Summary The US sees over 10 million scheduled passenger flights annually. The FAA modernizes airspace through NextGen initiative. The aviation industry contributes nearly $500 billion to the US economy whilst creating 10 million jobs yearly.
The US is a powerhouse in the aviation industry. Housing more than half the airports in the world, alongside being a manufacturer of various aircraft that have been used around the world, the nation where the modern aircraft was first made is also one of the safest nations in the world to take a flight. In this article, we are going to take a look at five figures that emphasize the scale of commercial aviation in the US.
Every day, 2.9 million people fly over American airspace and are carried by over 45,000 aircraft. 5 10,000,000+ scheduled passenger flights per year Close to three million passengers fly in and out of US airports each day The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) provides us with the details of where, when, and how (often) passengers in the United States fly.
More than ten million scheduled passenger flights take place in the United States every year. While carriers such as American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines, etc., are the domestic airlines in the US with the highest number of passengers, a few Mexican carriers fall in the list of foreign airlines with the maximum number of flights to the US .
Airlines US departing flights: January - June* Average daily departures ** (min,max) British Airways 7,737 43 .