2011 Georgia statewide airport economic impact study : executive summary

2011 Georgia
Statewide Airport
Economic Impact Study
Executive Summary

Acknowledgement

This document was produced under the auspices of the
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Keith Golden, PE, Commissioner Gerald Ross, PE, Chief Engineer

Division OF INTERMODAL
Carol L. Comer, Director

STATE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

1st District Jay Shaw 2nd District Johnny Floyd, Vice Chairman
3rd District Sam Wellborn 4th District Robert L. Brown, Jr. 5th District Emory C. McClinton 6th District Brandon L. Beach 7th District Rudy Bowen, Chairman

8th District Jim Cole 9th District Emily Dunn 10th District Don Grantham 11th District Jeff Lewis 12th District Bobby Eugene Parham 13th District Dana L. Lemon

The preparation of this report was financed in part through a planning grant from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as provided under Section 505 of the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982. The contents of this report do not necessarily reflect the views or policy of the USDOT or the FAA, and do not
constitute a commitment on the part of the United States to participate in any development depicted therein, nor does it indicate that the proposed development
is environmentally acceptable in accordance with applicable public laws.

Georgia Airports Mean Business

Georgia's airport system of 104 publicly-owned, public-use airports, comprised of nine commercial service and 95 general aviation airports, are essential to the state's transportation and economic infrastructure, supporting its diversified industries including, but not limited to, aerospace technology, manufacturing, distribution, tourism, and agriculture. Airports connect Georgia's citizens and businesses to the rest of the state, our nation, and the global economy and serve as a vital transportation link for almost every Georgian, regardless of where they live. Airports are the "front door" to communities and provide companies efficient access to their employees and facilities. Airports also provide a gateway for visi-

tors and tourists to the mountains, coastal beaches, world-class golf courses, and the hundreds of historic, recreational, and educational sites in communities throughout the state.
Georgia's airports are a major catalyst to the state's growing economy. In order to better understand the economic benefit of Georgia's airports to the economy, the Georgia Department of Transportation (DOT) completed this Statewide Airport Economic Impact Study to quantify the economic contribution of the state's airport system. The study was funded 95 percent by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and five percent by Georgia DOT.

In 1992, the economic value of airports in Georgia was estimated at $16.8 billion. Since then, the economic impact of Georgia's airports has grown to $62.6 billion, with more than 471,100 jobs with annual payroll of $17.8 billion, and $136.9
million in direct aviation-related tax revenues to the state.
Source: 1992 Georgia Statewide Airport Economic Impact Study and Hartsfield-Atlanta International 1994 Economic Impact Study
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Georgia's Airport System
Georgia is served by a diverse mixture of airports ranging in size from small general aviation airports to busy corporate general aviation reliever airports, to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International, the world's busiest commercial service airport. The 2003 Georgia Aviation System Plan designated airports according to the role they play within Georgia's system and are defined as:
Level III Airport of national and regional significance
Level II Business airport of regional and local significance
Level I Business airport of local significance
The Georgia Aviation System Plan establishes airport development goals and guides funding priorities for the airport system. This Statewide Economic Impact Executive Summary continues the basic framework established previously and the economic benefits of all airports are grouped by level.
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TN

NC

59
LaFayette Dalton
Calhoun Rome

Blairsville

Ellijay

Dahlonega

Jasper

Cornelia

Toccoa

75
Cartersville Cedartown

Gainsville

85

Canton Atlanta/Marietta - RYY
Lawrenceville

Jefferson Winder

Canon Elberton

Level III Commercial Service Level III General Aviation Level II General Aviation Level I General Aviation Interstate Highway

