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Dulles Air Traffic Statistics

Monthly Air Traffic Summary Report

March 2019 Air Traffic Statistics Report

 

Dulles International Airport
Total Operations, Passengers, Mail, & Freight Activities
Calendar Years 1962 - 2017
                       
    TOTAL  PASSENGERS  MAIL (000 LBS)  FREIGHT (000 LBS) 
  YEAR  OPS  DOM INT'L  TOTAL  DOM INT'L  TOTAL  DOM INT'L  TOTAL 
* 1962 8,016 52,846 0 52,846 637.10 0 637.10 961.30 0.00 961.30
* 1963 90,674 640,506 26,053 666,559 5,856.00 584.2 6,440.20 12,706.50 647.2 13,353.70
* 1964 131,726 728,092 54,158 782,250 6,454.10 760.3 7,214.40 14,972.60 1,305.60 16,278.20
* 1965 158,883 920,431 74,018 994,449 8,565.20 850 9,415.20 18,628.80 4,725.70 23,354.50
* 1966 181,793 1,078,611 96,114 1,174,725 8,991.50 1,178.30 10,169.80 17,987.20 6,137.80 24,125.00
* 1967 212,153 1,427,471 137,141 1,564,612 17,686.20 1,087.20 18,773.40 18,917.40 7,114.20 26,031.60
* 1968 213,610 1,602,370 171,372 1,773,742 30,425.00 1,135.00 31,560.00 20,486.30 8,355.80 28,842.10
* 1969 224,295 1,928,139 248,063 2,176,202 30,427.40 1,595.80 32,023.20 24,107.00 12,901.60 37,008.60
 
    TOTAL  PASSENGERS  MAIL (000 LBS)  FREIGHT (000 LBS) 
  YEAR  OPS  DOM INT'L  TOTAL  DOM INT'L  TOTAL  DOM INT'L  TOTAL 
* 1970 184,226 1,869,194 288,269 2,157,463 27,175.80 2,519.70 29,695.50 23,542.00 15,389.20 38,931.20
* 1971 194,647 1,881,330 363,979 2,245,309 24,335.70 4,486.00 28,821.70 27,197.70 20,381.00 47,578.70
** 1972 208,972 1,992,426 487,174 2,479,600 24,518.80 3,612.00 28,130.80 33,448.30 17,995.10 51,443.40
** 1973 204,048 2,083,104 561,889 2,644,993 26,271.20 4,090.30 30,361.50 39,035.10 19,048.30 58,083.40
** 1974 184,701 2,004,265 552,945 2,557,210 32,577.30 3,665.60 36,242.90 45,223.80 23,446.50 68,670.30
** 1975 177,673 2,000,486 527,921 2,528,407 30,023.60 2,960.20 32,983.80 35,833.80 32,244.30 68,078.10
** 1976 187,720 2,251,090 590,405 2,841,495 27,567.50 2,665.70 30,233.20 36,941.60 30,880.00 67,821.60
** 1977 186,391 2,267,313 600,469 2,867,782 34,120.30 4,120.50 38,240.80 36,579.00 34,125.50 70,704.50
** 1978 177,121 2,518,207 671,747 3,189,954 39,440.00 6,479.70 45,919.70 40,186.80 35,091.20 75,278.00
** 1979 172,974 2,857,578 667,476 3,525,054 41,617.30 6,516.90 48,134.20 38,894.80 33,916.00 72,810.80
 
    TOTAL  PASSENGERS  MAIL (000 LBS)  FREIGHT (000 LBS) 
  YEAR  OPS  DOM INT'L  TOTAL  DOM INT'L  TOTAL  DOM INT'L  TOTAL 
** 1980 165,420 2,086,214 538,184 2,624,398 40,442.70 6,945.80 47,388.50 25,786.10 28,951.40 54,737.50
** 1981 155,348 1,888,556 436,029 2,324,585 34,575.10 5,156.50 39,731.60 25,966.30 26,870.00 52,836.30
** 1982 148,964 2,247,602 362,331 2,609,933 31,465.20 2,992.50 34,457.70 34,214.70 23,161.70 57,376.40
** 1983 165,000 2,651,147 368,642 3,019,789 30,390.20 3,665.90 34,056.10 53,987.70 27,010.10 80,997.80
** 1984 174,099 3,136,247 419,524 3,555,771 33,297.20 4,635.00 37,932.20 68,903.50 31,310.10 100,213.60
** 1985 208,333 4,538,446 698,831 5,237,277 40,191.70 7,868.90 48,060.60 66,225.00 39,529.20 105,754.20
** 1986 278,307 8,394,046 737,849 9,131,895 43,727.90 13,160.20 56,888.10 89,173.70 43,470.30 32,644.00
** 1987 289,167 9,980,146 970,065 10,950,211 55,019.00 14,850.80 69,869.80 143,778.70 64,507.20 208,285.90
** 1988 230,973 8,649,910 1,036,727 9,686,637 64,853.50 14,192.40 79,045.90 197,081.50 90,891.70 287,973.20
  1989 224,885 9,224,290 1,174,801 10,399,091 68,907.90 17,040.80 85,948.70 176,118.40 83,970.80 260,089.20
 
