Analysis
What the federal data actually says.
Every figure below comes from a government dataset we pull ourselves, and every article names its sources and the years they cover. How we source and check them is on our editorial guidelines page.
Original research
Longer analyses with a full methodology, stated limitations, and a citation block.
LAX was the only one of America's four largest airports to lose passengers in 2024
Los Angeles International boarded 37.8 million passengers in 2024, down 7.8% from 2023, while Atlanta, Dallas-Fort Worth, Denver and Chicago O'Hare all grew. A census-based look at the ten busiest US airports.
Row30 Data Desk··Data covering calendar year 2024
Analysis
The airlines that collected over $1,000 in bag fees for every dollar they spent lobbying
Spirit collected $2,038 in baggage and change fees for every dollar it spent on federal lobbying in 2013. We scanned every airline-year we hold and found six above $1,300.
Row30 Data Desk··Data covering 2013 to 2023