Official Statement Airport Commission City and County of San ...

Passenger Traffic
During Fiscal Year 2008-09 (July through June), according to traffic reports submitted by the airlines, the
Airport served approximately 36.5 million passengers (enplanements and deplanements), and handled 379,200 total
flight operations, including 363,034 scheduled passenger airline operations. Scheduled passenger aircraft arrivals
and departures during Fiscal Year 2008-09 decreased by 2.0%, domestic passenger traffic (enplanements and
deplanements) increased by 1.7%, international passenger traffic decreased by 7.7%, and total passenger traffic
decreased by 0.6% compared to Fiscal Year 2007-08. The Airport was ranked the 10th most active airport in the
United States in terms of domestic origin and destination passengers, according to 2008 U.S. DOT statistics. For
calendar year 2008, the Airport was ranked the 10th most active airport in the United States in terms of total
passengers, according to final 2008 data from the ACI. The Airport accounted for approximately 66.1% of the total
air passenger traffic at the three San Francisco Bay Area airports during Fiscal Year 2008-09, an increase of
approximately 5.6 percentage points compared to Fiscal Year 2007-08.
Fiscal Year 2008-09 represented a narrowing of the difference between current and peak Fiscal
Year 1999-00 domestic passenger levels, with domestic enplanements 14.4% lower than the peak levels during
Fiscal Year 1999-00.
Compared with the first six months (July through December) of Fiscal Year 2008-09, scheduled passenger
aircraft arrivals and departures increased 0.9%, domestic passenger traffic (enplanements and deplanements)
increased by 6.0%, international passenger traffic decreased by 2.8% and total passenger traffic increased by 3.9%
during the first six months (July through December) of Fiscal Year 2009-10.
Compared to December 2008, scheduled aircraft arrivals and departures increased by 3.2%, domestic
passenger traffic (enplanements and deplanements) increased by 6.2%, international passenger traffic decreased by
4.3% and total passenger traffic increased by 3.7% during December 2009.
Air traffic data for the past 10 Fiscal Years is presented in the table below.
PASSENGER TRAFFIC
Scheduled Passenger
Aircraft Arrivals
and Departures Passenger Enplanements and Deplanements
% % % Total %
Fiscal Year Total Change Domestic Change International Change Total Change
First Six Months 2009-10* 187,595 0.9% 15,396,323 6.0% 4,337,556 (2.8%) 19,733,879 3.9%
First Six Months 2008-09* 185,949 – 14,523,553 – 4,461,688 – 18,985,241 –
2008-09* 363,034 (2.0) 28,030,334 1.7 8,445,278 (7.7) 36,475,612 (0.6)
2007-08 370,569 7.7 27,558,480 9.5 9,150,925 5.2 36,709,405 8.4
2006-07 344,048 2.6 25,159,432 1.9 8,695,950 4.9 33,855,382 2.6
2005-06 335,223 2.2 24,799,655 0.0 8,187,999 4.3 32,987,672 1.0
2004-05 328,014 0.6 24,800,769 5.8 7,847,866 7.0 32,648,635 6.1
2003-04 326,109 0.9 23,438,173 4.5 7,333,291 8.9 30,771,464 5.5
2002-03 323,363 (4.6) 22,437,556 (5.5) 6,736,673 (6.1) 29,174,229 (5.7)
2001-02 338,772 (13.9) 23,755,366 (22.1) 7,177,523 (13.0) 30,932,889 (20.1)
2000-01 393,286 (4.1) 30,484,409 (6.6) 8,250,667 9.0 38,735,076 (3.7)
1999-00 410,220 1.1 32,641,901 1.1 7,571,897 10.2 40,213,798 2.7
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* Preliminary.
Source: San Francisco Airport Commission.
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