Agricultural Operations on Airport Grounds

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

doi:10.17226/26543

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Agricultural Operations on Airport Grounds

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The increasing need to use airport land for non-aeronautical revenue and decrease operating expenses may generate consideration of on-airport farming operations and agricultural leasing.

The TRB Airport Cooperative Research Program's ACRP Synthesis 117: Agricultural Operations on Airport Grounds compiles literature and practices at airports to initiate and manage agricultural operations on airport grounds.

Contributor(s): National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Transportation Research Board; Airport Cooperative Research Program; Shaun J. Germolus

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Agricultural Operations on Airport Grounds. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/26543.

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94 pages | 8.5 x 11 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/26543

Chapters		skim
Front Matter	i-x
Summary	1-2
Chapter 1 - Introduction	3-6
Chapter 2 - Survey Responses	7-8
Chapter 3 - State of Practice of Agricultural Operations on Airport Grounds	9-19
Chapter 4 - Findings on Airport Agricultural Land Lease Administration	20-25
Chapter 5 - Findings on Management of Agricultural Operations and Risk Factors	26-31
Chapter 6 - Case Example: Eastern Iowa Airport, Cedar Rapids, Iowa	32-35
Chapter 7 - Summary of Findings	36-38
References and Bibliography	39-39
Glossary	40-40
Acronyms and Abbreviations	41-41
Appendix A - Airport Interview Questionnaire	42-44
Appendix B - Summary of Airport Interview Participants	45-46
Appendix C - Survey Participants	47-55
Appendix D - Survey Instrument and Summary of Responses	56-64
Appendix E - Checklist for Determining Feasibility and Development of Airport Agricultural Program	65-67
Appendix F - Sample Airport Farmland Lease Agreement	68-74
Appendix G - Sample Airport Farmland Bid Form	75-86

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