This statistic represents passenger-miles in U.S. air traffic from 2007 through 2021. In 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. air passengers covered a distance of only 306.1 billion miles by plane. According to the source, air traffic passenger miles are defined as aircraft-miles flown on each inter airport segment multiplied by the number of passengers carried on that segment.
U.S. air traffic passenger-miles from 2007 to 2021 (in billions)
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Bureau of Transportation Statistics. (August 31, 2022). U.S. air traffic passenger-miles from 2007 to 2021 (in billions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 13, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/185744/us-passenger-miles-in-air-traffic-since-1990/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "U.S. air traffic passenger-miles from 2007 to 2021 (in billions)." Chart. August 31, 2022. Statista. Accessed June 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/185744/us-passenger-miles-in-air-traffic-since-1990/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics. (2022). U.S. air traffic passenger-miles from 2007 to 2021 (in billions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/185744/us-passenger-miles-in-air-traffic-since-1990/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "U.S. Air Traffic Passenger-miles from 2007 to 2021 (in Billions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Aug 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/185744/us-passenger-miles-in-air-traffic-since-1990/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. air traffic passenger-miles from 2007 to 2021 (in billions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/185744/us-passenger-miles-in-air-traffic-since-1990/ (last visited June 13, 2024)
U.S. air traffic passenger-miles from 2007 to 2021 (in billions) [Graph], Bureau of Transportation Statistics, August 31, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/185744/us-passenger-miles-in-air-traffic-since-1990/