| Title |
ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF IMPROVING GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORTS
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| Accession No |
00603649 |
| Authors |
Weisbrod, G |
| Journal Title |
Transportation Research Record
No. 1274 |
Corp. Authors
/ Publisher |
Transportation Research Board
|
| Publication Date |
19900000 |
| Description |
p. 134-141;
Figures(3); References(8); Tables(4) |
| Abstract |
Every state and many communities face the issue of setting priorities for investments in airport facilities. This issue has received the most public attention regarding the regional economic importance of investments in major new commercial airport facilities but relatively little attention has been given to the role of general aviation (GA) facilities. As a result, the issue of investment priorities is particularly problematic for GA airport facilities because their contribution to local and state economies is not well understood. The state and local economic impacts of GA airports are defined and measured, and the benefits of improvements to those airports are assessed. General aviation today is briefly summarized, and the measurement of airport benefits is examined with particular attention to the different approaches for economic impact analysis. Results are presented from a survey of businesses that use GA, which focused on the relative importance of GA for those businesses. A basic model system for evaluating GA benefits, developed for the Massachusetts Aeronautics Commission, is presented. |
Supplemental
Information |
This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1274, Transportation and Economic Development 1990: Proceedings of a Conference, Williamsburg, Virginia, November 5-8, 1989. |
| TRT Terms |
Airports ; Benefits ; Conferences ; Economic development ; Economic impacts ; Evaluation ; General aviation ; Improvements ; Investments ; Mathematical models ; Strategic planning |
| Other Terms |
Model; Priorities |
| Subject Areas |
H15 SOCIOECONOMICS; I10 Economics and Administration |
| ISBN |
0-309-05024-3 |
| Availability |
Transportation Research Board Publications Office Find a library where document is available
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| TRIS Files |
ATRIS |
| Database |
TRIS Online |
