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National Aviation History Month: November 2023

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National Aviation History Month: November 2023

Press Release Number CB23-SFS.157

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: 1992-2023 Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories and 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 (bar chart below)

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

More Stats

Source: 2000-2023 Quarterly Financial Report (QFR)

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

Source: 2010-2023 Quarterly Services Survey (QSS)

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

Note: Click on the image above for “Seasonally Adjusted” and “Not Seasonally Adjusted” tables. Click “Bar Chart” to create the interactive bar chart above. The shortest bar is Q2-2020 $14.0 Billion. The tallest bar is Q2-2023 $75.6 Billion.

Source: 2017-2021 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 “More Tools” tab and “Excel” to download table and search for rows with Air transportation (airports) current charges and expenditure
xls Table 1. State and Local Government Finances by Level of Government and by State: 2021 (line 29, air transportation/airports) [<1.0 MB]

Source: 2013-2021 Service Annual Survey (SAS)

xls Table 1: Estimated Revenue of Employer and Nonemployer Firms: 2013-2021 (NAICS 481, Air Transportation) [<1.0 MB]

Source: 2018-2021 Annual Survey of Manufactures (ASM)

aff Table AM1831BASIC01, Annual Survey of Manufactures: Summary Statistics for Industry Groups and Industries in the U.S.: 2018 - 2021, showing four NAICS codes for Aerospace product and parts manufacturing

Source: 1978-2021 Business Dynamics Statistics (BDS)

aff Table BDSEAGE, Business Dynamics Statistics: Establishment Age: 1978-2021, NAICS 481, Air Transportation

Source: 2021 County Business Patterns (CBP)

aff Table CB2100CBP, 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: 2021, showing:
  • NAICS 481, Air Transportation
  • NAICS 4811, Scheduled Air Transportation
  • NAICS 4812, Nonscheduled Air Transportation
  • NAICS 611512, Flight Training

Source: 2021 Annual Business Survey (ABS) Program  

aff Table AB2100CSA01 Annual Business Survey: Statistics for Employer Firms by Industry, Sex, Ethnicity, Race and Veteran Status for the U.S., States and Metro Areas: 2021, NAICS 481, Air Transportation

Source: 2020 Nonemployer Statistics (NES)

aff Table NS2000NONEMP, All Sectors: Nonemployer Statistics for the U.S., States, Counties, Metropolitan Areas and Combined Statistical Areas by Legal Form of Organization and Sales, Value of Shipments or Revenue Size for Selected Geographies: 2020 (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 4 codes listed above

From the Newsroom  /  Stats for Stories (SFS): 

web National Aviation Day: August 19, 2023
web Wright Brothers Day: December 17, 2022

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, Dallas Love Field (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 United States 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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