General aviation activity

Aviation Statistics Category: aviation


The annual general aviation publication provides data on the size of the aviation industry sectors in Australia, with the major focus being on general aviation operations. General aviation, for the purposes of this publication, is defined as all non-scheduled flying activity in aircraft allocated a VH- registration by the Civil Aviation Safety Aurthority, except that performed by the major airlines, but including non-scheduled flying by the regional airlines.

The other sectors of the industry for which data is included in this publication are:
(a) regional airlines, which operate regular public transport services primarily servicing regional centres;
(b) the major Australian airlines, which operate regular public transport services using high capacity aircraft;
(c) sailplanes (powered and unpowered) registered with the Gliding Federation of Australia;
(d) ultralight aircraft registered with Recreational Aviation Australia;
(e) hang gliders registered with the Hang Gliding Federation of Australia; and
(f) gyroplanes registered with the Australian Sport Rotorcraft Association.
The statistics exclude any other unregistered or foreign-registered aircraft operating in Australia.

Click here for a summary of the latest data.


ISSN
1320-3274


Date of Publication
February 2010

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Last Updated: 16 February 2010
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