How did Flight Training move between 2019 and 2024?

Between calendar 2019 and 2024, Flight Training slipped from #89 to #102 of 499 ranked industries (SLIP); share of tracked industry dollars went from 0.14% to 0.11%. That is a 13-place move over 5 years.

How heavy is Flight Training within EDU?

Sector 61 (Educational Services) placement uses the first two NAICS digits. Flight Training ranks #3 of 10 classified industries there (WEIGHTY), taking 15.7% of $5.1B.

USAspending.gov · NAICS 611512 · Educational Services

Flight Training

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Top-third NAICS industry by calendar-2024 contract dollars — code 611512 in Educational Services.

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CY2024 awards: $794.6M
Corpus rank: #102 of 499
Award plate: MID
Sector: EDU · WEIGHTY

Flight Training federal industry awards

Flight Training (NAICS 611512) ranks #102 of 499 tracked industries by calendar-2024 contract dollars at $794.6M.

Flight Training takes 15.7% of EDU sector dollars in the calendar-2024 window, a heavy share within its two-digit NAICS sector. See /methodology/#naics.

Year-over-year change, 2019–2024

Across the calendar years on file, Flight Training’s annual contract dollars fell from $876.0M in 2023 to $806.8M in 2024. 7.9% vs 2023 The strongest year on file is 2023 at $876.0M.

Flight Training annual contract dollars, calendar 2019-2024

Calendar-year prime contract obligations by action date (award types A-D). Annual figures use the same NAICS classification basis as the CY2024 headline above.

Source: USAspending.gov spending_by_category

How Flight Training leads the CY2024 industry award board

$794.6M · #102 of 499 by CY2024 industry awards , a top-third NAICS industry by calendar-2024 contract dollars (same board as the industries listing). See methodology.

$794.6M under NAICS 611512 · #102 of 499 , MID · EDU · WEIGHTY · SLIP. 2019→2024: 89→102 of 499 (0.14%→0.11% of tracked industry dollars) ; #3/10 in EDU. That is a 13-place move over 5 years. Nearest ABS peer: Power and Communication Line an… at $786.3M (MID).

Calendar-2024 actions under NAICS 611512 count as opportunity size, not firm revenue. This code carries a heavy share of its EDU sector window. Populations, lag, and NAICS/SBA rules: methodology.

Source: USAspending.gov · U.S. Department of the Treasury

Mega-scale industry peers nationwide

Cross-sector peers from the USAspending NAICS extract: nearest mega-scale calendar-2024 award dollars and nearest sector-weight share. Not recommendations.

Closest CY2024 award dollars

Power and Communication Line and Related Struct… $786.3M
Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipme… $786.2M
Electrical Contractors $783.7M
Other Waste Collection $781.9M
General Warehousing and Storage $773.9M
Security Systems Services (except Locksmiths) $818.5M

Similar sector weight

Deep Sea Freight Transportation 16.3% · $3.3B
Medicinal and Botanical Manufacturing 14.8% · $4.5B
Hardware Stores 14.6% · $93.7M
Other Activities Related to Real Estate 17.1% · $290.5M
Residential Property Managers 14.2% · $242.0M
Computer Systems Design Services 13.7% · $33.3B

Disclaimer: Data from USAspending.gov public records. For informational purposes only. Industry spending amounts are aggregated from contract awards and may not reflect the most current data. Always verify with official sources.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Compiled from USAspending.gov by the PlainFedContract editorial process.

Compiled by PlainFedContract, Government Agencies Editorial Process · August 14, 2026

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