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... 4C H A P T E R 2 2.1 Introduction Airport governing officials and policy makers understand the value of their airport and, thus, appreciate the need to maintain and preserve the life of its infrastructure. The value of an airport can be significant to a community because it provides access to the national airspace system and serves the needs of businesses, the flying public, emergency and medical personnel, aerial firefighters, agricultural concerns, search and rescue organizations, law enforcement personnel, and other users.
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... The Value of an Airport 5 Airports also enable access to areas not easily accessible for recreation, including remote and mountainous areas and islands. The national airspace system includes approximately 2,800 public­use airports that are des­ ignated by the FAA as in the nation's interest to be included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS)
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... 6 Preventive Maintenance at General Aviation Airports message. The NBAA reported in 2010 that business aviation contributed $150 billion to U.S.

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