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The Top 10 Lists are a very popular part
of MyAFD.com.
Some of the Top 10 lists are based on FAA data (such as Top
10 airports with the most daily operations) and other Top 10
lists are based on data given by you - the visitors of
MyAFD.com (such as the Top 10 Most Visited Airports).
US Airport Facts:
And, here are some statistics about the 20,148 landing
facilities in the United States.
- There are currently 5,346 public use landing
facilities in the United States.
- Public Use Airports: 5,044
- Public Use Seaplane Base: 206
- Public Use Heliports: 82
- Public Use Ultralightport: 6
- Public Use Gliderport: 4
- Public Use STOL Port: 3 (Short Take Off and Landing)
- Public Use Balloonport: 1
There are 14,802 private use landing facilities
in the United States.
- Private Use Airports: 8,939
- Private Use Heliports: 5,309
- Private Use Seaplane Base: 288
- Private Use Ultralightport: 134
- Private Use STOL Port: 86 (Short Take Off and
Landing)
- Private Use Gliderport: 35
- Private Use Balloonport: 11
If you added the length of all the runways in the United
States together it would reach 61,242,382 feet or 11,598.936
miles. That's almost half of the circumference of the
earth at the equator at 24,901.55 miles.
Total Reported Operations Annual Aircraft Operations in
the US:
- General Aviation Operations: 52,495,383
- Transient Operations: 47,107,798
- Commercial Operations: 18,143,405
- Air Taxi Operations: 10,704,826
- Military Operations: 8,726,648
Total Reported Aircraft Based in the US:
- Single Engine: 194,775
- Multi Engine: 27,976
- Jets: 9,667
- Helicopters: 8,991
- Ultralight: 6,009
- Military: 4,592
- Gliders: 3,444
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