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U.S. On-Demand Air Taxi Safety Data

Embedded Dataset Excel:

Dataset Excel:

table_02_13_072726.xlsx (27.62 KB)

Notes:

2011 Flight hours are not currently available, Federal Aviation Administration is engaged in re-calibration efforts.

Description:

KEY: R = revised; U = data are not available.

a Air carriers operating under 14 CFR 135, nonscheduled service. Accidents on foreign soil and in foreign waters are excluded.

b Rates are computed by dividing the number of Total fatalities, Total seriously injured persons, Total accidents, and Total accidents, fatal by the number of Flight hours.

Source:

Fatalities, accidents and flight hours:

1975-80: National Transportation Safety Board, Annual Review of Aircraft Accident Data: U.S. Air Carrier Operations, Calendar Year 1981, NTSB/ARC-85/01 (Washington, DC: February 1985), table 61.

1985-2024: National Transportation Safety Board, Aviation Accident Statistics, table 9, available at http://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/data/pages/aviation_stats.aspx as of Feb. 10, 2026.

Serious injuries:

1980-85: National Transportation Safety Board, Annual Review of Aircraft Accident Data: U.S. Air Carrier Operations (Washington, DC: Annual Issues).

1990-2024: National Transportation Safety Board, Analysis and Data Division, personal communications, Nov. 28, 2022, May 20, 2024, Feb. 4, 2025, and Jul. 8, 2026.

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