Turbine Aircraft, Ops Driving Gains in New FAA Forecast
The general aviation fleet is expected to increase a modest 0.1 percent a year through 2037, with turbine deliveries offsetting a drop in piston aircraft.

The FAA is forecasting a mixed bag for general aviation through 2037, with deliveries and operations of turbine aircraft projected to increase, but piston aircraft deliveries and activity to continue to slide. Releasing its annual 21-year forecast this week, the FAA estimated that the active U.S. general aviation fleet size overall would increase at an average annual rate 0.1 percent through 2037, reaching 213,420. This compares with 209,905 estimated in 2016's fleet prognostication.

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