Operations and Traffic Operations(¹) 2018 2017 Change % Change % Total YTD 2018 YTD 2017 Change % Change % Total Air Carrier 38,468 37,106 1,362 3.7% 77.0% 462,276 461,992 284 0.1% 76.6% Air Taxi 11,198 10,317 881 8.5% 22.4% 137,027 116,305 20,722 17.8% 22.7% General 283 372 (89) (23.9%) 0.6% 3,979 4,120 (141) (3.4%) 0.7% AviationMilitary 8 5 3 60.0% 0.0% 121 69 52 75.4% 0.0% Operations Total 49,957 47,800 2,157 4.5% 100.0% 603,403 582,486 20,917 3.6% 100.0% Passengers(²) Domestic Inbound 2,509,138 2,372,904 136,234 5.7% 48.0% 30,752,360 29,362,123 1,390,237 4.7% 47.7% Outbound 2,465,870 2,334,525 131,345 5.6% 47.2% 30,791,402 29,425,621 1,365,781 4.6% 47.7% Domestic Total 4,975,008 4,707,429 267,579 5.7% 95.2% 61,543,762 58,787,744 2,756,018 4.7% 95.4% Customs Inbound 86,500 87,091 (591) (0.7%) 1.7% 1,010,140 899,668 110,472 12.3% 1.6% Outbound 95,062 96,307 (1,245) (1.3%) 1.8% 994,061 882,374 111,687 12.7% 1.5% Customs Total 181,562 183,398 (1,836) (1.0%) 3.5% 2,004,201 1,782,042 222,159 12.5% 3.1% Pre-Cleared Inbound 33,711 30,237 3,474 11.5% 0.6% 472,896 403,594 69,302 17.2% 0.7% Outbound 33,316 29,740 3,576 12.0% 0.6% 473,754 406,016 67,738 16.7% 0.7% Pre-Cleared Total 67,027 59,977 7,050 11.8% 1.3% 946,650 809,610 137,040 16.9% 1.5% International Total 248,589 243,375 5,214 2.1% 4.8% 2,950,851 2,591,652 359,199 13.9% 4.6% Passenger Total 5,223,597 4,950,804 272,793 5.5% 100.0% 64,494,613 61,379,396 3,115,217 5.1% 100.0% Airline Category(³) Major/National 4,404,724 4,198,284 206,440 4.9% 84.3% 54,697,515 52,512,052 2,185,463 4.2% 84.8% Foreign Flag 101,146 93,765 7,381 7.9% 1.9% 1,290,238 1,033,797 256,441 24.8% 2.0% Regional 717,524 658,617 58,907 8.9% 13.7% 8,504,955 7,830,912 674,043 8.6% 13.2% Charter/Misc 203 138 65 47.1% 0.0% 1,905 2,635 (730) (27.7%) 0.0% Passenger Total 5,223,597 4,950,804 272,793 5.5% 100.0% 64,494,613 61,379,396 3,115,217 5.1% 100.0% Cargo(⁴) Air Mail Inbound 2,696,867 2,703,416 (6,549) (0.2%) 4.5% 30,773,428 32,357,392 (1,583,964) (4.9%) 5.0% Outbound 2,273,672 2,474,911 (201,239) (8.1%) 3.8% 23,507,860 27,349,108 (3,841,248) (14.0%) 3.8% Air Mail Total 4,970,539 5,178,327 (207,788) (4.0%) 8.3% 54,281,288 59,706,500 (5,425,212) (9.1%) 8.8% Freight & Express Inbound 30,671,803 29,837,186 834,617 2.8% 51.5% 324,554,196 313,648,653 10,905,543 3.5% 52.9% Outbound 23,914,186 20,838,034 3,076,152 14.8% 40.2% 234,755,090 211,498,652 23,256,438 11.0% 38.3% F&E Total 54,585,989 50,675,220 3,910,769 7.7% 91.7% 559,309,286 525,147,305 34,161,981 6.5% 91.2% Total Cargo 59,556,528 55,853,547 3,702,981 6.6% 100.0% 613,590,574 584,853,805 28,736,769 4.9% 100.0% By Carrier Type Cargo 44,131,386 40,729,106 3,402,280 8.4% 74.1% 441,591,291 415,786,950 25,804,341 6.2% 72.0% Passenger 15,425,142 15,124,441 300,701 2.0% 25.9% 171,999,283 169,066,855 2,932,428 1.7% 28.0% Total Cargo 59,556,528 55,853,547 3,702,981 6.6% 100.0% 613,590,574 584,853,805 28,736,769 4.9% 100.0% (1) An aircraft operation is either a landing