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NAICS 4811
Scheduled air transportation

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Employers: 2002
Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Nonemployers are shown below. Introductory text includes scope, methodology, non-sampling error, and confidentiality protection. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
Indus-
try
Detail
NAICS
code		 Description Estab-
lish-
ments		 Revenue
($1,000)		 Annual
payroll
($1,000)		 Paid
employees
Go to this NAICS 48-49 Transportation & warehousing 199,618 382,152,040 115,988,733 3,650,859
Go to this NAICS 481 Air transportation 3,847 19,734,965 3,805,191 99,144
  4811 Scheduled air transportation 1,665 12,156,568 2,281,027 67,136
Go to this NAICS 48111 Scheduled air transportation 1,665 12,156,568 2,281,027 67,136

 

Nonemployers: 2002
Data based on 2002 Nonemployer Statistics. Table includes only firms subject to federal income tax. Nonemployers are businesses with no paid employees. Introductory text includes scope and methodology. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
NAICS
code 		NAICS Title
 All firms Nonemployers Employers
Establish-
ments		 Receipts ($1,000) Establishments Receipts Establish-
ments		 Revenue ($1,000)
Number % of all $1,000 % of all
N = Not available
48-49 Transportation & warehousing 1,008,617 422,849,549 808,999 80.2 40,697,509 9.6 199,618 382,152,040
481 Air transportation 21,972 20,777,338 18,125 82.5 1,042,373 5.0 3,847 19,734,965
4811 Scheduled air transportation N N N N N N 1,665 12,156,568

 

Definition: NAICS 4811   Scheduled air transportation

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing air transportation of passengers and/or cargo over regular routes and on regular schedules. Establishments in this industry operate flights even if partially loaded. Establishments primarily engaged in providing scheduled air transportation of mail on a contract basis are included in this industry.

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Historical comparability

Comparable   NAICS 4811, Scheduled air transportation, is comparable between 2002 and 1997.

In comparisons with data before 1997, 1997 NAICS 4811 is comparable to SIC 4512. See the Bridge Between 1997 NAICS and 1987 SIC.

 

Comparative Statistics: 2002 and 1997

Data are in current dollars and have not been adjusted for inflation. Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Introductory text includes scope, methodology, non-sampling error, and confidentiality protection. "% change" rows show percent change between 1997 and 2002.

(1) Data for NAICS 481111 do not include large certificated passenger carriers that report to the Office of Airline Information, U.S. Department of Transportation.
1997
NAICS
code		 1997 NAICS Description Year Establishments Revenue ($1,000) Annual payroll ($1,000) Paid employees
4811 Scheduled air transportation 2002 1,665 12,156,568 2,281,027 67,136
1997 1,798 16,284,929 1,920,912 65,988
% change -7.4 -25.4 18.7 1.7

 

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Geographic Distribution -- Scheduled air transportation: 2002

Data for the Transportation & warehousing sector are published for the U.S., states and metropolitan areas


Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Nonemployers are shown above. Introductory text includes scope, methodology, non-sampling error, and confidentiality protection. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
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Indus-
tries		 Description Estab-
lish-
ments		 Revenue
($1,000)		 Revenue
% of
U.S.		 Revenue
per capita
($)		 Annual
payroll
($1,000)		 Paid
employees
See other industries in this state United States 1,665 12,156,568 100.00 42 2,281,027 67,136
See other industries in this state California 224 3,302,077 27.16 94 362,828 10,698
See other industries in this state New York 170 1,190,778 9.80 62 223,597 5,211
See other industries in this state Florida 160 956,180 7.87 57 135,440 3,896
See other industries in this state Illinois 90 587,318 4.83 47 88,910 2,253
See other industries in this state Ohio 31 550,135 4.53 48 105,986 1,379
See other industries in this state Alaska 92 357,367 2.94 558 99,381 2,707
See other industries in this state Virginia 27 264,062 2.17 36 61,616 1,548
See other industries in this state Texas 92 219,202 1.80 10 38,739 982
See other industries in this state North Carolina 28 205,986 1.69 25 45,620 1,258
See other industries in this state Pennsylvania 49 191,177 1.57 16 57,598 1,977
See other industries in this state Indiana 14 187,111 1.54 30 86,993 2,595
See other industries in this state Arizona 29 174,328 1.43 32 40,712 1,017
See other industries in this state Hawaii 21 161,075 1.33 131 22,846 766
See other industries in this state Georgia 38 131,897 1.08 15 19,453 436
See other industries in this state Colorado 33 127,538 1.05 28 24,254 938
See other industries in this state Washington 48 110,442 0.91 18 18,780 638
See other industries in this state Missouri 11 106,287 0.87 19 5,431 256
See other industries in this state Oregon 14 80,321 0.66 23 15,075 495
See other industries in this state Wisconsin 16 74,979 0.62 14 7,768 327
See other industries in this state Michigan 43 63,934 0.53 6 12,033 442
See other industries in this state Nebraska 18 50,871 0.42 29 7,471 308
See other industries in this state Montana 21 41,384 0.34 45 11,176 478
See other industries in this state Minnesota 11 41,319 0.34 8 7,464 207
See other industries in this state Wyoming 18 29,764 0.24 60 10,409 323
See other industries in this state New Mexico 17 23,266 0.19 13 3,850 175
See other industries in this state South Dakota 7 20,306 0.17 27 2,951 93
See other industries in this state Nevada 16 19,242 0.16 9 4,929 155
See other industries in this state Iowa 11 17,066 0.14 6 1,409 90
See other industries in this state Connecticut 9 15,403 0.13 4 2,981 87
See other industries in this state Maine 13 13,333 0.11 10 2,737 110
See other industries in this state West Virginia 10 12,254 0.10 7 2,932 113
See other industries in this state Alabama 7 10,564 0.09 2 2,818 75
See other industries in this state Oklahoma 9 6,445 0.05 2 1,680 86
See other industries in this state North Dakota 7 5,696 0.05 9 1,287 50
  All other states, including those below 261 2,807,461 23.09   743,873 24,967
See other industries in this state     Kentucky 23 D     D (10k-24k)
See other industries in this state     District of Columbia 35 D     D (1000-2499)
See other industries in this state     Tennessee 21 D     D (1000-2499)
See other industries in this state     Utah 12 D     D (1000-2499)
See other industries in this state     Kansas 14 D     D (500-999)
See other industries in this state     Maryland 11 D     D (500-999)
See other industries in this state     Massachusetts 51 D     D (500-999)
See other industries in this state     New Jersey 40 D     D (500-999)
See other industries in this state     Louisiana 8 D     D (250-499)
See other industries in this state     South Carolina 10 D     D (250-499)
See other industries in this state     Idaho 7 D     D (100-249)
See other industries in this state     Arkansas 9 D     D (20-99)

 

Products Lines for Scheduled air transportation
Product
code 		Product description Sales of
this line
($000)		 Percent of
industry sales
(%)		 Graph
40000 Industry total 12,156,568 100.00
45000 Scheduled domestic passenger revenue 3,934,076 32.36
45100 Scheduled international passenger revenue 3,199,217 26.32
45200 Domestic air freight revenue, including air courier services 2,003,225 16.48
45210 International air freight, revenue including air courier services 1,325,637 10.90
45010 Commuter domestic passenger revenue 1,002,219 8.24
-Other 692,194 5.69

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Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- Scheduled air transportation
Link
to pdf 		Series number Title Link to AFF or Drill-down
tables		 Contents Geography
link to PDF EC02-00C-COMP Comparative Statistics Link to drill-down tables 2002 and 1997 data side by side on a comparable NAICS 1997 basis US, states
link to PDF EC02-48SL-LS Product Lines Link to data in AFF Product Lines by Kind of Business US
link to PDF EC02-48SS-SZ Establishment and Firm Size Link to data in AFF Revenue Size of Establishments US
Link to data in AFF Employment Size of Establishments US
Link to data in AFF Single Unit & Multiunit Firms US
Link to data in AFF Revenue Size of Firms US
Link to data in AFF Employment Size of Firms US
Link to data in AFF Concentration by Largest Firms US
Link to data in AFF Legal Form of Organization US
link to PDF EC02-48I-04 Industry Series   Preliminary data now superseded US
link to PDF EC02-48A Geographic Area Series Link to data in AFF Summary Statistics US, states, metros
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Data from the Other Census Bureau Programs -- NAICS 4811
Hypertext Tables Title (with link to data) Frequency Contents Geography
  County Business Patterns Annual Employees; payroll; number of establishments by employment size of establishment US, states, metro areas, counties
Link to table for this industry Statistics of U.S. Businesses Annual Number of firms, employees, payroll, (and revenue, for 2002 only) by employment-size of the enterprise US, states, metro areas
For more data sets, check a broader NAICS category, such as NAICS 481 To broader NAICS

 

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Source: 2002 Economic Census   Questions?