TABLE 2.1 						
TOTAL AIRCRAFT REPORTED IN OPERATION 						
BY AIR CARRIERS BY TYPE OF AIRCRAFT						
1984 - 1993				

				Fixed Wing		       Total
		Total		Turbine		               Rotary-
Year	Total	Fixed-	Total	Turbojet   Turboprop  Piston   Wing
		Wing					
							
1984	4,371	4,359	3,916	2,960	     956	443	12
							
1985	4,678	4,673	4,240	3,164	   1,076	433	5
							
1986	4,909	4,907	4,487	3,283	   1,204	420	2
							
1987	5,250	5,237	4,816	3,575	   1,241	421	13		
									
1988	5,660	5,652	5,290	3,915	   1,375	362	8		
									
1989	5,778	5,771	5,418	3,942	   1,476	353	7		
									
1990	6,083	6,072	5,743	4,148	   1,595	329	11		
									
1991	6,054	6,048	5,765	4,167	   1,598	283	6		
									
1992*	7,320	7,187	6,340	4,446	   1,894	847	133		
									
1993*	7,297	7,173	6,452	4,584	   1,868	721	124		

Note:  Air carrier aircraft are aircraft carrying passengers or cargo for hire  under 14 CFR 121 (large aircraft-more than 30 seats) and 14 CFR 135 (small
Aircraft--30 seats or less).  This definition is more encompassing than that
used in the FAA Aviation Forecast--jet aircraft, 60 seats or more carrying
passengers or cargo for hire.				
	 			
Note: Beginning in 1987, the number of aircraft is the monthly average of the
number of aircraft reported in use for the last three months of the year.  Priorto 1987, it was the number of aircraft reported in use during December of the
year.				
				
Source: 1983 - 1991 Air Carrier Aircraft Utilization and Propulsion Reliability Report; Aviation Aviation Standards National Field Office, Federal Aviation
Administration.	 Beginning in 1992 the source is the Vital Information System.			
*  Does not include the aircraft listed below that are operated by the On-demandAir Taxis:			
	
1993:	Piston multiengine			2,669
	Piston single engine			3,043
	Turboprop single engine			  321
	Turboprop-mulitengine			1,662
	Turbojet			        1,020
	Helicopter			        1,977
	     Total			       10,692