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Who has an instrument rating?
Since IR's for private pilots seems to be a hot topic lately, I thought
I'd toss out this bit of trivia for all of you to gnaw on. I took a copy of the FAA database and ran some (admittedly naive) queries. Below you may peruse the results of a list of the number of US Private ASEL, Private IR, and the percent of IR holders, broken out by state. I make no claims of accuracy of this data. It comes from an old copy of the database. It counts only private tickets. There are commercial ticket holders who have private IR's for whatever reason, so they may skew the data a bit. Some may have other airplane ratings without an ASEL, which would also cloud the situation. If you see a two-letter state abbreviation that you don't recognize, think "territories," e.g., Virgin Islands or Guam. This information is provided for entertainment purposes only. One thing I find remarkable is that "sunny" Florida and California each have a higher percentage of instrument flyers than "rainy" Oregon and Washington. STATE PP IR % IR ----- -- -- ---- AA 15 0 0 AE 125 19 15 AK 3479 319 9 AL 3292 825 25 AP 124 12 9 AR 2170 510 23 AS 2 0 0 AZ 6299 1231 19 CA 29386 7651 26 CO 6281 1490 23 CT 2546 688 27 DC 200 57 28 DE 578 135 23 FL 16475 4197 25 FM 2 1 50 GA 6643 1681 25 GU 27 6 22 HI 835 115 13 IA 3106 812 26 ID 2121 354 16 IL 8477 2308 27 IN 5394 1290 23 KS 3882 970 24 KY 2361 556 23 LA 2154 537 24 MA 4161 1161 27 MD 3441 850 24 ME 1432 219 15 MI 8043 2047 25 MN 6689 1368 20 MO 4773 1052 22 MP 2 0 0 MS 1699 362 21 MT 1704 232 13 NC 5954 1625 27 ND 1081 128 11 NE 1905 396 20 NH 1499 345 23 NJ 4548 1129 24 NM 1772 358 20 NV 2249 444 19 NY 7622 2012 26 OH 8362 2236 26 OK 3747 786 20 OR 4918 1030 20 PA 7456 1937 25 PR 422 76 18 RI 504 123 24 SC 2736 707 25 SD 1083 241 22 TN 4504 1162 25 TX 17073 4172 24 UT 2937 549 18 VA 5189 1322 25 VI 67 13 19 VT 642 161 25 WA 7794 1617 20 WI 5399 1210 22 WV 905 194 21 WY 868 131 15 |
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One thing I find remarkable is that "sunny" Florida and California each
have a higher percentage of instrument flyers than "rainy" Oregon and Washington. It's really interesting that Alaska, with arguably the worst weather, has one of the lowest percentages of instrument ratings. Of course, I've also heard that they have a lot of "pilots" flying around who don't appear on any FAA database! ;-) Overall, this chart seems to match what I've read, which is that around 21% of pilots have their Instrument Rating -- and a far lower percentage is actually instrument current. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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In a previous article, "Jay Honeck" said:
It's really interesting that Alaska, with arguably the worst weather, has one of the lowest percentages of instrument ratings. Of course, I've also heard that they have a lot of "pilots" flying around who don't appear on any FAA database! And I've heard lots of Alaska pilots fly air charter flights in order to save up enough money to get a pilots license. -- Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/ "Go go Gadget kernel compile!" - Chris "Saundo" Saunderson |
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"No Such User" wrote:
One thing I find remarkable is that "sunny" Florida and California each have a higher percentage of instrument flyers than "rainy" Oregon and Washington. Every time I've flown in Florida, I've encountered IMC at some point in the trip. Also, note the lower percentages in the mountain west states, MT, ID, etc. Evidently the limited utility of the rating out there is a factor, as we have been told by Newps and others who live there. -- Dan C172RG at BFM (remove pants to reply by email) |
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Jay Honeck wrote: It's really interesting that Alaska, with arguably the worst weather, has one of the lowest percentages of instrument ratings. Read up on it. An instrument rating is pretty useless for most of Alaskan flying. George Patterson A diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you look forward to the trip. |
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No Such User wrote: One thing I find remarkable is that "sunny" Florida and California each have a higher percentage of instrument flyers than "rainy" Oregon and Washington. Dunno about California, but Florida has a lot of retirees. Bet many of those guys'n gals with instrument tickets got the rating before moving there. In fact, I know a few who got the rating to allow them to come back to New Jersey for the summer whenever they want. George Patterson A diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you look forward to the trip. |
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"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message ... No Such User wrote: One thing I find remarkable is that "sunny" Florida and California each have a higher percentage of instrument flyers than "rainy" Oregon and Washington. Dunno about California, but Florida has a lot of retirees. Bet many of those guys'n gals with instrument tickets got the rating before moving there. In fact, I know a few who got the rating to allow them to come back to New Jersey for the summer whenever they want. Actually it is because of the number of flight schools located in Florida and California. People from all over the world go there to become airline pilots. They all get instrument ratings. |
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"No Such User" wrote in message ... Since IR's for private pilots seems to be a hot topic lately, I thought I'd toss out this bit of trivia for all of you to gnaw on. I took a copy of the FAA database and ran some (admittedly naive) queries. Below you may peruse the results of a list of the number of US Private ASEL, Private IR, and the percent of IR holders, broken out by state. I make no claims of accuracy of this data. It comes from an old copy of the database. It counts only private tickets. There are commercial ticket holders who have private IR's for whatever reason, so they may skew the data a bit. There is no such thing as a "private" or "commercial" instrument rating. |
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Read up on it. An instrument rating is pretty useless for most of Alaskan
flying. Why's that? -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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