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U.S. Landing Facilities
Yearly data	Public Use Airports	Private Use Airports	Total Airports	Public Use Landing Facilities	Private Use Landing Facilities	Total Landing Facilities
1965	—	—	8,803	—	—	9,566
1966	—	—	8,891	—	—	9,673
1967	—	—	9,276	—	—	10,126
1968	—	—	9,504	—	—	10,470
1969	6,710	3,199	9,909	7,192	3,858	11,050
1970	6,611	3,429	10,040	7,084	4,177	11,261
1971	6,612	4,027	10,639	7,143	4,927	12,070
1972	6,597	4,249	10,846	7,143	5,262	12,405
1973	6,558	4,403	10,961	7,125	5,575	12,700
1974	6,522	4,638	11,160	7,099	5,963	13,062
1975	6,437	4,787	11,224	7,005	6,246	13,251
1976	6,393	5,162	11,555	6,975	6,795	13,770
1977	6,334	5,379	11,713	6,902	7,215	14,117
1978	6,294	5,712	12,006	6,863	7,711	14,574
1979	6,121	5,943	12,064	6,659	8,087	14,746
1980	5,984	6,256	12,240	6,519	8,642	15,161
1981	5,846	6,581	12,427	6,290	9,186	15,476
1982	5,728	6,868	12,596	6,127	9,704	15,831
1983	5,628	7,025	12,653	5,987	10,042	16,029
1984	5,576	7,070	12,648	5,922	10,157	16,079
1985	5,520	7,225	12,812	5,858	10,461	16,319
1986	5,434	7,351	12,785	5,775	10,807	16,582
1987	5,385	7,522	12,907	5,723	11,292	17,015
1988	5,352	7,598	12,950	5,680	11,647	17,327
1989	5,302	7,644	12,946	5,626	11,820	17,446
1990	5,270	7,644	12,920	5,589	11,901	17,490
1991	5,245	7,659	12,904	5,551	12,030	17,581
1992	5,236	7,780	13,016	5,545	12,301	17,846
1993	5,228	8,000	13,228	5,538	12,779	18,317
1994	5,181	8,021	13,202	5,474	12,869	18,343
1995	5,130	8,015	13,145	5,415	12,809	18,224
1996	5,104	8,071	13,175	5,389	12,903	18,292
1997	5,075	8,117	13,192	5,357	12,988	18,345
1998	5,072	8,341	13,413	5,352	13,378	18,770
1999	5,046	8,532	13,578	5,324	13,774	19,098
2000	5,041	8,634	13,675	5,317	13,964	19,281
2001	5,008	8,274	13,282	5,294	14,062	19,356
2002	—	—	—	5,286	14,286	19,572
2003	—	—	—	5,286	14,295	19,581
2004	—	—	—	5,288	14,532	19,820
2005	—	—	—	5,270	14,584	19,854
2006	—	—	—	5,233	14,757	19,983
2007	—	—	—	5,221	14,839	20,341
2008	—	—	—	5,202	14,451	19,930
2009	—	—	—	5,178	14,296	19,750
Notes:
*Landing facilities include: Civil and Joint-Use civil-military airports, heliports, STOLports, and seaplane bases in the US and its territories
1965-1998 airport data includes stolports
Source: FAA Administrator's Fact Book (April 2007)					Data for most recent year is preliminary

June 29, 2010