Supporting Your Airport

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Supporting Your Airport

• An NBAA Airports Handbook Presentation

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Airports Are Essential

• Did You Know?

• Only 550 U.S. airports are served by airlines,
  and this total is shrinking
• General aviation provides rapid, on-demand
  transportation by
• Utilizing a network of more than 5,000 smaller,
  public-use U.S. general aviation airports
• Bringing travelers closer to their destination
  than large hub airports used by the big airlines

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Airports Are Valuable to Everyone

• Your airport is also a significant economic
  engine, creating jobs and additional tax revenue
• GA airports also serve as bases for
• Emergency medical services
• Agricultural operations, such as crop dusting
• Federal, state and local law enforcement
• Colleges and universities, such as Ohio State
  University and the University of North Carolina

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Every Airport Is Part of a Larger Network

• Did You Know?

• Most of the nations public-use airports have
  shorter runways and smaller facilities designed
  for GA aircraft operations, than commercial
  service airports do
• In some rural areas of the U.S., GA airports are
  the only air transportation link to the rest of
  the country
• In major metropolitan areas, some GA airports are
  designated as being reliever airports because
  they offer GA operators an alternative to
  operating at the congested hub airports
• Closing a public-use GA airport weakens the
  entire national network of airports

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Economic Impact

• Airports Are Economic Engines

• An airports financial value includes, but is not
  limited to, the economic activity that occurs
  because of the airfield
• The number of jobs attributed to the airport is
  greater than simply those positions based on the
  airport, and includes
• Area hotels, restaurants and catering companies
• Rental car companies, gas stations and parking
  facilities

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Economic Impact

• Airports Are Economic Engines

• Business travel has the greatest impact on the
  local economy
• Thousands of business aircraft travelers arriving
  at GA airports daily spend money and conduct
  business in communities near the airport
• Companies locate business aviation facilities
  near GA airports for rapid access to customers
  and markets, generating jobs and tax revenue for
  local communities
• Business aviation often delivers point-to-point
  service where no airline service exists

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Economic Impact

• Calculating the Value of Your Airport

• Why do an economic impact study for your airport?
• Airports are often threatened by local politics
• Study results can help confirm that your GA
  airport is a valuable community asset
• Having an economic study done ahead of time
  allows you to react quickly when your airport is
  questioned
• Understanding an airports economic impact allows
  supporters to make a strong case in support of
  their airport, showing
• The airport attracts outside dollars
• The airport contributes economic benefits such as
  jobs, services and tax revenues

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Economic Impact

• Case Study Teterboro, NJ

• Northern New Jersey reliever airport across the
  river from New York City with over 200,000
  takeoffs and landings annually
• 1,700 on-airport jobs and 15,000 more in the
  neighborhood
• 1.8 billion in annual regional sales due to the
  airport
• One third of the 400,000 local hotel rooms are
  sold to airport visitors

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Airport Access

• Did You Know?

• GA airports provide access, enabling business
  aviation operators to fly anywhere, anytime,
  saving companies time and money
• Airport constraints (both existing and proposed)
  are a significant concern for operators in
  locations like Santa Monica, Van Nuys and
  Burbank, CA they include
• Night curfews limits on total operations
  banning aircraft by size noise generation
  limits local construction of buildings and
  towers

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Airport Access

• Useful Statistics

• The top three U.S. airports ranked by air carrier
  operations are Atlanta Hartsfield International,
  Chicago OHare International and Dallas-Fort
  Worth International
• The top three U.S. airports ranked by itinerant
  GA operations are Van Nuys, CA, Daytona Beach
  International, FL, and Kendall-Tamiami Executive,
  FL
• Imagine if all this GA traffic suddenly began
  landing at the overburdened hubs, like Los
  Angeles International or Miami International?

