Table 5-8: Active Aviation Pilots and Flight Instructors: 2007

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	7,119	940	2,868	2,031	1,265	15	1,052
Alaska	8,033	729	3,192	1,987	2,090	35	1,210
Arizona	20,194	3,495	6,858	4,501	5,294	46	3,516
Arkansas	4,964	687	2,045	1,293	905	34	722
California	64,129	9,780	29,063	13,366	11,790	130	9,156
Colorado	17,258	1,917	6,050	3,751	5,491	49	3,226
Connecticut	5,574	691	2,340	1,035	1,500	8	904
Delaware	1,284	167	474	281	358	4	242
District of Columbia	455	85	219	83	67	1	44
Florida	48,244	7,510	15,614	10,331	14,639	150	8,147
Georgia	18,938	2,363	6,146	3,446	6,906	77	2,935
Hawaii	2,976	400	720	806	1,043	7	535
Idaho	4,785	672	2,126	1,128	826	33	692
Illinois	18,567	2,466	7,484	3,843	4,656	118	3,339
Indiana	10,317	1,385	4,582	2,123	2,117	110	1,742
Iowa	5,602	722	2,923	1,206	708	43	846
Kansas	7,360	929	3,404	1,635	1,358	34	1,344
Kentucky	6,488	759	1,984	1,210	2,512	23	1,161
Louisiana	5,247	744	1,932	1,477	1,068	26	756
Maine	2,756	359	1,253	600	518	26	381
Maryland	7,840	1,300	3,108	1,627	1,787	18	1,228
Massachusetts	8,288	1,267	3,878	1,616	1,505	22	1,204
Michigan	15,466	2,171	6,998	3,246	2,920	131	2,433
Minnesota	13,099	1,408	5,350	2,873	3,421	47	2,417
Mississippi	4,108	650	1,496	1,046	896	20	582
Missouri	9,740	1,193	4,076	2,194	2,214	63	1,658
Montana	3,829	525	1,710	991	588	15	595
Nebraska	3,445	459	1,627	793	542	24	464
Nevada	6,654	793	2,324	1,433	2,095	9	1,124
New Hampshire	3,846	367	1,397	712	1,352	18	690
New Jersey	9,689	1,435	4,035	1,907	2,288	24	1,563
New Mexico	4,867	702	2,117	1,299	722	27	614
New York	16,576	2,894	7,185	3,509	2,921	67	2,675
North Carolina	13,993	1,794	5,519	2,765	3,871	44	2,055
North Dakota	2,249	333	1,007	701	203	5	368
Ohio	17,097	2,112	7,323	3,406	4,141	115	3,011
Oklahoma	7,913	1,418	3,238	1,879	1,355	23	1,190
Oregon	9,512	1,519	4,457	2,210	1,291	35	1,412
Pennsylvania	16,586	2,253	6,766	3,298	4,178	91	2,703
Rhode Island	1,011	153	434	221	201	2	146
South Carolina	6,333	848	2,579	1,348	1,532	26	890
South Dakota	2,142	259	948	582	333	20	367
Tennessee	11,627	1,279	3,814	2,271	4,210	53	1,881
Texas	47,153	6,618	15,699	9,451	15,267	118	7,496
Utah	7,831	1,401	2,808	1,851	1,745	26	1,376
Vermont	1,351	171	607	296	268	9	184
Virginia	13,940	1,898	4,931	3,006	4,057	48	2,220
Washington	19,798	2,619	7,441	4,096	5,595	47	3,213
West Virginia	1,840	312	812	393	300	23	274
Wisconsin	10,313	1,430	4,805	1,862	2,102	114	1,637
Wyoming	1,787	252	842	387	295	11	257
United States, total	560,213	78,633	220,608	119,402	139,306	2,264	89,877

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, 2007 U.S. Civil Airmen Statistics, Table 5, Washington, DC: 2007, available at http://www.faa.gov/data_statistics/aviation_data_statistics/civil_airmen_statistics/ as of Dec. 12, 2008.

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Table 5-8: Active Aviation Pilots and Flight Instructors: 2007

Table 5-8: Active Aviation Pilots and Flight Instructors: 2007