ALASKA AIR CARRIERS ASSN.

2301 Merrill Field Drive A-3, Anchorage AK 99501

907 277-0071     office@alaskaaircarriers.org

Mon-Fri   8:30 - 4:30 by appointment

(updated April 2013)

                              COMMERCIAL OPERATORS

Commercial operators in Alaska (March 12, 2013)

    3  Part 121

    2  Part 121/135

    2  Part 125

  28  Part 133

 281 Part 135

  12  Part 137

Current professional pilots average over 9,000 career flight hours

 They fly over 835,000 total hours annually

 420,000 scheduled flight hours

 415,000 unscheduled flight hours

2.8 million metric tons of cargo move through Anchorage

     alone (3rd highest volume for world airports)

                              Fleet

Alaska has a fleet of 10,423 aircraft

40% of the aircraft are based in Anchorage

85% are single engine

Over1.6 million landings recorded annually

                              Professionals

8,202 active pilots

2,849 active air frame and power plant mechanics

775 mechanics with inspection authorizations

                              Economy

Aviation contributes $3.5 billion to our economy

Contributes 8% of the Gross State Product (GSP)

47,000 people employed in Alaskan aviation

Employs 10% of the total workforce of Alaska

Enplanements are nearly two times higher than

     the rest of the US

Freight per person is 39 times higher, almost

     one ton per person per year

                              Scale

Alaska has 405 public use land-based airports, 54 heliports,

     and 855 recorded landing areas

Alaska has 184 seaplane bases

ANC is 9.5 flight hours from 90% of the world

Flight area of over 2.4 million square miles

The geographically largest aviation system in the U.S.

Distance from east to west is equivalent to flying coast to coast

     across the U.S.

Over 700 registered airports & 1,200 airstrips

82% of communities not accessible by road

                              Geography

Distance north to south:  1,500 miles

Distance east to west:  2,700 miles

Alaska has an area of 586,000 square miles

Alaska has 47,000 miles of shoreline:  more than

     all other 49 states combined

39 mountain ranges and 17 of the 20 highest peaks

     in North America

More than 100 volcanoes and volcanic fields

*Information is provided from the Economic Contribution of the

Aviation Industry to Alaska’s Economy.  (Alaska DOT/PF commissioned study),

FAA Alaskan Region, NIOSH, and State of Alaska resources.