• Source FAA Air Traffic Activity Data System

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Airport Access

• Noise Perception Is Everything

• While subjective, human perception about aircraft
  noise has a powerful effect on how people
  perceive their local airport
• Many anti-airport groups begin with a specific
  focus on noise

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Airport Access

• Noise Perception Is Everything

• The aviation community has responded to noise
  concerns with
• New, quieter aircraft engines
• Flight procedures/airspace changes that steer
  aircraft away from homes
• Local government zoning of adjacent land can also
  change airport noise perceptions for the better

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Airport Access
How to Make Your Airport a Quieter Place

• Work with airport and ATC officials to support
• Encouraging pilots to use NBAA Noise Abatement
  Procedures, published online at
  www.nbaa.org/quietflying
• Improving runway approach aids
• Developing engine run-up areas for performing
  engine maintenance, and encouraging their use at
  times other than night/weekend hours
• Installing noise-reducing blast fences
• Remember, most people near an airport appreciate
  an airport operator who tries to help them solve
  a noise problem

• See additional tips in the NBAA Airports Handbook

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Safety and Security

• Did You Know?

• Airport safety is very important to the community
• Airport neighbors want to be sure the airport is
  doing everything possible to run a safe operation
  on the ground and in the air
• The business aircraft safety record is equal to
  that of the commercial airlines

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Safety and Security

• Avoid Runway Incursions

• A collision potential exists any time an aircraft
  is moving
• Runway incursions increase the potential for
  collisions between aircraft on the ground
• Aircraft operators can minimize the chances of
  being involved in a runway incursion by
• Having pilots fully prepare for departures
  (maximize pilot situational awareness)
• Having flightcrews use standard operating
  procedures and standard communications
  phraseology during surface operations
• Using sterile cockpit procedures to the maximum
  extent possible while taxiing

• See additional tips in the NBAA Airports Handbook

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Safety and Security

• Avoid Ground Damage

• FBOs and airport tenants together can mitigate
  the potential for a ground damage accident by
• Using two wing walkers
• Using adequate lighting at night on ramp areas
  and on aircraft and vehicles themselves
• Towing aircraft at safe speeds
• Chocking aircraft during repairs and fueling

• See additional tips in the NBAA Airports Handbook

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Safety and Security

• Operators Role in Airport Security

• Require positive access for all gates and doors
• Check aircraft interiors for unauthorized
  personnel prior to departure
• Positively identify all luggage before loading
  aboard an aircraft
• Require accurate passenger manifests

See also NBAA Security Best Practices at
www.nbaa.org/security
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Advocacy

• Spread the Good News

• Business aviation is a good story
• Proactive and on-going airport support is
  important
• If your airport doesnt already have a support
  group, why not start one?
• Last-minute stands on issues are traditionally
  ineffective

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Advocacy

• Support Group Organizing Tips

• Identify the issues that can rally the group
• Test those ideas with airport users
• Invite all airport users to participate
• Create an agenda and meet on the airport
• Identify everyones motivation for attending
• Record minutes and set the next meeting date

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Advocacy

• Working With the Media

• Media involvement has both up and down sides
• News to you may not be news to a reporter
• Invite reporters on an airport tour
• Its okay to say I dont know, but make every
  effort to follow up with an answer later
• There is no such thing as off the record
• Ask NBAA for help

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Advocacy

• Young People Are the Industrys Future

• Plan aviation career days
• Offer student scholarships
• Offer flight department and FBO internships

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Your GA Airport A Quick Review

• GA airports
• Facilitate national and international business
  travel
• Provide a much larger travel network than the
  airlines
• Deliver significant economic impact through jobs
  and tax revenues
• Need support from community members like you in
  order to truly thrive
• Airport user groups can make significant inroads
  to protecting your airport

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A Few Questions for You

• What surprised you most about what youve heard
  today?
• Would you be inclined to join an airport user
  group?
• What do you think is the biggest challenge faced
  by your local airport?

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For More Information

• Refer to the NBAA Airports Handbook for further
  reading
• Contact the NBAA regional representative assigned
  to the area that includes your airport

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About NBAA

• Founded in 1947 and based in Washington, DC, the
  National Business Aviation Association, Inc.
  (NBAA) is the leading organization for companies
  that rely on general aviation aircraft to help
  make their businesses more efficient, productive
  and successful. Contact NBAA at (800) FYI-NBAA or
  info_at_nbaa.org.
• Not an NBAA Member? Join today by visiting
• www.nbaa.org/join/ah

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