Atlanta/Dallas - PUJ Atlanta - FTY

Monroe Atlanta - PDK

Athens Washington

20
Atlanta - ATL Carrolton
Atlanta/Peachtree City - FFC
Atlanta/Newnan - CCO

Madison Covington Hampton

Greensboro

Milledgeville

Thomson
20
Wrens

SC
Augusta Daniel Field Augusta Regional

LaGrange 85

Griffin
75

Warm Springs

Sandersville

Waynesboro

Pine Mountain
185
AL
Columbus

Thomaston Butler
Montezuma

Macon Downtown

Louisville

Millen

Macon Middle Georgia

Swainsboro

Perry

16

Cochran

Dublin Soperton

Metter

Sylvania Statesboro

Buena Vista

Hawkinsville

Eastman McRae

Vidalia

16
Claxton

Savannah

Americus

Cordele

Hazlehurst

Reidsville

Hinesville

Cuthbert

Dawson Albany

75
Ashburn

Fitzgerald

Baxley

Blakely Donalsonville

Sylvester

Tifton

Douglas

Alma

Camilla Moultrie - MUL
Moultrie - MGR

Nashville

Waycross

Adel

Homerville

Jesup Nahunta

Bainbridge Cairo

Thomasville Quitman

Valdosta

Folkston

95
Brunswick
St. Simons Island Jekyll Island St. Marys

Miles

0 12.5 25

50

75

100

FL

Study Methodology
The Georgia DOT commissioned this study to quantify the economic contribution of the state's airport system using an FAA-approved methodology of survey data and modeling estimates. The economic impacts considered all aviation activities taking place at each of the 104 airports from the following sources:
On-Airport Businesses
There are many aviation-related businesses located on airports. Activities of these businesses and their employees are a significant source of the annual economic benefit to the state. Examples of businesses in this category include airlines, fixed base operators, aircraft maintenance, air traffic control towers, air cargo providers, aircraft charter services, flight instructors, and airport management.
Airport Capital Improvement Projects
Construction projects undertaken by airport owners and on-airport businesses contribute to the economic benefits of the airport by providing increased jobs and through the purchases of goods and services within the community.
Airport Visitors
Visitors to Georgia often arrive on commercial airlines or general aviation aircraft for business and leisure. Once in Georgia, these visitors stimulate local economies by spending money on lodging, food, other transportation, shopping, recreation, and entertainment.
Multipliers
The economic benefits provided by on-airport businesses, airport capital improvement projects, and airport visitors are responsible for generating additional multiplier economic impacts in the community and region. For example, when an aircraft mechanic uses his or her paycheck to purchase groceries, those dollars may support a grocer's payroll, the grocer may spend money on child care, the child care provider might purchase automobile maintenance, and so on, until those payroll dollars originating from airport activity leave the community and state. This spending and re-spending generates additional economic activity in the region.
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Economic Impact Measures

Total Jobs
471,175
Total Payroll
$17.8 billion
Total Economic Output
$62.6 billion

The economic benefits calculated for each of the airports were based on comprehensive survey data provided by airport managers, airport tenants, non-aviation businesses that utilize the airports, general aviation pilots and passengers, and commercial service passengers to determine direct economic impacts, which are related to on-airport business activity, airport construction, and visitor spending.

Economic benefits of Georgia's airports are expressed in terms of jobs, payroll, and total economic output.
Jobs measure the number of full-time equivalent jobs related to direct airport activity, including on-airport construction impacts. A parttime employee counts as one half of a full-time employee.

The multiplier effect is not as easy to measure as direct impacts; therefore, it was important to employ a reliable method to estimate these multiplier impacts. The Impact Analysis for Planning (IMPLAN), a national economic modeling program recognized by the FAA, was used to quantify multiplier impacts using Georgia specific regional multipliers.

Payroll measures the total annual wages, salary, and benefits paid to all workers whose employment is directly attributed to airport activity.
Economic Output measures the value of goods, services, and capital expenditures in Georgia linked to aviation.

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Economic Impact Summary

Airports connect Georgia's citizens and businesses to the rest of the state, our nation, and the global economy. The total economic contribution of Georgia's 104 public-use airports is the sum of the on-airport businesses, the spending of visitors, and the additional activity of the recirculation of spending of on-airport businesses and visitors. Georgia's airports contribute significantly to the state's economy, supporting 471,175 jobs, $17.8 billion in payroll, and $62.6 billion in statewide economic impact.

More than 82,000 people are directly employed at Georgia airports and
generate more than $5.9 billion in annual payroll.

Summary of Annual Economic Impact

JOBS
Total Jobs
PAYROLL
Total Payroll
ECONOMIC OUTPUT
Total Economic Output

Impacts On-Airport Visitor Multiplier
On-Airport Visitor Multiplier
On-Airport Visitor Multiplier

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International
68,323 169,522 196,589 434,434 $5,127,000,000 $3,402,000,000 $7,784,000,000 $16,313,000,000 $18,678,000,000 $13,902,000,000 $25,640,000,000 $58,220,000,000

Other Commercial Service Airports 10,569 4,549 11,333 26,451 $595,000,000 $92,000,000 $423,000,000 $1,110,000,000 $1,818,000,000 $382,000,000 $1,006,000,000 $3,206,000,000

General Aviation Airports
3,997 1,548 4,745 10,290 $183,000,000 $31,000,000 $140,000,000 $354,000,000 $698,000,000 $85,000,000 $421,000,000 $1,204,000,000

Statewide Totals 82,889
175,619 212,667 471,175 $5,905,000,000 $3,525,000,000 $8,347,000,000 $17,777,000,000 $21,194,000,000 $14,369,000,000 $27,067,000,000 $62,630,000,000

Note: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport data is from 2009 Economic Impact Study. All other data is based on CY2010.

