The average number of flying hours of Royal Air Force pilots in fixed-wing aircraft of the following type for each complete month in 2006 is:
2006 Hercules C-130 VC-10 C-17 Globemaster Tristar January 18 29 33 31 February 19 23 32 34 March 13 28 37 25 April 15 34 34 40 May 19 31 28 41 June 19 25 23 33 July 20 27 34 27 August 22 28 19 50 September 22 29 39 37 October 16 26 47 46
The average number of flying hours of Royal Air Force crews in rotary aircraft of the following type for each complete month in 2006 is:
2006 Chinook Puma Merlin Sea King January 16 19 33 20 February 17 16 27 19 March 18 24 36 22 April 25 19 38 21 May 23 23 38 20 June 23 23 34 21 July 22 22 33 21 August 17 19 35 21 September 19 22 34 23 October 21 18 30 21
The figures include all flying hours (both operational and non-operational) undertaken by fixed-wing and rotary aircraft. Hours flown in Hercules C130s by RAuxAF pilots, who fly a relatively small number of hours per month, have been excluded from the figures to avoid distorting the averages.