or takeoff or contact with the control tower (as reported by FAA). (2) Revenue and non-revenue domestic and international passengers (as reported by the individual airlines). (3) Airline Category includes the following: Major/National (i.e. United, Southwest, Frontier, etc.); Foreign Flag (i.e. Lufthansa, British Airways, etc.); Regional (i.e. United Express, Delta Connection, etc.); Charter/Misc (i.e. charter operations, diversions, etc.) (4) For additional detail see the Cargo Report.
Total Passengers by Airline December Year To Date Airline 2018 2017 Change % Change 2018 2017 Change % Change 2018 Market Share 2017 Market Share United United Air Lines, Inc. 1,582,500 1,410,721 171,779 12.2% 19,035,442 18,059,075 976,367 5.4% 29.5% 29.4% United Int'l 53,415 51,912 1,503 2.9% 581,980 496,929 85,051 17.1% 0.9% 0.8% United Int'l Pre-clear 23,369 15,885 7,484 47.1% 289,336 258,085 31,251 12.1% 0.4% 0.4% Total United 1,659,284 1,478,518 180,766 12.2% 19,906,758 18,814,089 1,092,669 5.8% 30.9% 30.7% United Express Air Wisconsin Airlines Corporation 5,589 0 5,589 100.0% 37,600 0 37,600 100.0% 0.1% 0.0% ExpressJet/United Express 0 0 0 0.0% 0 430 (430) (100.0%) 0.0% 0.0% GoJet Airlines, LLC 96,593 88,245 8,348 9.5% 954,868 1,129,853 (174,985) (15.5%) 1.5% 1.8% GoJet Int'l. 0 5,534 (5,534) (100.0%) 60,304 59,032 1,272 2.2% 0.1% 0.1% Mesa/UAX 0 0 0 0.0% 152 0 152 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% Republic/United Express 64,860 39,496 25,364 64.2% 560,522 514,122 46,400 9.0% 0.9% 0.8% Republic/United Express (Int'l) 0 69 (69) (100.0%) 722 16,636 (15,914) (95.7%) 0.0% 0.0% Shuttle America Corporation 0 0 0 0.0% 0 247 (247) (100.0%) 0.0% 0.0% SkyWest Airlines, Inc. 321,342 360,588 (39,246) (10.9%) 4,533,494 3,940,570 592,924 15.0% 7.0% 6.4% SkyWest Airlines/UAX Int'l. 23,691 22,694 997 4.4% 259,888 255,369 4,519 1.8% 0.4% 0.4% Trans States Airlines/UAX 172,928 96,847 76,081 78.6% 1,717,840 1,170,093 547,747 46.8% 2.7% 1.9% Total United Express 685,003 613,473 71,530 11.7% 8,125,390 7,086,352 1,039,038 14.7% 12.6% 11.5% Total United 2,344,287 2,091,991 252,296 12.1% 28,032,148 25,900,441 2,131,707 8.2% 43.5% 42.2% Southwest Southwest Airlines Co. 1,521,081 1,487,068 34,013 2.3% 18,417,610 17,945,237 472,373 2.6% 28.6% 29.2% Southwest Airlines Co. Int'l. 34,029 31,730 2,299 7.2% 310,213 285,234 24,979 8.8% 0.5% 0.5% Total Southwest 1,555,110 1,518,798 36,312 2.4% 18,727,823 18,230,471 497,352 2.7% 29.0% 29.7% Frontier Frontier Airlines, Inc. 523,040 498,473 24,567 4.9% 7,228,564 6,804,599 423,965 6.2% 11.2% 11.1% Frontier Int'l 11,161 21,786 (10,625) (48.8%) 139,091 185,927 (46,836) (25.2%) 0.2% 0.3% Frontier Int'l Pre-clear 1,778 0 1,778 100.0% 17,612 0 17,612 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% Total Frontier 535,979 520,259 15,720 3.0% 7,385,267 6,990,526 394,741 5.6% 11.5% 11.4% American American Airlines, Inc. 242,208 275,315 (33,107) (12.0%) 3,182,812 3,303,900 (121,088) (3.7%) 4.9% 5.4% Compass/American