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.