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Air Carrier Statistics

Form 41 Traffic

Source: http://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?DB_ID=111

T100 Domestic Market

This table contains domestic market data reported by both U.S. and foreign air carriers, including carrier, origin, destination, and service class for enplaned passengers, freight and mail when both origin and destination airports are located within the boundaries of the United States and its territories. Foreign carrier data is not available until 3 months after U.S. carrier data is released.

Frequency: Monthly

Range: 1990–Present

Source: TranStats, US Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics: http://transtats.bts.gov/Fields.asp?Table_ID=310.

NumberColumnDescriptionNotes
1YearYear-
2QuarterQuarter-
3MonthMonth-
4OriginOrigin Airport-
5OriginCityNameOrigin City-
6OriginCityNumOrigin City Code-
7OriginStateOrigin State Code-
8OriginStateFipsOrigin State FIPS-
9OriginStateNameOrigin Airport, State Name-
10OriginWacOrigin Airport, World Area Code-
11DestDestination Airport-
12DestCityNameDestination City-
13DestCityNumDestination City Code-
14DestStateDestination State Code-
15DestStateFipsDestination State FIPS-
16DestStateNameDestination Airport, State Name-
17DestWacDestination Airport, World Area Code-
18AirlineIDUS DOT carrier ID number-
19UniqueCarrierUnique carrier codee.g., PA, PA(1), PA(2)
20UniqueCarrierNameUnique carrier namee.g., Air Caribbean, Air Caribbean (1)
21UniqCarrierEntityUnique entity for a carrier’s operation region-
22CarrierRegionCarrier’s operation region-
23CarrierIATA carrier codeNot unique over time
24CarrierNameCarrier Name-
25CarrierGroupCarrier Group CodeDeprecated
26CarrierGroupNewCarrier Group New-
27DistanceDistancemiles
28DistanceGroupDistance IntervalsEvery 500 miles
29ClassService Class-
30PassengersOn-Flight Market Passengers Enplaned-
31FreightOn-Flight Market Freight Enplanedpounds
32MailOn-Flight Market Mail Enplanedpounds

T100 Domestic Segment

The T100 Domestic Segment is a table in the Form 41 Traffic database provided by the US Department of Transportation. The table description from the Form 41 Traffic database profile follows:

This table contains domestic non-stop segment data reported by U.S. air carriers, including carrier, origin, destination, aircraft type and service class for transported passengers, freight and mail, available capacity, scheduled departures, departures performed, and aircraft hours when both origin and destination airports are located within the boundaries of the United States and its territories.

Frequency: Monthly

Range: 1990–Present

Source: TranStats, US Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics: http://transtats.bts.gov/Fields.asp?Table_ID=311.

NumberColumnDescriptionNotes
1yearYear the flight was provided-
2quarterQuarter the flight was provided-
3monthMonth the flight was provided-
4originOrigin IATA airport code-
5origin_city_nameOrigin city name-
6origin_city_numOrigin city number-
7origin_state_abrOrigin state abbreviation-
8origin_state_fipsOrigin state FIPS code-
9origin_state_nmOrigin state name-
10origin_wacOrigin world area code-
11destDestination IATA airport code-
12dest_city_nameDestination city name-
13dest_city_numDestination city number-
14dest_state_abrDestination state abbreviation-
15dest_state_fipsDestination state FIPS code-
16dest_state_nmDestination state name-
17dest_wacDestination world area code-
18airline_idDOT airline ID number-
19unique_carrierDOT unique carrier code-
20unique_carrier_nameDOT unique carrier name-
21unique_carrier_entityDOT unique carrier entity ID-
22regionCarrier regionSee values below
23carrierIATA carrier code-
24carrier_nameCarrier name-
25carrier_groupCarrier group-
26carrier_group_newNew carrier group-
27distanceDistance in miles-
28distance_groupDistance groupIn 500 mile intervals
29classService class-
30aircraft_groupAircraft class-
31aircraft_typeAircraft type-
32aircraft_configAircraft configuration-
33departures_scheduledScheduled departures-
34departures_performedDepartures performed-
35payloadAvailable payloadpounds
36seatsNumber of seats-
37passengersPassengers transported-
38freightFreight transportedpounds
39mailMail transportedpounds
40ramp_to_rampRamp to ramp timeminutes
41air_timeTotal airborne timeminutes

Notes

Carrier Region may take the following values:

A
Atlantic
D
Domestic
I
International
L
Latin America
P
Pacific
S
System

Note that this does not correspond to the coding in the Aviation Support Tables, which simply lists carrier regions by name (e.g. “Atlantic”). One could match on the first character of these fields if needed.

Questions

category: Airline, Data