A Least-Square Model to Estimate Historical Percentages of Itinerant General Aviation Operations by Aircraft Types and Flight Rules at an Airport

Table 10

Comparison of itinerant GA operations by turbofan at US airports with business jet activities.

Year	Statistics from FAA’s report	Total number from model estimates	Error
2001	3,826,564	4,017,607	4.99%
2002	4,198,012	3,625,190
2003	4,285,420	3,497,194
2004	4,606,122	3,414,436
2005	4,727,826	3,457,646
2006	4,745,746	3,213,646
2007	4,824,960	3,279,068
2008	4,291,104	3,469,796
2009	3,449,204	3,181,971
2010	3,842,314	3,002,607
2011	3,955,400	3,116,261
2012	3,982,236	3,007,729