FAF5 Version Descriptions
Version 5.6.1 (July 19, 2024)
- Release of preliminary annual estimates for year 2023.
- Updates of annual estimates for 2018-2022.
Version 5.6 (April 25, 2024)
- Release of annual estimates for year 2022.
Version 5.5.1 (July 28, 2023)
- Release of preliminary annual estimates for 2022.
- The “preliminary” annual estimates are designed to provide projected FAF estimates for recent years in a more timely manner, before all the complete data sources are available for the final annual data.
- Note that alternative data sources are used for estimating the preliminary estimates, where the input data sources for the final annual data are not available.
- Moving forward, the preliminary annual estimates will be released in Spring of the following year and the final annual estimates in the Fall.
- Updates of annual estimates for 2018-2020.
- Full details about the release are here: https://www.bts.gov/faf
Version 5.5 (May 16, 2023)
- Release of annual estimates for year 2021.
Version 5.4.1 (December 7, 2022)
- Updates to the tonnage of air cargo import for 2018-2020.
Version 5.4 (September 9, 2022)
- Updates/release of regional annual data for the years 2018-2020.
- Updates to the 2017-2050 foreign trade flows.
Version 5.3 (April 18, 2022)
- Release of regional annual data for the years 2018-2019.
- Release of ton-miles for all years.
- Release of truck network database and flow assignments for 2017, 2022, and 2050.
- Updates to the SCTG19 foreign trade flows for 2017.
Version 5.2 (November 22, 2021)
- Release of regional forecast data for the years 2020 - 2050, including high-growth and low-growth scenarios.
Version 5.1 (August 16, 2021)
- Release of historical data for previous base years (1997-2012) according to FAF5 standards.
- Updates to the 2017 foreign trade flows.
Version 5.0 (February 25, 2021)
- Regional (origin-destination-commodity-mode) data for 2017 released.