    TOTAL  PASSENGERS  MAIL (000 LBS)  FREIGHT (000 LBS) 
  YEAR  OPS  DOM INT'L  TOTAL  DOM INT'L  TOTAL  DOM INT'L  TOTAL 
  1990 242,209 9,042,829 1,395,260 10,438,089 71,625.30 18,052.50 89,677.80 209,538.70 86,353.30 295,892.00
  1991 264,579 9,406,407 1,555,921 10,962,328 65,909.50 14,964.70 80,874.20 208,548.40 71,820.00 280,368.40
  1992 276,666 9,408,027 2,122,802 11,530,829 77,826.20 19,482.30 97,308.50 244,114.70 94,712.40 338,827.10
  1993 267,837 8,500,717 2,486,474 10,987,191 86,499.60 19,511.10 106,010.70 299,232.80 124,374.80 423,607.60
  1994 284,880 8,946,588 2,744,198 11,690,786 84,862.90 18,174.80 103,037.70 341,216.00 165,583.10 506,799.10
  1995 308,144 9,652,858 2,790,799 12,443,657 98,624.70 15,706.70 114,331.40 362,174.60 167,189.70 529,364.30
  1996 322,969 10,095,340 2,798,688 12,894,028 106,723.80 15,649.60 122,373.40 378,414.70 181,131.30 559,546.00
  1997 339,564 10,697,389 3,060,472 13,757,861 108,592.70 18,811.30 127,404.00 416,472.70 228,463.80 644,936.50
  1998 382,184 12,444,662 3,301,680 15,746,342 111,338.80 18,492.80 129,831.60 427,881.10 223,939.60 651,820.70
  1999 465,195 16,054,958 3,742,371 19,797,329 122,787.50 21,769.60 144,557.10 415,212.20 232,191.90 647,404.10
 
    TOTAL  PASSENGERS  MAIL (000 LBS)  FREIGHT (000 LBS) 
  YEAR  OPS  DOM INT'L  TOTAL  DOM INT'L  TOTAL  DOM INT'L  TOTAL 
  2000 456,436 15,872,660 4,232,033 20,104,693 114,584.80 224,89.9 137,074.70 416,761.50 292,557.40 709,318.90
  2001 396,886 14,020,710 3,981,609 18,002,319 75,327.30 18,869.60 94,196.90 375,224.80 260,244.00 635,468.80
  2002 372,636 13,145,607 4,089,556 17,235,163 26,792.70 19,223.20 46,015.90 386,888.30 283,438.20 670,326.50
  2003 335,397 12,928,047 4,022,334 16,950,381 24,486.30 14,839.30 39,325.60 329,480.10 260,395.70 589,875.80
  2004 469,634 18,213,886 4,654,996 22,868,852 22,962.10 8,741.80 31,703.90 339,705.20 313,632.80 653,338.00
  2005 509,652 22,128,747 4,923,371 27,052,118 22,496.40 8,667.00 31,163.40 319,339.10 317,639.40 636,978.50
  2006 379,571 17,787,488 5,232,874 23,020,362 14,563.20 12,855.10 27,418.30 324,806.20 421,345.60 746,151.80
  2007 382,943 18,792,173 5,945,355 24,737,528 6,681.80 16,435.40 23,117.20 346,930.50 420,706.80 767,637.30
  2008 360,292 17,638,090 6,238,690 23,876,780 11,745.10 17,449.60 29,194.70 300,134.60 406,798.20 706,932.80
  2009 340,367 16,964,895 6,248,446 23,213,341 9,272.30 12,960.90 22,233.20 261,650.00 361,672.80 623,322.80
 
    TOTAL  PASSENGERS  MAIL (000 LBS)  FREIGHT (000 LBS) 
  YEAR  OPS  DOM INT'L  TOTAL  DOM INT'L  TOTAL  DOM INT'L  TOTAL 
  2010 336,531 17,214,302 6,382,924 23,597,226 9,024.10 11,439.00 20,463.10 280,376.20 431,851.70 712,227.90
  2011 327,495 16,663,433 6,548,423 23,211,856 9,777.00 15,600.10 25,377.10 252,343.30 390,005.10 642,348.40
  2012 312,078 15,883,239 6,679,594 22,562,833 9,772.40 7,999.00 17,771.40 235,184.60 337,833.70 573,018.40
  2013 307,816 14,958,162 6,988,903 21,947,065 13,076.90 21,422.50 34,499.40 193,130.20 331,031.40 524,161.60
*** 2014 289,382 14,392,688 7,179,545 21,572,233 15,792.70 9,334.60 25,127.30 180,745.50 386,637.90 567,383.40
  2015 269,070 14,463,112 7,187,434 21,650,546 21,480.60 8,142.00 29,622.60 182,845.10 365,656.50 548,501.60
  2016 264,575 14,348,729 7,476,860 21,825,589 20,197.00 12,220.9 31,417.90 205,051.50 349,238.10 554,289.60
  2017 265,025 14,971,813 7,744,586 22,716,399 22,055.00 16,576.0 38,631.00 210,378.00 409,471.00 619,849.00
                       
* CY 1962 - 1971 domestic passengers include international military passengers.
** CY 1972 - 1988 international passengers include U. S. military passengers.
*** 2014 Domestic and International Passengers adjusted            
*** 2014 Domestic and International Freight adjusted            
 
Source: Office of Marketing and Consumer Strategy