The 2018 GAMA report of FAA statistics indicates there are a total of 633,316 certificated pilots. Here’s a General Aviation factoid summary.
2018 Pilot Statistics
| Description | 2018 |
| Student | 167,804 |
| Recreational | 147 |
| Sport | 6,246 |
| Private | 175,771 |
| Commercial | 115,776 |
| Airline Transport | 167,572 |
| Total | 633,316 |
In 2018, the number of women pilots was 46,485 or about 7.34% of the total. Up from prior years but still too low. The FAA began reporting Remote Pilot statistics in 2016. Last year, the total registered pilots for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles was 106,321.
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