Owners, Here's the Number Behind Your Hangar Door: $339.2 Billion

A report on general aviation's national footprint cites estimates that the sector accounts for 1.33 million jobs across the United States and $339.2 billion in economic activity. Those two numbers cover everything that falls under general aviation, including the Part 91 owner-flown single, the 91K fractional share and the managed jet flying Part 135 when the owner isn't aboard. For readers who own the aircraft, the figures are a useful reference: the fuel, maintenance and hangar invoices that land on the owner's desk are part of that total. The report presents the numbers as estimates, not as an audited count. Even so, $339.2 billion and 1.33 million jobs are concrete figures an owner can use when an airport board, a county commission or a neighbor asks what the field is worth.

With reporting from AVweb.