1800-54 2011 General Aviation and Part 135 Activity Survey - Lar

OMB Control Number 2120-0060
Exp. Date 8/31/2012

2011 General Aviation and Part 135 Activity Survey
Large Fleet Form

This form collects information based on 6 broad aircraft categories:

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Turbojets
Turboprops
Reciprocating Aircraft (excluding rotorcraft)
Turbine Rotorcraft
Reciprocating Rotorcraft
All other aircraft types (i.e., gliders, balloons, etc.)

You will be asked to provide basic summary information for your fleet by each aircraft category. We
recommend responding for one aircraft category at a time — each category should be completed
independently of the others.

When you are finished, please return the completed pages in the postage-paid envelope provided. You may
also fax your responses to 1-765-nnn-xxxx attn: John. If you fax your response, please set your mode
level to “detail” or your resolution setting to “fine”. If you would like to complete the questionnaire online,
please visit the following web site: www.aviationfleetsurvey.com (to login, use your 7-digit password located
in red in the bottom right corner of this page). If you have any questions about this study, please contact the
General Aviation Survey Project at 1-888-672-4493.

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When reporting aircraft activity, include all hours flown by all users under all FAR Parts for all of 2011.
If you do not know the exact information for a particular question, please provide your best estimate.

Q1

Please enter the number of aircraft in each aircraft type below that were owned by your
organization as of December 31, 2011. Then, please enter the state/territory in which each
aircraft type was primarily flown in 2011. (Enter 0 if you did not own aircraft in a particular category
in 2011. If all of the aircraft in a particular type below were not flown, leave the state primarily flown
blank.)

State

Primarily
Number of

Flown*
Aircraft
Aircraft Type

Turbojets
Turboprops

Reciprocating Aircraft

Turbine Rotorcraft

Reciprocating Rotorcraft

Other Aircraft

(i.e., balloons, gliders, etc.)

*Please use 2-character state/territory abbreviations.

(Continue to the next page.)

If you did not operate any turbojet aircraft in 2011, check here

and skip to the next page.

Q2a How many total hours did your entire turbojet fleet fly in 2011? (Include estimated rental and
leased hours; if you purchased any of these aircraft in 2011, please include hours flown for the entire year.)

(Hours (rounded to the nearest WHOLE number - no decimals please)
Q3a What percent of the total hours flown by your entire turbojet fleet in 2011 was under a fractional ownership
program? (This is NOT simply joint ownership. This is ONLY for turbojet aircraft in a fractional ownership program meeting
Part 91, subpart K, and issued FAA Management Specifications. Flights under Part 135 should not be included. Enter 0 if no
hours were flown under a fractional ownership program.)

%

Q4a How many landings did your entire
turbojet fleet perform in 2011?

Number of 2011 landings

Q5a What was the total fuel consumption (in gallons) for all turbojets in your fleet in 2011?
(Please estimate the total fuel consumption for your turbojet fleet in 2011.)

Total Gallons Consumed (rounded to the nearest WHOLE number – no decimals please)

Q6a For your turbojet fleet, for what percent of the total hours flown in 2011 were the aircraft owned or
hired by the federal, state, or local government for the purpose of fulfilling a governmental function?
(Enter 0 if the aircraft were not used for the purpose of fulfilling a governmental function.)

%

Q7a What percent of the total hours flown by your entire turbojet fleet in 2011 were flown in each of the
following categories? (Estimate the percent of total hours flown in 2011 in each of the following categories so that the total
equals 100%.)

% of Hrs Flown

Air Taxi – FAR Part 135 on-demand passenger and all cargo operations (excluding
air tours, air medical services, or scheduled passenger service)
Air Tours – Commercial sight-seeing conducted under FAR Part 135

Air Medical Services – Air ambulance services, rescue, human organ transportation,
emergency medical services conducted under FAR Part 135
Commuter – FAR Part 135 scheduled passenger service only

Positioning/Other – Positioning flights, proficiency flights, training, ferrying, sales demos,
etc.
Personal/Recreation – Flying for personal reasons (excludes business transportation)

