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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 |
8,055 |
8,497 |
8,194 |
8,176 |
8,186 |
8,225 |
U |
U |
| Average kilometers flown per aircraft (thousands) |
784 |
1,074 |
1,528 |
1,500 |
1,236 |
1,191 |
1,250 |
1,239 |
1,077 |
1,129 |
1,170 |
1,222 |
1,260 |
1,273 |
1,236 |
1,283 |
1,388 |
1,291 |
1,344 |
1,446 |
1,560 |
1,614 |
U |
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 |
7,903 |
8,103 |
8,581 |
9,115 |
8,929 |
9,039 |
9,793 |
10,544 |
10,806 |
(R) 10,661 |
10,825 |
| International operations |
293 |
457 |
764 |
607 |
645 |
668 |
1,223 |
1,299 |
1,455 |
1,547 |
1,577 |
1,606 |
1,679 |
1,793 |
1,918 |
1,971 |
2,063 |
2,037 |
1,971 |
2,031 |
2,228 |
2,472 |
(R) 2,557 |
2,705 |
| Fuel consumption (million liters) |
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| Domestic operations |
7,397 |
14,721 |
29,742 |
28,610 |
32,249 |
38,289 |
46,648 |
43,557 |
44,527 |
45,268 |
46,880 |
47,967 |
50,033 |
51,341 |
50,479 |
54,518 |
(R) 56,272 |
(R) 52,496 |
(R) 48,930 |
(R) 49,520 |
(R) 53,339 |
(R) 52,852 |
(R) 51,415 |
51,314 |
| International operations |
2,143 |
4,845 |
8,491 |
7,378 |
6,614 |
9,418 |
14,797 |
14,913 |
15,596 |
15,571 |
16,196 |
16,817 |
17,483 |
18,605 |
18,636 |
19,875 |
(R) 20,850 |
(R) 20,198 |
(R) 19,211 |
(R) 19,755 |
(R) 21,169 |
(R) 22,616 |
(R) 22,781 |
23,485 |
| Aircraft-Kilometers flown per liters |
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| Domestic operations |
0.19 |
0.12 |
0.11 |
0.11 |
0.13 |
0.13 |
0.14 |
0.14 |
0.14 |
0.15 |
0.15 |
0.16 |
0.15 |
0.15 |
0.16 |
0.16 |
(R) 0.16 |
(R) 0.17 |
(R) 0.18 |
(R) 0.20 |
(R) 0.20 |
(R) 0.20 |
(R) 0.21 |
0.21 |
| International operations |
0.14 |
0.09 |
0.09 |
0.08 |
0.10 |
0.07 |
0.08 |
0.09 |
0.09 |
0.10 |
0.10 |
0.10 |
0.10 |
0.10 |
0.10 |
0.10 |
(R) 0.10 |
(R) 0.10 |
(R) 0.10 |
(R) 0.10 |
(R) 0.11 |
(R) 0.11 |
(R) 0.11 |
0.12 |
KEY: R = revised. U = data are unavailable
a Aircraft operating under 14 CFR 121 and 14 CFR 135.
NOTES
1.609344 kilometers = 1 mile.
3.785412 liters = 1 gallon.
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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