Eagle 8,637 100 8,537 8537.0% 54,714 58,559 (3,845) (6.6%) 0.1% 0.1% Envoy (formerly American Eagle) 0 0 0 0.0% 684 360 324 90.0% 0.0% 0.0% ExpressJet/American Eagle 0 0 0 0.0% 230 0 230 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% Mesa/American Eagle 0 0 0 0.0% 124 0 124 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% Skywest/American Eagle 131 130 1 0.8% 1,748 183 1,565 855.2% 0.0% 0.0% Total American 250,976 275,545 (24,569) (8.9%) 3,240,312 3,363,002 (122,690) (3.6%) 5.0% 5.5% Delta Compass Airlines/Delta Connection 2,616 18,491 (15,875) (85.9%) 66,018 97,856 (31,838) (32.5%) 0.1% 0.2% Delta Air Lines, Inc. 267,126 232,198 34,928 15.0% 3,290,882 2,808,635 482,247 17.2% 5.1% 4.6% Endeavor Air/Delta Connection 361 1,147 (786) (68.5%) 4,311 8,247 (3,936) (47.7%) 0.0% 0.0% GoJet dba Delta Connection 0 0 0 0.0% 0 4,097 (4,097) (100.0%) 0.0% 0.0% SkyWest/Delta Connection 10,186 11,747 (1,561) (13.3%) 112,236 373,898 (261,662) (70.0%) 0.2% 0.6% Total Delta 280,289 263,583 16,706 6.3% 3,473,447 3,292,733 180,714 5.5% 5.4% 5.4% Other Aerodynamics, Inc. d/b/a California 2,249 3,826 (1,577) (41.2%) 43,169 43,058 111 0.3% 0.1% 0.1% Aerovias de Mexico S.A. de C.V. 10,291 8,799 1,492 17.0% 30,039 40,987 (10,948) (26.7%) 0.0% 0.1% Air Canada 7,947 12,137 (4,190) (34.5%) 151,964 151,968 (4) (0.0%) 0.2% 0.2% Air Canada Rouge 0 233 (233) (100.0%) 0 328 (328) (100.0%) 0.0% 0.0% Air Transat (Canada) 0 0 0 0.0% 0 104 (104) (100.0%) 0.0% 0.0% Alaska Airlines, Inc. 37,081 38,290 (1,209) (3.2%) 600,049 523,450 76,599 14.6% 0.9% 0.9% Allegiant Air, LLC 2,688 2,783 (95) (3.4%) 53,442 22,792 30,650 134.5% 0.1% 0.0% Atlas Air, Inc. 0 0 0 0.0% 0 158 (158) (100.0%) 0.0% 0.0% Boutique Air, Inc. 4,553 4,677 (124) (2.7%) 58,204 56,295 1,909 3.4% 0.1% 0.1% British Airways, Plc 16,024 13,965 2,059 14.7% 198,004 196,764 1,240 0.6% 0.3% 0.3% Compania Panamena de Aviacion S.A. 5,092 3,488 1,604 46.0% 54,629 3,488 51,141 1466.2% 0.1% 0.0% Concesionaria Vuela Compañía de 12,753 12,099 654 5.4% 100,983 86,237 14,746 17.1% 0.2% 0.1% Edelweiss Air AG 0 0 0 0.0% 14,136 0 14,136 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% Elite Airways 203 138 65 47.1% 1,459 1,288 171 13.3% 0.0% 0.0% Great Lakes Aviation, LTD. 0 2,115 (2,115) (100.0%) 3,918 43,490 (39,572) (91.0%) 0.0% 0.1% Icelandair ehf 5,260 6,033 (773) (12.8%) 96,989 107,369 (10,380) (9.7%) 0.2% 0.2% Jazz Aviation LP 8,056 3,425 4,631 135.2% 75,386 38,846 36,540 94.1% 0.1% 0.1% JetBlue Airways Corporation 24,899 24,679 220 0.9% 332,801 329,427 3,374 1.0% 0.5% 0.5% Key Lime Air Corporation d/b/a Denver 3,788 2,911 877 30.1% 34,209 29,379 4,830 16.4% 0.1% 0.0% Lufthansa German Airlines 27,542 27,426 116 0.4% 361,413 359,814 1,599 0.4% 0.6% 0.6% Miami Air International, Inc. 0 0 0 0.0% 279 0 279 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% Miami Air International, Inc.