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National Aviation History Month: November 2022

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National Aviation History Month: November 2022

Press Release Number CB22-SFS.151

According to the Government Printing Office, “National Aviation History Month is dedicated to exploring, recognizing and celebrating America’s great contributions and achievements in the development of aviation. Aviation history refers to the history of development of mechanical flight — from the earliest attempts in kites and gliders to powered heavier-than-air, supersonic and space flights.”

Key Stats

Source: 1992-2022 Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, & Orders (M3) Survey.

web Defense Aircraft and Parts: U.S. Total – Value of Shipments
web Nondefense Aircraft and Parts: U.S. Total – Value of Shipments (see bar chart below)

Note: Click on the image above for the “Seasonally Adjusted” and “Not Seasonally Adjusted” tables. Click on “Bar Chart” to create the interactive bar chart above.

More Stats

Source: 2000-2022 Quarterly Financial Report (QFR).

web Aerospace Products and Parts: U.S. Total – Net Sales, Receipts, and Operating Revenues

Source: 2010-2022 Quarterly Services Survey (QSS). 

web 481: Air Transportation: U.S. Total - Total Revenue (see bar chart below)

Note: Click on the image above for the “Seasonally Adjusted” and “Not Seasonally Adjusted” tables. Click “Bar Chart” to create the interactive bar chart above. The shortest bar is Q2-2020 $13.2 Billion. The tallest bar is Q2-2022 $72.7 Billion.

Source: 2017-2020 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances.

web Table GS00LF01, State and Local Government Finances by Level of Government: US and States: 2017 - 2020, click “Excel” to download table and search for rows for Air transportation (airports) current charges and Air transportation (airports) expenditure
xls Table 1. State and Local Government Finances by Level of Government and by State: 2020, US Summary & Alabama-Mississippi, see line 29, Air transportation (airports) [<1.0 MB]
xls Table 1. State and Local Government Finances by Level of Government and by State: 2020 - Con., Missouri-Wyoming, see line 29, Air transportation (airports) [<1.0 MB]

Source: 2013-2020 Service Annual Survey (SAS).

xls Table 1: Estimated Revenue for Employer and Nonemployer Firms: 2013 through 2020, see NAICS 481: Air transportation [<1.0 MB]

Source: 2018 - 2020 Annual Survey of Manufactures (ASM).

aff Table AM1831BASIC01, Annual Survey of Manufactures: Summary Statistics for Industry Groups and Industries in the U.S.: 2018 - 2020, showing 4 Codes for Aerospace product and parts manufacturing

Source: 1978-2020 Business Dynamics Statistics (BDS).

aff Table BDSEAGE, Business Dynamics Statistics: Establishment Age: 1978-2020, showing the 2 Codes below:
  • NAICS 481, Air Transportation
  • NAICS 611512, Flight Training

Source: 2020 County Business Patterns (CBP).

aff Table CB2000CBP, All Sectors: County Business Patterns, including ZIP Code Business Patterns, by Legal Form of Organization and Employment Size Class for U.S., States, and Selected Geographies: 2020, showing the 4 Codes below:
  • NAICS 481, Air Transportation  
  • NAICS 4811, Scheduled Air Transportation 
  • NAICS 4812, Nonscheduled Air Transportation 
  • NAICS 611512, Flight Training 

Source: 2019 Annual Business Survey (ABS) Program.

aff Table AB1900CSA01 Annual Business Survey: Statistics for Employer Firms by Industry, Sex, Ethnicity, Race, and Veteran Status for the U.S., States, and Metro Areas: 2019, showing the 2 Codes listed above

Source: 2019 Nonemployer Statistics (NES).

aff Table NS1900NONEMP, All Sectors: Nonemployer Statistics for the U.S., States, Counties, Metropolitan Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas; and by Legal Form of Organization and Sales, Value of Shipments, or Revenue Size for Selected Geographies: 2019, showing NAICS 481 Air Transportation

Source: 2017 Economic Census.

aff Table EC1700BASIC, All Sectors: Summary Statistics for the U.S., States, and Selected Geographies: 2017, showing the 2 Codes listed above

From the Newsroom > Stats for Stories (SFS): 

web National Aviation Day: August 19, 2022
web Wright Brothers Day: December 17, 2021

Outside Links

web Aerospace Industries Association
web FAA, Federal Aviation Administration, Air Traffic By The Numbers
web FAA, Federal Aviation Administration, Aviation Data & Statistics
web Frontiers of Flight Museum (in Association with the Smithsonian Institution)
web Government Printing Office, November is National Aviation History Month
web Library of Congress, The Dream of Flight
web NASA History
web National Aviation Hall of Fame (chartered by Congress)
web National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Aerospace
web National Museum of the U.S. Air Force
web National Park Service, Travel Sites of American Aviation
web Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum
web U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission, 1903 - 2003
web U.S. Navy, Naval Aviation Histories
web Women in Aviation International

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