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Military airports in Georgia contribute an additional
55,000 military and civilian jobs and more than $11 billion in additional economic impact
to the state.
Source: Moody Air Force Base Economic Impact Statement Fiscal Year 2010 Fort Stewart/HAAF Command Data Summary, October 2008
Robins Air Force Base Economic Impact Statement Fiscal Year 2009 Dobbins Air Force Base Economic Impact Analysis Fiscal Year 2010 The Fort Benning Regional Growth Management Plan, April 2009
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Total Economic Impacts for Commercial Service Airports Level III

Associated City ID

Airport Name

Total Jobs

Total Payroll

Total Output

Albany

ABY Southwest Georgia Regional

548

$17,106,700

$54,498,800

Athens Atlanta Augusta

AHN Athens-Ben Epps Field

172

$5,662,100

$20,646,900

ATL

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International

434,434

$16,313,000,000

$58,220,000,000

AGS Augusta Regional at Bush Field

1,561

$59,016,500

$269,632,600

Brunswick

BQK Brunswick-Golden Isles

980

$40,852,600

$120,572,900

Columbus

CSG Columbus

622

$24,421,800

$70,139,600

Macon

MCN Middle Georgia Regional

Savannah

SAV

Savannah-Hilton Head International

Valdosta

VLD Valdosta Regional

Commercial Service Totals

1,925

$85,596,100

$198,544,400

20,383

$869,501,600

$2,448,155,200

260

$7,781,900

$25,061,800

460,885 $17,422,939,300 $61,427,252,200

Total Economic Impacts for General Aviation Airports Level III

Associated City ID

Airport Name

Americus Atlanta Atlanta Atlanta Atlanta Atlanta Bainbridge Blairsville Blakely Calhoun Carrollton Cartersville Cornelia Covington Dalton Douglas Dublin Eastman Gainesville Jesup Lagrange Lawrenceville Louisville Milledgeville Rome Statesboro Thomaston Thomasville Thomson Tifton Vidalia Waycross Winder Level III Totals

ACJ FFC RYY PDK FTY CCO BGE DZJ BIJ CZL CTJ VPC AJR CVC DNN DQH DBN EZM GVL JES LGC LZU 2J3 MLJ RMG TBR OPN TVI HQU TMA VDI AYS WDR

Jimmy Carter Regional Atlanta Regional-Falcon Field Cobb County-McCollum Field DeKalb-Peachtree Fulton County-Brown Field Newnan-Coweta County Decatur County Industrial Airpark Blairsville Early County Tom B David Field West Georgia Regional Cartersville Habersham County Covington Municipal Dalton Municipal Douglas Municipal W H `Bud' Barron Heart of Georgia Regional Lee Gilmer Memorial Jesup-Wayne County LaGrange-Callaway Gwinnett County-Briscoe Field Louisville Municipal Baldwin County Russell Regional Statesboro-Bulloch County Thomaston-Upson County Thomasville Regional Thomson-McDuffie Regional Henry Tift Myers Vidalia Regional Waycross-Ware County Barrow County

Total Jobs Total Payroll

27

$803,100

793

$27,307,900

842

$25,043,200

1,834

$67,280,300

1,184

$62,316,200

281

$8,247,000

34

$767,100

44

$1,090,400

21

$466,700

82

$2,773,100

103

$3,912,700

436

$15,656,800

38

$771,800

77

$2,717,500

37

$883,400

37

$1,266,800

28

$527,700

376

$14,695,300

155

$3,645,600

14

$247,300

72

$2,756,700

730

$24,589,600

12

$294,700

36

$840,700

111

$2,673,100

53

$1,463,100

57

$1,874,400

48

$1,679,000

49

$1,503,700

18

$396,400

51

$1,713,100

46

$1,417,600

357

$7,582,300

8,083 $289,204,300

Total Output
$3,453,000 $142,625,600 $112,412,800 $211,745,300 $158,642,900
$30,983,200 $3,421,700 $3,876,200 $987,000
$10,115,800 $11,440,500 $52,689,600
$2,966,100 $7,661,000 $3,013,700 $3,101,800 $1,918,500 $37,168,800 $13,007,000
$851,200 $8,704,500 $85,371,200 $1,716,200 $3,125,600 $7,498,800 $5,969,600 $5,827,900 $5,309,200 $4,871,700 $1,637,100 $6,131,000 $5,871,000 $18,531,200 $972,646,700