Instructional – Flying under the supervision of a flight instructor, including student pilot
solo (excludes positioning flights, proficiency flights, training, ferrying, sales demos)
Business Transportation – Individual or group use for, or in the furtherance of, a
business without a paid flight crew
Corporate/Executive Transportation – Individual or group business transportation with a
paid flight crew (includes fractional ownership)
Air Medical Services – Air ambulance services, rescue, human organ transportation,
emergency medical services (excludes AMS conducted under FAR Part 135)
Sight-seeing – Commercial sight-seeing conducted under FAR Part 91

Aerial Observation – Aerial mapping/photography, patrol, search and rescue, hunting,
traffic advisory, ranching, surveillance, oil and mineral exploration, etc.
Aerial Application in Agriculture and Forestry – Crop and timber production, including
fertilizer and pesticide application
Other Aerial Application – Public health sprayings, cloud seeding, fire fighting including
forest fires, etc.
External Load – Operation under FAR Part 133, rotorcraft external load operations,
examples include: helicopter hoist, hauling logs, etc.
Other Work Use – Construction work (excluding FAR Part 135 operation), parachuting,
aerial advertising, towing gliders, etc.

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%
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%

General Use

FAR Part 135

Category

TOTAL OF ALL USES

%
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100%

If you did not operate any turboprop aircraft in 2011, check here

and skip to the next page.

Q2b How many total hours did your entire turboprop fleet fly in 2011? (Include estimated rental and
leased hours; if you purchased any of these aircraft in 2011, please include hours flown for the entire year.)

(Hours (rounded to the nearest WHOLE number - no decimals please)

Q3b What percent of the total hours flown by your entire turboprop fleet in 2011 was under a fractional
ownership program? (This is NOT simply joint ownership. This is ONLY for turboprop aircraft in a fractional ownership
program meeting Part 91, subpart K, and issued FAA Management Specifications. Flights under Part 135 should not be
included. Enter 0 if no hours were flown under a fractional ownership program.)

%
Q4b How many landings did your entire
turboprop fleet perform in 2011?

Number of 2011 landings

Q5b What was the total fuel consumption (in gallons) for all turboprops in your fleet in 2011?
(Please estimate the total fuel consumption for your turboprop fleet in 2011.)

Total Gallons Consumed (rounded to the nearest WHOLE number – no decimals please)
Q6b For your turboprop fleet, for what percent of the total hours flown in 2011 were the aircraft owned or
hired by the federal, state, or local government for the purpose of fulfilling a governmental function?
(Enter 0 if the aircraft were not used for the purpose of fulfilling a governmental function.)

%

Q7b What percent of the total hours flown by your entire turboprop fleet in 2011 were flown in each of the
following categories? (Estimate the percent of total hours flown in 2011 in each of the following categories so that the
total equals 100%.)

% of Hrs Flown

Air Taxi – FAR Part 135 on-demand passenger and all cargo operations (excluding
air tours, air medical services, or scheduled passenger service)
Air Tours – Commercial sight-seeing conducted under FAR Part 135

Air Medical Services – Air ambulance services, rescue, human organ transportation,
emergency medical services conducted under FAR Part 135
Commuter – FAR Part 135 scheduled passenger service only

Positioning/Other – Positioning flights, proficiency flights, training, ferrying, sales
demos, etc.
Personal/Recreation – Flying for personal reasons (excludes business transportation)

Instructional – Flying under the supervision of a flight instructor, including student pilot
solo (excludes positioning flights, proficiency flights, training, ferrying, sales demos)
Business Transportation – Individual or group use for, or in the furtherance of, a
business without a paid flight crew
Corporate/Executive Transportation – Individual or group business transportation with
a paid flight crew (includes fractional ownership)
Air Medical Services – Air ambulance services, rescue, human organ transportation,
emergency medical services (excludes AMS conducted under FAR Part 135)
Sight-seeing – Commercial sight-seeing conducted under FAR Part 91

Aerial Observation – Aerial mapping/photography, patrol, search and rescue, hunting,
traffic advisory, ranching, surveillance, oil and mineral exploration, etc.
Aerial Application in Agriculture and Forestry – Crop and timber production,
including fertilizer and pesticide application
Other Aerial Application – Public health sprayings, cloud seeding, fire fighting including
forest fires, etc.
External Load – Operation under FAR Part 133, rotorcraft external load operations,
examples include: helicopter hoist, hauling logs, etc.
Other Work Use – Construction work (excluding FAR Part 135 operation), parachuting,
aerial advertising, towing gliders, etc.

