Australian air distances
The Australian Air Distances directory is intended to be an adjunct to other publications in the Air Transport Statistics series where distances have been used to calculate or derive statistical information. It is updated on an irregular basis.
Economic measures of general aviation in Australia
GA plays a range of essential roles in Australia including servicing regional communities, delivering education and health services, regional freight and transport, tourism, recreation, agricultural mustering and spraying, instructional flying, sport and pleasure flying, and emergency services. However, GA is not a stand-alone category in Australia’s System of National Accounts. Instead, it makes up a small subset of a very wide range of economic activities, making it difficult to estimate its actual economic impact. This study considers a range of sources, including innovative methods of matching aircraft registrations to business activity, to estimate the contribution of GA to Australia’s economy.
Australian aircraft activity
This annual survey covers all Australian registered aircraft used in the commercial air transport and general aviation sectors of the Australian aviation industry. The number of aircraft is provided, hours flown and landings by type of activity and state of operation. Also included are details by power type and type of fuel. Details are provided by age of aircraft and distribution by hours flown. Sport aviation activity as reported by the relevant association is included.