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Table 4-8: Certificated Air Carrier Fuel Consumption and Travela

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Table 4-8: Certificated Air Carrier Fuel Consumption and Travela

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  1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
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 miles flown per aircraft (thousands) 487 667 949 932 768 740 776 770 669 701 727 759 783 R795 R768 R788 U
Aircraft-miles (millions)                                  
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 R4,938 R5,039 R5,279 5,610
International operations 182 284 475 377 401 415 760 807 904 961 980 998 1,043 R1,113 R1,188 R1,207 1,257
Fuel consumption (million gallons)                                  
Domestic operations 1,954 3,889 7,857 7,558 9,096 10,115 12,429 11,506 11,763 11,959 12,476 12,812 13,187 13,660 13,877 R14,402 14,845
International operations 566 1,280 2,243 1,949 1,938 2,488 3,963 3,940 4,120 4,113 4,311 4,511 4,658 4,964 5,186 R5,250 5,475
Aircraft-miles flown per gallon                                  
Domestic operations 0.44 0.29 0.26 0.26 0.28 0.30 0.32 0.33 0.34 0.35 0.35 0.36 0.36 0.36 0.36 R0.37 0.38
International operations 0.32 0.22 0.21 0.19 0.21 0.17 0.19 0.20 0.22 0.23 0.23 0.22 0.22 0.22 0.23 0.23 0.23

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1990-97: Ibid., FAA Statistical Handbook of Aviation, Calendar Year 1997 (Washington, DC: unpublished), personal communication, Mar. 19, 1999.

1998-99: 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.