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Quantifying economic contribution of 75 airports using FAA-approved methodology to assess employment, payroll, benefits, and output. Study includes direct, indirect, and induced impacts along with non-quantitative benefits for stakeholders.
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Opportunities for Economic Development Airports and the Economy April 3, 2013
ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY GOALS Special Study of the Airport System Plan • Quantify economic contribution of 75 airports • Use FAA approved methodology • Provide airport promotional materials • Educate State/Community Stakeholders
ECONOMIC IMPACT IS MEASURED: • Employment • Payroll and benefits • Output (value of goods and services produced)
ECONOMIC IMPACT COMPONENTS • Direct Impacts: • On-airport businesses/government • Indirect Impacts: • Visitors using the airport • Induced Impacts: • Multiplier impacts from spending in the local area • Non-quantitative benefits: • Related to health, welfare, and safety
STUDY PROCESS • Collect Airport Information • Site visit, telephone, mail survey • 50 out of 75 airports visited • Gather information on airport • Employment • Payroll • Output, including history of capital projects • Get list of on-airport business/government tenants • Direct Impacts: On-airport businesses/government • Indirect Impacts: Visitors using the airport • Induced Impacts: Multiplier impacts from spending in the local area • Non-quantitative benefits: Related to health, welfare, and safety
STUDY PROCESS • Collect Airport Tenant Data • Site visit, telephone, mail survey • Employment • Payroll • Output, including history of capital projects • For non-responding tenants • Employment estimated • Airport manager • Business databases • On-site inspection • Extrapolated impacts • Idaho airport tenant data • Data from other states • Direct Impacts: On-airport businesses/government • Indirect Impacts: Visitors using the airport • Induced Impacts: Multiplier impacts from spending in the local area • Non-quantitative benefits: Related to health, welfare, and safety
STUDY PROCESS • Gather Visitor Spending Data • Number of visitors • Expenditures by category • Lodging • Food & beverage • Ground transportation • Retail & entertainment • Other • Length of stay • Direct Impacts: On-airport businesses/government • Indirect Impacts: Visitors using the airport • Induced Impacts: Multiplier impacts from spending in the local area • Non-quantitative benefits: Related to health, welfare, and safety
STUDY PROCESS • Visitors Using Airlines • Passengers at all 7 commercial service airports surveyed • Visitors Using General Aviation • FBOs distributed surveys to transient pilots • Direct Impacts: On-airport businesses/government • Indirect Impacts: Visitors using the airport • Induced Impacts: Multiplier impacts from spending in the local area • Non-quantitative benefits: Related to health, welfare, and safety
Direct Impacts: Tenants Gov. agencies Indirect Impacts: Airline visitors GA Visitors Multiplier Effect • Direct Impacts: On-airport businesses/government • Indirect Impacts: Visitors using the airport • Induced Impacts: Multiplier impacts from spending in the local area • Non-quantitative benefits: Related to health, welfare, and safety STUDY PROCESS TOTAL ECONOMIC IMPACTS + = Total Impacts Direct and Indirect Impacts Induced Impacts
STUDY PROCESS • Direct Impacts: On-airport businesses/government • Indirect Impacts: Visitors using the airport • Induced Impacts: Multiplier impacts from spending in the local area • Non-quantitative benefits: Related to health, welfare, and safety • Non-Quantitative Benefits Difficult to Measure • Air ambulance flights • Firefighting flights • Law enforcement flights • Search and rescue flights • Businesses that depend upon aviation but are not at the airport
ESTIMATED IMPACTS • Total Jobs – 23,000 • Total Payroll – $718 million • Total Output – $2.0 billion
Aerial Applicator Benefits • Commercial agriculture benefits from aerial applicators • Application of fungicides, herbicides, and insecticides • Aerial applicators deliver chemicals: • More quickly than ground-based systems • Without damaging existing crops like vehicle-based systems
Aerial Applicator Benefits During a Typical Year • Aerial applicators spray 841,000 to 1.3 million acres • Total crop values are $1.1 billion to $2.6 billion • Aerial applicators protect $42.7 to $276 million • Aerial application added value of 4% to 10% • Range of values due to variance in crop yields, pestilence outbreaks, commodity prices, need for aerial application, and effectiveness of chemical applied
Tax Impacts Airports/Aviation Activity Generates Taxes for Idaho • On-airport businesses pay sales taxes • Employees of on-airport businesses pay sales taxes • Visitors using the airport pay numerous taxes • State sales tax • Local option sales tax • Travel and convention tax (lodging) • Rental car tax • Visitor-supported employees pay sales tax • Aviation-related employees pay state income tax • Aircraft owners/operators pay state aviation fuel tax
Tax Impacts Airport/Aviation Activity Generate $87.7 million • On-airport tenants paid $33 million (38% of total) • Visitors paid $33 million (38% of total) • Employee sales, income, and aviation fuel tax collected $21.7 million (24% of total)
Qualitative Aviation Benefits • Air Ambulance flights • Firefighting flights • Law Enforcement flights • Search and Rescue flights • Personal and Recreational flights
Qualitative Business Benefits • Businesses - not based on an airport Derive Value from the use of an Airport • Survey of 1,000 Idaho Businesses found: • 91% use commercial airline service. • 78% of respondents use air cargo/package express on a regular basis • 71% have customers or suppliers who travel, by scheduled airline service, to visit the surveyed company. • 58% average one trip per month on a commercial airline. • 23% own, lease, charter, or have fractional ownership of a general aviation aircraft.
