Aviation stats

Statistics as reported by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as of December 31, 2019.

 

Number of FAA air traffic control towers	518
Number of FAA air traffic control enroute centers	21
Square miles of airspace	5,300,000
Air traffic controllers	14,695
General aviation (GA) flight hours	25,212,000
GA fixed-wing piston aircraft	43,040
GA fixed-wing turboprop aircraft	9,925
GA fixed-wing business jet aircraft	14,596
GA rotorcraft piston aircraft	3,082
GA rotorcraft turbine aircraft	6,907
GA experimental aircraft	34,200
Total airports	19,622
Public-use airports	5,092
Private airports	14,530
Passengers flown	1 billion
Annual gross domestic product	5.1%
Aviation jobs created	10,600,000
Number of airline-served airports	550

NOTE: General aviation (GA) is defined as all types of aircraft that operate in one or more of the following categories. Business flights, air charter, private aviation, flight training, ballooning, paragliding, parachuting, gliding, hang gliding, aerial photography, foot-launched powered hang gliders, air ambulance, crop dusting, charter flights, traffic reporting, police air patrols and forest fire fighting.
 
General aviation does not include airline and military types of aircraft.