Table 5-8: Active Aviation Pilots and Flight Instructors: 2011(1)
| State | Total | Students | Airplane pilots2 | Misc.3 | Flight instructor4 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Private | Commercial | Airline transport | |||||
| Alabama | 7,725 | 1,425 | 2,698 | 2,237 | 1,315 | 50 | 1,368 |
| Alaska | 8,272 | 1,068 | 3,107 | 1,916 | 2,134 | 47 | 1,313 |
| Arizona | 19,551 | 4,128 | 5,870 | 4,229 | 5,224 | 100 | 3,644 |
| Arkansas | 4,991 | 1,012 | 1,847 | 1,222 | 850 | 60 | 730 |
| California | 62,606 | 11,889 | 25,827 | 13,214 | 11,384 | 292 | 9,431 |
| Colorado | 17,537 | 2,699 | 5,624 | 3,731 | 5,398 | 85 | 3,447 |
| Connecticut | 5,481 | 899 | 2,147 | 1,004 | 1,411 | 20 | 876 |
| Delaware | 1,424 | 314 | 458 | 277 | 368 | 7 | 239 |
| District of Columbia | 549 | 141 | 239 | 102 | 65 | 2 | 66 |
| Florida | 52,037 | 11,572 | 14,490 | 10,515 | 15,092 | 368 | 8,965 |
| Georgia | 19,045 | 3,023 | 5,634 | 3,432 | 6,837 | 119 | 3,144 |
| Hawaii | 3,103 | 569 | 698 | 788 | 1,036 | 12 | 604 |
| Idaho | 4,963 | 901 | 2,012 | 1,141 | 853 | 56 | 788 |
| Illinois | 18,022 | 3,179 | 6,492 | 3,662 | 4,488 | 201 | 3,441 |
| Indiana | 10,336 | 1,845 | 4,115 | 2,158 | 2,047 | 171 | 1,715 |
| Iowa | 5,523 | 1,006 | 2,596 | 1,174 | 669 | 78 | 819 |
| Kansas | 7,292 | 1,258 | 3,104 | 1,598 | 1,274 | 58 | 1,413 |
| Kentucky | 6,139 | 969 | 1,780 | 1,072 | 2,272 | 46 | 1,117 |
| Louisiana | 5,770 | 1,164 | 1,964 | 1,518 | 1,078 | 46 | 854 |
| Maine | 2,598 | 419 | 1,078 | 541 | 520 | 40 | 396 |
| Maryland | 8,005 | 1,836 | 2,826 | 1,550 | 1,729 | 64 | 1,268 |
| Massachusetts | 8,155 | 1,655 | 3,458 | 1,522 | 1,477 | 43 | 1,221 |
| Michigan | 14,798 | 2,514 | 6,013 | 3,137 | 2,954 | 180 | 2,477 |
| Minnesota | 12,818 | 1,885 | 4,705 | 2,641 | 3,502 | 85 | 2,469 |
| Mississippi | 4,355 | 1,070 | 1,364 | 979 | 914 | 28 | 665 |
| Missouri | 9,482 | 1,703 | 3,612 | 1,936 | 2,129 | 102 | 1,575 |
| Montana | 3,974 | 739 | 1,634 | 982 | 596 | 23 | 651 |
| Nebraska | 3,611 | 764 | 1,454 | 827 | 536 | 30 | 484 |
| Nevada | 6,954 | 1,059 | 2,120 | 1,564 | 2,188 | 23 | 1,273 |
| New Hampshire | 3,750 | 490 | 1,250 | 652 | 1,324 | 34 | 669 |
| New Jersey | 9,429 | 1,847 | 3,515 | 1,798 | 2,227 | 42 | 1,616 |
| New Mexico | 4,912 | 953 | 1,919 | 1,286 | 711 | 43 | 636 |
| New York | 17,067 | 4,227 | 6,493 | 3,352 | 2,873 | 122 | 2,623 |
| North Carolina | 14,497 | 2,559 | 5,217 | 2,758 | 3,861 | 102 | 2,240 |
| North Dakota | 3,245 | 654 | 1,177 | 1,147 | 259 | 8 | 462 |
| Ohio | 16,353 | 2,751 | 6,333 | 3,220 | 3,843 | 206 | 3,017 |
| Oklahoma | 8,312 | 2,170 | 3,026 | 1,716 | 1,357 | 43 | 1,279 |
| Oregon | 9,461 | 1,874 | 3,986 | 2,250 | 1,290 | 61 | 1,524 |
| Pennsylvania | 16,560 | 3,133 | 6,161 | 3,080 | 4,021 | 165 | 2,723 |
| Rhode Island | 1,049 | 197 | 408 | 218 | 220 | 6 | 153 |
| South Carolina | 6,655 | 1,190 | 2,422 | 1,353 | 1,644 | 46 | 963 |
| South Dakota | 2,247 | 391 | 902 | 579 | 331 | 44 | 383 |
| Tennessee | 11,931 | 1,877 | 3,609 | 2,280 | 4,086 | 79 | 2,040 |
| Texas | 50,246 | 9,757 | 15,609 | 9,677 | 14,926 | 277 | 8,164 |
| Utah | 8,325 | 1,824 | 2,635 | 1,960 | 1,860 | 46 | 1,504 |
| Vermont | 1,296 | 200 | 562 | 271 | 250 | 13 | 182 |
| Virginia | 14,807 | 2,861 | 4,819 | 3,096 | 3,922 | 109 | 2,436 |
| Washington | 20,028 | 3,533 | 6,888 | 4,087 | 5,381 | 139 | 3,386 |
| West Virginia | 1,878 | 418 | 766 | 373 | 290 | 31 | 259 |
| Wisconsin | 9,676 | 1,575 | 4,255 | 1,689 | 1,970 | 187 | 1,588 |
| Wyoming | 1,942 | 389 | 845 | 397 | 297 | 14 | 272 |
| United States, total | 568,782 | 107,575 | 201,763 | 117,908 | 137,283 | 4,253 | 94,572 |
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, available at www.faa.gov/data_research/aviation_data_statistics/civil_airmen_statistics accessed April 2013.