%
%
%
%

General Use

FAR Part 135

Category

TOTAL OF ALL USES

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%

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%

%

%

100%

If you did not operate any reciprocating aircraft in 2011, check here

and skip to the next page.

Q2c How many total hours did your entire reciprocating aircraft fleet fly in 2011? (Include estimated rental and
leased hours; if you purchased any of these aircraft in 2011, please include hours flown for the entire year.)

Hours (rounded to the nearest WHOLE number - no decimals please)

Q3c How many landings did your entire reciprocating aircraft fleet perform in 2011?

Number of 2011 landings

Q4c What was the total fuel consumption (in gallons) for all reciprocating aircraft in your fleet in 2011?
(Please estimate the total fuel consumption for your reciprocating aircraft fleet in 2011.)

Total Gallons Consumed (rounded to the nearest WHOLE number – no decimals please)

Q5c For your reciprocating aircraft fleet, for what percent of the total hours flown in 2011 were the aircraft owned or
hired by the federal, state, or local government for the purpose of fulfilling a governmental function?
(Enter 0 if the aircraft were not used for the purpose of fulfilling a governmental function.)

%

Air Taxi – FAR Part 135 on-demand passenger and all cargo operations (excluding
air tours, air medical services, or scheduled passenger service)
Air Tours – Commercial sight-seeing conducted under FAR Part 135

Air Medical Services – Air ambulance services, rescue, human organ transportation,
emergency medical services conducted under FAR Part 135
Commuter – FAR Part 135 scheduled passenger service only

Positioning/Other – Positioning flights, proficiency flights, training, ferrying, sales
demos, etc.
Personal/Recreation – Flying for personal reasons (excludes business transportation)

Instructional – Flying under the supervision of a flight instructor, including student pilot
solo (excludes positioning flights, proficiency flights, training, ferrying, sales demos)
Business Transportation – Individual or group use for, or in the furtherance of, a
business without a paid flight crew
Corporate/Executive Transportation – Individual or group business transportation with
a paid flight crew
Air Medical Services – Air ambulance services, rescue, human organ transportation,
emergency medical services (excludes AMS conducted under FAR Part 135)
Sight-seeing – Commercial sight-seeing conducted under FAR Part 91

Aerial Observation – Aerial mapping/photography, patrol, search and rescue, hunting,
traffic advisory, ranching, surveillance, oil and mineral exploration, etc.
Aerial Application in Agriculture and Forestry – Crop and timber production,
including fertilizer and pesticide application
Other Aerial Application – Public health sprayings, cloud seeding, fire fighting including
forest fires, etc.
External Load – Operation under FAR Part 133, rotorcraft external load operations,
examples include: helicopter hoist, hauling logs, etc.
Other Work Use – Construction work (excluding FAR Part 135 operation), parachuting,
aerial advertising, towing gliders, etc.

%

%
%

%

General Use

FAR Part 135

Q6c What percent of the total hours flown by your entire reciprocating aircraft fleet in 2011 were flown in
each of the following categories? (Estimate the percent of total hours flown in 2011 in each of the following
categories so that the total equals 100%.)
Category
% of Hrs Flown

TOTAL OF ALL USES

%

%
%

%

%

%

%
%

%

%

%

%

100%

If you did not operate any turbine rotorcraft aircraft in 2011, check here

and skip to the next page.

Q2d How many total hours did your entire turbine rotorcraft fleet fly in 2011? (Include estimated rental and
leased hours; if you purchased any of these aircraft in 2011, please include hours flown for the entire year.)

Hours (rounded to the nearest WHOLE number - no decimals please)

Q3d What percent of the total hours flown by your entire turbine rotorcraft fleet in 2011 was under a
fractional ownership program? (This is NOT simply joint ownership. This is ONLY for turbine aircraft in a fractional
ownership program meeting Part 91, subpart K, and issued FAA Management Specifications. Flights under Part 135
should not be included. Enter 0 if no hours were flown under a fractional ownership program.)

%

Q4d How many landings did your entire
turbine rotorcraft fleet perform in 2011?

Number of 2011 landings

Q5d What was the total fuel consumption (in gallons) for all turbine rotorcraft in your fleet in 2011?
(Please estimate the total fuel consumption for your turboprop fleet in 2011.)

