A Guidebook for the Preservation of Public-Use Airports (2011) / Chapter Skim
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These numbers appear to be unaffected by the steep periodic changes in the historical numbers of FAA-certified pilots, general aviation hours flown, and active general aviation aircraft. Public Ownership versus Private Ownership of Public-Use Airports Figures 2-2 and 2-3 depict the ratio of privately owned public-use airports and publicly owned public-use airports for the years 1970 and 2007.
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Public ownership versus private ownership of public-use airports, 2007. Source: FAA data compiled by AOPA.
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Figure 2-5. Public-use airport closures by year, 1997 to 2007.
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Active General Aviation Aircraft in the United States, 1975 to 2005 An important statistic for airports is the number of active general aviation aircraft. These are the aircraft based at and using general aviation airports.
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