-Int'l. 0 0 0 0.0% 167 643 (476) (74.0%) 0.0% 0.0% MN Airlines, LLC 86 5,885 (5,799) (98.5%) 57,645 74,380 (16,735) (22.5%) 0.1% 0.1% Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA Limited 0 6,160 (6,160) (100.0%) 47,590 18,546 29,044 156.6% 0.1% 0.0% Norwegian Air UK Ltd. 5,995 0 5,995 100.0% 67,667 0 67,667 100.0% 0.1% 0.0% Peninsula Airways Inc. 0 0 0 0.0% 0 25,987 (25,987) (100.0%) 0.0% 0.0% Sierra Pacific Airlines, Inc. 0 0 0 0.0% 0 72 (72) (100.0%) 0.0% 0.0% Sky Regional Airlines, Inc. 0 0 0 0.0% 36,136 29,346 6,790 23.1% 0.1% 0.0% Spirit Airlines, Inc. 80,263 83,191 (2,928) (3.5%) 1,146,080 1,176,927 (30,847) (2.6%) 1.8% 1.9% Sun Country (Int'l) 0 0 0 0.0% 1,300 0 1,300 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% Via Airlines LLC 0 0 0 0.0% 0 3,151 (3,151) (100.0%) 0.0% 0.0% Virgin America Inc 0 18,368 (18,368) (100.0%) 12,656 237,455 (224,799) (94.7%) 0.0% 0.4% WestJet Airlines 2,186 0 2,186 100.0% 55,302 0 55,302 100.0% 0.1% 0.0% Xtra Airways 0 0 0 0.0% 0 474 (474) (100.0%) 0.0% 0.0% Total Other 256,956 280,628 (23,672) (8.4%) 3,635,616 3,602,223 33,393 0.9% 5.6% 5.9% Grand Total(¹) 5,223,597 4,950,804 272,793 5.5% 64,494,613 61,379,396 3,115,217 5.1% 100.0% 100.0% (1) Passenger totals represent revenue and non-revenue passengers as reported by the individual airlines.
Cargo Report Airline Air Mail Freight & Express Total Cargo Inbound Outbound Inbound Outbound 2018 2017 Change % Change % Share ABX Air, Inc. 0 0 0 0 0 105,351 (105,351) (100.0%) 0.0% Alpine Air Express, Inc. 0 0 46,590 165,380 211,970 307,822 (95,852) (31.1%) 0.4% Atlas Air, Inc. 0 0 1,826,477 1,771,573 3,598,050 0 3,598,050 0.0% 6.0% Atlas Air/DHL Express 0 0 196,739 610,540 807,279 143,434 663,845 462.8% 1.4% Bemidji Aviation Services, Inc. 0 0 8,000 73,601 81,601 84,541 (2,940) (3.5%) 0.1% Federal Express Corporation 0 0 11,758,631 9,177,865 20,936,496 21,905,089 (968,593) (4.4%) 35.2% Southern Air Inc. 0 0 0 126,719 126,719 420,783 (294,064) (69.9%) 0.2% United Parcel Service Co. 57,645 9,760 10,309,992 7,991,874 18,369,271 17,762,086 607,185 3.4% 30.8% Total Cargo-Only 57,645 9,760 24,146,429 19,917,552 44,131,386 40,729,106 3,402,280 8.4% 74.1% Alaska Airlines, Inc. 0 3,053 31,371 11,252 45,676 34,894 10,782 30.9% 0.1% American Airlines, Inc. 226,942 93,868 84,185 56,780 461,775 528,327 (66,552) (12.6%) 0.8% British Airways, Plc 0 0 634,086 332,891 966,977 994,367 (27,390) (2.8%) 1.6% Compass/American Eagle 0 0 0 8 8 0 8 0.0% 0.0% Delta Air Lines, Inc. 374,665 195,366 100,581 36,328 706,940 656,764 50,176 7.6% 1.2% Icelandair ehf 0 0 41,149 694 41,843 14,762 27,081 183.5% 0.1% Lufthansa German Airlines 0 0 1,184,972 479,564 1,664,536 1,376,857 287,679 20.9% 2.8% MN Airlines, LLC 0 0 0 0 0 48,573 (48,573) (100.0%) 0.0% Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA Limited 0 0 0 0 0 235,705 (235,705) (100.0%) 0.0% Norwegian Air UK Ltd. 0 0 228,512 0 228,512 0 228,512 0.0% 0.4% Southwest Airlines Co. 0 0 1,716,076 1,337,756 3,053,832 2,837,473 216,359 7.6% 5.1% United Air Lines, Inc. 2,037,615 1,971,625 1,804,065 1,337,621 7,150,926 7,306,952 (156,026) (2.1%) 12.0% United Int'l 0 0 700,377 403,740 1,104,117 1,089,767 14,350 1.3% 1.9% Total Passengers/Other 2,639,222 2,263,912 6,525,374 3,996,634 15,425,142 15,124,441 300,701 2.0% 25.9% Grand Total 2,696,867 2,273,672 30,671,803 23,914,186 59,556,528 55,853,547 3,702,981 6.6% 100.0%
