Where are most Light Sport Aircraft located, in the U.S.? What state or region?
Where are most Light Sport Aircraft located, in the U.S.? What state or region?
They're all over, though I suspect that they may be a little more plentiful in Florida and southern California, but a lot of it is population based, so near clusters of big cities there will tend to be more. Still, if you look at the distribution of small (non-airline) airports you'll likely find most of the light aircraft, and a most of the light sport aircraft. Since they're not as common as other light aircraft I suspect they will be even more population dependent than most other light aircraft.
Still, if anyone has actual figures, my suspicions may be all wet.
Larry N.
Here's the breakdown by state, as of 1 January 2023, based on the FAA registry.
STATE ELSA SLSAAK 47 21AL 85 42AR 66 31AZ 159 112CA 298 314CO 101 67CT 9 22DC 1 0DE 30 79FL 378 381GA 145 68HI 7 19IA 87 26ID 81 45IL 205 80IN 184 69KS 97 32KY 82 31LA 61 43MA 40 39MD 43 31ME 61 12MI 186 87MN 121 44MO 135 48MS 51 18MT 62 73NC 132 104ND 22 5NE 66 11NH 41 32NJ 27 25NM 51 37NV 44 72NY 104 66OH 148 77OK 97 43OR 143 91PA 126 68PR 32 11RI 1 4SC 77 26SD 45 22TN 109 59TX 388 248UT 83 58VA 85 89VI 1 1VT 10 4WA 192 142WI 220 81WV 21 6WY 23 18
The short answer: It depends on where the people are.
Ron Wanttaja
Last edited by rwanttaja; 03-12-2023 at 08:32 PM.
Of course, if you count all the LSA-compliant EAB and standard category aircraft...