Table 5-8: Active Aviation Pilots and Flight Instructors: 2010

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

State	Total	Students	Airplane pilots²			Misc.³	Flight instructor⁴
State	Total	Students	Private	Commercial	Airline transport	Misc.³	Flight instructor⁴
Alabama	7,728	1,363	2,801	2,234	1,286	44	1,228
Alaska	8,382	1,085	3,158	1,961	2,139	39	1,287
Arizona	20,585	4,544	6,205	4,518	5,224	94	3,650
Arkansas	5,145	1,019	1,953	1,281	837	55	727
California	64,529	12,421	27,008	13,503	11,338	259	9,386
Colorado	17,819	2,589	5,857	3,846	5,457	70	3,419
Connecticut	5,619	910	2,262	1,025	1,407	15	867
Delaware	1,439	306	470	294	362	7	237
District of Columbia	566	141	248	105	71	1	60
Florida	51,671	10,917	14,857	10,727	14,841	329	8,805
Georgia	19,495	3,152	5,871	3,564	6,788	120	3,105
Hawaii	3,153	583	718	846	995	11	582
Idaho	5,059	896	2,108	1,147	858	50	775
Illinois	18,601	3,297	6,808	3,812	4,502	182	3,447
Indiana	10,621	1,897	4,340	2,172	2,049	163	1,738
Iowa	5,695	1,023	2,742	1,176	685	69	824
Kansas	7,449	1,222	3,244	1,643	1,287	53	1,404
Kentucky	6,377	976	1,859	1,169	2,330	43	1,137
Louisiana	5,853	1,191	1,978	1,538	1,102	44	846
Maine	2,682	437	1,132	563	511	39	383
Maryland	8,256	1,952	2,943	1,581	1,720	60	1,252
Massachusetts	8,399	1,666	3,590	1,599	1,504	40	1,227
Michigan	15,267	2,547	6,332	3,275	2,940	173	2,475
Minnesota	13,132	1,910	4,901	2,770	3,469	82	2,451
Mississippi	4,530	1,080	1,429	1,073	920	28	665
Missouri	9,707	1,711	3,743	2,036	2,128	89	1,610
Montana	4,102	758	1,722	1,007	596	19	661
Nebraska	3,692	772	1,509	826	557	28	498
Nevada	7,008	1,057	2,234	1,583	2,115	19	1,234
New Hampshire	3,825	484	1,305	689	1,316	31	673
New Jersey	9,801	1,917	3,736	1,868	2,245	35	1,635
New Mexico	5,053	963	2,044	1,303	703	40	608
New York	17,449	4,242	6,761	3,493	2,833	120	2,620
North Carolina	14,703	2,552	5,368	2,836	3,853	94	2,191
North Dakota	2,998	633	1,117	993	247	8	461
Ohio	16,801	2,777	6,620	3,339	3,888	177	3,028
Oklahoma	8,673	2,276	3,153	1,846	1,355	43	1,258
Oregon	9,761	1,945	4,193	2,287	1,275	61	1,512
Pennsylvania	17,049	3,234	6,382	3,239	4,052	142	2,744
Rhode Island	1,037	203	393	229	204	8	151
South Carolina	6,676	1,189	2,435	1,411	1,602	39	952
South Dakota	2,262	393	906	604	316	43	377
Tennessee	12,071	1,826	3,745	2,349	4,083	68	2,009
Texas	50,932	9,807	16,148	9,880	14,848	249	7,996
Utah	8,589	1,902	2,772	2,068	1,804	43	1,502
Vermont	1,342	209	579	277	262	15	182
Virginia	15,038	2,902	4,925	3,154	3,970	87	2,380
Washington	20,523	3,618	7,176	4,204	5,404	121	3,324
West Virginia	1,916	423	805	364	295	29	265
Wisconsin	10,135	1,713	4,469	1,770	2,014	169	1,603
Wyoming	2,001	409	873	412	294	13	269
United States, total	581,196	109,039	209,927	121,489	136,881	3,860	93,720

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

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

³Includes 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.

⁴Not 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, U.S. Civil Airmen Statistics 2010 , 5, available at http://www.faa.gov/data_research/aviation_data_statistics/civil_airmen_statistics/ as of April 27, 2012.

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Table 5-8: Active Aviation Pilots and Flight Instructors: 2010

Table 5-8: Active Aviation Pilots and Flight Instructors: 2010