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General Aviation Profile
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FINANCIAL1
Expenditures, total ($ millions) |
895 |
2,035 |
8,053 |
9,907 |
9,332 |
10,379 |
11,605 |
13,797 |
16,372 |
17,553 |
21,909 |
26,499 |
U |
U |
Aircraft |
202 |
339 |
2,853 |
3,398 |
3,910 |
4,260 |
5,298 |
7,174 |
9,573 |
11,262 |
14,291 |
18,524 |
U |
U |
Operating
costs |
693 |
1,696 |
5,200 |
6,509 |
5,422 |
6,119 |
6,307 |
6,623 |
6,799 |
6,291 |
7,618 |
7,975 |
U |
U |
INVENTORY2
Number of active aircraft by primary use, total |
76,549 |
131,743 |
211,045 |
196,800 |
172,400 |
188,100 |
187,312 |
192,414 |
204,710 |
219,464 |
217,533 |
211,446 |
211,244 |
209,708 |
Corporate |
N |
6,835 |
14,860 |
10,100 |
9,400 |
9,800 |
9,286 |
10,411 |
11,250 |
10,804 |
11,003 |
10,544 |
10,810 |
10,493 |
Business |
N |
26,900 |
49,391 |
33,100 |
26,500 |
26,200 |
28,236 |
27,716 |
32,611 |
24,543 |
25,169 |
25,525 |
24,153 |
25,042 |
Instructional |
N |
10,727 |
14,862 |
18,600 |
15,000 |
14,800 |
14,261 |
14,663 |
11,375 |
16,081 |
14,883 |
14,254 |
13,203 |
12,714 |
Personal |
N |
65,398 |
96,222 |
112,600 |
102,500 |
109,300 |
109,619 |
115,630 |
124,347 |
147,085 |
148,192 |
144,031 |
145,996 |
146,722 |
Aerial
application |
N |
5,455 |
7,294 |
6,200 |
4,300 |
5,100 |
5,361 |
4,858 |
4,550 |
4,254 |
4,294 |
3,779 |
3,971 |
3,250 |
Aerial
observation |
N |
N |
N |
4,900 |
5,100 |
4,700 |
3,225 |
3,311 |
3,242 |
3,240 |
5,093 |
5,039 |
4,535 |
4,223 |
External
load |
N |
N |
N |
N |
100 |
200 |
424 |
186 |
313 |
190 |
234 |
202 |
151 |
194 |
Other worka |
N |
2,054 |
2,813 |
1,400 |
1,200 |
1,100 |
1,118 |
679 |
1,116 |
2,363 |
1,787 |
1,528 |
1,733 |
1,726 |
Air taxi / air toursb |
N |
N |
N |
5,800 |
3,800 |
4,100 |
3,963 |
4,948 |
5,190 |
4,569 |
4,019 |
4,004 |
4,157 |
2,791 |
Sightseeingc |
N |
N |
N |
N |
1,300 |
900 |
889 |
677 |
679 |
832 |
881 |
918 |
641 |
862 |
Otherd |
N |
8,249 |
17,045 |
4,100 |
4,200 |
6,300 |
6,718 |
5,250 |
6,010 |
1,200 |
1,952 |
1,573 |
1,895 |
1,691 |
Public use |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
4,206 |
4,130 |
4,029 |
4,138 |
j N |
j N |
j N |
j N |
PERFORMANCE
Number of flight hours by actual
use, total3 (thousands) |
13,121 |
26,030 |
36,430 |
30,763 |
24,092 |
26,612 |
26,909 |
27,713 |
28,100 |
31,231 |
29,960 |
27,017 |
27,040 |
27,329 |
Corporate |
N |
N |
5,332 |
2,913 |
2,486 |
3,069 |
2,898 |
2,878 |
3,213 |
3,535 |
3,341 |
2,657 |
3,275 |
3,227 |
Business |
5,699 |
7,204 |
8,434 |
4,417 |
3,012 |
3,335 |
3,259 |
3,006 |
3,523 |
3,602 |
3,588 |
3,579 |
3,287 |
3,377 |
Instructional |
1,828 |
6,791 |
5,748 |
7,244 |
4,156 |
4,410 |
4,759 |
4,956 |
3,961 |
5,795 |
5,050 |
4,307 |
4,182 |
4,393 |
