Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) Air Traffic Statistics
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Monthly Air Traffic Summary Report
Aggregation of Operations, Passengers & Cargo
(Mail, Freight & Express)
• December 2011
• January 2011 to December 2011
Monthly Air Traffic Summary Report
Aggregation of Operations, Passengers & Cargo
(Mail, Freight & Express)
• December 2011
• January 2011 to December 2011
Periodic Summary Report
Total Operations (take offs/landings combined) by Airline by Month (starting with February 2005 issue)
• January 2011 to December 2011
Total Passengers by Airline by Month
Directional Airline Traffic Report
Inbound & Outbound Mail, Freight & Express by Airline by Month
• December 2011
• January 2011 to December 2011
Total Operations, Passengers, Mail & Freight Activities
Calendar Years 1941 - 2010
| TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | |
| YEAR | OPERATIONS | PASSENGERS | MAIL (LBS) | FREIGHT (LBS) |
| 1941 | 43,060 | 344,257 | - | - |
| 1942 | 77,348 | 459,396 | - | - |
| 1943 | 93,086 | 360,563 | - | - |
| 1944 | 107,315 | 557,145 | - | - |
| 1945 | 152,067 | 756,537 | - | - |
| 1946 | 180,690 | 1,230,480 | - | - |
| 1947 | 159,690 | 1,140,945 | - | - |
| 1948 | 160,352 | 1,186,676 | - | - |
| 1949 | 165,033 | 1,386,887 | - | - |
| 1950 | 148,748 | 1,629,723 | - | - |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | |
| YEAR | OPERATIONS | PASSENGERS | MAIL (LBS) | FREIGHT (LBS) |
| 1951 | 186,747 | 2,458,717 | - | - |
| 1952 | 184,460 | 2,492,354 | - | - |
| 1953 | 195,649 | 2,720,024 | 16,982,200 | 24,388,400 |
| 1954 | 202,573 | 3,102,875 | 20,584,600 | 24,399,200 |
| 1955 | 225,914 | 3,634,951 | 22,418,700 | 31,950,800 |
| 1956 | 257,762 | 3,964,113 | 23,317,100 | 35,405,200 |
| 1957 | 276,717 | 4,463,227 | 24,157,400 | 35,382,800 |
| 1958 | 280,842 | 4,533,623 | 26,602,246 | 37,629,200 |
| 1959 | 309,340 | 5,005,746 | 30,371,000 | 41,627,600 |
| 1960 | 292,146 | 4,725,605 | 33,814,619 | 46,215,207 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | |
| YEAR | OPERATIONS | PASSENGERS | MAIL (LBS) | FREIGHT (LBS) |
| 1961 | 290,339 | 4,646,154 | 37,827,091 | 50,321,765 |
| 1962 | 280,831 | 4,837,166 | 37,837,852 | 57,776,894 |
| 1963 | 294,797 | 5,464,010 | 37,156,717 | 60,999,925 |
| 1964 | 289,740 | 6,188,292 | 34,454,274 | 68,018,156 |
| 1965 | 309,562 | 6,951,845 | 41,172,582 | 84,831,196 |
| 1966 | 312,494 | 7,919,955 | 43,766,199 | 93,850,459 |
| 1967 | 334,630 | 9,383,352 | 55,216,058 | 98,670,923 |
| 1968 | 346,417 | 9,968,015 | 65,237,155 | 99,866,380 |
| 1969 | 337,084 | 10,247,537 | 66,223,574 | 100,459,572 |
| 1970 | 319,449 | 9,768,375 | 69,068,656 | 99,699,244 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | |
