Table 5-8: Active Aviation Pilots and Flight Instructors: 2014(1)

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

State	Total	Students	Airplane pilots²			Misc.³	Flight instructor⁴
State	Total	Students	Private	Commercial	Airline transport	Misc.³	Flight instructor⁴
Alabama	7,260	1,500	2,377	1,930	1,390	63	1,469
Alaska	8,032	1,144	2,877	1,772	2,187	52	1,374
Arizona	18,029	3,738	5,070	3,579	5,509	133	3,763
Arkansas	4,957	1,082	1,777	1,146	881	71	746
California	59,213	12,234	23,092	11,570	11,925	392	9,587
Colorado	17,382	2,861	5,138	3,184	6,089	110	3,615
Connecticut	5,023	866	1,889	821	1,422	25	847
Delaware	1,343	337	383	211	403	9	256
District of Columbia	572	152	222	92	98	8	82
Florida	52,967	12,501	13,437	9,786	16,770	473	9,592
Georgia	18,131	2,964	4,959	2,704	7,359	145	3,267
Hawaii	3,134	624	633	707	1,158	12	661
Idaho	4,850	919	1,869	1,043	948	71	840
Illinois	16,307	3,034	5,568	2,712	4,744	249	3,349
Indiana	9,558	1,805	3,612	1,720	2,229	192	1,662
Iowa	5,154	990	2,293	1,062	719	90	834
Kansas	6,866	1,333	2,748	1,411	1,301	73	1,414
Kentucky	5,629	1,003	1,598	875	2,096	57	1,060
Louisiana	5,650	1,215	1,857	1,320	1,196	62	898
Maine	2,415	420	921	487	541	46	387
Maryland	7,664	1,902	2,461	1,372	1,847	82	1,361
Massachusetts	7,784	1,728	3,088	1,345	1,564	59	1,227
Michigan	13,672	2,445	5,292	2,516	3,216	203	2,446
Minnesota	12,172	1,929	4,240	2,089	3,821	93	2,547
Mississippi	4,108	1,034	1,246	854	943	31	640
Missouri	8,986	1,751	3,232	1,692	2,180	131	1,642
Montana	3,681	671	1,449	916	613	32	661
Nebraska	3,550	824	1,389	713	595	29	496
Nevada	6,841	1,126	1,921	1,334	2,413	47	1,389
New Hampshire	3,632	514	1,117	603	1,357	41	704
New Jersey	8,787	1,819	3,059	1,507	2,363	39	1,615
New Mexico	4,527	908	1,728	1,127	701	63	638
New York	15,949	4,069	5,771	2,910	3,056	143	2,617
North Carolina	13,935	2,529	4,678	2,356	4,238	134	2,456
North Dakota	3,535	794	1,128	1,313	288	12	492
Ohio	15,137	2,815	5,487	2,568	4,002	265	2,975
Oklahoma	7,825	2,074	2,756	1,475	1,472	48	1,287
Oregon	8,573	1,587	3,485	1,989	1,436	76	1,581
Pennsylvania	15,187	2,889	5,336	2,610	4,154	198	2,726
Rhode Island	975	215	363	161	229	7	153
South Carolina	6,498	1,154	2,196	1,203	1,883	62	1,091
South Dakota	2,234	408	878	516	381	51	422
Tennessee	11,540	1,971	3,312	1,959	4,201	97	2,118
Texas	49,614	9,951	14,514	8,534	16,265	350	8,728
Utah	7,998	1,727	2,371	1,525	2,317	58	1,584
Vermont	1,221	203	523	246	238	11	171
Virginia	14,126	2,739	4,271	2,757	4,216	143	2,732
Washington	18,665	3,358	6,052	3,330	5,744	181	3,518
West Virginia	1,756	426	666	332	296	36	274
Wisconsin	9,073	1,604	3,768	1,430	2,043	228	1,579
Wyoming	1,852	374	790	366	304	18	288
United States, total	543,569	108,260	180,887	101,780	147,341	5,301	97,861

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 June 2015.

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Table 5-8: Active Aviation Pilots and Flight Instructors: 2014(1)