The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey reported high activity across its transportation facilities in July 2025, with airports, seaports, rail, and roadways all posting strong numbers compared to previous years.
According to the agency, its commercial airports saw their second-busiest July ever, serving 13.3 million passengers. This figure was 3 percent lower than the record set in July 2024, a decrease attributed mainly to operational limits at Newark Liberty International Airport due to ongoing Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) staffing and equipment challenges. Severe weather events also contributed to the dip. Passenger volumes declined at Newark by 5 percent year-over-year, LaGuardia by 4 percent, and John F. Kennedy International by 1 percent.
Over the July Fourth holiday weekend from July 3 to 7, the airports handled 2.2 million travelers—just short of last year’s record for that period.
For the year through July, total airport passenger volume reached 81.6 million, making it the third-highest seven-month total on record for the agency’s airports but trailing both 2023 and 2024 levels.
At the Port of New York and New Jersey, cargo operations continued at a robust pace. The port processed 794,268 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in July—its second-highest monthly tally behind only July of last year—representing a nearly 20 percent increase over pre-pandemic levels from July 2019. Year-to-date container traffic rose nearly four percent over last year and more than twenty percent compared to pre-pandemic figures.
PATH commuter rail ridership increased nine percent from last year’s level in July, reaching about three-quarters of pre-pandemic passenger counts with a total of 5.3 million riders for the month. Weekday ridership topped 200,000 for a fourth consecutive month; weekend ridership has surpassed or matched pre-pandemic figures as well.
Through July this year PATH served a cumulative total of 34.5 million passengers—a seven-percent gain over last year’s comparable period.
On regional roadways operated by the agency—including six major crossings—traffic volumes remained steady with minor fluctuations: eastbound vehicle counts in July were up slightly from last year but almost unchanged since before the pandemic.
