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NAICS 4881
Support activities for air transportation

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Definition Data from the Economic Census Annual data
Employers Nonemployers Compare to '97 States Products, Size, etc.
 
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 488 Support activities for transportation 33,942 57,414,131 16,202,043 465,616
  4881 Support activities for air transportation 4,976 12,181,244 3,745,620 129,555
Go to this NAICS 48811 Airport operations 1,634 3,838,345 1,327,476 58,467
Go to this NAICS 48819 Other support activities for air transportation 3,342 8,342,899 2,418,144 71,088

 

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
488 Support activities for transportation 92,016 59,852,985 58,074 63.1 2,438,854 4.1 33,942 57,414,131
4881 Support activities for air transportation N N N N N N 4,976 12,181,244

 

Definition: NAICS 4881   Support activities for air transportation

This industry group comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing services to the air transportation industry. These services include airport operation, servicing, repairing (except factory conversion and overhaul of aircraft), maintaining and storing aircraft, and ferrying aircraft.

 

Historical comparability

Comparable   NAICS 4881, Support activities for air transportation, is comparable between 2002 and 1997.

In comparisons with data before 1997, 1997 NAICS 4881 is nearly comparable to SIC 458. 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
4881 Support activities for air transportation 2002 4,976 12,181,244 3,745,620 129,555
1997 4,231 9,153,236 2,820,064 115,456
% change 17.6 33.1 32.8 12.2

 

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Geographic Distribution -- Support activities for 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.
Other
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 4,976 12,181,244 100.00 42 3,745,620 129,555
See other industries in this state California 586 2,260,541 18.56 65 592,155 18,193
See other industries in this state Texas 515 1,480,595 12.15 68 431,819 14,554
See other industries in this state Florida 563 1,295,508 10.64 78 427,036 16,588
See other industries in this state New York 178 568,655 4.67 30 241,104 8,602
See other industries in this state Illinois 126 456,496 3.75 36 133,034 4,453
See other industries in this state Washington 151 379,504 3.12 63 148,081 4,629
See other industries in this state Georgia 140 298,720 2.45 35 93,314 3,905
See other industries in this state Pennsylvania 119 297,669 2.44 24 82,500 2,928
See other industries in this state South Carolina 51 291,584 2.39 71 134,110 3,360
See other industries in this state Oklahoma 142 262,723 2.16 75 79,923 2,443
See other industries in this state Ohio 134 251,209 2.06 22 65,465 2,895
See other industries in this state Wisconsin 73 248,248 2.04 46 42,290 1,301
See other industries in this state Tennessee 79 234,632 1.93 41 57,321 1,787
See other industries in this state Missouri 82 225,909 1.85 40 65,281 2,070
See other industries in this state Kansas 90 212,340 1.74 78 73,356 1,991
See other industries in this state Colorado 110 212,129 1.74 47 70,748 2,595
See other industries in this state North Carolina 111 210,022 1.72 25 76,046 2,715
See other industries in this state Minnesota 94 192,040 1.58 38 37,893 1,276
See other industries in this state Virginia 80 158,199 1.30 22 54,117 2,195
See other industries in this state Indiana 75 131,272 1.08 21 31,778 1,302
See other industries in this state Oregon 81 119,882 0.98 34 38,817 1,902
See other industries in this state Utah 52 119,602 0.98 51 36,284 1,613
See other industries in this state Alabama 62 114,544 0.94 26 29,714 1,028
See other industries in this state Massachusetts 74 111,837 0.92 17 39,438 1,341
See other industries in this state Arkansas 76 102,723 0.84 38 32,586 1,006
See other industries in this state Connecticut 54 98,670 0.81 29 30,020 985
See other industries in this state Maryland 57 96,728 0.79 18 34,966 1,425
See other industries in this state Nevada 58 91,213 0.75 42 33,286 1,564
See other industries in this state Alaska 62 89,160 0.73 139 32,010 1,045
See other industries in this state Kentucky 46 79,022 0.65 19 21,837 848
See other industries in this state Delaware 16 63,112 0.52 78 16,800 387
See other industries in this state Louisiana 66 56,875 0.47 13 25,802 1,103
See other industries in this state Hawaii 37 55,198 0.45 45 24,799 960
See other industries in this state New Mexico 44 44,837 0.37 24 10,619 502
See other industries in this state Mississippi 54 44,368 0.36 15 15,217 543
See other industries in this state Maine 17 37,749 0.31 29 9,816 345
See other industries in this state Montana 47 32,406 0.27 36 8,900 371
See other industries in this state Iowa 40 29,212 0.24 10 8,161 428
See other industries in this state Idaho 52 23,938 0.20 18 6,445 274
See other industries in this state Nebraska 32 23,889 0.20 14 5,069 175
See other industries in this state South Dakota 16 20,409 0.17 27 5,551 222
See other industries in this state North Dakota 24 19,915 0.16 31 5,186 194
See other industries in this state Wyoming 18 16,748 0.14 34 3,735 160
See other industries in this state Vermont 15 12,215 0.10 20 2,688 91
  All other states, including those below 377 1,008,997 8.28   330,503 11,261
See other industries in this state     Arizona 122 D     D (2500-4999)
See other industries in this state     Michigan 114 D     D (2500-4999)
See other industries in this state     New Jersey 74 D     D (2500-4999)
See other industries in this state     Rhode Island 15 D     D (500-999)
See other industries in this state     New Hampshire 20 D     D (250-499)
See other industries in this state     West Virginia 22 D     D (250-499)
See other industries in this state     District of Columbia 10 D     D (100-249)

 

Products Lines for Support activities for air transportation
Product
code 		Product description Sales of
this line
($000)		 Percent of
industry sales
(%)		 Graph
40000 Industry total 12,181,244 100.00
45430 Aircraft maintenance and repair services 6,063,251 49.78
43100 Fuel and lubricant sales 1,120,768 9.20
45410 Airport/aircraft ramp service, parking tie down, and storage fees 902,117 7.41
43350 Aircraft parts and supplies sales 629,646 5.17
-Other 3,465,462 28.45

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Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- Support activities for air transportation
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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-08 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 4881
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 488 To broader NAICS

 

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