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Table 5-8: Active Aviation Pilots and Flight Instructors: 20061
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Alabama |
7,089 |
996 |
2,935 |
1,919 |
1,229 |
10 |
1,058 |
Alaska |
8,300 |
801 |
3,390 |
2,046 |
2,051 |
12 |
1,235 |
Arizona |
20,067 |
3,333 |
6,962 |
4,504 |
5,241 |
27 |
3,497 |
Arkansas |
4,978 |
710 |
2,045 |
1,335 |
872 |
16 |
715 |
California |
65,867 |
10,297 |
30,046 |
13,728 |
11,746 |
50 |
9,091 |
Colorado |
17,730 |
2,202 |
6,311 |
3,847 |
5,346 |
24 |
3,155 |
Connecticut |
5,734 |
702 |
2,478 |
1,041 |
1,508 |
5 |
884 |
Delaware |
1,316 |
203 |
485 |
271 |
354 |
3 |
238 |
District of Columbia |
439 |
75 |
213 |
85 |
66 |
0 |
41 |
Florida |
48,512 |
7,364 |
15,943 |
10,649 |
14,493 |
63 |
8,135 |
Georgia |
19,184 |
2,471 |
6,372 |
3,509 |
6,801 |
31 |
2,854 |
Hawaii |
3,111 |
432 |
769 |
835 |
1,074 |
1 |
559 |
Idaho |
4,720 |
677 |
2,109 |
1,117 |
800 |
17 |
671 |
Illinois |
19,073 |
2,633 |
7,825 |
3,992 |
4,551 |
72 |
3,334 |
Indiana |
10,731 |
1,508 |
4,880 |
2,177 |
2,103 |
63 |
1,727 |
Iowa |
5,817 |
804 |
3,035 |
1,259 |
697 |
22 |
844 |
Kansas |
7,510 |
915 |
3,556 |
1,687 |
1,329 |
23 |
1,344 |
Kentucky |
6,654 |
814 |
2,069 |
1,233 |
2,531 |
7 |
1,195 |
Louisiana |
5,306 |
730 |
1,978 |
1,508 |
1,080 |
10 |
733 |
Maine |
2,855 |
378 |
1,320 |
621 |
527 |
9 |
385 |
Maryland |
8,109 |
1,385 |
3,291 |
1,655 |
1,766 |
12 |
1,231 |
Massachusetts |
8,523 |
1,372 |
4,039 |
1,658 |
1,445 |
9 |
1,235 |
Michigan |
16,020 |
2,276 |
7,465 |
3,325 |
2,885 |
69 |
2,440 |
Minnesota |
13,616 |
1,506 |
5,741 |
3,034 |
3,307 |
28 |
2,393 |
Mississippi |
4,087 |
567 |
1,582 |
1,064 |
862 |
12 |
570 |
Missouri |
10,054 |
1,264 |
4,302 |
2,255 |
2,195 |
38 |
1,648 |
Montana |
3,885 |
517 |
1,751 |
1,035 |
574 |
8 |
576 |
Nebraska |
3,636 |
524 |
1,749 |
832 |
519 |
12 |
469 |
Nevada |
6,757 |
814 |
2,410 |
1,445 |
2,083 |
5 |
1,101 |
New Hampshire |
4,081 |
410 |
1,494 |
762 |
1,405 |
10 |
700 |
New Jersey |
10,043 |
1,532 |
4,270 |
1,959 |
2,268 |
14 |
1,558 |
New Mexico |
5,069 |
712 |
2,232 |
1,358 |
751 |
16 |
626 |
New York |
16,967 |
2,968 |
7,510 |
3,569 |
2,864 |
56 |
2,639 |
North Carolina |
14,061 |
1,702 |
5,717 |
2,847 |
3,769 |
26 |
2,009 |
North Dakota |
2,272 |
357 |
977 |
733 |
202 |
3 |
390 |
Ohio |
17,706 |
2,265 |
7,697 |
3,609 |
4,069 |
66 |
3,019 |
Oklahoma |
8,041 |
1,281 |
3,384 |
1,988 |
1,370 |
18 |
1,194 |
Oregon |
9,408 |
1,345 |
4,556 |
2,207 |
1,284 |
16 |
1,368 |
Pennsylvania |
17,136 |
2,361 |
7,166 |
3,403 |
4,150 |
56 |
2,689 |
Rhode Island |
1,075 |
152 |
473 |
233 |
216 |
1 |
151 |
South Carolina |
6,360 |
877 |
2,641 |
1,355 |
1,474 |
13 |
871 |
South Dakota |
2,198 |
261 |
1,014 |
584 |
326 |
13 |
354 |
Tennessee |
11,818 |
1,359 |
3,983 |
2,300 |
4,150 |
26 |
1,903 |
Texas |
46,884 |
6,395 |
16,039 |
9,401 |
15,017 |
32 |
7,246 |
Utah |
7,693 |
1,284 |
2,844 |
1,834 |
1,723 |
8 |
1,305 |
Vermont |
1,387 |
180 |
628 |
305 |
271 |
3 |
182 |
Virginia |
14,206 |
2,022 |
5,009 |
3,079 |
4,062 |
34 |
2,232 |
Washington |
20,056 |
2,626 |
7,592 |
4,267 |
5,554 |
17 |
3,146 |
West Virginia |
1,848 |
279 |
852 |
396 |
309 |
12 |
270 |
Wisconsin |
10,494 |
1,455 |
5,014 |
1,917 |
2,033 |
75 |
1,628 |
Wyoming |
1,800 |
249 |
855 |
391 |
302 |
3 |
248 |
United States, total |
570,283 |
80,342 |
228,998 |
122,163 |
137,604 |
1,176 |
89,086 |
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, 2006 U.S. Civil Airmen Statistics, Table 5, Washington, DC: 2007, available at http://www.faa.gov/data_statistics/aviation_data_statistics/
civil_airmen_statistics/2006/ as of Nov. 30, 2007.
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