AIRPORT PLANNING

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AIRPORT PLANNING FINANCING IN UNCERTAIN
TIMESTHE GOOD, THE BAD, THE UGLY

• Linda Howard
• TxDOT Aviation Division

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Texas is BIG!
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Importance of the Texas Airport System

• Link to national transportation system
• Connects rural urban populations
• Provides 700,000 jobs
• Generates 41 billion annually

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Texas Airport System
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What is the Texas Airport System?

• 300 Airports 3 Heliports
• 27 Primary Commercial Service
• 23 Relievers
• 250 General Aviation Non-Relievers
• 3 Heliports

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Texas Based Aircraft2000-2005
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AIP Authorization vs Appropriation(billions)
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State Federal Funding Trends(millions)
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The Good

• Multi-year funding
• Full appropriation
• Increasing general aviation activity
• System wide improvement
• Increased sponsor interest

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Before
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Before
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Now
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Now
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Recent Terminal Buildings
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Recent Air Traffic Control Towers

• Arlington Municipal
• Conroe (Montgomery
• County)
• Denton Municipal
• Ft. Worth Spinks
• Galveston Scholes
• International
• Sugar Land Municipal
• (Hull Field)

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AWOS
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The Bad

• Declining air service to small communities
• Airline instability
• Inadequate funding for non-hubs
• Cancellation of approaches
• Earmarks
• Competing priorities at the local level

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The UglyProposed 2006 AIP Budget

• AIP appropriation reduced by 600M
• EAS funding reduced to 50M
• Funding for SCASD program eliminated
• FE budget reduced by 77M
• NPE program eliminated
• GA set-aside reduced from 20 to 18.5
• Security ticket tax increased
• Federal share of contract tower program eliminated

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Hedging Our Bets

• Education
• Planning
• Investment
• Management

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Education

• Link to world
• Economic generator
• Social contributions
• Essential part of infrastructure

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Planning

• Develop vision/focus
• Recognize system role
• Develop dynamic strategic plan
• Develop strong financial plan
• Anticipate change

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Investment

• Maintain current infrastructure
• Identify funding sources alternatives
• Identify and focus on target markets
• Develop revenue-producing facilities
• Look beyond airport boundaries

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Management

• Develop organizational relationships
• Manage investment for optimum return
• Assess and manage risk
• Communicate

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The overall object is to plan, manage, and
design airports so that they can respond flexibly
to the unknown, uncertain future conditions.

• AIRPORT SYSTEMS PLANNING, DESIGN MANAGEMENT
• Richard de Neufville / Amedeo Odoni

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Questions?