BTS: U.S. Carriers Had 84.4M Passengers in March

SECAUCUS, NJ (DTN) – U.S. airlines carried 84.4 million systemwide passengers in March 2026, a 0.9% increase from the same month last year, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics reported Thursday (6/11).

The total includes 73.1 million domestic and 11.3 million international passengers traveling on U.S. airline flights throughout the month.

The agency noted that seasonally adjusted enplanements fell 0.3% from February and remained 1.9% below the all-time high reached in June 2024.

While systemwide unadjusted passenger numbers fell 0.5% from the March 2024 high, domestic and international boardings both neared their respective historical records for the month.