▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲ U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics Office of Airline Information Airport Activity Statistics of Certificated Air Carriers Summary Tables twelve months ending December 31, 1999 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NORMAN Y. MINETA Secretary MICHAEL P. JACKSON Deputy Secretary BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS ASHISH K. SEN Director RICK KOWALEWSKI Deputy Director SUSAN J. LAPHAM Associate Director for Statistical Programs DONALD W. BRIGHT Assistant Director Office of Airline Information ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Office of Airline Information MARIANNE M. SEGUIN Acting Chief ADP Services Division JENNIFER FABRIZI Database Administrator Bureau of Transportation Statistics T100 Traffic Database Our mission is to lead in developing transportation data Office of Outreach and Communications and information of high quality and to advance their MARTHA COURTNEY effective use in both public and private transportation Editor decisionmaking. DORINDA EDMONDSON Our vision for the future: Data and information of high Graphic Specialist quality will support every significant transportation policy decision, thus advancing the quality of life and the DAVIDA BALDWIN economic well-being of all Americans. Editorial Assistant Cover design Recommended citation SUSAN J.Z. HOFFMEYER U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics Airport Activity Statistics of Certificated Air Carriers, Summary Tables: Twelve Months Ending December 31, 1999 BTS01-03 Washington, DC: 2001 All material in this report is in the public domain and may be used and reprinted without special permission; citation as to source is required. CONTENTS Page Air Traffic Hubs (Map) ............................................................................................................... ii Introduction ................................................................................................................................. iii Glossary ....................................................................................................................................... v SUMMARY TABLES Table 1. Summary of Aircraft Departures and Enplaned Passengers, Freight, and Mail by Carrier Group, Air Carrier, and Type of Service .................................. 1-1 Table 2. Summary of Aircraft Departures and Enplaned Passengers, Freight, and Mail by State or U.S. Area and Type of Service ................................................ 2-1 Table 3. Aircraft Departures and Enplaned Passengers, Freight, and Mail in Total Operations, All Services at Large Air Traffic Hubs ............................................ 3-1 Table 4. Aircraft Departures and Enplaned Passengers, Freight, and Mail in Total Operations, All Services at Medium Air Traffic Hubs ....................................... 4-1 Table 5. Aircraft Departures and Enplaned Passengers, Freight, and Mail in Total Operations, All Services at Small Air Traffic Hubs ............................................ 5-1 i Airport Activity Statistics of Certificated Air Carriers Se attle /Ta co December 31, 1999 ma WA Spokane Portland Eugene OR MT ND Boise ID MN Reno WY Sacramento SD San Francisco/Oakland NV Minneapolis/S t. P Manchester/ ME San Jose Salt Sioux Falls aul Hartford, CT/ La Concord ke City WI Springfield, MA/ Cedar Rapids/ Buffalo/ Los Angeles/ Milwaukee Westfield, MA UT Iowa City MI Niagara Falls VT Burbank/Long BeachCA NE NH Portland M Rochester adison Grand Rapids NY Las V CO Omaha IA egas Denver Chicago Syracuse Detroit MA Boston Des M Moline Albany oines Allentown/ Providence Ontario/Riverside/ Colorado S South Bend Cleveland Indio/ Bethlehem/ NJ CT San Bernardino prings Pittsburgh, P Palm S IL IN A/ PA Easton New York RI pr KS Wheeling, WV Islip ing Indianapolis Newark s Kansas Dayton Columbus City Harrisburg/York Philadelphia, PA/ St. Louis OH San Diego AZ Baltimore Camden, NJ Wichita MO Cincinnati WV Washington Atlantic City Phoenix Albuquerque Louisville DE NM OK Lexington/Frankfort Greensboro/ MD Amarill Richmond Tucson o/ Tulsa High Point/ DC Bor ge Fayetteville KY r Oklahoma City Winston Salem VA AR Nashville Norfolk/ Lubbock Knoxville Raleigh/Durham Memphis TN Virginia Beach/ Portsm outh/ El Paso Little Rock Charlotte NC Dallas/Ft. Worth Huntsville Chesapeake Midl and/O Greenville/Spartanburg ALASKA dessa Birm ingham Atlanta Columbia Shreve MS Myrtle Beach TX port AL SC Jackson/ GA Charleston Austin LA Vicksburg Savannah Houston Baton Rouge San Antonio Pensacola New Orleans Fair ba Mission/McAllen/ Jacksonville nks MARIANA Mobile, AL/ Edinburg Valparaiso Corpus Christi G Pascagoula, MS FL ISLANDS ulfport/Biloxi Anchorage Brownsville/ Tampa/St. Petersburg/ Orlando Harlingen/San Benito