TABLE 2-1-5 - Number of U.S. Airports: 1995-2007
TABLE 2-1-5 - Number of U.S. Airports: 1995-2007
| Total, airports | Public use | Private use | Certificated, total | Civil | Military | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Runways (percent) | Total | Runways (percent) | |||||||
| Lighted | Paved | Lighted | Paved | |||||||
| 1995 | 18,224 | 5,415 | 74.3 | 73.3 | 12,809 | 6.4 | 33.0 | 667 | 572 | 95 |
| 1996 | 18,292 | 5,389 | 74.5 | 73.7 | 12,903 | 6.4 | 32.9 | 671 | 577 | 94 |
| 1997 | 18,345 | 5,357 | 74.6 | 74.0 | 12,988 | 6.4 | 33.0 | 660 | 566 | 94 |
| 1998 | 18,770 | 5,352 | 74.8 | 74.2 | 13,418 | 6.3 | 33.2 | 660 | 566 | 94 |
| 1999 | 19,098 | 5,324 | 76.1 | 74.2 | 13,774 | 6.7 | 31.8 | 655 | 565 | 90 |
| 2000 | 19,281 | 5,317 | 75.9 | 74.3 | 13,964 | 7.2 | 32.0 | 651 | 563 | 88 |
| 2001 | 19,356 | 5,294 | 76.2 | 74.6 | 14,062 | 8.0 | 32.4 | 635 | 560 | 75 |
| 2002 | 19,572 | 5,286 | 76.1 | 74.5 | 14,286 | 8.3 | 32.4 | 633 | 558 | 75 |
| 2003 | 19,581 | 5,286 | 76.2 | 74.5 | 14,295 | 8.6 | 32.7 | 628 | 555 | 73 |
| 2004 | 19,820 | 5,288 | 76.3 | 74.5 | 14,532 | 9.0 | 32.8 | 599 | 542 | 57 |
| 2005 | 19,854 | 5,270 | 76.7 | 74.8 | 14,584 | 9.2 | 33.1 | 575 | U | U |
| 2006 | 19,983 | 5,233 | 77.1 | 75.2 | 14,757 | 9.5 | 33.2 | 604 | U | U |
| 2007 | 20,341 | 5,221 | U | U | 14,839 | U | U | 565 | U | U |
KEY: U = Data are unavailable.
NOTES: Includes civil and joint-use civil-military airports, heliports, STOL (short takeoff and landing) ports, and seaplane bases in the United States and its territories. Publicly owned facilities are open for public use with no prior authorization or permission. Certificated airports serve any (1) scheduled passenger-carrying operations of an air carrier operating aircraft designed for more than 9 passenger seats; and (2) unscheduled passenger-carrying operations of an air carrier operating aircraft designed for at least 31 passenger seats.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Administrator's Fact Book (various editions), available at http://www.faa.gov/ as of September 2008 as reported in U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics, table 1-3, available at http://www.bts.gov/publications/national_transportation_statistics/ as of October 2008.