TABLE 2-6 - Number of U.S. Aircraft, Vehicles, and Other Conveyances: 2004-2009
TABLE 2-6 - Number of U.S. Aircraft, Vehicles, and Other Conveyances: 2004-2009
2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | |
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Air | ||||||
Air carrier | 8,186 | 8,225 | 8,089 | 8,044 | 7,856 | U |
General aviation (active fleet) | 219,426 | 224,352 | 221,943 | 231,607 | 228,663 | 223,877 |
Highway, total (registered vehicles) | ||||||
Passenger car | 136,430,651 | 136,568,083 | 135,399,945 | 135,932,930 | 137,079,843 | U |
Motorcycle | 5,767,934 | 6,227,146 | 6,678,958 | 7,138,476 | 7,752,926 | U |
Other 2-axle 4-tire vehicle | 91,845,327 | 95,336,839 | 99,124,775 | 101,469,615 | 101,234,849 | U |
Truck, single-unit 2-axle 6-tire or more | 6,161,028 | 6,395,240 | 6,649,337 | 6,806,630 | 6,790,882 | U |
Truck, combination | 2,010,335 | 2,086,759 | 2,169,670 | 2,220,995 | 2,215,856 | U |
Bus | 795,274 | 807,053 | 821,959 | 834,436 | 843,308 | U |
Transit | ||||||
Motor bus | 61,318 | 62,284 | 64,025 | 63,359 | 63,151 | 63,343 |
Light rail cars | 1,622 | 1,645 | 1,801 | 1,802 | 1,948 | 2,059 |
Heavy rail cars | 10,858 | 11,110 | 11,052 | 11,222 | 11,377 | 11,461 |
Trolley bus | 597 | 615 | 609 | 559 | 590 | 531 |
Commuter rail cars and locomotives | 6,130 | 6,290 | 6,300 | 6,279 | 6,494 | 6,722 |
Demand response | 26,333 | 28,346 | 29,406 | 29,433 | 30,773 | 34,235 |
Other | 10,544 | 11,622 | 12,454 | 12,953 | 14,953 | 17,766 |
Rail | ||||||
Class I, Freight cars | 473,773 | 474,839 | 475,415 | 460,172 | 450,297 | 416,180 |
Class I, Locomotive | 22,015 | 22,779 | 23,732 | 24,143 | 24,003 | 24,045 |
Nonclass I freight cars | 120,169 | 120,195 | 120,688 | 120,463 | 109,487 | 108,233 |
Car companies and shippers freight cars | 693,978 | 717,211 | 750,404 | 805,074 | 833,188 | 839,020 |
Amtrak, Passenger train car | 1,211 | 1,186 | 1,191 | 1,164 | 1,177 | 1,214 |
Amtrak, Locomotive | 276 | 258 | 319 | 270 | 278 | 274 |
Water | ||||||
Nonself-propelled vessels | 31,296 | 32,052 | 32,211 | 31,654 | 31,238 | U |
Self-propelled vessels | 8,994 | 8,976 | 8,898 | 9,041 | 9,063 | U |
Oceangoing steam and motor shipsa | 423 | 366 | 344 | 275 | 272 | 196 |
Recreational boats | 12,781,476 | 12,942,414 | 12,746,126 | 12,875,568 | 12,692,892 | 12,721,541 |
a 2004-06 data include private and government owned vessels of 1,000 gross tons and over. Beginning in 2007, data are reported only for privately-owned vessels of 1,000 gross tons and over. 2009 data includes privately owned vessels of 10,000 deadweight tons and above not including the Great Lakes vessels. All the data are year-end data.
NOTES: Air Carriers are those aircraft carrying passengers or cargo for hire under 14 CFR 121 and 14 CFR 135. The number of aircraft is the monthly average of the number of aircraft reported in use for the last 3 months of the year. General aviation data includes air taxi aircraft. Other transit includes aerial tramway, automated guideway transit, Alaska railroad, cable car, ferry boat, inclined plane, monorail, and vanpool. Nonself-propelled vessels include dry-cargo barges, tank barges, and railroad-car floats.
Self-propelled vessels include dry-cargo and/or passenger, offshore supply vessels, railroad-car ferries, tankers, and towboats. Recreational boats include those that are required to be numbered in accordance with Chapter 123 of Title 46 U.S.C.
SOURCES: Air Carrier: Aerospace Industries Association; General Aviation: Federal Aviation Administration; Highway: Federal Highway Administration; Transit: Federal Transit Administration; Rail: Association of American Railroads and National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak); Water: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard; and U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration as cited in U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics, table 1-11, available at http://www.bts.gov/publications/national_transportation_statistics as of April 2011.