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Data & Research

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The FAA conducts research to ensure that commercial and general aviation is the safest in the world. Below you will find information about how the research is done, the resulting data and statistics, and information on funding and grant data.

Accident & Incident Reports

  • Preliminary Data
  • Final Data

Aviation Data & Statistics

  • Airline On-Time Statistics & Delay Causes
  • Airport Operations and Ranking
  • Operational Metrics

Commercial Space Data

  • Upcoming & Recent Launch Data
  • Historical Launch Data

Forecasts

  • FAA Aerospace Forecasts FY 2015-2035

Passengers & Cargo

  • Unruly Passengers Statistics
  • Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data

Safety

  • Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing (ASIAS)
  • National Wildlife Aircraft Strike Database

Funding & Grant Data

  • Airport Improvement Program (AIP)
  • Procurement Forecast

Top Tasks

  • Review preliminary accident data
  • Read final accident data
  • Look up airline on-time statistics
  • Search airport data
  • Research DOT airline data & statistics

Airport Cooperative Research Program

    • Accident & Incident Data
    • Aviation Data & Statistics
    • Aviation Forecasts
    • Commercial Space Data
    • Funding & Grant Data
    • Passengers & Cargo
    • Research
    • Safety

Page last modified: February 01, 2016 12:12:24 PM EST

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