Air travel looks very different now than it did just a few years ago when the coronavirus pandemic grounded folks around the world, putting a halt to travel for both leisure and business.
In 2020, passenger traffic on U.S. airlines was at its lowest since the mid-1980s, with just 369 million passengers. In 2021, the U.S. started to get back to more normal air travel levels, and by 2022, the country was up to 853 million airline passengers. By the looks of it, 2023 is likely to outpace those numbers and return to pre-pandemic levels—nearly 3 million people flew in and out of U.S. airports daily as of April 2023, according to data from the Federal Aviation Administration's Air Traffic Organization.
When you're at the airport, shuffling around with your roller bag, backpack, neck pillow, and water bottle among the thousands of other passengers doing the same, you're probably not too concerned with more than your flight. Is it on time? Who will be sitting next to you? Did your checked bag make it onto the plane?
But when you're not in flight mode, you may be wondering where all of the other folks at your local airport are traveling to. To answer that question, Stacker compiled a list of the most common domestic flights from Rhode Island TF Green International using data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Destinations are ranked by total passengers from October 2022 to September 2023.
Read on to find out if your flight patterns are similar to your fellow Rhode Island TF Green International travelers.
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1 / 20- Passengers: 10,747 (0.6% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Delta Air Lines: 5,592
--- #2. Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines: 5,011
--- #3. Eastern Airlines f/k/a Dynamic Airways, LLC: 143
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2 / 20- Passengers: 13,728 (0.8% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Breeze Aviation Group DBA Breeze: 13,425
--- #2. Southwest Airlines: 190
--- #3. Global Crossing Airlines: 113
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3 / 20- Passengers: 16,634 (1.0% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Breeze Aviation Group DBA Breeze: 16,609
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4 / 20- Passengers: 22,604 (1.3% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Allegiant Air: 22,604
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5 / 20- Passengers: 27,065 (1.6% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Breeze Aviation Group DBA Breeze: 26,625
--- #2. Southwest Airlines: 440
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6 / 20- Passengers: 31,611 (1.9% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. CommuteAir LLC dba CommuteAir: 14,140
--- #2. Air Wisconsin Airlines Corp: 6,273
--- #3. Mesa Airlines: 5,482
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7 / 20- Passengers: 41,294 (2.5% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. JetBlue Airways: 40,616
--- #2. Southwest Airlines: 678
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8 / 20- Passengers: 49,992 (3.0% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Endeavor Air: 36,636
--- #2. Republic Airline: 13,356
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9 / 20- Passengers: 50,315 (3.0% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Republic Airline: 39,338
--- #2. GoJet Airlines LLC d/b/a United Express: 10,480
--- #3. United Air Lines: 187
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10 / 20- Passengers: 54,196 (3.2% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Southwest Airlines: 49,828
--- #2. Breeze Aviation Group DBA Breeze: 4,210
--- #3. JetBlue Airways: 158
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11 / 20- Passengers: 56,440 (3.4% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Delta Air Lines: 29,876
--- #2. SkyWest Airlines: 18,879
--- #3. Endeavor Air: 7,548
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12 / 20- Passengers: 62,184 (3.7% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. PSA Airlines: 24,083
--- #2. Piedmont Airlines: 18,482
--- #3. American Airlines: 10,030
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13 / 20- Passengers: 69,406 (4.1% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. JetBlue Airways: 50,314
--- #2. Frontier Airlines: 9,837
--- #3. Southwest Airlines: 9,083
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14 / 20- Passengers: 85,566 (5.1% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Southwest Airlines: 85,526
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15 / 20- Passengers: 94,616 (5.6% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Envoy Air: 24,582
--- #2. SkyWest Airlines: 18,357
--- #3. Republic Airline: 17,043
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16 / 20- Passengers: 138,985 (8.3% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Delta Air Lines: 136,610
--- #2. Frontier Airlines: 1,235
--- #3. Southwest Airlines: 888
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17 / 20- Passengers: 172,276 (10.2% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. PSA Airlines: 64,768
--- #2. Southwest Airlines: 50,417
--- #3. American Airlines: 36,906
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18 / 20- Passengers: 179,176 (10.6% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. American Airlines: 157,472
--- #2. PSA Airlines: 21,354
--- #3. Republic Airline: 303
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19 / 20- Passengers: 213,794 (12.7% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Southwest Airlines: 213,783
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20 / 20- Passengers: 224,335 (13.3% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Southwest Airlines: 122,875
--- #2. JetBlue Airways: 74,483
--- #3. Frontier Airlines: 20,704
This story features data reporting by Rob Powell, writing by Jaimie Etkin, and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 199 metros.
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