May 2017 Passenger, Cargo traffic at Austin-Bergstrom

July 6, 2017

May set a new monthly passenger record with 1,217,824 traveling through Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. The previous record was set in July 2015 with 1,165,811 passengers.

May 2017

Passenger Activity: Total passenger traffic for May was 1,217,824, up 12.5 percent compared to May 2016. May enplanements totaled 623,867, up 13.5 percent. Southwest Airlines passengers totaled 457,553, up 11.5 percent compared to May 2016; American Airlines passengers totaled 211,495, down 8 percent; United Airlines passengers totaled 206,068, up 28 percent; Delta Air Lines passengers totaled 155,569, up 15 percent; Frontier Airlines passengers totaled 52,257, up 93 percent;  jetBlue Airways passengers totaled 51,439, up 3 percent; Allegiant Air passengers totaled 25,805, up 73 percent; Alaska Airlines passengers totaled 21,137, down 5 percent; Virgin America passengers totaled 13,784, down 9 percent; British Airways passengers totaled 11,266, down 5 percent; Air Canada passengers totaled 3,432, down 9 percent; Condor passengers totaled 3,390; AeroMexico passengers totaled 3,009; Volaris passengers totaled 1,151; and ViaAir passengers totaled 121.

May air cargo totaled 15,255,708 lbs., up 13 percent compared to May 2016.

International air cargo totaled 1,831,091 lbs., up 68 percent. Federal Express carried 8.2 million lbs., up 4.5 percent; and United Parcel Service carried 3.1 million lbs., up 53.5 percent.

Air Services transferred 611,506 lbs. of mail, up 73.5 percent; and 1,731,673 lbs. of belly freight, up 22 percent.

Aircraft Operations: General Aviation operations totaled 4,379, up 2 percent. Combined operations (including commercial and military) totaled 17,126, up 5.5 percent. 

January – May 2017

Passenger Activity: Total passenger traffic for January – May YTD was 5,305,648, up 8.5 percent, compared to January – May 2016. January – May 2017 enplanements totaled 2,663,479, up 9 percent. Southwest Airlines passengers totaled 2,003,672, up 5.5 percent; American Airlines passengers 1,013,366, up 1 percent; United Airlines passengers totaled 869,510, up 13 percent; Delta Air Lines passengers 660,054, up 9 percent; jetBlue Airways passengers totaled 243,270, up 8.5 percent; Frontier Airlines passengers totaled 155,223, up 55.5 percent; Allegiant Air passengers totaled 98,726, up 59.5 percent; Alaska Airlines passengers totaled  97,474, up 12 percent; Virgin America passengers totaled 66,336 down 5 percent; British Airways passengers totaled 51,968, up 1 percent; Air Canada passengers totaled 16,644, up 1 percent; AeroMexico passengers totaled 14,930; Volaris passengers totaled 7,171; Condor passengers totaled 3,390; Texas Sky passengers totaled 604, down 5 percent; and ViaAir passengers totaled 121.

May YTD (January – May 2017) air cargo totaled 75,139,568 lbs., up 10.5 percent compared to May 2016. International air cargo totaled 10,618,523 lbs., up 49 percent. Federal Express carried 41.9 million lbs., up 3 percent; and United Parcel Service carried 13.2 million lbs., up 27.5 percent.

Air Services transferred 2,669,477 lbs. of mail, up 75 percent; and 8,378,854 lbs. of belly freight, up 18.5 percent.

Aircraft Operations: General Aviation operations totaled 22,232 for January – May YTD, up 4 percent. Combined operations (including commercial and military) totaled 81,843 up 4 percent.