FAA Aerospace Forecast: Fiscal Years 2018-2038

This document starts with a review of U.S. aviation in 2017. It then provides forecasts for U.S. Airlines, General Aviation, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Operations, U.S. Commercial Aircraft Fleet, Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), and Commercial Space Transportation. Forecast highlights include: U.S. carrier passenger growth over the next 20 years to average 1.9 percent per year; system traffic in revenue passenger miles is projected to increase by 2.3 percent a year between 2018 and 2038; the long term outlook for general aviation is stable to optimistic; and operations at FAA and contract towers are forecast to increase 0.9 percent a year over the forecast period. This document also looks at emerging commercial space transportation markets and UAS trends including remote pilot certifications and UAS registrations (model and non-model).

• Record URL:
  https://www.faa.gov/data_research/aviation/aerospace_forecasts/media/FY2018-38_FAA_Aerospace_Forecast.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Alternate title: FAA Aerospace Forecasts Fiscal Years 2018-2038.
• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Aviation Administration

  Office of Aviation Policy and Plans, 800 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20591
• Publication Date: 2018

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 101p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air traffic controllers; Airlines; Civil aircraft; Civil aviation; Commercial space transportation; Drones; Forecasting; General aviation; Market assessment; Trend (Statistics)
• Identifier Terms: U.S. Federal Aviation Administration
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01666919
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 24 2018 9:19AM