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Table 5-8: Active Aviation Pilots and Flight Instructors: 2000¹

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State	Total	Students	Airplane pilots²			Misc.³	Flight instructor⁴
State	Total	Students	Private	Commercial	Airline transport	Misc.³	Flight instructor⁴
Alabama	7,262	1,170	3,065	1,649	1,084	294	920
Alaska	8,638	833	3,686	2,130	1,906	83	1,118
Arizona	17,429	2,329	6,508	3,345	4,654	593	2,617
Arkansas	4,988	776	2,153	1,206	788	65	634
California	71,053	10,173	31,571	13,448	12,786	3,075	8,984
Colorado	17,539	2,320	6,256	3,144	5,138	681	2,549
Connecticut	6,523	944	2,714	989	1,648	228	837
Delaware	1,462	245	532	236	413	36	233
District of Columbia	476	86	191	99	69	31	45
Florida	47,191	6,672	16,324	10,059	13,267	869	6,890
Georgia	18,087	2,441	6,053	2,845	6,448	300	2,107
Hawaii	2,927	471	611	587	1,031	227	399
Idaho	4,480	581	2,148	950	711	90	535
Illinois	21,521	3,497	9,168	3,832	4,606	418	3,054
Indiana	11,715	1,874	5,728	2,091	1,867	155	1,488
Iowa	6,135	912	3,372	1,130	667	54	771
Kansas	8,412	1,169	4,136	1,729	1,268	110	1,184
Kentucky	6,720	988	2,397	1,155	2,104	76	919
Louisiana	5,894	911	2,224	1,474	1,035	250	701
Maine	3,105	444	1,494	608	522	37	384
Maryland	8,383	1,217	3,499	1,535	1,869	263	1,194
Massachusetts	9,692	1,583	4,535	1,711	1,480	383	1,242
Michigan	17,755	3,008	8,517	3,008	2,852	370	2,388
Minnesota	15,530	2,244	6,728	2,949	3,417	192	2,025
Mississippi	4,111	594	1,595	1,086	750	86	490
Missouri	11,070	1,549	5,008	2,045	2,312	156	1,548
Montana	3,613	481	1,718	878	469	67	431
Nebraska	4,141	654	2,054	884	524	25	432
Nevada	6,270	691	2,131	1,141	2,095	212	864
New Hampshire	4,242	499	1,544	676	1,417	106	613
New Jersey	11,403	1,826	4,909	1,833	2,417	418	1,517
New Mexico	4,406	787	1,788	916	772	143	549
New York	18,649	3,628	8,020	3,305	2,819	877	2,516
North Carolina	14,769	2,148	6,144	2,600	3,615	262	1,732
North Dakota	2,458	401	1,153	688	199	17	292
Ohio	19,301	3,065	8,602	3,338	3,857	439	2,839
Oklahoma	8,654	1,392	3,839	1,893	1,453	77	1,180
Oregon	9,942	1,625	4,972	1,910	1,175	260	1,123
Pennsylvania	18,022	2,683	7,604	3,075	4,124	536	2,575
Rhode Island	1,216	184	569	210	223	30	136
South Carolina	6,363	933	2,708	1,343	1,244	135	714
South Dakota	2,230	328	1,034	549	302	17	263
Tennessee	12,132	1,675	4,351	2,024	3,826	256	1,600
Texas	48,396	6,613	16,857	9,044	14,839	1,043	6,487
Utah	6,591	1,205	2,678	1,116	1,468	124	768
Vermont	1,487	220	681	261	264	61	162
Virginia	14,640	1,987	5,114	2,835	4,299	405	2,055
Washington	21,116	2,929	8,170	3,896	5,535	586	2,658
West Virginia	1,992	312	953	399	293	35	274
Wisconsin	11,275	1,768	5,682	1,884	1,830	111	1,455
Wyoming	1,812	254	901	354	273	30	195
United States, total	593,218	87,319	244,389	112,092	134,024	15,394	78,686

¹ An active pilot is a person who holds a pilot certificate and a valid medical certificate issued within the last 25 months.

² Includes pilots with an airplane only certificate and those with an airplane and a helicopter and/or glider certificate.

³ Includes helicopter, glider, and recreational pilots. Does not include pilots holding an airplane certificate. A recreational pilot may fly no more than one passenger in a light, single engine aircraft with no more than four seats during good weather and daylight hours and, unless authorized, no more than 50 miles from the home airport.

⁴ Not included in total. A flight instructor must hold a flight instructor certificate in addition to a pilot certificate.

NOTE: Excludes U.S. military personnel holding civilian certificates who are stationed in a foreign country and pilots in U.S. territories.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. Civil Airmen Statistics 2000, Washington, DC: 2002, available at http://www.api.faa.gov/CivilAir/index.htm as of July 22, 2002.

Table 5-8: Active Aviation Pilots and Flight Instructors: 20001

Table 5-8: Active Aviation Pilots and Flight Instructors: 2000¹