What number of feminine drone pilots are there?

What number of feminine drone pilots are on the market in the US?

The Federal Aviation Administration in January up to date its U.S. Civil Airmen Statistics report, which is an annual examine printed that comprises detailed airmen statistics not printed in different FAA stories. And the info gives some fairly fascinating perception concerning the variety of feminine drone pilots within the U.S. (and the variety of feminine industrial and air transport pilots, too).

And the info reveals that there are 24,293 feminine drone pilots within the U.S. Meaning girls make up 7.9% of all licensed distant pilots.

The statistics that present what number of feminine drone pilots exist come from broader knowledge about airmen (each pilot and non-pilot) and have been obtained by the FAA from the official airmen certification data maintained at FAA’s Aeronautical Middle, in Oklahoma Metropolis, Oklahoma. They have been then analyzed by Girls and Drones, which is a web based drone neighborhood and help community that additionally runs the annual Girls in Rising Aviation Applied sciences Awards, a associated Corridor of Fame, an annual in-person summit and its personal drone range examine, amongst different initiatives.

Girls and Drones did all kinds of quantity crunching to raised dig into what the feminine drone pilot space appears to be like like, and the place throughout the U.S. most ladies drone pilots are positioned. They broke out variety of feminine drone pilots by state, and it seems that California (which is the place I dwell!) is residence to probably the most feminine drone pilots of any U.S. state. Listed below are the three states with probably the most feminine drone pilots, in accordance with the Girls and Drones evaluation of FAA knowledge:

• California: 2,508
• Florida: 2,060
• Texas: 1,629

In fact, be aware that the figures analyzing what number of feminine drone pilots by state do considerably symbolize a inhabitants map, so California at No. 1 shouldn’t be all that shocking. California is probably the most populous state, adopted by Texas at No. 2 and Florida at No. 3. You possibly can take a look at the variety of feminine drone pilots in your state by visiting the Girls and Drones evaluation web page right here.

Girls and Drones additionally broke out the typical age of feminine drone pilots. Regardless of the stereotype that tech is for the youths, the typical feminine drone pilot is aged 38.

There are additionally extra feminine drone pilots than the variety of feminine industrial pilots and air transport pilots mixed.

Once more, this metric is likely to be maybe unsurprising because the barrier to entry to turn into a drone pilot is much decrease. The Half 107 take a look at to earn your Distant Pilot Certificates is commonly described as a pared-down model of the written take a look at pilots should take to have the ability to fly piloted plane. There’s additionally a sensible element to fly piloted plane within the U.S., and that’s not the case for drone pilots (although different international locations comparable to Canada do have a sensible element for drone pilots, too).

One other encouraging metric is that the variety of feminine drone pilots within the U.S. is rising.

Whereas girls drone pilots are nonetheless a small minority at simply 7.9%, that quantity has elevated each single yr because the knowledge has been tracked. In 2016, simply 3.9% of all drone pilots are girls, however that quantity is rising.

On a proportion foundation, the speed of all drone pilots who’re girls has doubled. And on a numbers foundation, it has elevated by about 30x. The speed of general drone pilots has elevated by a still-impressive, however not practically as excessive 15x.

In brief, feminine drone pilots are becoming a member of within the trade at a far sooner fee than males as of late.

Try the remainder of the Girls and Drones evaluation right here.

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