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APPENDIX II: PRELIMINARY AIRPORT ASSESSMENT <br />APPENDIX <br />General Aviation Hours Flown <br />The total number of General Aviation hours flown in the United States reached a low in <br />1994 of 26,472,000 hours, which represents a decrease of 40.60/o and a compounded <br />annual decrease of 3.7% over the period from the high of 44,589,000 hours achieved in <br />1980 (which corresponds with the first-year data was available). While this downward <br />trend reversed for a period of time (General Aviation hours flown increased 30.1% or a <br />compounded annual increase of 3.3% from 1994 to a peak of 34,450,000 hours in 2007). <br />Over the last 5 years, General Aviation hours flown increased 9.5% to 25,629,000 hours <br />or a compounded annual decrease of 1.1%. Figure 12 represents the number of general <br />aviation hours flown through 2018. <br />Figure 12: General Aviation Hours Flown <br />General Aviation Hours Flown <br />35 000 <br />GARA Passage <br />DotConr Bust of 1999 <br />30 000 Recession ot2007-2049 <br />Recession of 2041 <br />9/1 1/2041 <br />Economic Recovery <br />of 201 0 <br />5.000 <br />rO (o N CO O, c) (\ {.) .$ LO (O l\ @ O) O N (f) S LO (o l- @o) o) O) O) O) O O C) O O O O C) C) OO) O) (:I) O) O) O O O O O O O O C) O O O O O O O O O ON (\ C.r (\ c\l N C\ C{ a\i N N C\ N O'l N (\ C\ N N <br />-p15l6p <br />.,. Turbolet <br />-Turboprop <br />*Total <br />While the number of hours flown by piston-powered aircraft have fluctuated (declining for <br />the most part) since the 1994, the number of turboprop and turbojet aircraft hours flown <br />have been cyclical (increasing for the most part) over this same 2}-year period. These <br />fluctuations can be attributed, in large part, to changes in the economy. <br />At first glance, the increase in the number of active general aviation aircraft since 1994 <br />and the decline in general aviation hours flown since 1999 appearto be contradictory. <br />However, these divergent trends are supported by the decline in the average number of <br />hours flown per aircraft which has decreased from a high of 139.3 hours per aircraft in <br />1994 to 1 19 hours per aircraft in 2018. <br />€'zs.oooc <br />l <br />$ zo ooo <br />€ <br />5 15 000o- <br />.E ro ooo <br />0 <br />Airport Strategic Business Plan, 0712612021 63