November 2023 US air passenger arrivals reached 89.1% of pre-COVID level

1. Per the US International Trade Administration, in November there were 4.308M non-US-citizen air passenger arrivals to the US from foreign countries - 89.1% of November 2019 level.

Overseas visitor arrivals - excluding arrivals from Canada and Mexico - totaled 2.405M which was 82.8% of 2019 level.

Top source countries of international arrivals were:

1. Mexico 3.173M
2. Canada 2.401M
3. UK 1.443M
4. Japan 763K
5. Dominican Republic 758K

Top world region sources were:

1. Europe (-17.5% from 2019)
2. South/Central America/Caribbean (+19.1% from 2019)
3. Asia (-25.1% from 2019)

Top US airports for international arrivals were:

1. JFK
2. MIA
3. LAX
4. EWR
5. SFO

Top foreign airports sending international visitors to the US were:

1. LHR
2. CUN
3. YYZ
4. MEX
5. CDG

Comment: Slow recovery of arrivals from Europe and especially Asia (think China) doesn't bode well for summer 2024. Watch this space for updates in1Q2024.