| YEAR | OPERATIONS | PASSENGERS | MAIL (LBS) | FREIGHT (LBS) |
| 1971 | 329,972 | 10,377,308 | 75,111,760 | 97,041,854 |
| 1972 | 331,429 | 11,121,965 | 82,241,793 | 107,927,022 |
| 1973 | 339,904 | 11,715,578 | 83,894,170 | 114,390,883 |
| 1974 | 312,216 | 11,706,028 | 79,850,511 | 101,234,081 |
| 1975 | 306,494 | 11,369,061 | 77,298,032 | 76,531,913 |
| 1976 | 326,083 | 12,336,534 | 83,651,721 | 83,331,530 |
| 1977 | 345,452 | 13,258,200 | 86,733,266 | 83,331,949 |
| 1978 | 352,044 | 14,176,233 | 95,686,600 | 85,086,800 |
| 1979 | 352,904 | 15,134,017 | 97,938,600 | 75,847,600 |
| 1980 | 352,166 | 14,540,089 | 105,469,916 | 56,325,260 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | |
| YEAR | OPERATIONS | PASSENGERS | MAIL (LBS) | FREIGHT (LBS) |
| 1981 | 337,132 | 14,175,058 | 100,827,882 | 44,494,833 |
| 1982 | 307,377 | 13,321,098 | 99,208,834 | 39,036,625 |
| 1983 | 334,431 | 14,461,437 | 98,822,728 | 37,219,349 |
| 1984 | 337,538 | 14,842,922 | 104,168,780 | 37,331,864 |
| 1985 | 306,354 | 14,690,471 | 101,458,927 | 42,189,330 |
| 1986 | 319,711 | 14,544,523 | 93,683,452 | 33,855,834 |
| 1987 | 321,182 | 15,703,410 | 97,651,703 | 34,588,361 |
| 1988 | 322,403 | 16,014,585 | 105,816,581 | 36,166,493 |
| 1989 | 311,207 | 15,385,240 | 102,459,192 | 30,366,244 |
| 1990 | 313,740 | 15,805,496 | 102,482,827 | 32,509,219 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | |
| YEAR | OPERATIONS | PASSENGERS | MAIL (LBS) | FREIGHT (LBS) |
| 1991 | 292,926 | 15,098,697 | 99,367,550 | 31,684,130 |
| 1992 | 301,668 | 15,593,535 | 100,691,345 | 33,070,877 |
| 1993 | 312,346 | 16,307,808 | 94,101,306 | 32,602,728 |
| 1994 | 306,529 | 15,700,825 | 96,183,842 | 32,231,886 |
| 1995 | 304,876 | 15,506,244 | 84,601,405 | 29,683,109 |
| 1996 | 298,086 | 15,226,500 | 84,715,796 | 27,759,073 |
| 1997 | 304,636 | 15,907,006 | 81,524,349 | 24,834,167 |
| 1998 | 297,093 | 15,970,306 | 73,910,642 | 21,782,789 |
| 1999 | 291,765 | 15,185,348 | 61,228,337 | 21,971,410 |
| 2000 | 297,879 | 15,888,199 | 65,613,328 | 17,586,066 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | |
| YEAR | OPERATIONS | PASSENGERS | MAIL (LBS) | FREIGHT (LBS) |
| 2001 | 244,008 | 13,265,387 | 43,577,966 | 11,956,328 |
| 2002 | 215,691 | 12,881,601 | 6,916,740 | 6,009,252 |
| 2003 | 250,802 | 14,223,123 | 5,963,088 | 6,769,285 |
| 2004 | 268,576 | 15,944,542 | 5,215,121 | 5,966,901 |
| 2005 | 276,056 | 17,847,884 | 3,034,167 | 5,717,535 |
| 2006 | 276,419 | 18,550,785 | 1,998,859 | 5,964,248 |
| 2007 | 275,433 | 18,679,343 | 651,774 | 4,893,162 |
| 2008 | 277,298 | 18,028,287 | 30,806 | 7,290,740 |
| 2009 | 272,146 | 17,577,359 | 10,371 | 12,800,858 |
| 2010 | 271,097 | 18,118,713 | 6,233 | 14,499,823 |
Source: Financial Strategy & Analysis