STATEWIDE BENEFITS THE TEXAS AIRPORT SYSTEM FROM AVIATION The Texas airport system with 289 airports is one of Air Medical and CareFlight, are based at general aviation The total impacts of Texas system airports amount the largest airport systems in the country. It consists airports throughout Texas in order to provide life-saving to 778,955 jobs that received $30.1 billion in wages of 25 commercial service airports and 264 general emergency flights where needed. Aircraft manufacturing and benefits. These workers generated $94.3 billion aviation airports. These airports play an important role takes place at Kerrville Municipal Airport in the Mooney in economic output. On top of this, the Texas airport in the Texas economy by providing well-paying jobs, factory. These airports support firefighting and disaster relief system provides countless benefits that improve stimulating growth, and serving as critical components in efforts. Aviation schools found on general aviation airports the health, safety, welfare, and quality of life for the a transportation network that permits the movement of feature training for aircraft mechanics, fixed-wing pilots, people of Texas. people and goods across the state, throughout the country, helicopter pilots, skydivers, and even drone pilots. Military and around the world. These airports are responsible for aircrews make use of many general aviation airports for Furthermore, more than 17 million visitors passed billions of dollars of economic activity, and support a training purposes. Finally, more than a dozen Texas general through the state’s commercial service airports, with wide assortment of businesses and activities. The state’s aviation airports host aviation museums and other nonprofit another 1.5 million visitors making use of the Lone commercial service airports serve as hubs for United aerospace organizations that educate and promote the Star State’s general aviation services. Airlines, American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, FedEx and history of aviation. UPS Airlines. The general aviation airports are host to a variety of businesses. Aerial applicators, such as M&M Air Thanks to these businesses and organizations, and the Service, help crops thrive. Air ambulance services, like PHI millions of visitors that pass through Texas airports each year, the state’s economy thrives and grows. TOTAL JOBS: 778,955

TOTAL PAYROLL: STUDY PROCESS develop and maintain the airport Through an extensive data construction, and visitor-related $30.1 BILLION system as a world-class system gathering effort, information impacts. Multiplier impacts were This study was undertaken capable of attracting businesses from each Texas system airport calculated to show how direct by the Texas Department of and visitors to Texas. This, in was compiled and validated. airport activity creates additional Transportation’s Aviation turn, aids the Aviation Division This data served as the input for benefits. The process followed Division to improve their in supporting infrastructure a linear economic input-output Federal Aviation Administration TOTAL OUTPUT: strategic planning and funding development projects intended model that expressed each guidelines and has been used in decisions. Knowledge of each to promote economic growth airport’s economic impacts in previous Texas airport economic airport’s economic impacts helps $94.3 BILLION around the state. terms of employment, payroll, impact studies. Additionally, the Aviation Division allocate and output. Each airport was certain qualitative benefits were its resources in its efforts to analyzed for its on-airport, identified for the system airports. Direct Impacts Economic Impact of Capital Improvement RICK HUSBAND AMARILLO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (AMA) On-Airport Impacts Visitor Impacts Impacts BASIC INFORMATION: storage in hangars, and tiedown parking. Rick Husband 93 JOBS 1,568 JOBS 5,008 JOBS The Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport is a Amarillo International Airport is included in the National $13.4 $275.4 public-use, commercial service facility that serves the Plan of Integrated Airport Systems, making it eligible for $372.3 MILLION MILLION region’s air transportation needs. Major facilities at federal Airport Improvement Program grants. MILLION OUTPUT the airport include a passenger terminal, 13,502-foot OUTPUT OUTPUT primary runway (Runway 04/22) equipped with high QUALITATIVE BENEFITS: intensity runway lighting and a full length parallel Named in honor of the commander of the last Columbia taxiway, and a 7,901-foot secondary runway (Runway shuttle flight, Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport is a gateway to the panhandle of Texas and eastern New 13/31) also equipped with high intensity runway Multiplier lighting and a full length parallel taxiway. Operations Mexico. Three airlines provide a combined 16 daily at the airport are flights to five destinations, including Dallas-Ft. Worth, Impacts supported by Dallas Love Field, Houston Intercontinental, Denver ILS, RNAV(GPS), International, and Las Vegas International Airports and Multiplier Impacts and VOR/DME accounted for over 345,000 enplanements during 2017. 4,712 JOBS approaches. Other Other services available include FBO amenities, aircraft $572.1 MILLION services include maintenance, rotorcraft manufacturing, air cargo, and avgas and jet fuel military operations. The airport supports of the Forest OUTPUT services, aircraft Service during times of fire danger and medical care flights for Cooks Children’s Hospital. The airport is also home to an air and space museum that attracts both visitors and residents to the region.

Total Impacts Total Impacts 11,381 JOBS IMPACT MEASURES $419.5 MILLION PAYROLL Employment measures the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) jobs related to airport activity $1.2 BILLION OUTPUT including visitor-supported and on-airport Output measures the value of goods and services construction jobs. A part-time employee counts as related to airports in Texas. The output of on-airport half of a full-time employee. businesses is typically assumed to be the sum of annual gross sales and average annual capital Payroll measures the total annual salary, wages, and expenditures. benefits paid to all workers whose livelihoods are directly attributable to airport activity.