A Guidebook for the Preservation of Public-Use Airports (2011) / Chapter Skim
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Different modes of data collection are addressed in separate sections, so that users can clearly understand the differing data sources and what information emerged from the various different data collection efforts. • Chapter 4 organizes "airport closure risk factors" in relation to grant obligation status, economic, community and environmental, and infrastructure areas; identifies potential practical roles for individual airport advocates and entities; provides discussion of airport closure risk factors; and identifies extensive airport advocacy and preservation reference materials.
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This Guidebook describes why public-use airports close, identifies measures and strategies that can be taken to help preserve public-use airports, and discusses the roles and responsibilities of parties interested in preventing public-use airport closures. This Guidebook is intended to be a resource for all interested parties, including state and local agencies, airport owners and operators, airport users, engineering and planning professionals, preservation advocacy groups, and local economic development organizations.
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This Guidebook will show airport advocates and other interested parties how to identify the circumstances that put airports at increased risk of closure and what strategies and measures may be taken to help protect an airport from potential closure. Given that most reasons for airport closures tend to emerge from long-term circumstances, the strategies for protecting airports from closure also tend to be long term in character.
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Airports not engaged in written business planning are at increased risk. – Business Succession and Continuity Planning.
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• Collected and analyzed data on the characteristics of the 200 public-use airports that have closed in the United States over the past decade, specifically during the 11 years from 1996 to 2007, inclusive, so as to establish their individual characteristics and identify and document airport closure risk factors. • Interviewed people active in aviation to collect and analyze data on why public-use airports are closing and what can be done to help preserve public-use airports and to collect related opinion and other data.
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