General aviation activity and avionics survey. 1978. Annual summary report cy 1978

Technical Report · Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:6617898

Schwenk, J C

This report presents the results and a description of the 1978 General Aviation Activity and Avionics Survey. The survey was conducted during early 1979 by the FAA to obtain information on the activity and avionics of the United States registered general aviation aircraft fleet, the dominant component of civil aviation in the U.S. The survey was based on a statistically selected sample of about 13.3 percent of the general aviation fleet and obtained a response rate of 74 percent. Survey results are based upon responses but are expanded upward to represent the total population. Survey results revealed that during 1978 an estimated 39.4 million hours of flying time were logged by the 198,778 active general aviation aircraft in the U.S. fleet, yielding a mean annual flight time per aircraft of 197.7 hours. The active aircraft represented 85 percent of the registered general aviation fleet. The report contains breakdowns of these and other statistics by manufacturer/model group, aircraft type, state and region of based aircraft, and primary use. Also included are fuel consumption, lifetime airframe hours, avionics, and engine hours estimates.

• Research Organization: Department of Transportation, Cambridge, MA (USA). Transportation Systems Center
• OSTI ID: 6617898
• Report Number(s): AD-A-087653
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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