Personal |
3,172 |
6,896 |
8,894 |
9,276 |
8,248 |
9,659 |
9,037 |
9,644 |
9,781 |
11,072 |
11,477 |
11,266 |
11,025 |
11,251 |
Aerial
application |
N |
N |
2,044 |
1,872 |
1,364 |
1,526 |
1,713 |
1,562 |
1,306 |
1,408 |
1,318 |
1,038 |
1,182 |
1,099 |
Aerial
observation |
N |
N |
N |
1,745 |
1,746 |
1,391 |
1,057 |
1,261 |
812 |
1,244 |
1,545 |
1,442 |
1,366 |
1,262 |
External
load |
N |
N |
N |
N |
135 |
128 |
191 |
112 |
153 |
123 |
161 |
131 |
97 |
103 |
Other worka |
N |
N |
1,053 |
572 |
241 |
280 |
265 |
139 |
286 |
605 |
496 |
256 |
369 |
414 |
Air taxi / air toursb |
N |
N |
N |
2,249 |
1,545 |
1,527 |
1,834 |
2,122 |
2,583 |
1,985 |
2,122 |
1,587 |
1,495 |
1,332 |
Sightseeingc |
N |
N |
N |
N |
309 |
179 |
195 |
127 |
169 |
218 |
197 |
183 |
134 |
175 |
Otherd |
2,422 |
5,139 |
4,925 |
475 |
622 |
1,107 |
656 |
819 |
940 |
535 |
665 |
664 |
628 |
697 |
Public usee |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
1,047 |
1,096 |
1,373 |
1,109 |
j N |
j N |
j N |
j N |
Vehicle-miles (millions)f,4 |
1,769 |
3,207 |
5,204 |
4,548 |
3,358 |
3,795 |
3,524 |
3,877 |
U |
U |
U |
U |
U |
U |
Passenger-miles (millions)f,1 |
2,300 |
9,100 |
14,700 |
13,000 |
9,800 |
10,800 |
12,000 |
12,500 |
13,100 |
14,100 |
15,200 |
15,900 |
U |
U |
Fuel consumed, total (million gallons)f, 5 |
242 |
759 |
1,286 |
1,016 |
731 |
847 |
896 |
934 |
1,126 |
1,313 |
1,305 |
1,228 |
1,262 |
1,250 |
Aviation
gasoline |
242 |
551 |
520 |
353 |
266 |
287 |
289 |
292 |
311 |
345 |
333 |
275 |
278 |
272 |
Jet
fuel |
N |
208 |
766 |
663 |
464 |
560 |
608 |
642 |
815 |
967 |
972 |
953 |
984 |
978 |
SAFETY
Fatalities, totalg,6 |
787 |
1,310 |
1,239 |
767 |
730 |
735 |
636 |
631 |
624 |
619 |
596 |
562 |
581 |
626 |
Corporate |
N |
28 |
66 |
21 |
6 |
15 |
20 |
3 |
0 |
30 |
13 |
12 |
5 |
5 |
Business |
N |
148 |
126 |
80 |
64 |
73 |
44 |
45 |
42 |
55 |
43 |
50 |
39 |
33 |
Instructional |
N |
93 |
73 |
62 |
47 |
44 |
40 |
38 |
38 |
38 |
64 |
40 |
42 |
71 |
Personal |
N |
726 |
808 |
492 |
472 |
488 |
413 |
432 |
432 |
383 |
386 |
376 |
407 |
444 |
Aerial
application |
N |
41 |
32 |
17 |
17 |
15 |
10 |
17 |
6 |
14 |
19 |
14 |
14 |
6 |
Other |
N |
174 |
134 |
95 |
138 |
112 |
119 |
106 |
112 |
105 |
87 |
73 |
77 |
84 |
Accidents,
total7 |
4,793 |
4,712 |
3,590 |
2,242 |
2,022 |
2,056 |
1,908 |
1,845 |
1,904 |
1,905 |
1,837 |
1,726 |
1,713 |
1,732 |
Fatal |
429 |
641 |
618 |
444 |
404 |
413 |
361 |
350 |
364 |
340 |
345 |
325 |
345 |
351 |
Accident rate (per 100,000 flight hours)h,i |
36.5 |
18.1 |
9.9 |
7.3 |
8.4 |
7.7 |
7.1 |
6.7 |
6.8 |
6.1 |
6.1 |
6.4 |
6.3 |
6.3 |
Fatal |
3.3 |
2.5 |
1.7 |
1.4 |
1.7 |
1.6 |
1.3 |
1.3 |
1.3 |
1.1 |
1.2 |
1.2 |
1.3 |
1.3 |
KEY: N = data do not exist; R = revised; U = data
are not available.