More than 471,100 Georgians owe their jobs,
directly or indirectly, to aviation. These employees represent more than 12.6 percent of all jobs in Georgia.
Source: Georgia Department of Labor
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The total economic impact of aviation in Georgia comprised 16
percent of Georgia's estimated Gross Domestic Product in 2010.
Source: US Department of Commerce Bureau of Economic Analysis
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Total Economic Impacts for General Aviation Airports Level II

Associated City ID

Adel Alma Atlanta Baxley Brunswick Butler Camilla Canton Claxton Cordele Dawson Donalsonville Fitzgerald Greensboro Griffin Hampton Hinesville Homerville Jasper Jefferson Lafayette Macon Monroe Moultrie Perry Pine Mountain Sandersville St. Marys Swainsboro Sylvania Toccoa Washington Level II Totals

15J AMG PUJ BHC SSI 6A1 CXU CNI CWV CKF 16J 17J FZG 3J7 6A2 4A7 LHW HOE JZP 19A 9A5 MAC D73 MGR PXE PIM OKZ 4J6 SBO JYL TOC IIY

Airport Name
Cook County Bacon County Paulding Northwest Atlanta Baxley Municipal McKinnon-St. Simons Island Butler Municipal Camilla-Mitchell County Cherokee County Claxton-Evans County Crisp County-Cordele Dawson Municipal Donalsonville Municipal Fitzgerald Municipal Greene County Regional Griffin-Spalding County Tara Field MidCoast Regional at WAAF Homerville Pickens County Jackson County Barwick LaFayette Macon Downtown Monroe-Walton County Moultrie Municipal Perry-Houston County Harris County Kaolin Field St. Marys East Georgia Regional Plantation Airpark Toccoa-R G LeTourneau Field Washington-Wilkes County

Total Jobs
18 14 143 17 207 13 27 140
6 48 25 40 10 55 170 203 66
2 21 51 42 66 50 26 62 20 15 31 49 17 43
7 1,704

Total Payroll
$468,100 $376,500 $3,968,500 $392,700 $6,113,400 $372,800 $685,100 $4,236,500 $132,900 $1,661,400 $618,600 $1,058,600 $262,900 $1,354,200 $7,196,200 $7,274,000 $1,426,700
$65,300 $544,500 $1,337,500 $999,200 $1,778,300 $1,711,000 $615,700 $1,663,600 $560,800 $368,000 $873,700 $1,222,400 $446,800 $1,017,700 $181,500 $50,985,100

Total Output
$1,596,000 $1,090,400 $14,253,500 $1,498,900 $20,790,100 $1,324,600 $2,995,500 $12,757,400
$392,900 $6,896,800 $3,105,500 $7,164,200
$731,500 $4,173,800 $20,918,100 $25,043,200 $4,002,900
$335,400 $1,668,600 $5,480,200 $3,950,300 $7,029,500 $6,162,500 $2,252,000 $5,844,600 $1,773,500 $1,353,500 $2,427,100 $6,815,800 $1,855,600 $3,475,700
$620,000 $179,779,600

Total Economic Impacts for General Aviation Airports Level I

Associated City ID

Airport Name

Ashburn Augusta Buena Vista Cairo Canon Cedartown Cochran Cuthbert Dahlonega Elberton Ellijay Folkston Hawkinsville Hazlehurst Jekyll Island Madison McRae Metter Millen Montezuma Moultrie Nahunta Nashville Quitman Reidsville
Soperton Sylvester Warm Springs Waynesboro Wrens Level I Totals

75J Turner County DNL Daniel Field 82A Marion County 70J Cairo-Grady County 18A Franklin-Hart County 4A4 Polk County-Cornelius Moore Field 48A Cochran 25J Lower Chattahoochee Regional 9A0 Lumpkin County-Wimpy's 27A Elbert County-Patz Field 49A Gilmer County 3J6 Davis Field 51A Hawkinsville-Pulaski County AZE Hazlehurst 09J Jekyll Island 52A Madison Municipal MQW Telfair-Wheeler MHP Metter Municipal 2J5 Millen 53A Dr C P Savage, Sr MUL Spence 4J1 Brantley County 4J2 Berrien County 4J5 Quitman-Brooks County RVJ Swinton Smith Field at Reidsville
Municipal 4J8 Treutlen County SYV Sylvester 5A9 Roosevelt Memorial BXG Burke County 65J Wrens Memorial

