Table 5-7: Active Aviation Pilots and Flight Instructors: 2001

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

State	Total	Students	Airplane pilots²			Misc.³	Flight instructor⁴
State	Total	Students	Private	Commercial	Airline transport	Misc.³	Flight instructor⁴
Alabama	7,148	1,087	3,004	1,677	1,099	281	955
Alaska	8,415	791	3,526	2,120	1,901	77	1,117
Arizona	16,974	2,123	6,139	3,338	4,783	591	2,758
Arkansas	4,794	707	2,044	1,168	814	61	648
California	68,442	9,477	30,284	13,186	12,678	2,817	9,016
Colorado	17,406	2,279	6,185	3,139	5,193	610	2,667
Connecticut	6,204	832	2,562	972	1,630	208	869
Delaware	1,503	259	539	245	422	38	225
District of Columbia	457	80	192	97	63	25	52
Florida	47,420	6,301	16,009	10,170	14,048	892	7,324
Georgia	18,611	2,434	6,166	2,960	6,745	306	2,277
Hawaii	3,046	529	670	594	1,052	201	437
Idaho	4,330	508	2,053	948	727	94	558
Illinois	20,709	3,029	8,764	3,836	4,688	392	3,117
Indiana	11,453	1,694	5,588	2,052	1,974	145	1,537
Iowa	5,919	845	3,222	1,120	679	53	768
Kansas	8,398	1,175	4,079	1,744	1,299	101	1,231
Kentucky	6,596	942	2,291	1,098	2,187	78	935
Louisiana	5,756	799	2,207	1,433	1,068	249	687
Maine	3,055	418	1,445	619	543	30	380
Maryland	8,274	1,207	3,354	1,561	1,901	251	1,224
Massachusetts	9,266	1,422	4,397	1,643	1,473	331	1,203
Michigan	16,967	2,621	8,202	2,906	2,891	347	2,358
Minnesota	15,376	2,148	6,631	2,926	3,489	182	2,080
Mississippi	3,951	513	1,568	1,030	757	83	495
Missouri	10,592	1,381	4,753	2,006	2,299	153	1,560
Montana	3,571	463	1,672	893	476	67	451
Nebraska	4,031	609	1,995	868	533	26	423
Nevada	6,310	711	2,097	1,128	2,140	234	887
New Hampshire	4,207	451	1,518	682	1,452	104	633
New Jersey	10,967	1,638	4,673	1,830	2,438	388	1,524
New Mexico	4,421	708	1,805	978	784	146	542
New York	17,902	3,292	7,702	3,266	2,870	772	2,525
North Carolina	14,480	1,921	5,975	2,611	3,720	253	1,762
North Dakota	2,472	437	1,122	701	198	14	294
Ohio	18,959	2,702	8,486	3,349	4,022	400	2,914
Oklahoma	8,352	1,319	3,684	1,868	1,401	80	1,164
Oregon	9,668	1,457	4,808	1,923	1,211	269	1,178
Pennsylvania	17,812	2,526	7,465	3,102	4,196	523	2,594
Rhode Island	1,133	161	512	212	227	21	136
South Carolina	6,150	788	2,655	1,276	1,301	130	745
South Dakota	2,226	349	1,029	532	297	19	263
Tennessee	12,071	1,501	4,315	2,087	3,931	237	1,662
Texas	47,533	6,075	16,325	8,901	15,214	1,018	6,590
Utah	6,953	1,312	2,738	1,235	1,554	114	863
Vermont	1,435	203	668	252	254	58	161
Virginia	14,412	1,795	5,024	2,833	4,363	397	2,061
Washington	20,730	2,786	7,932	3,883	5,584	545	2,789
West Virginia	1,912	289	904	386	301	32	280
Wisconsin	11,055	1,621	5,541	1,873	1,926	94	1,499
Wyoming	1,773	234	873	352	285	29	211
United States, total	581,597	80,949	237,392	111,609	137,081	14,566	80,629

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 2001, Washington, DC: 2003, available at http://api.hq.faa.gov/civilair2001/index.htm as of Oct. 28, 2003.

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Table 5-7: Active Aviation Pilots and Flight Instructors: 2001

Table 5-7: Active Aviation Pilots and Flight Instructors: 2001