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Table 4-8: 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 |
8,055 |
8,497 |
8,194 |
8,176 |
8,186 |
8,225 |
U |
U |
| Average miles flown per aircraft (thousands) |
487 |
667 |
949 |
932 |
768 |
740 |
776 |
770 |
669 |
701 |
727 |
759 |
783 |
791 |
768 |
797 |
862 |
802 |
835 |
899 |
969 |
1,003 |
U |
U |
| 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 |
5,035 |
5,332 |
5,664 |
5,548 |
5,616 |
6,085 |
6,552 |
6,714 |
(R) 6,625 |
6,726 |
| International operations |
182 |
284 |
475 |
377 |
401 |
415 |
760 |
807 |
904 |
961 |
980 |
998 |
1,043 |
1,114 |
1,192 |
1,225 |
1,282 |
1,266 |
1,225 |
1,262 |
1,384 |
1,536 |
(R) 1,589 |
1,681 |
| Fuel consumption (million gallons) |
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| Domestic operations |
1,954 |
3,889 |
7,857 |
7,558 |
8,519 |
10,115 |
12,323 |
11,506 |
11,763 |
11,959 |
12,384 |
12,672 |
13,217 |
13,563 |
13,335 |
14,402 |
(R) 14,865 |
(R) 13,868 |
(R) 12,926 |
(R) 13,082 |
(R) 14,091 |
(R) 13,962 |
(R) 13,582 |
13,556 |
| International operations |
566 |
1,280 |
2,243 |
1,949 |
1,747 |
2,488 |
3,909 |
3,940 |
4,120 |
4,113 |
4,279 |
4,443 |
4,618 |
4,915 |
4,923 |
5,250 |
(R) 5,508 |
(R) 5,336 |
(R) 5,075 |
(R) 5,219 |
(R) 5,592 |
(R) 5,974 |
(R) 6,018 |
6,204 |
| Aircraft-miles flown per gallon |
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| Domestic operations |
0.44 |
0.29 |
0.26 |
0.26 |
0.30 |
0.30 |
0.32 |
0.33 |
0.34 |
0.35 |
0.35 |
0.37 |
0.36 |
0.36 |
0.38 |
0.37 |
(R) 0.38 |
(R) 0.40 |
(R) 0.43 |
(R) 0.47 |
(R) 0.46 |
(R) 0.48 |
(R) 0.49 |
0.50 |
| International operations |
0.32 |
0.22 |
0.21 |
0.19 |
0.23 |
0.17 |
0.19 |
0.20 |
0.22 |
0.23 |
0.23 |
0.22 |
0.23 |
0.23 |
0.24 |
0.23 |
(R) 0.23 |
(R) 0.24 |
(R) 0.24 |
(R) 0.24 |
(R) 0.25 |
(R) 0.26 |
(R) 0.26 |
0.27 |
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.
1998-2005: Aerospace Industries Association, Aerospace Facts and Figures (Washington DC: Annual Issues), "Active U.S. Air Carrier Fleet", p. 90 and similar pages in earlier editions.
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.
1985-2001: 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.
2002-07: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information, Air Carrier Traffic Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues, January), pp. 3 and 4, line 25 plus line 46.
Fuel consumption:
1960-70: 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 June 25, 2004.
1980-2007: Ibid., Internet site http://www.bts.gov/xml/fuel/report/src/index.xml as of Jun. 26, 2008.
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