Monthly Air Passenger Traffic at Port Authority of NY NJ Airports Since 1977

Monthly aggregated data on domestic and international air passengers, cargo, flights, and aircraft equipment types collected by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The data is used to estimate flight fees, parking, concession, and Passenger Facility Charge revenues at PANYNJ-operated airports. The series begins in 1977.

Use Cases

• Analyze long-term trends in domestic and international passenger volumes to forecast airport infrastructure needs.
• Model correlations between flight counts, aircraft equipment types, and estimated revenue streams like concessions and parking.
• Compare seasonal patterns in cargo and passenger traffic to inform airline scheduling and resource allocation.

Strengths

• Provides a long-term historical series with data beginning in 1977.
• Includes multiple traffic dimensions: passengers, cargo, flights, and aircraft equipment types.
• Data is collected and aggregated by the authoritative Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

Limitations

• The specific number of rows, columns, and data granularity (e.g., per airline) is unknown from the provided input.
• Data freshness is unclear as the last update timestamp may reflect metadata rather than the underlying data series.
• Available file formats like XML and RDF may require specific parsing tools compared to standard CSV.

Provenance

Source

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, published by the State of New York on Data.gov.

Collection Method

Collected monthly from each carrier at PANYNJ-operated airports and aggregated by the Port Authority.

Time Range

Beginning 1977.

Freshness

Metadata was last updated on 2023-09-15; update frequency for the underlying data is not specified.

Geography

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey operated airports.