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Table 4-8: Certificated Air Carrier Fuel Consumption and Travel^a

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	1960	1965	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
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	8,111	8,228	U
Average miles flown per aircraft (thousands)	487	667	949	932	768	740	776	770	669	701	727	759	783	^R795	^R768	^R788	U
Aircraft-miles (millions)
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	^R4,938	^R5,039	^R5,279	5,610
International operations	182	284	475	377	401	415	760	807	904	961	980	998	1,043	^R1,113	^R1,188	^R1,207	1,257
Fuel consumption (million gallons)
Domestic operations	1,954	3,889	7,857	7,558	9,096	10,115	12,429	11,506	11,763	11,959	12,476	12,812	13,187	13,660	13,877	^R14,402	14,845
International operations	566	1,280	2,243	1,949	1,938	2,488	3,963	3,940	4,120	4,113	4,311	4,511	4,658	4,964	5,186	^R5,250	5,475
Aircraft-miles flown per gallon
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	^R0.37	0.38
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	0.23

KEY: R = revised; U = data are unavailable.

^a Aircraft operating under 14 CFR 121 and 14 CFR 135.

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1990-97: Ibid., FAA Statistical Handbook of Aviation, Calendar Year 1997 (Washington, DC: unpublished), personal communication, Mar. 19, 1999.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.

1985-96: 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.

1997-2000: Ibid., Internet site http://www.bts.gov/programs/oai as of Aug.10, 2001.

Fuel consumption:

1960-2000: 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 Aug. 10, 2001.

Table 4-8: Certificated Air Carrier Fuel Consumption and Travela

Table 4-8: Certificated Air Carrier Fuel Consumption and Travel^a