Airport enplanement number information?
Sep 15, 2018, 5:48 pm
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Airport enplanement number information?
How do airports determine airport enplanement numbers? Is it based upon revenue pax? Or do mileage users and non revs count as part of the number when it comes to airlines deciding demand for new service?
Sep 15, 2018, 10:20 pm
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According to 49 CFR 1510.3 [Title 49 – Transportation; Subtitle B -- Other Regulations Relating to Transportation; Chapter XII -- Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security; Subchapter A -- Administrative and Procedural Rules; Part 1510 -- Passenger Civil Aviation Security Service Fees], passenger enplanement means “a person boarding in the United States in scheduled or nonscheduled service on aircraft in intrastate, interstate, or foreign air transportation.”
Revenue Passenger Enplanement
One fare-paying passenger – originating or connecting – boarding an aircraft with a unique flight coupon.
One fare-paying passenger – originating or connecting – boarding an aircraft with a unique flight coupon.
This also segregates Revenue from non-revuenue under a common "Enplaned Passenger" heading:
Classifications of passengers and reporting sources are as follows:
Total passengers (reported by each airport, see table below)
Enplaned passengers (reported by each airport)
Classification 1: revenue vs. nonrevenue
Revenue enplaned passengers (FAA passenger boarding and all-cargo data)
On large carriers (DOT Form 41, or this link)
On air taxi/commercial operators (FAA survey)
Nonrevenue enplaned passengers (reported by each airport)
Classification 2: O&D vs. connecting
O&D - 10% Sample (Airline Origin and Destination Survey, or this link)
Visitors
Residents
Connecting: either from survey above, or calculated as the difference
Classification 3: international vs. domestic (reported by each airport)
Other classifications: scheduled vs. nonscheduled, etc.
Deplaned passengers (reported by each airport)
Total passengers (reported by each airport, see table below)
Enplaned passengers (reported by each airport)
Classification 1: revenue vs. nonrevenue
Revenue enplaned passengers (FAA passenger boarding and all-cargo data)
On large carriers (DOT Form 41, or this link)
On air taxi/commercial operators (FAA survey)
Nonrevenue enplaned passengers (reported by each airport)
Classification 2: O&D vs. connecting
O&D - 10% Sample (Airline Origin and Destination Survey, or this link)
Visitors
Residents
Connecting: either from survey above, or calculated as the difference
Classification 3: international vs. domestic (reported by each airport)
Other classifications: scheduled vs. nonscheduled, etc.
Deplaned passengers (reported by each airport)
Last edited by CPRich; Sep 15, 2018 at 10:25 pm
Sep 16, 2018, 2:00 pm
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Thanks! So do planes use the revenue pax information? I am not sure I understand which one is the one reported by airports.
Sep 18, 2018, 6:19 am
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I believe the numbers at each airport are actually given to the airport by the airlines themselves. I don't think the airports are sophisticated enough to actually count the people going through the airport.
In restricted airports, most new flights and destinations need to be approved by the airport as there are only a specified landing slots. If an airline has exclusive rights to a gate that is not occupied for long periods of time, they can usually add domestic flights/destinations as they see fit. International destinations need Governmental approval, though, as CPB would need to be staffed to process arriving passengers.
In restricted airports, most new flights and destinations need to be approved by the airport as there are only a specified landing slots. If an airline has exclusive rights to a gate that is not occupied for long periods of time, they can usually add domestic flights/destinations as they see fit. International destinations need Governmental approval, though, as CPB would need to be staffed to process arriving passengers.