a In 1960, 1970, 1980,
classified as "Industrial."
b Includes air tours done
under 14 CFR 135: air taxi operators and commercial operators.
c Includes sightseeing done
under 14 CFR 91: general operating and flight rules.
d Significant decrease in
"Other" can be attributed to a redefining of the category to only
include "Aerial Other" and "Medical Use."
e Federal, state or local
government-owned or leased aircraft used for the purpose of fulfilling a
government position.
f Includes air taxi
operations. Nautical miles in source multiplied by 1.151 to convert from
nautical miles.
g Sum of fatalities does not
necessarily equal total. Differences are due to methodology used to count
collisions involving aircraft in different categories.
h Suicide/sabotage cases are
included in accidents and fatalities data but are excluded from accident
rates.
i Accident rates are
calculated by BTS using the formula: Accident Rates (per 100,000 flight
hours) = Accidents or Fatalities/Flight Hours (thousands)*100.
j Beginning in 2000,
"Public Use" was included in "Other Work".
NOTES
Numbers
may not add to totals due to rounding.
Total fatalities in this profile may not match those in table
2-14, due to when the total fatalities data were received and the data
breakdown by type of flying. NTSB constantly updates and reclassifies
accident and fatality data.
1994-95 data for active aircraft by use, and flight hours, have
been revised to reflect changes in adjustment for nonresponse bias with 1996
telephone survey factors. 1996 vehicle-miles and fuel consumption data are
estimated using new information on nonrespondents and are not comparable to
earlier years.
SOURCES
Unless otherwise noted, refer to chapter tables for sources.
1 Eno Transportation
Foundation, Inc., Transportation in
America, Annual Issues (Washington, DC),
pp. 40 and 45, and similar tables in earlier editions.
2 U.S. Department of
Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, General Aviation and Air Taxi Activity and Avionics
Survey (Washington, DC: 1990-2003 issues),
table 1.1.
3 Ibid., table 1.4 and similar
tables in earlier editions.
4 Ibid., table 3.3 and similar
tables in earlier editions.
5 1960-1990: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal
Aviation Administration, General Aviation
and Air Taxi Acitivity and Avionics Survey (Washington,
DC: 1990-2000 issues), table 5.1.
1994-2003: Ibid., FAA Aerospace
Forecasts, (Washington, DC: Annual issues),
table 34 and similar tables in earlier editions.
6 1960-1970: National
Transportation Safety Board, RE-50, personal communication. 1980-2002: Ibid., Annual Review of Aircraft Accident Data, U.S. General
Aviation, Calendar Year 1998 (Washington,
DC: July 2000), charts 27, 39, 40, 41, 42 and 43, and personal communications
on Sept. 10, 2002, Dec. 22, 2003, April 30, 2004, and Mar. 24, 2005.
7 1960-80: National
Transportation Safety Board, RE-50, personal communication. Annual Review of Aircraft Accident Data, U.S. General
Aviation, Calendar Year 1998 (Washington,
DC: July 2000), available at Internet site http://www.ntsb.gov/aviation/ as
of July 22, 2004, table 10. 1990-2004:
Ibid., Aviation Accident Statistics, table 10, Internet site
http://www.ntsb.gov/aviation/Stats.htm as of Mar. 24, 2005.
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