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

Friday, July 22, 2016

	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
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 kilometers flown per aircraft (thousands)	784	1,074	1,528	1,272	1,103	1,184	1,250	1,239	1,077	1,128	1,169	1,222	1,259	1,272	1,233	1,281	1,387	1,289	1,342	1,450	1,574	1,615	1,636	1,684	1,668	U	U	U	U	U	U	U
Aircraft-Kilometers (millions)
Domestic operations	1,381	1,825	3,328	2,635	3,663	4,869	6,378	6,203	6,429	6,689	7,046	7,448	7,736	7,897	8,095	8,572	9,112	8,923	9,033	9,826	10,625	10,809	10,631	10,835	10,374	9,552	9,617	9,663	9,586	9,600	9,571	9,729
International operations	293	457	764	537	538	668	1,224	1,298	1,455	1,542	1,570	1,606	1,679	1,793	1,909	1,972	2,063	2,033	1,966	2,030	2,257	2,471	2,599	2,707	2,730	2,574	2,720	2,861	2,848	2,830	2,881	6,905
Fuel consumption (million liters)
Domestic operations	7,397	14,721	29,742	28,610	32,249	38,289	46,228	43,002	43,903	45,273	47,320	48,498	49,919	51,700	50,358	54,853	52,631	49,635	46,512	47,003	50,649	50,287	49,284	49,206	47,202	42,198	41,854	40,990	38,755	38,445	38,962	40,660
International operations	2,143	4,845	8,491	7,378	6,614	9,418	14,906	14,717	15,442	15,565	16,373	17,078	17,633	18,782	18,607	19,974	19,391	18,759	17,305	16,849	18,036	19,080	19,761	20,547	20,853	19,255	19,860	20,899	21,279	21,761	22,332	22,669
Aircraft-Kilometers flown per liters
Domestic operations	0.19	0.12	0.11	0.09	0.11	0.13	0.14	0.14	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.16	0.16	0.17	0.18	0.19	0.21	0.21	0.21	0.22	0.22	0.22	0.23	0.23	0.24	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.24
International operations	0.14	0.09	0.09	0.07	0.08	0.07	0.08	0.09	0.09	0.10	0.10	0.09	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.11	0.11	0.11	0.12	0.13	0.13	0.13	0.13	0.13	0.13	0.14	0.14	0.13	0.13	0.13	0.30

KEY: R = revised; U = data are not available.

^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:

1960-70: 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.

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