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Historical Air Traffic Data
Monthly: Year 1959

(all figures in thousands)

  Scheduled Service Non-Scheduled Service
Revenue Passenger Enplanements Revenue Passenger Miles Revenue Passenger Originations Aircraft Revenue Departures Revenue Passenger Miles Revenue Passenger Originations
Jan 4,177 2,605,032 3,974 288,450 119,813 45
Feb 4,080 2,406,943 3,791 276,535 101,220 41
Mar 4,871 2,889,084 4,518 324,671 113,593 46
Apr 4,927 2,851,915 4,575 323,288 138,939 54
May 5,084 2,961,333 4,722 337,760 142,610 62
Jun 5,501 3,429,643 5,097 337,830 150,149 63
Jul 5,440 3,464,758 5,038 351,264 161,992 63
Aug 5,696 3,628,441 5,341 352,101 148,107 68
Sep 5,389 3,292,776 5,001 334,704 150,679 78
Oct 5,270 3,056,929 4,906 339,427  69,346 66
Nov 4,852 2,789,142 4,531 319,804  55,168 51
Dec 4,906 3,000,995 4,570 324,911  59,777 40

Source: Air Carrier Traffic Statistics-Monthly," a publication of hte U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board, based upon the Form 41 T-Schedule traffic collected pursuant to 14 C.F.R. Part 241.
Final Data (1974-1998) includes figures from DataBank 28.

NOTE: The traffic data presented on this page is reported to the Department of Transportation on BTS Form 41 by Large Certificated Air Carriers to include carrier groups: Majors, Nationals, Large Regionals, and Medium Regionals. Traffic statistics for Small Certificated Air Carriers and Commuter Air Carriers are not included.

Numbers are subject to revision.
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