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FAA launches annual GA activity survey

February 12, 2025 By Jim Moore

The FAA has emailed invitations (to be mailed February 14) to individual aircraft owners to respond online to the forty-seventh annual General Aviation and Part 135 Activity Survey and provide data that informs a range of policy decisions. AOPA encourages members to participate.

Photo by Chris Rose.
Photo by Chris Rose.

Emails sent February 10 include a link to the survey and will be followed by postcards mailed on February 14.

Responses to the survey are voluntary and confidential. The data is used in aggregate form to calculate accident rates, measure the effects of safety initiatives and technologies, estimate the cost of compliance with airworthiness directives, and determine funding for infrastructure and service upgrades, among other purposes. The GA survey is the only source of information that the FAA has to accurately estimate hours flown, the number of active aircraft of various types, and other key metrics about the fleet. Survey responses also help the FAA and other agencies calculate GA's economic impact.

The FAA is staggering the launch of the survey this year and plans to send survey invitations to fleet aircraft operators in March.

The results of previous surveys are available online.

Jim Moore
Jim Moore
Managing Editor-Digital Media
Digital Media Managing Editor Jim Moore joined AOPA in 2011 and is an instrument-rated private pilot, as well as a certificated remote pilot, who enjoys competition aerobatics and flying drones.
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Topics: Advocacy, FAA Funding, FAA Information and Services

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