Total Jobs
7 127
1 17 14 29 34
3 3 7 5 1 1 20 11 7 10 19 3 2 83 30 4 23 10

Total Payroll
$233,600 $4,372,600
$29,800 $318,500 $335,300 $669,900 $902,300
$56,400 $124,800 $237,100 $142,900
$37,200 $34,300 $521,100 $227,200 $139,000 $271,600 $544,300 $78,500 $47,200 $1,833,700 $884,500 $110,900 $864,100 $331,300

1

$18,000

11

$301,000

14

$434,200

5

$103,500

1

$21,500

503 $14,226,300

Total Output $1,190,100
$15,513,500 $111,900
$1,800,900 $1,263,000 $1,801,100 $3,668,100
$143,900 $192,000 $593,700 $546,300 $137,900 $278,000 $1,816,400 $827,300 $615,400 $1,057,300 $1,858,700 $347,400 $128,300 $5,661,000 $3,121,600 $682,200 $3,461,300 $1,380,700
$58,800 $2,514,500 $1,583,200
$218,600 $79,300
$52,652,400

General Aviation Totals

10,290 $354,415,700 $1,205,078,700

Statewide Totals

Total Jobs

471,175

Total Payroll

$17.8 billion

Total Output

$62.6 billion

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Business Location Factors
1 Convenient highway access 2 Quality of life 3 Tax incentives 4 Available trained workforce 5 Proximity of input suppliers 6 Commercial service airport 7 An urban business district 8 Universities and high-tech
research and development centers 9 Availability of natural resources
and raw materials 10 General aviation airport 11 Historic location of business 12 Rail transportation facilities 13 Water transportation facilities
Source: Wilbur Smith Associates' Business Use Survey, 2010
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Business Dependence

Many non-aviation businesses in Georgia depend on the airport system to efficiently move personnel, equipment, and products. Some businesses own or charter corporate aircraft, many have employees who travel regularly via commercial airlines, others have customers or suppliers who use the airport system to reach them, and many rely on express or air cargo services. A statewide survey of more than 1,300 businesses indicates there are numerous additional jobs that are reliant on the system of public-use airports. Industries surveyed

include manufacturing, wholesale, distribution, finance, insurance, real estate, and professional service sectors. This data indicates there are more than 591,000 jobs in Georgia that in some way benefit from the daily operation of the airport system. When major businesses were asked to rank the top reasons why they choose to locate where they do, convenient access to a scheduled commercial service airport was ranked 6th while access to a general aviation airport was ranked 10th.

Qualitative Benefits of Airports

Georgia's airport system provides statewide residents with many qualitative aspects beyond the measurable economic benefits presented in this study. Qualitative benefits are those activities that take place at an airport on a regular basis and add to the quality of life, but are difficult to assign a value.
Qualitative benefits are related to health, welfare, and safety of individuals in the airport's community. Examples of the qualitative benefits of Georgia's airports include: air ambulance operators trans-

porting critical patients to medical facilities; Georgia National Guard's aviation assets being utilized for emergency evacuations and search-and-rescue operations during natural disasters; Georgia State Patrol flying missions in conjunction with local law enforcement departments to aid in fugitive searches; and youth outreach and educational events. These activities may be difficult to place a dollar value on the benefits to communities, but the benefits resulting from these activities improve the quality of life of Georgia's residents.

Qualitative benefits of Georgia's airports include providing support to:

Air ambulance patient transfer Search-and-rescue operations Local law enforcement Medical doctor and organ
transport Aerial agricultural operations U.S. military and other
government agencies

Environmental patrols
Emergency evacuation
Flight training
Airshows, community events, school field trips and youth educational events
Real estate tours

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Georgia Aviation-Related Tax Revenue Summary

AvGas Excise Tax ($0.01/gal) $55,300
Aviation Goods & Services Sales Tax
(4%) $40,649,200

AvGas Sales Tax (4%)
$790,000
Jet Fuel Sales Tax (4%)
$40,830,000

Aircraft Property Tax $54,643,000
Total = $136,967,500
Source: Georgia Department of Revenue, Georgia Department of Transportation, and Internal Revenue Service, 2009
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Aviation Helps Fuel Georgia's General Fund