Cargo Report Year To Date Through Airline Air Mail Freight & Express Total Cargo Inbound Outbound Inbound Outbound 2018 2017 Change % Change % Share ABX Air, Inc. 0 0 43,721 40,971 84,692 105,351 (20,659) (19.6%) 0.0% Alpine Air Express, Inc. 100,681 317,618 609,771 1,770,013 2,798,083 2,764,932 33,151 1.2% 0.5% Atlas Air, Inc. 0 0 13,670,513 8,800,016 22,470,529 25,656 22,444,873 87483.9% 3.7% Atlas Air/DHL Express 0 0 561,738 1,336,038 1,897,776 1,707,874 189,902 11.1% 0.3% Bemidji Aviation Services, Inc. 0 0 202,330 742,828 945,158 699,334 245,824 35.2% 0.2% Federal Express Corporation 0 0 137,860,334 105,006,078 242,866,412 241,471,301 1,395,111 0.6% 39.6% Gulf & Caribbean Cargo 0 0 0 0 0 2,624 (2,624) (100.0%) 0.0% Kalitta Air, LLC 0 0 51,626 0 51,626 98,386 (46,760) (47.5%) 0.0% KFS Kalitta Chrt 0 0 0 0 0 55,402 (55,402) (100.0%) 0.0% Southern Air Inc. 0 0 1,928,745 2,867,207 4,795,952 4,920,049 (124,097) (2.5%) 0.8% United Parcel Service Co. 1,247,934 580,641 93,726,734 70,125,754 165,681,063 163,961,697 1,719,366 1.0% 27.0% Total Cargo-Only 1,348,615 898,259 248,655,512 190,688,905 441,591,291 415,812,606 25,778,685 6.2% 72.0% Alaska Airlines, Inc. 0 90,934 557,814 120,954 769,702 722,702 47,000 6.5% 0.1% American Airlines, Inc. 3,088,983 861,832 2,095,923 739,303 6,786,041 6,206,026 580,015 9.3% 1.1% British Airways, Plc 0 0 6,427,613 4,262,943 10,690,556 11,749,320 (1,058,764) (9.0%) 1.7% Compania Panamena de Aviacion S.A. (COPA) 0 0 706 0 706 0 706 0.0% 0.0% Compass/American Eagle 491 156 382 445 1,474 15,637 (14,163) (90.6%) 0.0% Delta Air Lines, Inc. 3,952,055 2,058,423 1,815,137 599,273 8,424,888 4,960,320 3,464,568 69.8% 1.4% Icelandair ehf 88 0 330,565 10,932 341,585 179,489 162,096 90.3% 0.1% Lufthansa German Airlines 0 0 11,074,168 5,321,554 16,395,722 17,597,150 (1,201,428) (6.8%) 2.7% MN Airlines, LLC 29,250 42,844 94,774 0 166,868 260,306 (93,438) (35.9%) 0.0% Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA Limited 0 0 1,036,784 9,337 1,046,121 366,184 679,937 185.7% 0.2% Norwegian Air UK Ltd. 0 0 1,188,809 4,226 1,193,035 0 1,193,035 0.0% 0.2% Skywest/American Eagle 0 0 364 0 364 0 364 0.0% 0.0% Southwest Airlines Co. 0 0 19,334,802 14,966,252 34,301,054 34,403,210 (102,156) (0.3%) 5.6% United Air Lines, Inc. 22,353,946 19,555,412 20,286,745 13,041,955 75,238,058 81,169,288 (5,931,230) (7.3%) 12.3% United Int'l 0 0 11,654,098 4,989,011 16,643,109 11,411,567 5,231,542 45.8% 2.7% Total Passengers/Other 29,424,813 22,609,601 75,898,684 44,066,185 171,999,283 169,041,199 2,958,084 1.7% 28.0% Grand Total 30,773,428 23,507,860 324,554,196 234,755,090 613,590,574 584,853,805 28,736,769 4.9% 100.0%