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Highway and Road

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1516

Number of U.S. Aircraft, Vehicles, Vessels, and Other Conveyances

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

aAir carrier aircraft are those carrying passengers or cargo for hire under 14 CFR 121 and 14 CFR 135. Beginning in 1990, the number of aircraft is the monthly average of the number of aircraft reported in use for the last three months of the year. Prior to 1990, it was the number of aircraft reported in use during December of a given year.

b 1991-94 data revised to reflect changes in adjustment for nonresponse bias with 1996 telephone survey factors;...

System Mileage Within the United States

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

a All public road and street mileage in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. For years prior to 1980, some miles of nonpublic roadways are included. No consistent data on private road mileage are available. Beginning in 1998, approximately 43,000 miles of Bureau of Land Management Roads are excluded. 2010 Missouri and Wyoming's data are 2009.

b Data represent miles of road owned (aggregate length of road, excluding yard tracks, sidings, and parallel lines...

CFS FAQs

What is the purpose of the Commodity Flow Survey (CFS)? Who conducts the CFS and how often is it conducted? What types of establishments are included in the CFS? List of NAICS industries covered in the 2017 CFS What type of information is collected in the CFS? How were the data...

Freight Analysis Framework

The Freight Analysis Framework (FAF) database has estimates of US freight flows. Data are available for states and metropolitan areas. Flows include all modes of transportation and 42 commodity types. The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) produces the FAF with support from the Federal...