General Aviation Information and Statistics

Active General Aviation Aircraft by State

Current as of March 2007
Source: General Aviation and Air Taxi Activity Survey (CY 2005)

Includes air taxi aircraft; excludes commuter aircraft.
Row and column summations may differ from printed totals due to rounding error.

State Aircraft
Population Size
Estimated Hours
Flown
Estimated Average
Hours Flown
Total 294,123 26,982,383 120.3
Alabama 4,475 350,295 100.2
Alaska 8,815 815,379 131.1
Arizona 7,936 665,738 113.5
Arkansas 3,302 329,757 133.7
California 32,280 2,870,542 113.3
Colorado 7,622 702,153 122.0
Connecticut 2,600 380,153 179.3
Delaware 3,617 417,657 160.9
District of Columbia 51 18,070 379.4
Florida 20,134 2,137,202 135.5
Georgia 6,634 646,226 120.1
Hawaii 620 121,069 251.5
Idaho 3,461 227,658 85.5
Illinois 8,131 634,331 101.0
Indiana 5,209 346,486 86.9
Iowa 3,887 327,239 111.2
Kansas 4,621 396,468 119.0
Kentucky 2,526 191,590 107.7
Louisiana 3,633 658,019 217.2
Maine 1,743 153,052 111.7
Maryland 3,999 319,399 102.3
Massachusetts 3,312 260,756 98.9
Michigan 8,451 561,284 89.5
Minnesota 7,589 511,805 89.4
Mississippi 2,510 324,936 157.2
Missouri 5,346 380,750 100.9
Montana 3,210 257,793 107.1
Nebraska 2,792 238,087 112.9
Nevada 4,187 412,785 138.1
New Hampshire 1,800 135,554 105.8
New Jersey 4,894 419,599 106.4
New Mexico 4,120 383,833 124.8
New York 7,191 560,885 103.2
North Carolina 7,754 779,601 123.8
North Dakota 1,683 117,564 87.1
Ohio 9,418 999,454 150.8
Oklahoma 4,986 787,621 201.5
Oregon 7,125 611,448 121.6
Pennsylvania 8,054 653,611 108.2
Rhode Island 572 64,293 123.0
South Carolina 3,420 324,484 120.6
South Dakota 2,062 150,196 117.2
Tennessee 5,031 465,470 112.2
Texas 24,383 2,256,856 123.1
Utah 2,353 363,184 187.6
Vermont 647 47,585 92.6
Virginia 5,551 596,430 129.9
Washington 10,158 718,691 100.5
West Virginia 1,382 107,158 88.7
Wisconsin 6,750 606,448 115.6
Wyoming 1,427 102,625 91.2
Puerto Rico 415 36,295 97.5
Other Territories 253 36,818 185.1


Updated Wednesday, May 30, 2007 12:32:43 PM

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