A Guidebook for the Preservation of Public-Use Airports (2011) / Chapter Skim
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In addition to using the Guidebook's "Airport Advocates Issues Checklist" (see Chapter 4, Table 4-4) to evaluate an airport's basic preservation risk factors, airport advocates are strongly encouraged to pay particular attention to an airport's federal and state grant obligation status, the implications of private versus public ownership, an airport's total available infrastructure, an airport's integration with local land use and planning, and the extent and effectiveness of an airport's community education and outreach efforts.
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It has been observed that some jurisdictions have decided not to accept federal airport aid grants so as to specifically not activate airport sponsor assurances and grant obligations. Airport advocates should make every effort to see that both existing airport sponsor grant compliance obligations are met and to encourage and facilitate the acceptance of new federal and/or state grants so as to ensure that new or additional grant compliance obligations come into force and effect.
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11 The implications are clear -- the long-term survival of a public-use airport is enhanced when the airport owners and operators make continuing and relevant investments in the airport's physical and airport services infrastructure. A halt in infrastructure and airport services investments often leads to decline in serviceability and, therefore, viability of the airport.
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Community education and outreach far and easily surpassed more money as a factor for helping to preserve public-use airports; however, public-use airport preservation is just as much about people, as it is about infrastructure, airport economics, and myriad other technical and legal issues that affect airports and airport users. Of the 16 airport closure risk factors, community education and outreach is the one risk factor where virtually every type of airport advocate can play a productive role in advancing airport preservation.
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The FAA and the State of New Jersey both have airport preservation programs that use the purchase of airport development rights. The New Jersey airport PDR program was modeled directly from the state's farmland and open space preservation PDR program.
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The answer to this question may vary substantially from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Both the State of New Jersey and the FAA had special legislation authorizing their airport PDR programs.
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The Guidebook appendices also list numerous farmland, open-space, parkland, and historic property preservation reference books and documents which can also be of assistance to airport advocates interested in preserving public-use airports using PDR strategies and methods.
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