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2301 Merrill Field Drive A-3, Anchorage AK 99501
phone 907 277-0071 fax 907 277-0072
Monday - Friday 8am - 4pm
ALASKA AVIATION FACTS
(validated Aug 2011)
Commercial Operators
· 271 commercial operators in Alaska
· 2 Part 121
· 4 Part 121/135
· 230 Part 135
· 35 Part 91
· Fly over 835,000 total hours annually
· 420,000 scheduled flight hours
· 415,000 unscheduled flight hours
· 2.8 million metric tonnes of cargo move through Anchorage alone (3rd highest volume for world airports)
Fleet
· Alaska has a fleet of 10,947 aircraft
· 40% of the aircraft are based in Anchorage
· 85% are single engine
· 1.6 million landings recorded annually
Professionals
· Alaska has over 10,000 pilots
· Over 2,800 commercial pilots
· 12,750,000 single-engine hours
· 2,330,000 multi-engine hours
· 2,460,000 turbo-prop hours
· 3,600,000 turbo-fan hours
· 3,250,000 rotor wing hours
· Current pilots average over 9,000 career flight hours of experience
Economy
· Aviation contributes $3.5 billion to our economy
· Contributes 8% of the Gross State Product (GSP)
· 47,000 people employed in Alaskan aviation
· Employs 10% of the total workforce of Alaska
· Enplanements are 8 times higher than other rural areas in the Western US
· Freight per person is 39 times higher, almost one ton per person per year
Scale
· ANC is 9.5 flight hours from 90% of the world
· Flight area of over 3 million square miles
· The largest aviation system in the U.S.
· Distance from east to west is equivalent to flying coast to coast across the U.S.
· Over 700 registered airports & 1,200 airstrips
· 82% of communities not accessible by road
Geography
· Distance north to south: 1,500 miles
· Distance east to west: 2,700 miles
· Alaska has an area of 586,000 square miles
· Alaska has 47,000 miles of shoreline: more than all other 49 states combined
· 39 mountain ranges and 17 of the 20 highest peaks in North America
· More than 100 volcanoes and volcanic fields
* The Economic Contribution of the Aviation Industry to Alaska’s Economy. Alaska DOT/PF commissioned study.
information is provided from the FAA Alaskan Region, NIOSH, and State of Alaska resources.
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