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

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

	(R) 1960	(R) 1965	(R) 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 kilometers flown per aircraft (thousands)	784	1,074	1,528	1,272	1,103	(R) 1,184	1,250	1,239	1,077	1,128	1,169	1,222	(R) 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
Aircraft-Kilometers (millions)
Domestic operations	1,381	1,825	3,328	2,635	3,663	(R) 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
International operations	293	457	764	537	538	668	1,224	1,298	1,455	1,542	1,570	1,606	(R) 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
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	56,272	52,496	48,916	49,520	53,339	52,904	51,839	51,791	48,021	42,924	42,608	41,910
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	20,850	20,197	19,226	19,755	21,169	22,616	22,779	23,487	23,419	21,657	22,818	24,693
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	0.16	0.17	0.18	0.20	0.20	0.20	0.21	0.21	0.22	0.22	0.23	0.23
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	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.11	0.11	0.11	0.12	0.12	0.12	0.12	0.12

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:

1960-70: 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 4-8M: Certificated Air Carrier Fuel Consumption and Travel

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