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CONTENTS 1 SUMMARY 3 CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Objective, 3 Methodology, 3 Literature Review, 4 National Plan of Integrated Airports Systems, 6 Report Organization, 7 8 CHAPTER TWO WHAT IS A SEAPLANE BASE? History, 8 Seaplane Types, 9 Defining a Seaplane Base, 10 Ownership Options, 12 Public Role and Purpose, 14 Regulation and Environmental Issues, 17 Summary, 18 19 CHAPTER THREE ECONOMIC BENEFIT AND FUNDING Economic Impact, 19 Capital and Operational Funding, 21 Summary, 24 25 CHAPTER FOUR DEVELOPING SEAPLANE BASES Seaplane Base Registration, 25 Advisory Circular 150/5395-1A Seaplane Bases, 25 Facility Needs and Amenities, 27 Summary, 35 36 CHAPTER FIVE PRESERVING SEAPLANE BASES Data Gathering and Messaging, 36 Comprehensive Transportation and Management Planning, 39 Environmental Safeguards, 40 Public Outreach, 41 Summary, 42 43 CHAPTER SIX CHALLENGES AND GAPS IN PRACTICE Development Challenges, 43 Safety Challenges, 44 Airspace Challenges, 45 Management Challenges, 46 Funding Challenges, 46 Environmental Challenges, 47 Compatibility Challenges, 48 Gaps in Practice, 48 Summary, 49
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50 CHAPTER SEVEN CASE EXAMPLES Tavares, Florida -- America's Seaplane City™, 50 Seattle, Washington -- Lake Union, 54 57 CHAPTER EIGHT CONCLUSIONS Further Research, 58 60 REFERENCES 65 ACRONYMS 66 APPENDIX A SURVEY INSTRUMENT 73 APPENDIX B NUMBER OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SEAPLANE BASES IN THE UNITED STATES 74 APPENDIX C LIST OF SURVEY PARTICIPANTS 75 APPENDIX D A QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE FOR PUBLIC POLICYMAKERS 76 APPENDIX E SAMPLE FLORIDA SEAPLANE BASE ECONOMIC BROCHURE 78 APPENDIX F SAMPLE IDAHO AIRPORT BASE ECONOMIC BROCHURE 81 APPENDIX G EXAMPLE OF SEAPLANE BASE DATA COLLECTED AT TAVARES, FLORIDA Note: Many of the photographs, figures, and tables in this report have been converted from color to grayscale for printing. The electronic version of the report (posted on the web at www.trb.org)
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SUMMARY PRACTICES IN PRESERVING AND DEVELOPING PUBLIC-USE SEAPLANE BASES Public-use seaplane bases (SPBs) throughout the United States are facing constant challenges and threats to their continuing operations from a number of different sources, yet seaplane operations continue to provide valuable services and serve a multitude of purposes, including promotion of local economies.
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2 System (NAS) because of their remote location; (2)
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3 CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Like many other general aviation (GA) activities, seaplane activity at lakes, rivers, and other waterways in the United States is thriving in some places but struggling in others.
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4 visits and interviews. A review of the 2013–14 Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA)
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5 The 1949 Department of Commerce publication became the forerunner to today's FAA advisory circular (AC)
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6 On the European front, an initiative to investigate the seaplane transport system throughout the European Union (EU) resulted in a collaborative organization known as Future Seaplane Traffic (FUSETRA)
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7 The 2014 NPIAS report indicates that between 2009 and 2013, the number of aircraft has declined by approximately 7%, the number of public-use landing areas has declined 1%, and the number of pilots has increased 1%. Statistics cited in the Alaska DOT&PF feasibility study for a new SPB in the Anchorage area reveal that the average survey respondent was male, had a household income of $113,000 per year and a 4-year college education, and was 55 years old in 20.
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