Clearwater/Lakeland Sarasota/Bradenton Ft. Myers West Palm Beach/Palm Beach Miami/Ft. Lauderdale HAWAII Guam LEGEND Lihue Large Hubs 29 Honolulu Medium Hubs 31 Kahului Small Hubs 56 PUERTO RICO & VIRGIN ISLANDS Kailua-Kona Hilo San Juan Charlotte Amalie INTRODUCTION Airport Activity Statistics of Certificated Air Carriers: Summary Tables presents summary data for all scheduled and nonscheduled service by large certificated U.S. air carriers—including the vol- ume of passenger, freight, and mail enplanements, and aircraft departures for each airport served during the 12 months ending December 31, 1999. Large certificated air carriers hold Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) authorizing the performance of air transportation. Large certificated air carriers operate aircraft with seating capacity of more than 60 seats or a maximum payload capacity of more than 18,000 pounds. Data for commuter, intrastate, and foreign-flag air carriers are not included in this publication. SOURCE OF DATA The data in this publication are compiled from information reported to DOT by the large certifi- cated air carriers on BTS Form 41, Schedules T-100 and T-3. PRESENTATION OF DATA The data in this publication are presented in five tables. Tables 1 and 2 contain summary data by type of service for carrier groups and individual air carriers, and summary figures by area and state. Tables 3, 4, and 5 show activity in air carrier system operations at large, medium, and small air traffic hubs. Data are not broken out by domestic or international operations at airports; only U.S. system operations are shown. Air Traffic Hubs Air traffic hubs are designated as geographic areas based on the percentage of total passengers enplaned in that area. A hub may have more than one airport in it. This definition of hub should not be confused with the definition used by the airlines in describing their “hub-and-spoke” route structures. Individual communities fall into four hub classifications as determined by each community’s per- centage of the total enplaned revenue passengers in all services and all operations of U.S. certifi- cated route carriers within the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and other U.S. areas. Classifications for 1999 are based on 610,628,716 total enplaned revenue passengers. The percentage and number of enplaned passengers in the hub classifications for 12 months end- ing December 31, 1999 are: Hub classification Percent of total enplaned passengers Number of enplaned passengers Large (L) ................. 1.00 or more 6,106,287 or more Medium (M) ........... 0.25 to 0.999 1,526,571 to 6,106,287 Small (S) ................. 0.05 to 0.249 305,314 to 1,526,571 Nonhub (N) ............ Less than 0.05 Less than 305,314 iii During 1999 there were 116 air traffic hubs, representing 17 percent of the 693 total air traffic hubs and nonhubs in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and other U.S. areas. The dominance of hubs in air traffic patterns is demonstrated by the fact that 97 percent of all passenger enplane- ments were recorded at these hubs. The table below shows the number of hubs/nonhubs and the number and percentage of passenger enplanements at the hubs/nonhubs. Number of hubs/ Number of Passengers Passengers Hub classification nonhubs airports enplaned (percent) Large ................................... 29 69 458,665,099 75.11 Medium ............................... 31 48 96,394,866 15.79 Small ................................... 56 73 38,644,557 6.33 Nonhub ............................... 577 604 16,924,194 2.77 TOTALS ............................... 693 794 610,628,716 100.00 iv GLOSSARY* Aircraft departure—An aircraft takeoff made at an airport. Airport—A landing area regularly used by aircraft for receiving or discharging passengers or cargo. Air traffic hub—A geographic area based on the percentage of total passengers enplaned in that area. A hub may have more than one airport in it. This definition of hub should not be confused with the definition used by the airlines in describing their “hub-and-spoke” route structures. Air services—The total of scheduled and nonscheduled service. Carrier group—A grouping of large certificated air carriers determined by annual operating rev- enues as shown below: Carrier group Annual operating revenues Majors .............................................. Over $1 billion Nationals .......................................... $100 million to $1 billion Large regionals ................................ $20 million to $100 million Medium regionals ........................... Up to $20 million Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity—A certificate issued by DOT to an air carrier under Section 401 of the Federal Aviation Act authorizing the carrier to engage in air transportation.