Recent data published by the National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) indicates that passenger enplanements for US-international air traffic reached 21.347 million in October 2024, reflecting a 4.4% increase compared to October 2023. This figure represents 106.5% of the enplanement volume recorded in October 2019, prior to the pandemic.
Regarding Non-Stop Air Travel to the United States – in October 2024, the number of air passenger arrivals from foreign countries, specifically non-US citizens, amounted to 4.983 million, marking a 3.8% rise from October 2023. This figure corresponds to 92.4% of the volume seen in October 2019 before the pandemic.
Additionally, overseas visitor arrivals reached 3.154 million in October 2024, marking the twentieth consecutive month in which these arrivals surpassed 2.0 million. The overseas visitor arrivals for October accounted for 89.8% of the pre-pandemic volume from October 2019, an increase from 87.9% in September 2024.
In October 2024, the number of air passenger departures from the United States to international destinations reached 5.422 million, reflecting a 7.7 percent increase from October 2023. This figure also represents a 23.1 percent rise compared to the volume recorded in October 2019.
Highlights of air travel by world region in October 2024 (including APIS/I-92 arrivals and departures) indicate that total air passenger traffic between the United States and other nations was predominantly led by Mexico with 2.897 million passengers, followed by Canada with 2.746 million, the United Kingdom with 1.934 million, Germany with 1.020 million, and Japan with 883,000.
In terms of international regional air travel to and from the United States, Europe accounted for 6.992 million passengers, marking a 4 percent increase from October 2023 and a modest 2 percent rise compared to October 2019. Notably, U.S. citizen departures increased by 17.3 percent relative to October 2019, while arrivals of European citizens decreased by 12.9 percent.
The South/Central America and Caribbean region saw a total of 4.445 million passengers, which is a 0.5 percent increase from October 2023 and a 17.2 percent increase compared to October 2019.
Asia recorded 2.526 million passengers, representing a 12.8 percent increase from October 2023, although this figure is down by 17.7 percent compared to October 2019. Additionally, arrivals of Asian citizens to the U.S. decreased by 33.6 percent compared to October 2019, while U.S. citizen departures increased by 11.0 percent.
Top US Ports serving international locations were New York (JFK) 3.029 million, Los Angeles (LAX) 1.971 million, Miami (MIA) 1.815 million, San Francisco (SFO) 1.358 million, and Newark (EWR) 1.279 million.
Top Foreign Ports serving U.S. locations were London Heathrow (LHR) 1.637 million, Toronto (YYZ) 1.103 million, Paris (CDG) 749,000, Cancun (CUN) 725,000, and Mexico City (MEX) 693,000.
