Table 4-8: Certificated Air Carrier Fuel Consumption and Travel(a)
1960 | 1965 | 1970 | 1975 | 1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | (R) 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | |
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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 | 8,089 | 8,044 | 7,856 | U | U | U | U | U | U | U |
Average miles flown per aircraft (thousands) | 487 | 667 | 949 | 808 | 768 | 736 | 777 | 770 | 669 | 701 | 726 | 759 | 782 | 791 | 766 | 796 | 862 | 801 | 834 | 901 | 978 | 1,003 | 1,016 | 1,046 | 1,036 | U | U | U | U | U | U | U |
Aircraft-miles (millions) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic operations | 858 | 1,134 | 2,068 | 1,638 | 2,276 | 3,026 | 3,963 | 3,854 | 3,995 | 4,156 | 4,378 | 4,628 | 4,807 | 4,907 | 5,030 | 5,326 | 5,662 | 5,545 | 5,613 | 6,106 | 6,602 | 6,716 | 6,606 | 6,733 | 6,446 | 5,935 | 5,976 | 6,005 | 5,956 | 5,965 | 5,947 | 6,046 |
International operations | 182 | 284 | 475 | 334 | 334 | 415 | 760 | 807 | 904 | 958 | 975 | 998 | 1,043 | 1,114 | 1,186 | 1,225 | 1,282 | 1,264 | 1,222 | 1,261 | 1,403 | 1,536 | 1,615 | 1,682 | 1,696 | 1,599 | 1,690 | 1,778 | 1,770 | 1,758 | 1,790 | 1,824 |
Fuel consumption (million gallons) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic operations | 1,954 | 3,889 | 7,857 | 7,558 | 8,519 | 10,115 | 12,212 | 11,360 | 11,598 | 11,960 | 12,501 | 12,812 | 13,187 | 13,658 | 13,303 | 14,491 | 13,904 | 13,112 | 12,287 | 12,417 | 13,380 | 13,284 | 13,019 | 12,999 | 12,469 | 11,147 | 11,057 | 10,828 | 10,238 | 10,156 | 10,293 | 10,741 |
International operations | 566 | 1,280 | 2,243 | 1,949 | 1,747 | 2,488 | 3,938 | 3,888 | 4,079 | 4,112 | 4,325 | 4,511 | 4,658 | 4,962 | 4,915 | 5,277 | 5,123 | 4,956 | 4,572 | 4,451 | 4,765 | 5,040 | 5,220 | 5,428 | 5,509 | 5,087 | 5,247 | 5,521 | 5,621 | 5,749 | 5,900 | 5,988 |
Aircraft-miles flown per gallon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic operations | 0.44 | 0.29 | 0.26 | 0.22 | 0.27 | 0.30 | 0.32 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.36 | 0.36 | 0.36 | 0.38 | 0.37 | 0.41 | 0.42 | 0.46 | 0.49 | 0.49 | 0.51 | 0.51 | 0.52 | 0.52 | 0.53 | 0.54 | 0.55 | 0.58 | 0.59 | 0.58 | 0.56 |
International operations | 0.32 | 0.22 | 0.21 | 0.17 | 0.19 | 0.17 | 0.19 | 0.21 | 0.22 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.24 | 0.23 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.27 | 0.28 | 0.29 | 0.30 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.30 | 0.30 |
KEY: R = revised; U = data are not available.
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:
1960-70: Air Transport Association, available at http://www.air-transport.org/ as of July 31, 2002.
1975-2015: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T1: U.S. Air Carrier Traffic and Capacity Summary by Service Class, available at http://www.transtats.bts.gov/Fields.asp?Table_ID=264 as of May 27, 2016.
Fuel consumption:
U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information, Airline Fuel Cost and Consumption, available at http://www.transtats.bts.gov/fuel.asp as of May 27, 2016.