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... 30 This chapter examines the 3,718 FBOs operating in the United States that have listings in the AirNav database as of December 2018. The FBOs of interest are those operating at public use airports, a total of 3,661 FBOs.
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... FBOs Operating in the United States 31 Privately Owned FBOs, 2,099, 57% Authorities, Counties, & Municipalities, 1,543, 42% UniversityOwned, 19, 1% Source: Compiled from AirNav Database, December 2018, and Quadrex Aviation, LLC. Figure 16.
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... 32 Characteristics of the FBO Industry 2018–2019 • Small Networks. These consist of privately owned FBOs with three to five locations.
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... FBOs Operating in the United States 33 • Engine and propeller rulemaking • Airport planning and design assistance • Air traffic control operations • Incident/accident response and airmen certification • Regional counsel • Human resources • Civil rights • Logistical support Figure 18 shows the FAA regions and the number of FBO locations in each region. Table 11 displays each region's GDP, share of FBO locations, public-use airports, and based aircraft.
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... 34 Characteristics of the FBO Industry 2018–2019 78 736 578 389 148 366 661 358 347 Figure 18. FBOs at public-use airports by FAA region.
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... National Regional Local Basic Support the national airport system by providing communities access to national and international markets in multiple states and throughout the United States. National airports have very high levels of aviation activity, with many jets and multiengine propeller aircraft.
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... 36 Characteristics of the FBO Industry 2018–2019 refers to an airport designated to relieve congestion at a nearby commercial service airport and to provide more GA access to the overall community. These categories of airports became the standard units for analysis.
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... FBOs Operating in the United States 37 Airport Category Number of FBO Locations (1) Public-Use Airports (2)
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... 38 Characteristics of the FBO Industry 2018–2019 Airport Category Airports Listing Multiple FBO Locations Total NPIAS Airports Percentage Primary Airports Large Hubs Medium Hubs Small Hubs Nonhub Total Primary Airports Nonprimary Airports National Regional Local Basic Unclassified Total Nonprimary Airports Total 12 22 38 62 134 58 71 31 4 1 165 299 30 31 72 247 380 88 492 1,278 840 243 2,941 3,321 40 71 53 25 35 66 14 2 0 0 6 9 Source: Compiled from FAA, National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (2019–2023) and AirNav Database, December 2018.

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