Total Gallons Consumed (rounded to the nearest WHOLE number – no decimals please)
Q6d For your turbine rotorcraft fleet, for what percent of the total hours flown in 2011 were the aircraft owned or
hired by the federal, state, or local government for the purpose of fulfilling a governmental function?
(Enter 0 if the aircraft were not used for the purpose of fulfilling a governmental function.)

%

Q7d What percent of the total hours flown by your entire turbine rotorcraft fleet in 2011 were flown in each
of the following categories? (Estimate the percent of total hours flown in 2011 in each of the following categories so
that the total equals 100%.)

% of Hrs Flown

Air Taxi – FAR Part 135 on-demand passenger and all cargo operations (excluding
air tours, air medical services, or scheduled passenger service)
Air Tours – Commercial sight-seeing conducted under FAR Part 135

Air Medical Services – Air ambulance services, rescue, human organ transportation,
emergency medical services conducted under FAR Part 135
Commuter – FAR Part 135 scheduled passenger service only

Positioning/Other – Positioning flights, proficiency flights, training, ferrying, sales
demos, etc.
Personal/Recreation – Flying for personal reasons (excludes business transportation)

Instructional – Flying under the supervision of a flight instructor, including student pilot
solo (excludes positioning flights, proficiency flights, training, ferrying, sales demos)
Business Transportation – Individual or group use for, or in the furtherance of, a
business without a paid flight crew
Corporate/Executive Transportation – Individual or group business transportation with
a paid flight crew (includes fractional ownership)
Air Medical Services – Air ambulance services, rescue, human organ transportation,
emergency medical services (excludes AMS conducted under FAR Part 135)
Sight-seeing – Commercial sight-seeing conducted under FAR Part 91

Aerial Observation – Aerial mapping/photography, patrol, search and rescue, hunting,
traffic advisory, ranching, surveillance, oil and mineral exploration, etc.
Aerial Application in Agriculture and Forestry – Crop and timber production,
including fertilizer and pesticide application
Other Aerial Application – Public health sprayings, cloud seeding, fire fighting including
forest fires, etc.
External Load – Operation under FAR Part 133, rotorcraft external load operations,
examples include: helicopter hoist, hauling logs, etc.
Other Work Use – Construction work (excluding FAR Part 135 operation), parachuting,
aerial advertising, towing gliders, etc.

%
%
%
%

General Use

FAR Part 135

Category

TOTAL OF ALL USES

%
%
%

%

%

%
%
%

%

%

%

%

100%

If you did not operate any reciprocating rotorcraft in 2011, check here

and skip to the next page.

Q2e How many total hours did your entire reciprocating rotorcraft fleet fly in 2011? (Include estimated rental and
leased hours; if you purchased any of these aircraft in 2011, please include hours flown for the entire year.)

Hours (rounded to the nearest WHOLE number - no decimals please)

Q3e How many landings did your entire reciprocating rotorcraft fleet perform in 2011?

Number of 2011 landings

Q4e What was the total fuel consumption (in gallons) for all reciprocating rotorcraft in your fleet in 2011?
(Please estimate the total fuel consumption for your reciprocating rotorcraft fleet in 2011.)

Total Gallons Consumed (rounded to the nearest WHOLE number – no decimals please)

Q5e For your reciprocating rotorcraft fleet, for what percent of the total hours flown in 2011 were the
aircraft owned or hired by the federal, state, or local government for the purpose of fulfilling a
governmental function?
(Enter 0 if the aircraft were not used for the purpose of fulfilling a governmental function.)

%

Air Taxi – FAR Part 135 on-demand passenger and all cargo operations (excluding
air tours, air medical services, or scheduled passenger service)
Air Tours – Commercial sight-seeing conducted under FAR Part 135

Air Medical Services – Air ambulance services, rescue, human organ transportation,
emergency medical services conducted under FAR Part 135
Commuter – FAR Part 135 scheduled passenger service only

Positioning/Other – Positioning flights, proficiency flights, training, ferrying, sales
demos, etc.
Personal/Recreation – Flying for personal reasons (excludes business transportation)

Instructional – Flying under the supervision of a flight instructor, including student pilot
solo (excludes positioning flights, proficiency flights, training, ferrying, sales demos)
Business Transportation – Individual or group use for, or in the furtherance of, a
business without a paid flight crew
Corporate/Executive Transportation – Individual or group business transportation with
a paid flight crew
Air Medical Services – Air ambulance services, rescue, human organ transportation,
emergency medical services (excludes AMS conducted under FAR Part 135)
Sight-seeing – Commercial sight-seeing conducted under FAR Part 91

