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Fleet age

Distribution of build years across 362,028 civil airframes from 1920 to 2026. Civil aviation has long memory — vintage GA airframes dominate the curve.

  • 1920s
    463
  • 1930s
    2,072
  • 1940s
    26,169
  • 1950s
    20,136
  • 1960s
    46,863
  • 1970s
    69,047
  • 1980s
    33,389
  • 1990s
    32,960
  • 2000s
    59,437
  • 2010s
    44,345
  • 2020s
    27,147

362,028 airframes with a populated year_built out of ~695k total.