Commuter/Regional Airline Operations--Summary statistics

[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]


ITEM	Unit	1980	1982	1983	1984		1985	1986	1987	1988 ²	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999


Passenger carriers operating	Number	214	215	196	203		179	179	169	163	151	150	144	127	130	125	124	109	104	97	97
Passengers enplaned	Millions	14.8	18.6	21.8	26.1	¹	26.0	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
Average passengers enplaned per carrier	1,000	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	805
Revenue passenger miles (RPM)	Billions	1.92	2.61	3.24	4.17	¹	4.41	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
Average RPM's per carrier	Millions	8.97	12.14	16.53	20.46	¹	24.64	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
Available seat miles	Billions	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)		(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	19.53	21.64	23.73	25.54	26.85	27.79	30.38	35.76
Average load factor	Percent	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)		(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	48.44	49.01	50.64	49.91	52.98	55.04	57.36	58.18
Departures completed	Millions	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)		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
Airports served	Number	732	817	854	853		854	824	834	861	817	811	811	802	829	806	780	782	766	773	734
Average trip length	Miles	129	141	149	160		173	158	158	173	181	183	186	194	201	210	223	230	231	245	267
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
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
Fleet flying hours ³	1,000	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
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

NA Not available.
1 Adjusted to exclude a merger in 1986.
2 Inclusive of Presidential Airways; 1987 figures include Colgan Airways only.
3 Prior to 1992, utilization results reflected airborne rather than block hours. Data inclusive of carriers which may have operated during only part of calendar year 1996.

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

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These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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