Vital Signs: Airport Activity (Freight) – Bay Area

VITAL SIGNS INDICATOR Airport Activity (EC17) FULL MEASURE NAME Enplanements or tonnage at airports LAST UPDATED August 2019 DESCRIPTION Airport activity refers to the number of passenger boardings at Bay Area commercial airports and to the quantity of goods – measured in tons – that arrive in the region as air cargo. DATA SOURCE Federal Aviation Administration: Passenger Boarding (Enplanement) and All-Cargo Data for U.S. Airports 2001-2017 http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/ Note: Passenger only CONTACT INFORMATION [e-mail] METHODOLOGY NOTES (across all datasets for this indicator) Depending on airport size, the enplanement (or boarding) data for passengers comes from either the Primary or Commercial Airport data tables produced annually by FAA, as some smaller airports shift between these designations over time.