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

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

	1960	1965	1970	(R) 1975	(R) 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	(R) 2005	(R) 2006	(R) 2007	(R) 2008	(R) 2009	(R) 2010	2011
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
Average miles flown per aircraft (thousands)	487	667	949	808	768	(R) 736	777	770	669	701	726	759	(R) 782	791	766	796	862	801	834	901	978	1,003	1,016	1,046	1,036	U	U	U
Aircraft-miles (millions)
Domestic operations	858	1,134	2,068	1,638	2,276	(R) 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	6004.4
International operations	182	284	475	334	334	415	760	807	904	958	975	998	(R) 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	1777.986
Fuel consumption (million gallons)
Domestic operations	1,954	3,889	(R) 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	14,865	13,868	12,922	13,082	14,091	13,976	13,694	13,682	12,686	11,339	11,256	11071.5
International operations	566	1,280	(R) 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	5,508	5,336	5,079	5,219	5,592	5,975	6,018	6,205	6,187	5,721	6,028	6523.3
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	0.38	0.40	0.43	0.47	0.47	0.48	0.48	0.49	0.51	0.52	0.53	0.54
International operations	0.32	0.22	(R) 0.21	0.17	0.19	0.17	0.19	0.21	0.22	0.23	0.23	0.22	(R) 0.22	0.22	0.24	0.23	0.23	0.24	0.24	0.24	0.25	0.26	0.27	0.27	0.27	0.28	0.28	0.27

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1990-97: Ibid., FAA Statistical Handbook of Aviation, Calendar Year 1997 (Washington, DC: unpublished), personal communication, Mar. 19, 1999.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

1960-70: Air Transport Association, available at http://www.air-transport.org/ as of July 31, 2002.

1975-2011: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, 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 July 23, 2012.

Fuel consumption:

U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information, Airline Fuel Cost and Consumption, available at http://www.transtats.bts.gov/fuel.asp as of July 23, 2012.

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

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