Based on the report, Contribution of General Aviation to the US Economy in 2018, General Aviation (GA) operated a fleet of more than 200,000 aircraft, employed 273,500 people, and indirectly supported another 1.2 million jobs. GA includes everything from “personal-use aircraft, business aircraft, helicopters, aircraft operated by flight schools, and on-demand passenger or cargo transportation under Federal Aviation Regulation Part 135.”
