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From page 18... ... 16 CHAPTER THREE DISCUSSION OF SURVEY RESULTS AND FLORIDA CASE EXAMPLE INTRODUCTION The 53 airports that contributed data to the study are located in 22 states (Figure 2 and Appendix A) , with Florida (10 airports) Read the entire page →
From page 19... ... 17 TABLE 5 AVIATION FUNDING BY STATES IN 2015 State No. of Airports State Funding (self-reported) Read the entire page →
From page 20... ... 18 The basic reference on airport development and state funding in Florida is the Florida Aviation System Plan (FASP 2025) , which is developed and maintained by the Florida Aviation and Spaceports Office. Read the entire page →
From page 21... ... 19 Running through these strategic goals are the importance of Florida's airports for direct and indirect job creation and an emphasis on the intermodal aspects of transportation in the state. "Strategic plans for Florida's airports highlight the need to regularly update long-range plans. Read the entire page →
From page 22... ... 20 Ocala International Airport/Jim Taylor Field (OCF) OCF does not currently have industrial aviation facilities but is actively seeking MRO and specialized aviation services, aircraft manufacturing and assembly, aircraft fabrication and development, aviation warehousing, cold ports, logistics, and distribution facilities. Read the entire page →
From page 23... ... 21 A Closer Look at Lake City Gateway Airport's Industrial Aviation Facility LCQ is a general aviation airport (GA asset code "regional") in north central Florida near the intersection of Interstates 10 and 75. Read the entire page →
From page 24... ... 22 HAECO anticipates a major challenge in finding skilled labor to support growth and replace retirees. To address this problem, HAECO has joined with the airport, the Lake City–Columbia County Chamber of Commerce, and the three surrounding county school districts to form the Tri-County Aviation Academy (Figure 10) Read the entire page →
From page 25... ... 23 in Florida an authority is a special district. A possible result of the airports in the study not being authorities may be an easier relationship between airports and other city or county departments, such as economic development departments (see Table 7) Read the entire page →
From page 26... ... 24 runways, aprons, taxiways, towers, utilities, and access roads and to make major modifications to existing buildings other than hangars. TABLE 9 AVIATION FACILITIES BEING SOUGHT Florida Other States Maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) Read the entire page →
From page 27... ... 25 TABLE 11 FUNDING SOURCES USED TO PAY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE FOR INDUSTRIAL AVIATION DEVELOPMENT Florida (%) Other States (%) Read the entire page →
From page 28... ... 26 • AIP (55.5% in Florida to 34.9% in other states) • State aviation grants (77.8% to 30.2%) Read the entire page →
From page 29... ... 27 Comparison of the desirability ratings by the 10 Florida airports (Table 12) with the funding methods they reported having used showed that the airports generally (50% to 70%) Read the entire page →
From page 30... ... 28 Florida airports clearly favor the same methods they said they liked. Of the five top-rated funding methods, three are used most often: state aviation grants (seven airports, 70%) Read the entire page →
From page 31... ... 29 Land Swaps Regarding land swaps, there was virtually no difference (11.1% in Florida, 9.3% in the other states) Read the entire page →
From page 32... ... 30 account for a small difference in how many projects have timelines of less than 3 years: 57% in Florida and 46.7% in the other states. Florida airports reported starting more projects more recently: 57.2% in 2014 or later, compared with 20.1% in the other states. Read the entire page →
From page 33... ... 31 age of airports that track the employment and economic benefits of industrial aviation at each airport -- this is a priority in the state aviation planning process. On the other hand, Florida airports reported fewer estimates of tax impacts of the airports overall and of industrial aviation development. Read the entire page →

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... 16 CHAPTER THREE DISCUSSION OF SURVEY RESULTS AND FLORIDA CASE EXAMPLE INTRODUCTION The 53 airports that contributed data to the study are located in 22 states (Figure 2 and Appendix A) , with Florida (10 airports)