NTTO: August 2025 Travel to/from U.S.

International Air Passenger Enplanements To & From the United States Up 1.2% Year Over Year in August 2025

Overseas Visitation to the United States Down 2.9% Year Over Year in August 2025

Data recently released by the National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) show that in August 2025:

U.S.-international air traffic passenger enplanements¹  totaled:

• 25.6 million in August 2025, up 1.2 percent compared to August 2024, with enplanements reaching 104.7 percent of pre-pandemic August 2019 volume. 
  
  

Originating Non-Stop Air Travel in August 2025

• Non-U.S. citizen air passenger arrivals to the United States from foreign countries totaled:
  
  • 5.6 million in August 2025, down 3.3 percent compared to August 2024.
  • This represents 88.6 percent of pre-pandemic August 2019 volume.

On a related note, overseas visitor arrivals² totaled 3.5 million in August 2025, which reached 86.0 percent of pre-pandemic August 2019 volume, up from 82.9 percent in July 2025.  August 2025 overseas visitor arrivals decreased 2.9 percent compared to August 2024.  Year-to-date through August, total overseas visitation was down 1.8 percent compared to the same period last year.  (See August I-94 Advance Release https://www.trade.gov/i-94-arrivals-program)

• U.S. citizen air passenger departures from the United States to foreign countries totaled:
  • 6.5 million in August 2025, up 2.8 percent from August 2024.
  • This exceeded August 2019 volume by 22.0 percent.

World Region Highlights in August 2025 (APIS/I-92 arrivals + departures)

• Total air passenger travel (arrivals and departures) between the United States and other countries was led by Mexico (3.2 million, +1.9 percent Year-Over-Year (YOY)), Canada (2.9 million, -9.6 percent YOY), the United Kingdom (2.2 million, -0.9 percent YOY), Germany (1.2 million, +2.3 percent YOY), and the Dominican Republic (1.1 million, +6.6 percent YOY).
• International regional air travel to/from the United States:
  • Europe totaled 8.8 million passengers, up 3.8 percent over August 2024, and up 6.1 percent compared to August 2019.
  • South/Central America/Caribbean totaled 5.9 million, up 1.8 percent over August 2024, and up 15.5 percent compared to August 2019.
  • Asia totaled 2.8 million passengers, up 5.4 percent over August 2024, but down 21.1 percent compared to August 2019.
• Top U.S. ports serving international locations were New York (JFK) 3.8 million, Los Angeles (LAX) 2.2 million, Miami (MIA) 2.1 million, Newark (EWR) 1.7 million, and Chicago (ORD) 1.5 million.
• Top foreign ports serving U.S. locations were London Heathrow (LHR) 1.7 million, Toronto (YYZ) 1.0 million, Paris (CDG) 917,000, Cancun (CUN) 901,000, and Frankfurt (FRA) 793,000.

¹ APIS/ “I-92” (arrivals + departures)

² ADIS/I-94 (with stays of 1-night or more in the United States and visiting under certain visa types)

Interested in an interactive data visualization of these statistics? Please visit our APIS/I-92 International Air Passenger Monitor for a more comprehensive and customizable experience.

APIS/I-92 International Air Passenger Monitor