Table 5-8: Active Aviation Pilots and Flight Instructors: 2004

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

State	Total	Students	Airplane pilots²			Misc.³	Flight instructor⁴
State	Total	Students	Private	Commercial	Airline transport	Misc.³	Flight instructor⁴
Alabama	7,493	1,061	3,186	2,038	1,204	4	1,065
Alaska	8,616	858	3,573	2,173	2,011	1	1,212
Arizona	18,990	2,452	7,009	4,367	5,161	1	3,300
Arkansas	5,141	814	2,161	1,335	831	0	693
California	68,693	10,536	31,641	14,428	12,081	7	9,118
Colorado	18,154	2,250	6,868	3,886	5,146	4	3,008
Connecticut	6,096	754	2,714	1,089	1,537	2	884
Delaware	1,490	257	551	292	390	0	239
District of Columbia	440	76	218	76	70	0	47
Florida	49,685	7,105	16,694	11,162	14,706	18	8,157
Georgia	19,381	2,438	6,719	3,471	6,748	5	2,601
Hawaii	3,192	491	813	801	1,087	0	551
Idaho	4,765	660	2,199	1,130	775	1	610
Illinois	20,221	2,860	8,495	4,229	4,626	11	3,354
Indiana	11,301	1,600	5,355	2,261	2,076	9	1,717
Iowa	6,071	872	3,215	1,295	687	2	825
Kansas	7,846	983	3,834	1,747	1,281	1	1,298
Kentucky	7,061	964	2,291	1,350	2,451	5	1,173
Louisiana	5,560	765	2,105	1,573	1,115	2	728
Maine	3,042	393	1,454	644	547	4	383
Maryland	8,497	1,511	3,468	1,696	1,820	2	1,229
Massachusetts	9,075	1,473	4,373	1,765	1,459	5	1,219
Michigan	17,151	2,673	8,204	3,404	2,857	13	2,433
Minnesota	14,764	1,816	6,412	3,208	3,319	9	2,294
Mississippi	4,208	625	1,677	1,096	808	2	549
Missouri	10,597	1,413	4,650	2,242	2,286	6	1,610
Montana	3,855	557	1,800	995	502	1	518
Nebraska	3,806	505	1,888	909	504	0	456
Nevada	6,874	793	2,462	1,414	2,205	0	1,063
New Hampshire	4,330	496	1,591	797	1,442	4	687
New Jersey	10,818	1,707	4,710	2,087	2,306	8	1,586
New Mexico	5,263	719	2,341	1,423	777	3	606
New York	18,102	3,384	8,088	3,755	2,845	30	2,642
North Carolina	14,505	1,907	6,042	2,838	3,713	5	1,916
North Dakota	2,428	379	1,083	759	206	1	381
Ohio	18,770	2,521	8,447	3,769	3,982	51	3,012
Oklahoma	8,460	1,346	3,672	2,095	1,346	1	1,216
Oregon	9,817	1,390	4,959	2,265	1,198	5	1,297
Pennsylvania	18,154	2,692	7,718	3,565	4,159	20	2,682
Rhode Island	1,198	196	534	251	217	0	156
South Carolina	6,485	908	2,788	1,400	1,389	0	819
South Dakota	2,282	297	1,069	614	302	0	329
Tennessee	12,303	1,502	4,441	2,355	4,003	2	1,810
Texas	48,191	6,336	17,031	9,692	15,124	8	7,078
Utah	7,531	1,300	2,957	1,698	1,576	0	1,148
Vermont	1,450	191	685	304	268	2	176
Virginia	14,992	2,187	5,292	3,180	4,318	15	2,278
Washington	20,611	2,605	8,148	4,311	5,542	5	3,037
West Virginia	1,898	272	889	415	321	1	283
Wisconsin	10,975	1,513	5,423	2,010	2,014	15	1,637
Wyoming	1,886	255	931	403	297	0	242
United States, total	592,514	83,658	244,868	126,062	137,635	291	87,352

¹ An active pilot is a person who holds a pilot certificate and a valid medical certificate issued within the last 25 months.

² Includes pilots with an airplane only certificate and those with an airplane and a helicopter and/or glider certificate.

³ Includes helicopter, glider, and recreational pilots. Does not include pilots holding an airplane certificate. A recreational pilot may fly no more than one passenger in a light, single engine aircraft with no more than four seats during good weather and daylight hours and, unless authorized, no more than 50 miles from the home airport.

⁴ Not included in total. A flight instructor must hold a flight instructor certificate in addition to a pilot certificate.

NOTE: Excludes U.S. military personnel holding civilian certificates who are stationed in a foreign country and pilots in U.S. territories.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, 2004 U.S. Civil Airmen Statistics, table 5, Washington, DC: 2005, available at http://www.faa.gov/data_statistics/aviation_data_statistics/ civil_airmen_statistics/2004/ as of Oct. 3, 2005.

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Table 5-8: Active Aviation Pilots and Flight Instructors: 2004

Table 5-8: Active Aviation Pilots and Flight Instructors: 2004