Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)

BTS Data Release: March 2025 U.S. Airline Traffic Data Down 1.4% from March 2024 U.S. airlines carried 83.6 million systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service passengers in March 2025. When adjusted for seasonality, March enplanements are up 1.0% from February and down 1.6% from the all-time high reached in December 2024. Domestic Passengers: 72.2M International Passengers: 11.4M https://lnkd.in/e2ikrjS2

BTS Data Release: Transportation Producer Price Index – May 2025 The Producer Price Index (PPI) measures inflation from the perspective of costs to industry or producers of products. Transportation equipment PPI indicate the changes in transportation equipment prices faced by transportation providers, and any increase, increases providers costs. PPI shows that prices increased for freight transportation and equipment 1.8% in May 2025 from May 2024. https://lnkd.in/eVSntpRj

BTS Data Release: Transportation Consumer Price Index – May 2025 The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for all transportation goods and services fell 1.3% from May 2024 to May 2025. Transportation dampened 8.3% to the 2.4% increase in the price of all goods and services, per the CPI. By item, the top three contributors to inflation in May 2025 were: - Motor vehicle insurance: +8.2% - Motor vehicle maintenance and repair: +2.4% - Used cars and trucks: +1.9% The top three items dampening transportation’s contribution to inflation in May 2025 were: - Gasoline (all types): -18.5% - Airline Fare: -2.6% - Leased cars and trucks: -0.8% https://lnkd.in/eknRd89h

BTS Data Release: April 2025 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) Down 0.5% from the Previous Month and Up 0.7% from the Same Month Last Year The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI), which is based on the amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry, fell 0.5% in April from March, falling for the second consecutive month. From April 2024 to April 2025 the index rose 0.7%. The Freight TSI measures the month-to-month changes in for-hire freight shipments by mode of transportation in tons and ton-miles, which are combined into one index. The index measures the output of the for-hire freight transportation industry and consists of data from for-hire trucking, rail, inland waterways, pipelines and air freight. The TSI is seasonally-adjusted to remove regular seasonal movement, which enables month-to-month comparisons. https://lnkd.in/dxrvc_v8

BTS Data Release: May 2025 U.S. Transportation Sector Unemployment (4.4%) Falls Below the May 2024 Level (5.5%) but Rises Above the Pre-Pandemic May 2019 Level (4.3%) The unemployment rate in the U.S. transportation sector was 4.4% (not seasonally adjusted) in May 2025. In May 2025, the transportation sector unemployment rate fell 1.1 percentage points from 5.5% in May 2024 but was just above the pre-pandemic May 2019 level of 4.3%. Seasonally adjusted, employment in the transportation and warehousing sector rose to 6,739,800 in May 2025 — up 0.1% from the previous month and up 1.3% from May 2024. Employment in transportation and warehousing grew 19.5% in May 2025 from the pre-pandemic May 2019 level of 5,639,100. https://lnkd.in/dSk5TNzn

BTS Data Spotlight: March 2025 Marks Record in value of U.S. Freight with Canada and Mexico March 2025 marks a record all-time high in the monthly dollar value of freight moved by multiple modes of transportation in U.S. freight with Canada and Mexico. Cross border U.S. freight shipments with Canada and Mexico totaled just over $144.8 billion in March 2025. The total represents an 8.4% increase over March 2024 and a 35.0% increase over 2019. Canada and Mexico regularly conduct over $1 trillion in annual freight flows among them. In 2024, U.S. freight with Canada and Mexico combined totaled $1.6 trillion, a 1.8% increase over 2023. https://lnkd.in/eXrD-JW7

BTS Data Release: U.S. Airlines’ April 2025 Fuel Cost per Gallon down 3.8% and Aviation Fuel Consumption down 1.8% from March 2025 The cost per gallon of airline fuel in April 2025 ($2.32) was down 9 cents (3.8%) from March 2025 ($2.41) and down 44 cents (15.8%) from April 2024. Total April 2025 fuel expenditure ($3.66B) was down 5.6% from March 2025 ($3.88B) and down 15.1% from April 2024 (4.31B). In April 2025, fuel cost and consumption numbers indicating U.S. scheduled service airlines used 1.580 billion gallons of fuel, 1.8% less fuel than in March 2025 (1.609 billion gallons) and 0.9% more than April 2024. https://lnkd.in/eza9bB4S

BTS Data Release: Motor Fuel Prices – May 2025 In May 2025, the average price for regular motor gasoline was $3.15 per gallon; down 0.7% from April 2025 and down 12.6% from May 2024. The average price for diesel no. 2 rose to $3.50 in May 2025, down 1.9% from April 2025, and down 8.5% from May 2024. By region: - West Coast: $4.23 (down 9.2%) - Rocky Mountain: $3.13 (down 8.4%) - Central Atlantic: $3.11 (down 14.9%) - Midwest: $3.01 (down 12.2%) - New England: $2.97 (down 16.6%) - Lower Atlantic: $2.91 (down 14.3%) https://lnkd.in/eeT6KGP4

BTS Data Release: BTS Updates National Transportation Statistics 5/30/2025 Each month, BTS updates NTS with transportation statistics from across the following areas: - The extent, condition, use, and performance of the physical transportation network and infrastructure. - Safety information including accidents, crashes, fatalities, and injuries for each transportation mode and for hazardous materials movement. - Transportation’s impact on the economy, including gross domestic product, employment by industry and occupation, and transportation-related consumer and Government expenditures; and - Transportation’s impact on energy use. https://lnkd.in/eZuzKwxe

BTS Data Release: Airline Service Quality Performance Data – February 2025 February 2025 Data Included in this Report: - Flight Delays - Flight Cancellations - On-time Statistics https://lnkd.in/esRHeDGS