How many miles does the average American fly per year?

According to Carbon Counter.org the average American fly's 1055 miles / year. They have footnoted the documentation used to calculate this answer. They assumed only one trip per person per year. I looked at their data and determined that this number may be 2.5 times larger than the value they used. See the related link below for a fascinating analysis of and report on this subject . It contains a lot of pie charts besides some Excellent analysis of flight data.