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From: marcum@fortune.UUCP (Alan M. Marcum)
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Aviation statistics
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Date: Wed, 18-Jan-84 18:51:15 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan 18 18:51:15 1984
Date-Received: Thu, 19-Jan-84 05:49:56 EST
Organization: Fortune Systems, Redwood City, CA
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   From the AOPA Newsletter, some interesting statistics (presumably
derived from the FAA) for FY1982.

   The third busiest airport in the country -- busier than LA Int'l,
Santa Ana, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Oakland -- was Van Nuys.  Fourth was Long
Beach!  The top 5:

	AIRPORT		% General Aviation
	O'Hare		  6.9%
	Atlanta Intl	  6.0
	Van Nuys	 99.0
	Long Beach	 97.5
	LA Intl		 12.6

   Fuel economy numbers prove interesting, too.

			 Avg   Statute	Seat
	TYPE		SEATS	MPG	MPG	MPH	hrs/1000mi
	Compact Car	  4	23	92	 55	18.2
	C-172		  4	17	68	140	 7.1
	C-172RG		  4	16	64	156	 6.4
	Mooney 201	  4	15	60	192	 5.2
	C-T210		  6	13	78	206	 4.9
	Citation	  7.5	 3	23	414	 2.4
	Lear 55		 10	 3	30	524	 1.9
	DC-9		 89	  .335	30	384	 2.6
	L-1011		214	  .178	38	494	 2.0
	B747		317	  .138	44	507	 2.0

   Aviation fatalities amounted to only 3.2% of total transportation
deaths (highway: 91.1, marine: 3.4, railroad: 2.3).

   Finally, general aviation accounted for 67% of the tower controlled
operations, and 41% of the instrument approaches (air carrier: 34%).  We
flew over 36,000 hours, over 4.7 billion miles (air carrier, incl.
commuters: 3.3 billion).


   Now, then, let's begin with level flight.........


Alan M. Marcum		Fortune Systems, Redwood City, California
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