Active Flight Instructors by state. Definition, graph and map.

SOURCE
U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, 2003 U.S. Civil Airmen Statistics, table 5, Washington, DC: 2004

DEFINITION
Number of active flight instructors by state. A flight instructor must hold a flight instructor certificate in addition to a pilot certificate. NOTE: Excludes U.S. military personnel holding civilian certificates who are stationed in a foreign country and pilots in U.S. territories.

Transportation Statistics > Active Flight Instructors (most recent) by state

Rank

States

Amount

# 1

California:

9,172

# 2

Florida:

7,958

# 3

Texas:

6,883

# 4

Illinois:

3,294

# 5

Arizona:

3,113

# 6

Ohio:

2,996

# 7

Washington:

2,918

# 8

Colorado:

2,896

# 9

Pennsylvania:

2,695

# 10

New York:

2,600

# 11

Georgia:

2,515

# 12

Michigan:

2,456

# 13

Minnesota:

2,219

# 14

Virginia:

2,213

# 15

North Carolina:

1,882

# 16

Tennessee:

1,749

# 17

Indiana:

1,648

# 18

Missouri:

1,589

# 19

Wisconsin:

1,578

# 20

New Jersey:

1,577

# 21

Kansas:

1,284

# 22

Maryland:

1,271

# 23

Oregon:

1,266

# 24

Massachusetts:

1,233

# 25

Alaska:

1,222

# 26

Oklahoma:

1,214

# 27

Kentucky:

1,111

# 28

Alabama:

1,053

# 29

Utah:

1,034

# 30

Nevada:

992

# 31

Connecticut:

876

# 32

Iowa:

813

# 33

South Carolina:

794

# 34

Louisiana:

720

# 35

New Hampshire:

678

# 36

Arkansas:

668

= 37

Idaho:

600

= 37

New Mexico:

600

# 39

Mississippi:

536

# 40

Hawaii:

516

# 41

Montana:

494

# 42

Nebraska:

451

# 43

Maine:

390

# 44

North Dakota:

364

# 45

South Dakota:

299

# 46

West Virginia:

271

# 47

Wyoming:

235

# 48

Delaware:

229

# 49

Vermont:

170

# 50

Rhode Island:

159

# 51

District of Columbia:

Total:

85,539

Weighted average:

1,677.2

DEFINITION: Number of active flight instructors by state. A flight instructor must hold a flight instructor certificate in addition to a pilot certificate. NOTE: Excludes U.S. military personnel holding civilian certificates who are stationed in a foreign country and pilots in U.S. territories.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, 2003 U.S. Civil Airmen Statistics, table 5, Washington, DC: 2004

Transportation Statistics > Active Flight Instructors (most recent) by state

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