Monthly Commercial and Non-Commercial Flights at PANYNJ Airports Since 1977

Monthly data on domestic and international cargo, flights, passengers, and aircraft equipment types collected from carriers at Port Authority of New York and New Jersey airports. The Port Authority aggregates this data to estimate flight fees, parking, concession, and Passenger Facility Charge revenues. The dataset provides a long-term record beginning in 1977.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in domestic and international flight volumes over time to assess airport capacity and demand.
• Model revenue from flight fees and Passenger Facility Charges based on aggregated monthly passenger and cargo data.
• Study the relationship between aircraft equipment types and operational metrics like passenger counts or cargo volume.
• Compare seasonal patterns in commercial and non-commercial flight activity across PANYNJ-operated airports.

Strengths

• Provides a long-term temporal record with data beginning in 1977.
• Includes multiple operational metrics: flights, passengers, cargo, and aircraft types.
• Data is collected directly from carriers at major airports, offering a primary source for fee estimation.

Limitations

• The specific number of rows, columns, and data granularity (e.g., per-carrier) is unknown.
• Data formats include XML and RDF, which may require specialized parsing compared to CSV or JSON.
• The license is listed as 'notspecified', which could create uncertainty for commercial use.

Provenance

Source

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ), via 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

The dataset metadata was last updated on August 2, 2025, indicating recent maintenance.

Geography

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey airports.