Aerial Observation – Aerial mapping/photography, patrol, search and rescue, hunting,
traffic advisory, ranching, surveillance, oil and mineral exploration, etc.
Aerial Application in Agriculture and Forestry – Crop and timber production,
including fertilizer and pesticide application
Other Aerial Application – Public health sprayings, cloud seeding, fire fighting including
forest fires, etc.
External Load – Operation under FAR Part 133, rotorcraft external load operations,
examples include: helicopter hoist, hauling logs, etc.
Other Work Use – Construction work (excluding FAR Part 135 operation), parachuting,
aerial advertising, towing gliders, etc.

%

%
%
%

General Use

FAR Part 135

Q6e What percent of the total hours flown by your entire reciprocating rotorcraft fleet in 2011 were flown in
each of the following categories? (Estimate the percent of total hours flown in 2011 in each of the following
categories so that the total equals 100%.)
Category
% of Hrs Flown

TOTAL OF ALL USES

%
%
%

%

%

%
%
%

%

%

%

%

100%

If you did not operate any of your other aircraft in 2011, check here
(“Other” aircraft are defined as aircraft
not falling into one of the other five aircraft types (i.e., balloons, gliders, etc.).

Q2f How many total hours did all your other aircraft fly in 2011? (Include estimated rental and
leased hours; if you purchased any of these aircraft in 2011, please include hours flown for the entire year.)

Hours (rounded to the nearest WHOLE number - no decimals please)

Q3f How many landings did all your other aircraft perform in 2011?

Number of 2011 landings

Q4f What was the total fuel consumption (in gallons) for all other aircraft in your fleet in 2011?
(Please estimate the total fuel consumption for all your other aircraft in 2011.)

Total Gallons Consumed (rounded to the nearest WHOLE number – no decimals please)

Q5f

For all your other aircraft, for what percent of the total hours flown in 2011 were the aircraft owned or
hired by the federal, state, or local government for the purpose of fulfilling a governmental function?
(Enter 0 if the aircraft were not used for the purpose of fulfilling a governmental function.)

%

Air Taxi – FAR Part 135 on-demand passenger and all cargo operations (excluding
air tours, air medical services, or scheduled passenger service)
Air Tours – Commercial sight-seeing conducted under FAR Part 135

Air Medical Services – Air ambulance services, rescue, human organ transportation,
emergency medical services conducted under FAR Part 135
Commuter – FAR Part 135 scheduled passenger service only

Positioning/Other – Positioning flights, proficiency flights, training, ferrying, sales
demos, etc.
Personal/Recreation – Flying for personal reasons (excludes business transportation)

Instructional – Flying under the supervision of a flight instructor, including student pilot
solo (excludes positioning flights, proficiency flights, training, ferrying, sales demos)
Business Transportation – Individual or group use for, or in the furtherance of, a
business without a paid flight crew
Corporate/Executive Transportation – Individual or group business transportation with
a paid flight crew
Air Medical Services – Air ambulance services, rescue, human organ transportation,
emergency medical services (excludes AMS conducted under FAR Part 135)
Sight-seeing – Commercial sight-seeing conducted under FAR Part 91

Aerial Observation – Aerial mapping/photography, patrol, search and rescue, hunting,
traffic advisory, ranching, surveillance, oil and mineral exploration, etc.
Aerial Application in Agriculture and Forestry – Crop and timber production,
including fertilizer and pesticide application
Other Aerial Application – Public health sprayings, cloud seeding, fire fighting including
forest fires, etc.
External Load – Operation under FAR Part 133, rotorcraft external load operations,
examples include: helicopter hoist, hauling logs, etc.
Other Work Use – Construction work (excluding FAR Part 135 operation), parachuting,
aerial advertising, towing gliders, etc.

%

%
%

%

General Use

FAR Part 135

Q6f What percent of the total hours flown by all your other aircraft in 2011 were flown in each of the
following categories? (Estimate the percent of total hours flown in 2011 in each of the following categories
so that the total equals 100%.)
Category
% of Hrs Flown

TOTAL OF ALL USES

%

%
%

%

%

%

%
%

%

%

%

%

100%