National Aviation History Month: November 2023

November 2023

Press Release Number CB23-SFS.157

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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

Defense Aircraft and Parts: U.S. Total Value of Shipments

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)

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

Source: 2010-2023 Quarterly Services Survey (QSS)

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  

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

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)

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)

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)

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

Source: 2021 County Business Patterns (CBP)

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  

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)

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

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): 

National Aviation Day: August 19, 2023

Wright Brothers Day: December 17, 2022

Outside Links

Aerospace Industries Association

FAA, Federal Aviation Administration, Air Traffic By The Numbers

FAA, Federal Aviation Administration, Aviation Data & Statistics

Frontiers of Flight Museum, Dallas Love Field (in association with the Smithsonian Institution)

Government Printing Office, November is National Aviation History Month

Library of Congress, The Dream of Flight

NASA History

National Aviation Hall of Fame (chartered by Congress)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Aerospace

National Museum of the United States Air Force

National Park Service, Travel Sites of American Aviation

Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum

U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission, 1903 - 2003

U.S. Navy, Naval Aviation Histories

Women in Aviation International