Welcome to the International Souvenir Shelf, a collection of snow globes that showcase the USA’s strongest connections to other countries through air travel. The globes of the 15 most frequented countries fill with snow as more and more travelers take to the sky. Discover highs and lows in the number of aircraft passengers through 20 years of flight records.
Data sources: OpenFlights, Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA)
Year | Flying to USA |
Flying from USA | Total Passengers |
1990 | 1,029,972 | 950,777 | 1,980,749 |
1995 | 831,268 | 813,707 | 1,644,975 |
2000 | 1,278,939 | 1,279,428 | 2,558,367 |
2005 | 1,559,402 | 1,553,180 | 3,112,582 |
2010 | 1,297,324 | 1,286,777 | 2,584,101 |
Year | Flying to USA |
Flying from USA | Total Passengers |
1990 | 477,343 | 542,848 | 1,020,191 |
1995 | 981,351 | 995,801 | 1,977,152 |
2000 | 1,207,150 | 1,150,970 | 2,358,120 |
2005 | 1,057,766 | 1,048,131 | 2,105,897 |
2010 | 1,709,836 | 1,713,990 | 3,423,826 |
Year | Flying to USA |
Flying from USA | Total Passengers |
1990 | 6,375,497 | 6,450,810 | 12,826,307 |
1995 | 6,842,810 | 6,828,394 | 13,671,204 |
2000 | 8,848,383 | 8,813,578 | 17,661,961 |
2005 | 10,093,919 | 10,027,698 | 20,121,617 |
2010 | 10,987,116 | 11,033,705 | 22,020,821 |
Year | Flying to USA |
Flying from USA | Total Passengers |
1990 | 857,125 | 570,404 | 1,427,529 |
1995 | 1,052,453 | 726,063 | 1,778,516 |
2000 | 1,501,965 | 1,057,815 | 2,559,780 |
2005 | 2,016,044 | 1,712,865 | 3,728,909 |
2010 | 2,330,471 | 2,010,968 | 4,341,439 |
Year | Flying to USA |
Flying from USA | Total Passengers |
1990 | 1,566,900 | 1,531,668 | 3,098,568 |
1995 | 1,895,283 | 1,828,525 | 3,723,808 |
2000 | 3,125,594 | 3,057,721 | 6,183,315 |
2005 | 2,994,091 | 2,987,898 | 5,981,989 |
2010 | 2,949,081 | 2,942,237 | 5,891,318 |
Year | Flying to USA |
Flying from USA | Total Passengers |
1990 | 2,323,989 | 2,357,532 | 4,681,521 |
1995 | 2,921,855 | 2,891,150 | 5,813,005 |
2000 | 3,794,440 | 3,724,818 | 7,519,258 |
2005 | 4,131,833 | 4,095,747 | 8,227,580 |
2010 | 4,638,769 | 4,604,103 | 9,242,872 |
Year | Flying to USA |
Flying from USA | Total Passengers |
1990 | 747,098 | 688,096 | 1,435,194 |
1995 | 965,353 | 936,419 | 1,901,772 |
2000 | 1,489,579 | 1,467,255 | 2,956,834 |
2005 | 1,298,970 | 1,277,993 | 2,576,963 |
2010 | 1,369,290 | 1,353,599 | 2,722,889 |
Year | Flying to USA |
Flying from USA | Total Passengers |
1990 | 972,022 | 938,712 | 1,910,734 |
1995 | 1,111,356 | 1,075,710 | 2,187,066 |
2000 | 1,314,694 | 1,280,855 | 2,595,549 |
2005 | 1,360,180 | 1,343,459 | 2,703,639 |
2010 | 1,492,882 | 1,480,083 | 2,972,965 |
Year | Flying to USA |
Flying from USA | Total Passengers |
1990 | 4,719,370 | 3,704,683 | 8,424,053 |
1995 | 6,353,451 | 4,846,876 | 11,200,327 |
2000 | 7,145,654 | 5,642,319 | 12,787,973 |
2005 | 6,342,278 | 4,977,628 | 11,319,906 |
2010 | 5,165,035 | 3,970,276 | 9,135,311 |
Year | Flying to USA |
Flying from USA | Total Passengers |
1990 | 4,461,195 | 4,642,319 | 9,103,514 |
1995 | 5,077,964 | 5,465,565 | 10,543,529 |
2000 | 7,880,462 | 8,292,954 | 16,173,416 |
2005 | 9,513,507 | 9,868,546 | 19,382,053 |
2010 | 9,068,601 | 9,112,335 | 18,180,936 |
Year | Flying to USA |
Flying from USA | Total Passengers |
1990 | 840,182 | 726,181 | 1,566,363 |
1995 | 1,355,519 | 1,333,360 | 2,688,879 |
2000 | 2,306,887 | 2,258,362 | 4,565,249 |
2005 | 2,297,504 | 2,273,397 | 4,570,901 |
2010 | 2,167,310 | 2,157,611 | 4,324,921 |
Year | Flying to USA |
Flying from USA | Total Passengers |
1990 | 766,082 | 677,347 | 1,443,429 |
1995 | 1,418,667 | 1,096,380 | 2,515,047 |
2000 | 1,372,912 | 1,157,894 | 2,530,806 |
2005 | 1,440,021 | 1,227,582 | 2,667,603 |
2010 | 1,889,609 | 1,656,905 | 3,546,514 |
Year | Flying to USA |
Flying from USA | Total Passengers |
1990 | 532,922 | 492,701 | 1,025,623 |
1995 | 649,838 | 626,445 | 1,276,283 |
2000 | 822,707 | 803,886 | 1,626,593 |
2005 | 863,709 | 819,959 | 1,683,668 |
2010 | 1,333,452 | 1,310,241 | 2,643,693 |