Number of Pilot-Reported Near Midair Collisions (NMAC) by Degree of Hazard

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

^a A situation where collision avoidance was due to chance, rather than an act on the part of the pilot.  Less than 100 feet of aircraft separation would be considered critical.

^b An incident that would probably have resulted in a collision if no action had been taken by either pilot.  Less than 500 feet would usually be required in this case.

^c When direction and altitude would have made a midair collision improbable regardless of evasive action taken.

^d No...

U.S. General Aviation Safety Data

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

^a U.S. registered civil aircraft not operated under 14 CFR 121 or 14 CFR 135.  Accidents on foreign soil and in foreign waters are excluded.  Suicide, sabotage, and stolen/unauthorized cases included in accidents, fatalities and rate computation in this table are: 1985 (11 accidents, 6 fatal accidents); 1990 (4, 1); 1991 (8, 5); 1992 (2, 1); 1993 (5, 4); 1994 (3, 2); 1995 (10, 6); 1996 (4, 0); 1997 (5, 2); 1998 (6, 4); 1999 (3, 1); 2000 (7, 7); 2001 (3, 1); 2002 (7, 6); 2003 (4, 3...

U.S. On-Demand Air Taxi Safety Data

KEY: P = preliminary; 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.

U.S. Commuter Air Carrier Fatal Accidents by Defining Event of Operation

KEY: R = revised.

^a 14 CFR 135, scheduled operations. Before Mar. 20, 1997, 14 CFR applied to aircraft with 30 or fewer seats. Since Mar. 20, 1997, 14 CFR 135 includes only aircraft with fewer than 10 seats. This change makes it difficult to compare pre-1997 data with more recent years' data.

^b Includes instructional flights performing turns and agricultural flights for spraying and buzzing (repeated passes over a particular location).

U.S. Air Carrier Fatal Accidents by Defining Event of Operation

^a Carriers operating under 14 CFR 121. Before Mar. 20, 1997, 14 CFR 121 applied only to aircraft with more than 30 seats or a maximum payload capacity of more than 7,500 pounds. Since Mar. 20, 1997, 14 CFR 121 includes aircraft with 10 or more seats that formerly operated under 14 CFR 135. This change makes it difficult to compare pre-1997 data with more recent data. 

^b NTSB changed its reporting of phase of accidents. Data after 2008 is reported by Defining Event associated phase of flight leading to the accident.  Before 2008 data is reported by...

U.S. Commuter Air Carrier Safety Data

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

^a Air carriers operating under 14 CFR 135, scheduled service. Includes accidents involving all-cargo air carriers when those accidents occurred during scheduled 14 CFR 135 operations. Before Mar. 20, 1997, 14 CFR 135 applied to aircraft with 30 or fewer seats.  Since Mar. 20, 1997, 14 CFR 135 includes only aircraft with fewer than 10 seats. This change makes it difficult to compare pre-1997 data with more recent years' data.

^bTotal fatalities for 1991 on U.S...

U.S. Air Carrier Safety Data

KEY:  N = data do not exist; P = preliminary; R = revised; U = data are not available.

^a Air carriers operating under 14 CFR 121, scheduled and nonscheduled service. Includes all scheduled and nonscheduled service accidents involving all-cargo carriers and commercial operators of large aircraft when those accidents occurred during 14 CFR 121 operations. Since Mar. 20, 1997, 14 CFR 121 includes aircraft with 10 or more seats formerly operated under 14 CFR 135. This change makes it difficult to compare pre-1997 data for 14 CFR 121 and 14 CFR 135...

Hazardous Materials Fatalities, Injuries, Accidents, and Property Damage Data

KEY: R = revised. 

^a The 1996 spike in Air Fatalities was due to the ignition of an undeclared cache of chemical oxygen generators in a flight over Florida that killed 110 people, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation Biennial Report on Hazardous Materials Transportation, 1996-1997. 

^bWater category includes only nonbulk marine. Bulk marine hazardous materials incidents are reported to the U.S. Coast Guard and are not included.

^cOther category includes freight...

Passengers Boarded at the Top 50 U.S. Airports

^a The 2014 and 2023 totals for the top 50 airports may not sum from the individual airports because some top 50 airports in 2021 were not in the top 50 in earlier years.

^b All U.S. airports consists of 1,274 airports as of 2024 and includes Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands and U.S. Pacific Trust Territories and Possessions.

Worldwide Commercial Space Launches

a Sea Launch is an international venture involving organizations in four countries and uses its own launch facility outside national borders. Their first commercial launch, in 1999, was licensed by the Federal Aviation Administration. Sea Launch filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in June 2009 and thus had no launches in the second half of the year.