The FAA monitors and analyzes the impact of civil aviation on the U.S. economy and individual U.S. States. The below visualization depicts civil aviation’s contribution to the U.S. economy. Additional dashboard tabs provide details on the civil aviation’s industry segments and state-level impacts. These estimates incorporate data from the U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Department of Transportation, the National Science Foundation, and other private sources for the years 2017–2022.

The direct category – economic activity directly related to civil aviation – includes the output from aircraft manufacturing, commercial airlines, air couriers, general aviation, airport operations, and aviation related research and development. The catalytic category – economic activity supported by civil aviation activities – includes the output from visitor expenditures and travel arrangements. The economic impact estimates also include indirect and induced effects as described by Bureau of Economic Analysis’s RIMS II multipliers. For more details see The Economic Impact of U.S. Civil Aviation. For civil aviation predictions beyond 2022, see the FAA Aerospace Forecasts.

Questions? Please contact 9-APL-econimpact@faa.gov.