How many air traffic controllers does the FAA have?
Answer14,000+
The FAA operates 527 airport traffic control towers.
Source: FAA, Air Traffic By the Numbers (2024) faa.gov
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How many airports are there in the United States, public and private combined?
Answer19,482
Of those, 5,146 are public airports and 14,336 are private airports.
Source: FAA, Air Traffic By the Numbers (2024) faa.gov
How many square miles of airspace does the FAA manage in total?
Answermore than 29 million square miles
That includes 24,100,000 square miles of oceanic airspace.
Source: FAA, Air Traffic By the Numbers (2024) faa.gov
What share of checked bags did U.S. airlines mishandle in September 2024?
Answer0.42%
Airlines handled 37.5 million bags that month.
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Air Travel Consumer Report: September 2024 Numbers (2024) bts.gov
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