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U.S. active certificated pilots - number 1990-2017

Number of pilots in the United States from 1990 to 2017 (in thousands)

The data describes the number of pilots in the U.S. from 1990 through 2017. In the U.S., around 609,300 pilots held a certificate issued by the Federal Aviation Administration in 2017, up from 584,300 in 2016.

1990	702.66
1995	639.18
2000	625.58
2005	609.74
2006	597.11
2007	590.35
2008	613.75
2009	594.29
2010	627.59
2011	617.13
2012	610.58
2013	599.09
2014	593.5
2015	590.04
2016	584.36
2017	609.31

U.S. active certificated pilots - number 1990-2017

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