Monthly Air Passenger Traffic for New York and New Jersey Airports Since 1977

Monthly data on domestic and international passenger traffic collected by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey from its operated airports. The dataset begins in 1977 and is aggregated from carrier reports to estimate airport revenues. It was published by data.ny.gov and last updated in June 2019.

Use Cases

• Forecast Total Passengers for upcoming months using historical Year and Month data.
• Analyze the growth ratio of International Passengers to Domestic Passengers over time.
• Compare passenger traffic trends across different Airport Code locations.
• Model seasonal patterns in air travel using Month and Total Passengers columns.

Strengths

• Long-term temporal coverage beginning in 1977.
• Data includes breakdowns for Domestic Passengers and International Passengers.
• Aggregated from official carrier reports to the Port Authority.

Limitations

• Dataset recency is limited, with last update in mid-2019.
• Sample size and row count are unknown.
• Limited to Port Authority-operated airports, not all regional air traffic.

Provenance

Source

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, published via data.ny.gov.

Collection Method

Collected monthly from each carrier at PANYNJ-operated airports and aggregated.

Time Range

Beginning 1977.

Freshness

Last updated 2019-06-10; update frequency null.

Geography

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey operated airports.