Civil Flying--Summary statistics


ITEM	Unit	1970	1975	1980	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997


Airports in operation ¹	Number	11,261	13,251	15,161	16,318	16,582	17,015	17,327	17,446	17,490	17,581	17,846	18,317	18,343	18,224	18,292	18,345
Heliports	Number	790	1,524	2,336	3,120	3,336	3,653	3,913	4,016	4,085	4,199	4,323	4,569	4,617	4,559	4,596	4,626
Public	Number	4,260	4,573	4,814	5,861	4,924	4,984	5,043	5,084	5,078	5,090	5,116	5,157	5,137	5,132	5,129	5,134
Private	Number	7,001	8,678	10,347	10,457	11,658	12,031	12,284	12,362	12,412	12,491	12,730	13,160	13,206	13,092	13,163	13,211
Airports with runway lights	Number	3,554	4,171	4,738	4,941	4,954	4,922	4,890	4,443	4,822	4,811	4,831	4,842	4,830	4,838	4,847	4,832
Airports with paved runways	Number	3,805	4,865	5,833	6,721	6,948	7,232	7,429	7,612	7,694	7,822	7,936	8,186	8,230	8,195	8,218	8,248
Airport Improvement Program ²	Mil. dol.	50.5	1,300.9	639.0	842.1	1,615.3	919.4	1,278.3	1,271.2	1,244.7	1,621.6	1,765.0	1,830.0	1,628.0	1,418.1	1,379.9	1,475.9
Total civil aircraft	1,000	154.5	196.3	259.4	274.9	275.7	275.1	272.7	274.8	275.9	275.5	277.0	279.0	281.0	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)
Active aircraft ³	1,000	134.5	171.2	214.8	215.4	224.9	222.4	215.9	225.4	218.9	203	192.9	184.4	180.3	195.5	198.6	200.0
Air carriers, total ⁴	1,000	2.8	2.7	3.8	4.7	4.9	5.2	5.6	5.7	6.7	6.1	7.3	7.3	7.4	7.4	7.5	7.6
General aviation aircraft ⁵	1,000	131.7	168.5	211.0	210.7	220.0	217.2	210.3	219.7	212.2	196.9	185.6	177.1	172.9	188.1	191.1	192.4
Fixed-wing aircraft: Multi-engine	1,000	18.4	25.2	31.7	33.6	34.3	33.0	32.2	34.1	32.7	29.7	26.8	22.8	22.3	24.6	25.6	26.2
Single-engine	1,000	109.5	136.9	168.4	164.4	171.8	171	164.8	170.4	165.1	152.8	144.8	134.2	127.8	137.7	138.1	140.7
Rotorcraft ⁶	1,000	2.2	3.8	6.0	6.4	6.9	6.3	6.4	7.5	7.4	6.2	6.0	4.7	4.7	5.8	6.6	6.8
Balloons, blimps, gliders, etc	1,000	1.6	2.5	5.0	6.3	7.0	6.8	6.9	7.7	7.0	8.1	8.0	5	5.9	4.7	4.2	4.1
Airman certificates held	1,000	1,002	1,052	1,195	1,105	1,119	1,128	1,143	1,168	1,195	1,210	1,224	1,225	1,225	1,290	1,157	1,157
Pilot ⁷	1,000	733	728	827	710	709	700	694	700	703	692	683	665	654	639	622	616
Held by women	Percent	4.0	5.2	6.4	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	5.9	5.8
Airline transport	1,000	34	43	70	83	87	91	97	102	108	112	116	117	117	124	127	131
Commercial	1,000	187	189	183	152	148	144	143	145	149	148	146	143	139	134	129	125
Private	1,000	304	306	357	311	306	301	300	293	299	293	288	284	284	261	254	248
Student	1,000	196	177	200	147	150	146	137	143	128	120	115	104	96	101	95	96
Nonpilot ⁸	1,000	269	324	368	395	410	428	449	468	492	517	541	560	571	651	534	541
Ground technicians ⁹	1,000	241	265	321	341	353	367	385	401	421	444	478	485	498	574	459	464
FAA employees: Total	Number	53,125	56,761	55,340	47,245	46,809	47,907	49,210	50,977	51,269	54,119	53,871	52,680	48,932	48,324	48,618	49,531
Air traffic control specialists ¹⁰	Number	(NA)	(NA)	27,190	23,580	23,515	24,132	24,803	24,368	24,339	25,741	24,983	24,630	23,628	23,208	22,823	22,985
Full performance ¹¹	Number	(NA)	(NA)	16,317	11,672	12,533	11,617	12,180	12,640	12,985	13,480	14,377	14,931	14,997	14,845	15,799	14,630
Developmental ¹¹	Number	(NA)	(NA)	4,387	4,304	3,976	5,462	5,495	5,574	5,042	5,080	3,759	3,040	2,548	2,272	1,999	2,312
Assistants ¹¹	Number	(X)	(X)	(X)	1,465	1,479	1,481	1,283	1,316	1,153	928	792	632	507	355	335	319
Traffic management coordinators ¹²	Number	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	278	347	350	370	448	471	482	544	561	542	584
Electronic technicians/ATSS ¹³	Number	(NA)	(NA)	8,871	6,856	6,600	6,788	6,627	6,508	6,458	6,641	6,572	6,262	6,531	6,749	6,927	7,021
Aviation safety inspectors	Number	(NA)	(NA)	2,038	1,897	2,204	2,350	2,499	2,766	2,984	3,101	3,017	2,920	2,813	2,991	3,265	3,577
Engineers	Number	(NA)	(NA)	2,436	2,457	2,417	2,579	2,640	2,657	2,745	3,073	3,208	3,198	2,891	2,810	2,860	2,860
Other	Number	(NA)	(NA)	14,805	12,455	12,073	12,058	12,641	14,678	14,743	15,563	16,091	15,670	13,069	12,566	12,743	13,088
General aviation: ⁵
Hours flown	Million	26.0	34.2	41.0	34.1	34.4	33.4	33.6	35.0	34.8	29.9	26.7	24.5	24.1	26.6	26.9	27.7
Fuel consumed: ¹⁴ Gasoline	Mil. gal.	362	(NA)	520	420	410	402	398	343	353	354	314	268	264	287	289	292
Jet fuel ¹⁵	Mil. gal.	415	(NA)	766	691	732	672	746	688	663	577	494	454	471	560	608	642

