STATEWIDE BENEFITS THE SYSTEM FROM AVIATION The Texas airport system with 289 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, , 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 (ABI) On-Airport Impacts Visitor Impacts Impacts BASIC INFORMATION: Airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated 117 JOBS 613 JOBS 577 JOBS The Abilene Regional Airport is a public-use, commercial Airport Systems, making it eligible for federal Airport $16.9 $31.9 service facility that serves the region’s air transportation Improvement Program grants. $149.4 MILLION MILLION needs. The airport maintains three runways, 17R/35L, MILLION OUTPUT 17L/35R, and 4/22. 17R/35L is 7,200 feet and provides scheduled airline service under OUTPUT OUTPUT 17L/35R is 7,200 feet; both come equipped with high the American Eagle brand, with flights operating daily intensity runway lighting and full length parallel between Abilene and American Airline’s hub in Dallas. taxiways. Runway 4/22 is a 3,679-foot runway with QUALITATIVE BENEFITS: medium intensity runway lighting with taxiway access Abilene Regional Airport engages with the community Multiplier to cargo services and additional hangars. Operations through a bi-annual air show, drawing in an estimated at the airport are Impacts 5,000 attendees. The airport also hosts ribbon-cuttings supported by and ground breakings for new projects at the airport, and localizer and RNAV Multiplier Impacts holds receptions for local leadership that bring together (GPS) approaches. stakeholders. The airport hosts visitors and tourists 1,342 JOBS Other services arriving in Abilene for rodeos, university and high school $164.4 MILLION include avgas and activities. jet fuel services OUTPUT and aircraft storage The community supports the airport through a local in T-hangars. economic development engine, the Development Abilene Regional Corporation of Abilene, as well as with a $4.2 million bond issued in 2015 to help the airport meet local matching requirements and leverage federal funding. Local support for the airport will continue through sales tax revenue, showing the commitment of the community to the ongoing operations of the airport. Total Impacts Total Impacts 2,649 JOBS IMPACT MEASURES $112.6 MILLION PAYROLL Employment measures the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) jobs related to airport activity $362.6 MILLION 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.