While completing my own carbon footprint investigation, I noticed a specific category that really bumped my footprint passed the national average. This happened to be flying and traveling via airplane. I personally flew five times in the past year and that put my footprint more than five times the average. Looking at the Federal Aviation Administration, they recorded an average of 43,864 flights per day, with 5,000 planes constantly in the sky at any given time. The average plane produces around 53 pounds of CO2 per mile, which will add up to massive amounts when flying to far places with this many planes. This is a very unspoken issue, as there is almost no way to get around the need to fly. The only other options to travel far distances are by train, car, or boat; these options can be very slow and inconvenient for many people that require flying for their careers or other personal purposes. Flying is a big problem with carbon emissions, but there are no simple  solutions to fixing it.
What are some ways in which we could possibly fix this problem?https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/by_the_numbers/