NA Not available. X Not applicable.
1 Existing airports, heliports, seaplane bases, etc. recorded with FAA. Includes military airports with joint civil and military use. Includes U.S. outlying areas. Airport-type definitions: Public--publicly owned and under control of a public agency; private--owned by a private individual or corporation. May or may not be open for public use.
2 Fiscal year data. Does not include System Planning Grants. Includes U.S. outlying areas. 1970-1980 data are obligated Federal funds for the Airport Development Aid Program. Thereafter, data are appropriated Federal funds under the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982.
3 Registered aircraft that flew 1 or more hours during the year.
4 Includes helicopters.
5 See text, this Section. Beginning 1993, excludes commuters and includes experimental aircraft, not shown separately. Prior to 1993, experimental aircraft were included in the appropriate type. Data beginning 1995 may not be comparable to data for earlier years due to revisions in survey procedures.
6 Includes autogyros; excludes air carrier helicopters.
7 Includes all active pilots. An active pilot is one with a pilot certificate and a valid medical certificate. Also includes pilots who hold a recreational certificate or only a helicopter, glider, or lighter than air certificate, not shown separately.
8 Includes dispatchers, flight navigators and engineers, and ground technicians--mechanics, repairmen, parachute riggers, and ground instructors. Data for 1996 on mechanics, repairmen, parachute riggers, ground instructors, and dispatchers are limited to those ages 70 years and less.
9 No medical examinations are required, therefore, data represent all certificates on record and include retired or otherwise inactive technicians. See footnote 8.
10 Includes all air traffic control specialists (staff positions, managers, supervisors, and for 1970-1987 traffic management coordinators, not shown separately) and air traffic assistants.
11 Serving in-flight service stations, towers, and centers.
12 Prior to 1987, included in total air traffic control specialists.
13 Airway Transportation Systems Specialists.
14 Source: 1970, U.S. Bureau of Mines; thereafter, FAA General Aviation Activity and Avionics Survey. Data for 1996 are estimated using new information on survey nonresponse and so are not strictly comparable to earlier years.
15 Includes kerosene-type and naphtha-type jet fuels.

Source: Except as noted, U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, FAA Statistical Handbook of Aviation, annual, last published in 1993. Internet site ; and unpublished data.

http://www.api.faa.gov/apo_home.htm

http://www.allcountries.org/uscensus/1077_civil_flying_summary.html

These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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