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

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	1960	1965	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	(R) 1993	(R) 1994	(R) 1995	(R) 1996	(R) 1997	(R) 1998	(R) 1999	(R) 2000	(R) 2001	(R) 2002	(R) 2003	(R) 2004	(R) 2005	(R) 2006	(R) 2007	2008	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 kilometers flown per aircraft (thousands)	784	1,074	1,528	1,500	1,236	1,191	1,250	1,239	1,077	1,128	1,169	1,222	1,272	1,183	1,138	1,187	1,293	1,228	1,292	1,441	1,565	1,615	1,635	1,684	1,668	U	U
Aircraft-Kilometers (millions)
Domestic operations	1,381	1,825	3,328	3,135	4,060	4,902	6,378	(R) 6,203	6,429	6,689	7,046	7,448	7,736	7,140	7,211	7,683	8,190	8,224	8,417	9,488	10,244	10,507	10,336	10,515	10,054	9,265	9,345
International operations	293	457	764	607	645	668	(R) 1,224	(R) 1,298	1,455	1,542	1,570	1,606	1,776	1,867	2,021	2,082	2,229	2,209	2,170	2,295	2,563	2,774	2,893	3,027	3,050	2,861	2,992
Fuel consumption (million liters)
Domestic operations	(R) 7,398	14,721	(R) 30,318	28,610	32,249	38,289	(R) 46,228	(R) 43,002	(R) 43,903	45,273	47,320	48,498	49,919	51,700	50,358	54,853	56,272	52,496	48,916	49,520	53,339	52,904	51,839	51,791	48,021	42,924	42,608
International operations	(R) 2,141	(R) 4,846	(R) 8,086	7,378	(R) 7,694	9,418	(R) 14,906	(R) 14,717	(R) 15,442	15,565	16,373	17,078	17,633	18,782	18,607	19,974	20,850	20,197	19,226	19,755	21,169	22,616	22,779	23,487	23,419	21,657	22,818
Aircraft-Kilometers flown per liters
Domestic operations	0.19	0.12	0.11	0.11	0.13	0.13	0.14	0.14	(R) 0.15	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.14	0.14	0.14	0.15	0.16	0.17	0.19	0.19	0.20	0.20	0.20	0.21	0.22	0.22
International operations	0.14	0.09	0.09	0.08	(R) 0.08	0.07	0.08	0.09	0.09	0.10	0.10	0.09	0.10	0.10	0.11	0.10	0.11	0.11	0.11	0.12	0.12	0.12	0.13	0.13	0.13	0.13	0.13

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.

1998-2008: 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.