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Table 4-8M: Certificated Air Carrier Fuel Consumption
and Travela
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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 kilometers flown per aircraft (thousands) |
784 |
1,074 |
1,528 |
1,408 |
1,236 |
1,191 |
1,250 |
1,239 |
1,077 |
1,129 |
1,170 |
1,222 |
1,260 |
R1,279 |
R1,236 |
R1,268 |
U |
Aircraft-kilometers (millions) |
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Domestic operations |
1,381 |
1,825 |
3,328 |
3,135 |
4,060 |
4,902 |
6,378 |
6,202 |
6,429 |
6,690 |
7,049 |
7,450 |
7,743 |
R7,947 |
R8,109 |
R8,496 |
9,028 |
International operations |
293 |
457 |
764 |
607 |
645 |
668 |
1,223 |
1,299 |
1,455 |
1,547 |
1,577 |
1,606 |
1,679 |
R1,791 |
R1,912 |
R1,942 |
2,023 |
Fuel consumption (million liters) |
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Domestic operations |
7,397 |
14,721 |
29,742 |
28,610 |
34,432 |
38,289 |
47,049 |
43,555 |
44,528 |
45,270 |
47,227 |
48,499 |
49,918 |
51,709 |
52,530 |
R54,518 |
56,194 |
International operations |
2,143 |
4,845 |
8,491 |
7,378 |
7,336 |
9,418 |
15,002 |
14,915 |
15,596 |
15,569 |
16,319 |
17,076 |
17,632 |
18,791 |
19,631 |
R19,873 |
20,725 |
Aircraft-kilometers flown per liter |
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Domestic operations |
0.19 |
0.12 |
0.11 |
0.11 |
0.12 |
0.13 |
0.14 |
0.14 |
0.14 |
0.15 |
0.15 |
0.15 |
0.16 |
0.15 |
0.15 |
R0.18 |
0.08 |
International operations |
0.14 |
0.09 |
0.09 |
0.08 |
0.09 |
0.07 |
0.08 |
0.09 |
0.09 |
0.10 |
0.10 |
0.09 |
0.10 |
0.09 |
0.10 |
0.10 |
0.10 |
KEY: R = revised; U = data are unavailable.
a Aircraft operating under 14 CFR 121 and 14 CFR 135.
NOTES: Numbers may differ slightly from previous year's
metric tables because a higher precision conversion factor was used.
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Year 1997 (Washington, DC: unpublished), personal communication, Mar. 19,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.
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