City of Austin

Austin airport 5-year passenger trend graph 

AUSTIN, Texas – The Austin-Bergstrom International Airport set a new monthly record mark with 1,543,108 passengers traveling in May 2019. This mark surpassed the previous monthly record set back in July 2018, of 1,511,634 passengers. Airport history has shown that June and July are the heaviest traveled months at AUS so passengers are encouraged to arrive two hours early for all flights and 90 minutes early for flights departing from the South Terminal.
 

May 2019

 
Passenger Activity: Total passenger traffic for May 2019 was 1,543,108 up 9.1% compared to May 2018. May 2019 enplanements totaled 785,799, up 9.3%. Southwest Airlines passengers totaled 514,694, up 5.9%; American Airlines passengers 254,971, up 5.9%; United Airlines passengers totaled 222,615, up 7.6%; Delta Air Lines passengers 211,652, up 11.3%; Frontier Airlines passengers totaled 81,461, down 35.7%; Spirit Airlines passengers totaled 79,248; Alaska Airlines passengers totaled 55,366, up 12.3%; JetBlue Airways passengers totaled 51,119, up 4.6%; Allegiant Air passengers totaled 23,792, down 15.5%; British Airways passengers totaled 17,962, up 5.1%; Lufthansa passengers totaled 7,160; Air Canada passengers totaled 6,840, up 63.3%; Norwegian Air passengers totaled 7,743, down 6.4%; AeroMexico passengers totaled 3,292, up 4.6%; Sun Country Airlines passengers totaled 2,604, up 322.7%; WestJet passengers totaled 1,859, Swift Air passengers totaled 274, down 4.2%; and ViaAir passengers totaled 154, down 93.3%.

May 2019 air cargo totaled 12,358,153 lbs., down 8.2% compared to May 2018.  International air cargo totaled 1,315,562 lbs., down 31.9%. Federal Express carried 8.1 million lbs., down 6%; and United Parcel Service carried 3.2 million lbs., down 11.8%.

Air Services transferred 927,781 lbs. of mail, up 38.5%; and 2,218,516 lbs. of belly freight, up 19.6%.

Aircraft Operations: General Aviation operations totaled 3,345, down 26.1%. Combined operations (including commercial and military) totaled 17,920, down 6.3%.
 

January - May 2019
 

Passenger Activity: Total passenger traffic for January – May 2019 was 6,660,334, up 9.2%, compared to January – May 2018. January – May 2019 enplanements totaled 3,337,311, up 9.4%. Southwest Airlines passengers totaled 2,326,329, up 6.1%; American Airlines passengers 1,236,744, up 12.1%; United Airlines passengers totaled 990,628, up 9.2%; Delta Air Lines passengers 895,303, up 9.8%; Frontier Airlines passengers totaled 255,874, down 26.9%; Alaska Airlines passengers totaled 242,837, up 12.4%; Spirit Airlines passengers totaled 239,048; JetBlue Airways passengers totaled 230,763, down 5.3%; Allegiant Air passengers totaled 83,712, down 34.7%; British Airways passengers totaled 72,747, up 16.8%; Air Canada passengers totaled 26,202, up 42%; Norwegian Air passengers totaled 23,094, up 38.8%; AeroMexico passengers totaled 15,054, down 9.9%; Lufthansa passengers totaled 7,419; Sun Country Airlines passengers totaled 6,301, up 178.4%; ViaAir passengers totaled 3,218, down 47.8%; Swift Air passengers totaled 1,267, up 49.9%; Volaris passengers totaled 434; and Scandinavian Airlines passengers totaled 423.

May 2019 (January – May 2019) air cargo totaled 60,848,762 lbs., down 4.9% compared to May 2018. International air cargo totaled 8,419,574 lbs., down 10.9%. Federal Express carried 39.9 million lbs., down 3.2%; and United Parcel Service carried 15.2 million lbs., down 4.7%.

Air Services transferred 4,632,186 lbs. of mail, up 54.3%; and 9,347,068 lbs. of belly freight, up 16.1%.

Aircraft Operations: General Aviation operations totaled 18,063 for January – May 2019, down 11.4%. Combined operations (including commercial and military) totaled 85,366 up 0.4%.