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Notes:

The number of airports changed from year to year due to the changes in the number of private airports. General aviation includes air taxis. Major U.S. carriers have annual operating revenue exceeding $1 billion. National carriers have annual operating revenues between $100 million and $1 billion. These carrier categories differ from the more commonly used business model categories. The total includes both scheduled and nonscheduled passenger enplanements. Revenue passenger-miles (RPM) are calculated by multiplying the number of revenue passengers by the distance traveled. Load factor is a measure of the use of aircraft capacity that compares the system use, measured in RPMs as a proportion of system capacity, measured by available seat miles. Student pilots are excluded from the totals because of an FAA rule change that student pilot licenses never expire. Passenger enplanements are revised because of airline data corrections.

Description:

This graph is from the 2024 Transportation Statistics Annual Report.

Source:

U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT). Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), special tabulation, November 2023. General aviation aircraft and Pilots: USDOT/FAA. FAA Aerospace Forecast, Fiscal Years (multiple issues). Available at www.faa.gov/data_research/aviation/aerospace_forecasts as of September 2024. RPM: USDOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Office of Airline Information (OAI), T1/DB20 (Green Book). Available at www.transtats.bts.gov/ as of September 2024. Passengers and Freight Enplaned: USDOT, BTS, OAI, T-100 Market and Segment. Available at www.transtats.bts.gov/ as of September 2024.