QUALITATIVE BENEFITS Business Location Factors • Highway access • Trained workforce • Tax incentives • Commercial service airport • Proximity of suppliers • Universities and R&D centers • Raw materials • Urban business district • General aviation airport • Historic location of business • Rail transportation facilities • Water transportation facilities
Total Economic Impact Summary • Total Jobs – 23,000 • Total Payroll – $717 million • Total Output – $2 billion • Aerial Applicator – $42.7 to $276 million • Tax Impacts – $87.7 million • Qualitative Benefits • Life-saving flights - Business Owner Access • Firefighting flights - Business Customer Access • Search and Rescue - Cargo/Package Express • Recreational flights - Premiere Business Location
Use’s of Economic Impact Data • Educate Owners on Value and Potential • Educate Tax Payers on Potential and Benefits • Educate Businesses on Uses and Development Potential Available • Encourage State/Local Economic Development Agencies of Opportunities at an Airport • Show Airport Tenants potential for growth and business expansion • Show public funding agencies justifiable design modifications for projects
Target Audience • Airport Owners – Idaho Cities and Counties • Community Businesses and Customers • Aviation Tenant/User Businesses • Flight Instruction CFI • Aircraft Sales Aircraft Repair • Oxygen Aircraft Rental • Aircraft Storage Avionics Repair • Air Taxis to Backcountry Airports
Target Audience • Non-Based Aviation Uses • Air Cargo • Aerial Photography • Fire Fighting Support • Environmental Patrols, Fish & Game • Law Enforcement • Non Commercial Visitors • Emergency Medical Services • Real Estate Tours • Regional/World Wide Buyers • Developers and Entrepreneurs • State/Local Business Development Groups
How To Implement - Examples Maintain Eligibility and Justification for Public Financed Infrastructure Projects but include Economic Development Enhancements • Runway maintenance – add lighting or navigational aids to support Business aircraft • Apron repair – add space and ground access for freight and visitor transfer • Airport Planning – include a section discussing Economic Development opportunities and goals • Secure funding from State/Local Economic Development agency for on-airport business development, while ensuring that infrastructure complies with design requirements • Include Local Business’/Developers on Airport Boards, and during planning, design review, and zoning implementation
Take-Away from Airport Economic Study IF YOU DON’T KNOW THE ECONOMIC IMPACT AND VALUE OF YOUR RESOURCE, HOW CAN YOU HOPE TO; • Convince Owners to Support it • Convince the Tax Payers of its Value • Convince Business’ that it has great potential • Secure Funding approval to modify projects to include elements for Economic Development • Secure design/budget approval for enhancements
THAT’S JUST THE BEGINNING Idaho Airport System Plan is available on the Aeronautics Web Page at: • http://itd.idaho.gov/aero/Publications/08SystemPlan/IDAirportSystemPlan.htm • The Economic Impact Analysis • is Appendix B of the Idaho Airport System Plan • and is available at: • http://itd.idaho.gov/aero/Publications/08SystemPlan/Technical_Reports/TecReports.htm • I can be reached at: • Bill.Statham@itd.idaho.gov