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

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	1960	1965	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	(R) 1997	(R) 1998	(R) 1999	(R) 2000	(R) 2001	(R) 2002	(R) 2003	(R) 2004	2005	2006	2007	(R) 2008	(R) 2009	2010
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	8,089	8,044	7,856	U	U
Average miles flown per aircraft (thousands)	487	667	949	932	768	740	777	770	669	701	726	759	(R) 790	735	707	737	804	763	803	896	972	1,003	1,016	1,046	1,036	U	U
Aircraft-miles (millions)
Domestic operations	858	1,134	2,068	1,948	2,523	3,046	3,963	3,854	3,995	4,156	4,378	4,628	4,807	4,437	4,480	4,774	5,089	5,110	5,230	5,896	6,366	(R) 6,529	(R) 6,423	(R) 6,534	6,247	5,757	5,807
International operations	182	284	475	377	401	415	760	807	904	958	975	998	(R) 1,103	1,160	1,256	1,294	1,385	1,373	1,348	1,426	1,592	(R) 1,723	(R) 1,798	(R) 1,881	1,895	1,778	1,859
Fuel consumption (million gallons)
Domestic operations	1,954	3,889	8,009	7,558	8,519	10,115	(R) 12,212	(R) 11,360	(R) 11,598	(R) 11,960	(R) 12,501	(R) 12,812	13,187	13,658	13,303	14,491	14,865	13,868	12,922	13,082	14,091	13,976	13,694	13,682	12,686	11,339	11,256
International operations	566	1,280	2,136	1,949	(R) 2,033	2,488	(R) 3,938	(R) 3,888	(R) 4,079	(R) 4,112	(R) 4,325	(R) 4,511	4,658	4,962	4,915	5,277	5,508	5,336	5,079	5,219	5,592	5,975	6,018	6,205	6,187	5,721	6,028
Aircraft-miles flown per gallon
Domestic operations	0.44	0.29	0.26	0.26	0.30	0.30	(R) 0.32	(R) 0.34	0.34	0.35	0.35	(R) 0.36	0.36	0.32	0.34	0.33	0.34	0.37	0.40	0.45	0.45	(R) 0.47	(R) 0.47	(R) 0.48	0.49	0.51	0.52
International operations	0.32	0.22	0.22	0.19	(R) 0.20	0.17	(R) 0.19	(R) 0.21	0.22	0.23	0.23	0.22	(R) 0.24	0.23	0.26	0.25	0.25	0.26	0.27	0.27	0.28	(R) 0.29	(R) 0.30	(R) 0.30	0.31	0.31	0.31

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.

1998-2008: Aerospace Industries Association, Aerospace Facts and Figures (Washington DC: Annual Issues), "Active U.S. Air Carrier Fleet", p. 94 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.

1965-1970: Ibid., Handbook of Airline Statistics 1973 (Washington, DC: 1974), part III, tables 2 and 13.

1975-1980: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information, Air Carrier Traffic Statistics (Washington, DC: December 1976), pp. 4 and 14; and (December 1981), pp. 2 and 3.

1985: Ibid., Air Carrier Traffic Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual December Issues), pp. 2 and 3, line 27 plus line 50.

1990-2010: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information, Air Carrier Traffic Statistics, available at http://www.bts.gov/xml/air_traffic/src/index.xml#CustomizeTable as of Aug. 17, 2011.

Fuel consumption:

1960-75: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information, personal communication, June 8, 2010.

1980-2010: Ibid., Fuel Cost and Consumption, available at http://www.bts.gov/xml/fuel/report/src/index.xml as of Aug. 16, 2011.