Table 5-8: Active Aviation Pilots and Flight Instructors: 2008
Table 5-8: Active Aviation Pilots and Flight Instructors: 2008
State | Total | Students | Airplane pilots2 | Misc.3 | Flight instructor4 | ||
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Private | Commercial | Airline transport | |||||
Alabama | 7,461 | 918 | 3,010 | 2,204 | 1,304 | 25 | 1,035 |
Alaska | 8,377 | 732 | 3,346 | 2,055 | 2,206 | 38 | 1,225 |
Arizona | 20,559 | 3,165 | 7,214 | 4,800 | 5,319 | 61 | 3,640 |
Arkansas | 5,135 | 646 | 2,155 | 1,389 | 903 | 42 | 703 |
California | 65,116 | 8,921 | 30,084 | 14,085 | 11,849 | 177 | 9,199 |
Colorado | 17,892 | 1,736 | 6,448 | 4,065 | 5,588 | 55 | 3,292 |
Connecticut | 5,679 | 672 | 2,445 | 1,055 | 1,494 | 13 | 882 |
Delaware | 1,353 | 181 | 497 | 303 | 367 | 5 | 234 |
District of Columbia | 504 | 88 | 246 | 99 | 69 | 2 | 45 |
Florida | 49,991 | 7,467 | 16,307 | 11,102 | 14,904 | 211 | 8,359 |
Georgia | 19,261 | 2,117 | 6,392 | 3,612 | 7,048 | 92 | 2,989 |
Hawaii | 3,087 | 360 | 794 | 905 | 1,020 | 8 | 564 |
Idaho | 4,921 | 618 | 2,287 | 1,153 | 823 | 40 | 710 |
Illinois | 18,959 | 2,381 | 7,694 | 4,022 | 4,717 | 145 | 3,370 |
Indiana | 10,653 | 1,321 | 4,788 | 2,253 | 2,164 | 127 | 1,728 |
Iowa | 5,715 | 721 | 2,983 | 1,253 | 709 | 49 | 854 |
Kansas | 7,602 | 909 | 3,586 | 1,689 | 1,380 | 38 | 1,355 |
Kentucky | 6,500 | 649 | 2,059 | 1,256 | 2,502 | 34 | 1,173 |
Louisiana | 5,457 | 740 | 2,029 | 1,557 | 1,098 | 33 | 787 |
Maine | 2,707 | 302 | 1,258 | 602 | 514 | 31 | 370 |
Maryland | 8,161 | 1,419 | 3,203 | 1,702 | 1,807 | 30 | 1,212 |
Massachusetts | 8,423 | 1,147 | 3,970 | 1,725 | 1,550 | 31 | 1,223 |
Michigan | 15,529 | 1,990 | 7,046 | 3,333 | 3,015 | 145 | 2,427 |
Minnesota | 13,529 | 1,294 | 5,672 | 2,950 | 3,555 | 58 | 2,465 |
Mississippi | 4,307 | 642 | 1,584 | 1,118 | 942 | 21 | 583 |
Missouri | 9,919 | 1,131 | 4,244 | 2,216 | 2,253 | 75 | 1,624 |
Montana | 4,001 | 540 | 1,819 | 1,034 | 589 | 19 | 602 |
Nebraska | 3,598 | 454 | 1,735 | 818 | 564 | 27 | 472 |
Nevada | 6,886 | 713 | 2,468 | 1,539 | 2,153 | 13 | 1,136 |
New Hampshire | 3,965 | 399 | 1,433 | 756 | 1,357 | 20 | 696 |
New Jersey | 9,858 | 1,334 | 4,150 | 2,000 | 2,349 | 25 | 1,595 |
New Mexico | 4,964 | 685 | 2,168 | 1,328 | 745 | 38 | 601 |
New York | 16,906 | 2,837 | 7,382 | 3,645 | 2,951 | 91 | 2,652 |
North Carolina | 14,590 | 1,729 | 5,841 | 2,933 | 4,023 | 64 | 2,086 |
North Dakota | 2,512 | 404 | 1,127 | 757 | 219 | 5 | 389 |
Ohio | 17,250 | 1,992 | 7,438 | 3,515 | 4,156 | 149 | 2,976 |
Oklahoma | 8,313 | 1,361 | 3,415 | 2,109 | 1,398 | 30 | 1,219 |
Oregon | 9,740 | 1,412 | 4,617 | 2,330 | 1,335 | 46 | 1,449 |
Pennsylvania | 16,976 | 2,232 | 7,041 | 3,365 | 4,224 | 114 | 2,710 |
Rhode Island | 1,019 | 109 | 468 | 228 | 208 | 6 | 144 |
South Carolina | 6,639 | 808 | 2,703 | 1,506 | 1,593 | 29 | 924 |
South Dakota | 2,249 | 254 | 1,020 | 605 | 336 | 34 | 363 |
Tennessee | 11,829 | 1,138 | 4,057 | 2,358 | 4,218 | 58 | 1,905 |
Texas | 48,849 | 6,379 | 16,809 | 10,100 | 15,399 | 162 | 7,643 |
Utah | 8,269 | 1,319 | 3,083 | 2,050 | 1,787 | 30 | 1,414 |
Vermont | 1,350 | 138 | 632 | 293 | 275 | 12 | 184 |
Virginia | 14,568 | 1,887 | 5,240 | 3,281 | 4,101 | 59 | 2,247 |
Washington | 20,440 | 2,504 | 7,849 | 4,359 | 5,651 | 77 | 3,231 |
West Virginia | 1,859 | 290 | 842 | 398 | 303 | 26 | 277 |
Wisconsin | 10,328 | 1,294 | 4,872 | 1,907 | 2,121 | 134 | 1,589 |
Wyoming | 1,866 | 270 | 887 | 402 | 295 | 12 | 251 |
United States, total | 575,621 | 74,749 | 230,437 | 126,119 | 141,450 | 2,866 | 90,803 |
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, 2008 U.S. Civil Airmen Statistics, table 5 (Washington, DC: 2008), available at http://www.faa.gov/data_research/aviation_data_statistics/civil_airmen_statistics/ as of Apr. 13, 2010.