The Federal Aviation Administration’s 42nd annual General Aviation and Part 135 Activity Survey (GA Survey) is now underway, reporting on calendar year 2019. 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. Please help our industry and aviation in general by providing accurate information to the FAA.

If you are selected to participate in this year’s survey, you will receive either an email or postcard invitation to complete the GA Survey soon. You may complete the survey online, or a survey form will be mailed to you along with a postage-paid envelope. Your participation is voluntary, but the aerial application industry needs your help. NAAA encourages everyone who is contacted to respond to the survey so that agricultural aviation activity is accurately represented. Please respond even if you did not fly your aircraft during 2019, sold it, or if the aircraft was damaged.

Data from this survey are used by governmental agencies and industry to:

• Compute safety metrics, such as fatal accidents 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

Of particular importance to the aerial application industry is using the GA survey data to calculate an accurate accident rate for our industry, which is valuable for demonstrating the continuously improving safety of aerial application. To do that, the FAA needs an accurate tally of the hours flown in 2019. It only takes 10-15 minutes to complete the survey, which you can do online or on a survey form that will be mailed to you with a postage-paid envelope. Or, call Tetra Tech toll-free at 1-800-826-1797. The information is confidential and will only be used for statistical purposes and will not be published or released in any form that would reveal an individual participant.