Table 5-8: Active Aviation Pilots and Flight Instructors: 2012(1)

Monday, September 15, 2014

State	Total	Students	Airplane pilots²			Misc.³	Flight instructor⁴
State	Total	Students	Private	Commercial	Airline transport	Misc.³	Flight instructor⁴
Alabama	7,626	1,503	2,584	2,172	1,310	57	1,404
Alaska	8,202	1,076	3,051	1,883	2,144	48	1,335
Arizona	18,929	4,037	5,445	4,008	5,324	115	3,671
Arkansas	5,002	1,057	1,781	1,233	866	65	753
California	61,185	11,832	24,730	12,744	11,544	335	9,429
Colorado	17,524	2,720	5,426	3,604	5,681	93	3,494
Connecticut	5,298	898	2,061	909	1,408	22	847
Delaware	1,382	325	433	261	354	9	235
District of Columbia	536	148	214	90	79	5	68
Florida	52,566	11,946	14,302	10,336	15,577	405	9,138
Georgia	18,767	3,087	5,336	3,189	7,025	130	3,178
Hawaii	3,137	595	679	764	1,088	11	642
Idaho	4,850	876	1,950	1,100	868	56	789
Illinois	17,525	3,148	6,217	3,326	4,607	227	3,408
Indiana	10,125	1,801	3,985	2,046	2,112	181	1,679
Iowa	5,444	996	2,514	1,162	692	80	825
Kansas	7,174	1,273	2,993	1,565	1,280	63	1,410
Kentucky	5,969	981	1,714	1,001	2,224	49	1,107
Louisiana	5,783	1,233	1,951	1,448	1,103	48	863
Maine	2,521	390	1,018	541	531	41	390
Maryland	7,909	1,827	2,716	1,534	1,757	75	1,304
Massachusetts	8,137	1,712	3,372	1,499	1,506	48	1,204
Michigan	14,558	2,524	5,872	2,969	3,002	191	2,488
Minnesota	12,688	1,939	4,653	2,451	3,554	91	2,480
Mississippi	4,247	1,033	1,306	940	938	30	663
Missouri	9,284	1,714	3,431	1,868	2,158	113	1,603
Montana	3,925	743	1,579	957	622	24	647
Nebraska	3,576	781	1,455	762	549	29	478
Nevada	6,927	1,099	2,043	1,478	2,276	31	1,341
New Hampshire	3,725	519	1,174	658	1,336	38	678
New Jersey	9,234	1,873	3,335	1,712	2,276	38	1,643
New Mexico	4,744	917	1,852	1,224	702	49	625
New York	16,746	4,208	6,217	3,243	2,951	127	2,627
North Carolina	14,386	2,588	5,047	2,692	3,938	121	2,315
North Dakota	3,486	740	1,230	1,255	252	9	456
Ohio	16,083	2,827	6,078	3,074	3,877	227	2,992
Oklahoma	8,155	2,118	2,960	1,631	1,402	44	1,264
Oregon	9,085	1,757	3,763	2,152	1,345	68	1,577
Pennsylvania	16,175	3,118	5,903	2,928	4,040	186	2,733
Rhode Island	1,011	209	387	197	211	7	145
South Carolina	6,596	1,158	2,368	1,321	1,694	55	996
South Dakota	2,267	397	898	572	354	46	401
Tennessee	11,831	1,942	3,540	2,198	4,069	82	2,037
Texas	49,886	9,752	15,304	9,304	15,224	302	8,310
Utah	8,075	1,702	2,511	1,764	2,046	52	1,529
Vermont	1,289	204	562	264	246	13	182
Virginia	14,620	2,799	4,650	3,047	4,007	117	2,525
Washington	19,448	3,430	6,510	3,856	5,500	152	3,415
West Virginia	1,835	420	731	363	287	34	255
Wisconsin	9,503	1,610	4,094	1,593	2,003	203	1,604
Wyoming	1,947	400	835	406	291	15	282
United States, total	560,923	107,982	194,760	113,294	140,230	4,657	95,464

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 as of July 2014.

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Table 5-8: Active Aviation Pilots and Flight Instructors: 2012(1)