The FAA’s 48th annual General Aviation and Part 135 Activity Survey (GA Survey) has launched, with the agency asking general aviation aircraft owners to report on their operations during the calendar year 2025.
The GA Survey is the only source of information on the general aviation fleet, the number of hours flown, and the ways people use general aviation aircraft.
Each year, about one-third of all aircraft owners receive a postcard or email from the FAA and Tetra Tech, which administers the survey, inviting them to participate in the survey, according to officials with the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA).
Data from the survey are used by governmental agencies and industry to:
- Compute safety metrics, such as fatal accident rates
- Understand the impact of the GA industry on jobs, economic output, and investments in aviation infrastructure
- Track the success of safety initiatives, including avionics recommendations
- Determine funding for infrastructure and service needs
- Assess the impact of regulatory changes
If you receive an invitation to participate and have any questions, contact Tetra Tech toll-free at 1-800-826-1797 or email [email protected].
For more information, check out our story GA: Doing More With Less on the results of the 2024 survey.
You can also see survey data dating back to 1999 at FAA.gov.
I see this come up every year but in all the years I have been flying, I’ve never been asked to take the survey. I guess they survey the same 1/3 of pilots each year?