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Table 5-7: General Aviation and Air Taxi Aircraft and Hours Flown: 2004

(Excludes commuter aircraft)

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State Active aircraft Hours flown (thousands)
Alabama 3,712 529
Alaska 6,207 753
Arizona 6,607 833
Arkansas 2,621 408
California 23,700 3,031
Colorado 5,222 608
Connecticut 1,780 506
Delaware 2,365 368
District of Columbia 37 10
Florida 15,385 2,043
Georgia 5,490 661
Hawaii 331 118
Idaho 2,193 207
Illinois 6,942 844
Indiana 4,173 438
Iowa 3,035 373
Kansas 3,750 580
Kentucky 1,870 186
Louisiana 2,721 482
Maine 1,238 106
Maryland 2,550 330
Massachusetts 2,985 315
Michigan 6,975 705
Minnesota 4,861 445
Mississippi 2,563 477
Missouri 3,902 508
Montana 2,200 254
Nebraska 1,936 221
Nevada 3,033 372
New Hampshire 1,566 183
New Jersey 3,466 393
New Mexico 3,088 353
New York 5,959 747
North Carolina 5,602 724
North Dakota 812 83
Ohio 6,458 824
Oklahoma 4,347 962
Oregon 5,384 716
Pennsylvania 6,281 754
Rhode Island 383 34
South Carolina 2,271 213
South Dakota 1,156 136
Tennessee 3,906 520
Texas 17,999 2,360
Utah 1,923 287
Vermont 726 67
Virginia 4,455 605
Washington 6,623 712
West Virginia 888 115
Wisconsin 4,226 420
Wyoming 1,166 113
U.S. total (excluding territories) 219,107 28,040
U.S. total (including territories) 219,426 28,126

NOTE: These data are derived from a sample survey of general aviation and air taxi aircraft and are estimates subject to sampling and nonsampling error.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, General Aviation and Air Taxi Activity Survey: 2004, Washington, DC: 2006, available at http://www.faa.gov/data_statistics/aviation_data_statistics/general_aviation as of Sept. 22, 2006.