided by Bureau of Transportation Statistics as of October 2003.
CHART: Domestic Flights: Air Freight: Available ton-miles
CHART: Domestic Flights: Air Freight: Available ton-miles

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.

Previous
3.85

August-2002
(billions)


Current
3.88

August-2003
(billions)
Provided by Bureau of Transportation Statistics as of October 2003.
CHART: Domestic Flights: Air Freight: Unused ton-miles
CHART: Domestic Flights: Air Freight: Unused ton-miles

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.

Previous
2.72

August-2002
(billions)


Current
2.70

August-2003
(billions)
Provided by Bureau of Transportation Statistics as of October 2003.
CHART: Domestic Flights: Air Freight: Revenue ton-miles
CHART: Domestic Flights: Air Freight: Revenue ton-miles

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.

Previous
1.13

August-2002
(billions)


Current
1.18

August-2003
(billions)
Provided by Bureau of Transportation Statistics as of October 2003.
CHART: Domestic Revenue Load Factors: Passenger revenue load factor
CHART: Domestic Revenue Load Factors: Passenger revenue load factor

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.

Previous
76.17

August-2002
(percent)


Current
79.56

August-2003
(percent)
Provided by Bureau of Transportation Statistics as of October 2003.
CHART: Domestic Revenue Load Factors: Overall aircraft revenue load factor
CHART: Domestic Revenue Load Factors: Overall aircraft revenue load factor

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.

Previous
57.80

August-2002
(percent)


Current
59.61

August-2003
(percent)
Provided by Bureau of Transportation Statistics as of October 2003.
CHART: Domestic Revenue Load Factors: Freight revenue load factor
CHART: Domestic Revenue Load Factors: Freight revenue load factor

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.

Previous
29.43

August-2002
(percent)


Current
30.34

August-2003
(percent)
Provided by Bureau of Transportation Statistics as of October 2003.
CHART: Domestic Flight Availability and Distance: Revenue aircraft departures
CHART: Domestic Flight Availability and Distance: Revenue aircraft departures

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.

Previous
675

August-2002
(thousands)


Current
634

August-2003
(thousands)
Provided by Bureau of Transportation Statistics as of October 2003.
CHART: Domestic Flight Availability and Distance: Flight stage length
CHART: Domestic Flight Availability and Distance: Flight stage length

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.

Previous
697

August-2002
(miles)


Current
719

August-2003
(miles)
Provided by Bureau of Transportation Statistics as of October 2003.
CHART: Major U.S. Air Carrier On-time Performance: Number of scheduled flights
CHART: Major U.S. Air Carrier On-time Performance: Number of scheduled flights

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.

Previous
415,004

November-2002
(percent)


Current
392,762

November-2003
(percent)
Provided by Bureau of Transportation Statistics as of October 2003.
CHART: Major U.S. Air Carrier On-time Performance: Percent of flights not arriving on time
CHART: Major U.S. Air Carrier On-time Performance: Percent of flights not arriving on time

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.

Previous
14.80

November-2002
(percent)


Current
19.98

November-2003
(percent)
Provided by Bureau of Transportation Statistics as of October 2003.
CHART: Major U.S. Air Carrier On-time Performance: Percent of flights not departing on time
CHART: Major U.S. Air Carrier On-time Performance: Percent of flights not departing on time

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.

Previous
11.58

November-2002
(percent)


Current
14.86

November-2003
(percent)
Provided by Bureau of Transportation Statistics as of October 2003.
CHART: Major U.S. Air Carrier On-time Performance: Percent of cancelled flights
CHART: Major U.S. Air Carrier On-time Performance: Percent of cancelled flights

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.

Previous
0.89

November-2002
(percent)


Current
1.28

November-2003
(percent)
Provided by Bureau of Transportation Statistics as of October 2003.
CHART: Major U.S. Air Carrier On-time Performance: Percent of diverted flights
CHART: Major U.S. Air Carrier On-time Performance: Percent of diverted flights

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)


Current
0.17

November-2003
(percent)
Provided by Bureau of Transportation Statistics as of October 2003.
CHART: Domestic Airline Jet Fuel: For nonscheduled airlines
CHART: Domestic Airline Jet Fuel: For nonscheduled airlines

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)


Current
0.88

October-2003
(dollar per gallon)
Provided by Bureau of Transportation Statistics as of October 2003.
CHART: Domestic Airline Jet Fuel: For scheduled airlines
CHART: Domestic Airline Jet Fuel: For scheduled airlines

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)


Current
0.81

October-2003
(dollar per gallon)
Provided by Bureau of Transportation Statistics as of October 2003.
CHART: U.S. Foreign Waterborne Freight: Total waterborne metric tons
CHART: U.S. Foreign Waterborne Freight: Total waterborne metric tons

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.

Previous
99,991

August-2002
(thousands)


Current
102,946

August-2003
(thousands)
Provided by Bureau of Transportation Statistics as of October 2003.
CHART: U.S. Surface Trade with Canada: Truck
CHART: U.S. Surface Trade with Canada: Truck

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)


Current
21,881

October-2003
(millions of dollars)
Provided by Bureau of Transportation Statistics as of October 2003.
CHART: U.S. Surface Trade with Canada: Rail
CHART: U.S. Surface Trade with Canada: Rail

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.
CHART: U.S. Surface Trade with Canada: Pipeline
CHART: U.S. Surface Trade with Canada: Pipeline

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.
CHART: U.S. Surface Trade with Mexico: Truck
CHART: U.S. Surface Trade with Mexico: Truck

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.
CHART: U.S. Surface Trade with Mexico: Rail
CHART: U.S. Surface Trade with Mexico: Rail

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.
CHART: U.S. Surface Trade with Mexico: Pipeline
CHART: U.S. Surface Trade with Mexico: Pipeline

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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