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Legacy ID
1581

Certificated Air Carrier Fuel Consumption and Travel

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

a  Aircraft are aircraft carrying passengers or cargo for hire under 14 CFR 121 (large aircraft-more than 30 seats) and 14 CFR 135 (small aircraft-30 seats or less). This definition is more encompassing than that in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Aviation Forecast- jet aircraft, 60 seats or more carrying passengers or cargo for hire. Beginning in 1990, the number of aircraft is the monthly average reported in use for the last three months of the year. Prior to 1990, it was the number of...

Domestic Demand for Gasoline by Mode

a Does not include aviation jet fuel.

b In 2015 Marine became Boating with unstated formula changes from the source. 

c Includes state, county, and municipal use, industrial and commercial use, construction use, and miscellaneous.

Energy Consumption by Mode of Transportation

KEY: Btu = British thermal unit; N = data do not exist; R = revised; U = data are not available.

a Domestic operations only.

b Includes fuel used in air taxi operations, but not commuter operations. Data for 1996 are estimated using new information on no respondents and are therefore not comparable to earlier years. See the accuracy statement in the appendix for more detailed information. 

c Data from 2007 were calculated using a new methodology developed by FHWA. Data for these years are based on new categories...

Fuel Consumption by Mode of Transportation in Physical Units

KEY: kWh = kilowatt-hour; N = data do not exist; R = revised; U = data are not available.

a Domestic operations only.

b Includes fuel used in air taxi operations, but not commuter operations. Data for 1996 are estimated using new information on no respondents and are therefore not comparable to earlier years. See the accuracy statement in the appendix for more detailed information. 

c Data from 2007 were calculated using a new methodology developed by FHWA. Data for these years are based on new categories and...

U.S. Energy Consumption by the Transportation Sector

KEY:  Btu = British thermal unit; R = revised; Z = a value of zero, or value too small to report.

a Sum of primary consumption, electricity, and electrical system energy losses categories.

b Sum of biomass, natural gas, and petroleum categories.

c Beginning from 1980, small amounts of coal consumed for transportation are included in industrial sector consumption.

d Consumed in the operation of pipelines, primarily in compressors, and small amounts consumed as vehicle fuel.

e...