Annually, aviation contributes significant revenue to the state's general fund and local governments, providing nearly $137 million in revenue in 2009, a 37% increase from 2001 aviation-related tax revenues. A one cent per gallon state excise tax on AvGas and the 4% state sales tax on both AvGas and Jet A fuel generated $41.6 million; the 4% state sales tax on aviation goods and services, including aircraft sales and parts,

generated $40.6 million; and aircraft property tax contributed $54.2 million to local governments across the state in 2009. Despite a decline in the volume of aviation fuels sold in 2009, down to 795 million gallons from more than one billion gallons in 2001, the average retail sales price nearly doubled from 2001 to 2009 for both AvGas and Jet A, thereby increasing state sales tax revenues.

Georgia Aviation Tax Sources and Appropriations

Source

Fund

Remittances

Aviation Gas Excise Tax ($0.01/gal)

$55,300

Motor Fuel Tax Fund

$55,300

Georgia Roads & Bridges

Aviation Gas Sales Tax (4%)

$790,000

Jet Fuel Sales Tax (4%)

$40.8 M

Aviation Goods & Services Sales
Tax (4%)

$40.6 M

Aircraft Personal Property Tax

$54.6 M

General Revenue Fund
$82.6 M

$1.6 M $81.0 M

$398,300

County Tax Districts

$54.2 M

Georgia Airport Aid Program
Other NonTransportation
State Funds
County Uses (Schools: 55%)
(Other: 45%)

Source: Georgia Department of Revenue, Georgia Department of Transportation, and Internal Revenue Service, 2009

How Georgia Stacks Up: A Comparison of State Airport Programs

Nationally, the 10 states with the most robust airport program funding include Florida, Tennessee, Colorado, Michigan, Virginia, Wyoming, Arizona, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Minnesota. These states annually invest more than $20 million into their programs, a stark contrast to Georgia's annual Airport Aid Program funding, which has remained relatively constant since the early 1970s.
The Southeastern states of Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, and Kentucky continue to have state aviation programs exceeding the funding level of Georgia's program. These seven states are Georgia's fiercest competitors for economic and industrial development opportunities. Only Georgia and South Carolina rely solely on general fund appropriations for their state aviation programs. The remaining states dedicate aviation fuel tax, motor fuel tax, and tax from the sale of aviation goods and services as sources of funding for their aviation programs.
A survey of Georgia businesses indicated close proximity to commercial service and general aviation airports among the top 10 business location factors. Adequate airport facilities provide Georgia's communities

with infrastructure necessary to compete successfully for economic development opportunities. Sustainable annual Airport Aid Program funding is essential to maintaining and improving airports statewide so Georgia remains a strong competitor for economic development opportunities.

Historical Georgia Airport Aid Program Funding

Fiscal Year

Supplemental

Baseline

Appropriations

Total

Appropriations and/or Reductions Appropriations

1990 $2,520,000

-

$2,520,000

1991 $2,058,242

-

$2,058,242

1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

$1,738,907 $1,825,335 $2,191,600 $2,191,600 $2,291,600 $2,291,600 $2,241,886 $2,241,866 $3,241,866 $3,841,866 $3,798,827 $7,048,827 $3,766,087 $3,507,783 $5,007,783 $6,221,733 $11,221,733 $15,878,719 $6,857,279 $1,743,650

$35,350,000 $2,500,000 $3,192,250 ($404,753) $1,700,000 ($3,943,962) ($2,197,800) ($100,000)

$1,738,907 $1,825,335 $2,191,600 $2,191,600 $2,291,600 $2,291,600 $37,591,886 $2,241,866 $5,741,866 $7,034,116 $3,798,827 $6,644,074 $5,466,087 $3,507,783 $5,007,783 $6,221,733 $11,221,733 $11,934,757 $4,659,479 $1,643,650

Source: Georgia Department of Transportation, 2011

Annual State Aviation Program Funding

75 $4.7 M

60 $8.1 M

84 $25 M
84 $2.2 M

76 $17.2 M
60 $2.5 M 104 $1.6 M

Number of Airports Annual State Aviation Program

105 $162 M

Source: State Airport Program Offices, 2011

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For more information contact: Georgia Department of Transportation
Aviation Programs 600 West Peachtree Street, NW
Atlanta, Georgia 30308 404-631-1000
http://www.dot.ga.gov
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Cover photos courtesy of Georgia Business Aviation
Association (GBAA)