Time Building

[General Brock]

I'm just wondering how many hours people fly in a month/year. We all know that this number changes between corporate flying, airline, air ambulance, bush, or instructing.

I get about 30 hours / month or somewhere around 350 / year flying air ambulance.
I'm wondering what hours other pilots get.

[esp803]

Last year flying a Caravan around the Yukon my busiest month was 150hrs, the quietest was about 60hrs. I only worked for 8 months though. This year I'll work for 4 months I expect between 400/500 hours for the season.

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[CPLMike89]

Caravan in MB, +100 hours a month in the summer down to about 50/month in the winter.

[Jack In The Box]

I usually come in at around 60 per month minimum, but I can do as many as 100 if I make some shift trades. I have flexibility there, which is nice.

[North Shore]

My hours can vary wildly..
2008: 93
2009: 50
2010: 200
2011: 129
2012: 125

That's over a ~ 5 month season

[cdnpilot77]

King Air in NWO

High: 65hrs/mo
Low: 15hrs/mo

Mainly monday-friday VERY rarely any weekends usually home before 5 on flying days. 475hrs last year.

[iflyforpie]

As low as 170, as high as 300. Did 230 the last 365... the bulk of it between June and September.

I'm not really 'time building' per se.

[Colonel Sanders]

Due to the nature of what I do, I typically
have more flights than hours. And, I hate
to fly in the winter.

This yields the following historical numbers:

Year.....Flights.....Hours
2012....184........144
2011....290........241
2010....199........138
2009....213........156
2008....216........158
2007....156........147
2006....209........160
2005....221........210
2004....255........183
2003....216........169
2002....221........164
2001....183........123
2000....148........128

etc.

[Shiny Side Up]

I'm not really 'time building' per se.

Me neither, I'm not sure when it stopped mattering. Weird how life changes.

I do about 300 a year, plus or minus, and oddly enough anymore that doesn't drop off when the snow flies. Most of it instructing, though I'm happier to say that I have time to make up a larger percentage of those hours just having fun.

[ahramin]

Oddly enough it doesn't matter what kind of flying I do. Medevac, corporate, airline, it always works out to 350 hours a year every year.

[shitdisturber]

400+ a year normally, with most of it crammed in between March and November. It's been an odd start to the survey year though so it'll be interesting to see how the log book ends up looking at the end of the year this year.

[jpilot77]

Last year only 250, but already 175 this year. Most of the flying usually between April to November. Survey flying in the trusty HO.

[whiteguy]

Averaging about 70 hrs a month, almost 800 in the last 365. B1900 in YYC.

[jschnurr]

Average of 50/month with upwards of 100 in the summer and 30 in winter.
610 hours in last 365 days.

PA31/BE20 charters.

[Boratt]

Flying the Caravan in the bush in MB. Averaging 80 hours a month.

[Teeg]

Air Ambulance NE Ont

2012: 810hrs
usually 50/month working 7n7...

Ive timed out if I cover and work 10-13days on...