Mail Statistics

Statistics just issued summarize the work of the Air Mail since its inception on May 15, 1918, up to December 31, 1922. Its record is truly remarkable. Over 5,000,000 miles were flown during this period--the schedule now calling for nearly 2,000,000 miles a year--and 160,473,600 letters were carried at a total cost of $4,295,967 or about two and a half cents a letter. The Post Office pilots fly in all weathers and nearly one third of the total number of 23,077 trips were made in rain, snow, hail or fog. The number of forced landings is always diminishing and the percentage of trips completed during 1922 was 95.22, while the schedule maintained during the summer months was 100% perfect.