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Table 4-8. Certificated Air Carrier Fuel Consumption and Travela
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CSV
| Number of aircraft |
2,135 |
2,125 |
2,679 |
2,495 |
3,808 |
4,678 |
6,083 |
6,054 |
7,320 |
7,297 |
7,370 |
7,411 |
7,478 |
7,616 |
R8111 |
8,228 |
| Average miles flown per aircraft (thousands) |
487 |
667 |
949 |
932 |
768 |
740 |
776 |
770 |
669 |
701 |
727 |
759 |
783 |
791 |
R767 |
774 |
| Aircraft-miles (millions) |
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| Domestic operations |
858 |
1,134 |
2,068 |
1,948 |
2,523 |
3,046 |
3,963 |
3,854 |
3,995 |
4,157 |
4,380 |
4,629 |
4,811 |
4,911 |
5,031 |
5,176 |
| International operations |
182 |
284 |
475 |
377 |
401 |
415 |
760 |
807 |
904 |
961 |
980 |
998 |
1,043 |
1,114 |
1,191 |
1,197 |
| Fuel consumption (million gallons) |
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| Domestic operations |
1,954 |
3,889 |
7,857 |
7,558 |
9,096 |
R10,115 |
R12,429 |
R11,506 |
R11,763 |
R11,959 |
R12,476 |
12,812 |
R13,187 |
13,660 |
13,877 |
14,491 |
| International operations |
566 |
1,280 |
2,243 |
1,949 |
1,938 |
R2,488 |
R3,963 |
R3,940 |
R4,120 |
R4,113 |
R4,311 |
R4,511 |
R4,658 |
4,964 |
5,186 |
5,277 |
| Aircraft-miles flown per gallon |
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| Domestic operations |
0.44 |
0.29 |
0.26 |
0.26 |
0.28 |
0.30 |
0.32 |
0.33 |
0.34 |
0.35 |
0.35 |
0.36 |
0.36 |
0.36 |
0.36 |
0.36 |
| International operations |
0.32 |
0.22 |
0.21 |
0.19 |
0.21 |
0.17 |
0.19 |
0.20 |
0.22 |
0.23 |
0.23 |
0.22 |
0.22 |
0.22 |
0.23 |
0.23 |
a Aircraft operating under 14 CFR 121 and 14 CFR 135.
KEY: R = revised; U = data are unavailable.
SOURCES:
Number of aircraft:
1960-65: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA Statistical Handbook of Aviation, 1970 edition (Washington, DC: 1970), table 5.3.
1970-75: Ibid., FAA Statistical Handbook of Aviation, Calendar Year 1979 (Washington, DC: 1979), table 5.1.
1980-85: Ibid., FAA Statistical Handbook of Aviation, Calendar Year 1986 (Washington, DC: 1986), table 5.1.
1990-97: Ibid., FAA Statistical Handbook of Aviation, Calendar Year 1997 (Washington, DC: unpublished), personal communication, Mar. 19, 1999.
1998-99: Aerospace Industries Association, Aerospace Facts and Figures (Washington DC: Annual Issues), "Active U.S. Air Carrier Fleet".
Aircraft-miles flown:
1960: Civil Aeronautics Board, Handbook of Airline Statistics 1969 (Washington, DC: 1970), part III, tables 2 and 13.
1965-70: Ibid., Handbook of Airline Statistics 1973 (Washington, DC: 1974), part III, tables 2 and 13.
1975-80: Ibid., Air Carrier Traffic Statistics (Washington, DC: December 1976), pp. 4 and 14; and (December 1981), pp. 2 and 3.
1985-98: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information, Air Carrier Traffic Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues, December), pp. 2 and 3, line 27 plus line 50.
1999: Ibid., Internet site http://www.bts.gov/programs/oai, as of July 14, 2000.
Fuel consumption:
1960-99: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information, Internet site http://www.bts.gov/programs/oai/fuel/fuelyearly.html, as of July 5, 2000.
1999: Ibid., Pesonal communication, July 27, 2000.
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