Commuter Regional Airline Operations Summary

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Table 1068

Commuter/Regional Airline Operations--Summary

Calendar year data (14.8 represents 14,800,000). Commuter/regional airlines operate primarily aircraft of predominately 75 passengers or less and 18,000 pounds of payload capacity serving short haul and small community markets. Represents operations within all North America by U.S. Regional Carriers. Averages are means. For definition of mean, see Guide to Tabular Presentation

		1980	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988⁵	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Commuter/Regional Airline Operations--Summary¹
Airports Served	Number	732	817	854	853	854	824	834	861	817	811	811	802	829	806	780	782	766	773	734	729	726
Available Seat Miles	Billions	(NA)³	(NA)³	(NA)³	(NA)³	(NA)³	(NA)³	(NA)³	(NA)³	(NA)³	(NA)³	(NA)³	19.53	21.64	23.73	25.54	26.85	27.79	30.38	35.76	42.55	44.16
Average Annual Utilization Per Aircraft	Hours	1,299	1,373	1,563	1,582	1,635	1,622	1,598	1,709	1,712	1,798	1,843	2,025	2,033	2,102	2,179	2,148	2,231	2,154	2,313	2,368	2,222
Average Load Factor	Percent	(NA)³	(NA)³	(NA)³	(NA)³	(NA)³	(NA)³	(NA)³	(NA)³	(NA)³	(NA)³	(NA)³	48.44	49.01	50.64	49.91	52.98	55.04	57.36	58.18	59.39	58.28
Average Passengers Enplaned Per Carrier	1000	69.2	86.5	111.2	128.1	152.4	158.4	187.7	213.9	247.4	277.5	291.4	385.0	405.2	457.0	461.4	568.3	637.5	733.0	804.7	830.4	910.2
Average Rpms Per Carrier	Millions	8.97	12.14	16.53	20.46	24.64⁴	24.98	29.60	37.05	44.84	50.75	54.18	74.50	81.59	96.15	102.80	130.49	147.09	179.64	214.49	268.83	282.83
Average Seating Capacity (seats)	Number	13.9	15.6	18.1	18.4	19.2	18.4	19.7	20.5	21.8	22.1	22.8	23.4	23.0	23.7	24.6	25.1	25.9	27.7	29.8	31.7	33.5
Average Trip Length	Miles	129	141	149	160	173	158	158	173	181	183	186	194	201	210	223	230	231	245	267	299	311
Departures Completed	Millions	(NA)³	(NA)³	(NA)³	(NA)³	3.08	3.10	3.20	3.84	4.46	3.99	3.98	4.24	4.58	4.63	4.69	4.46	4.38	4.33	4.38	4.46	4.2
Fleet Flying Hours²	1000	1,740	2,160	2,415	2,764	2,854	2,929	2,942	3,078	3,266	3,447	3,671	4,259	4,490	4,565	4,659	4,568	4,695	4,631	5,058	5,362	5,161
Passenger Aircraft Operated	Number	1,339	1,573	1,545	1,747	1,745	1,806	1,841	1,801	1,907	1,917	1,992	2,103	2,208	2,172	2,138	2,127	2,104	2,150	2,187	2,271	2,323
Passenger Carriers Operating	Number	214	215	196	203	179	179	169	163	151	150	144	127	130	125	124	109	104	97	97	94	91
Passengers Enplaned	Millions	14.8	18.6	21.8	26.1	26.0⁴	28.4	31.7	35.2	37.4	42.1	42.1	48.9	52.7	57.1	57.2	61.9	66.3	71.1	78.1	84.6	82.8
Revenue Passenger Miles (rpm)	Billions	1.92	2.61	3.24	4.17	4.41⁴	4.47	5.00	6.04	6.77	7.61	7.80	9.46	10.61	12.02	12.75	14.22	15.30	17.42	20.81	25.27	25.74

Footnotes

¹ Quantities in millions.

² Prior to 1992, utilization results reflected airborne rather than block hours.

³ Not available.

⁴ Adjusted to exclude a merger in 1986.

⁵ Inclusive of Presidential Airways; 1987 figures include Colgan Airways only.

Source

Regional Airline Association and AvStat Associates, Washington, DC, Annual Report of the Regional Airline Industry (copyright).

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