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TABLE OF CONTENTS

NEW YORK STATEWIDE AIRPORT ECONOMIC BENEFITS STUDY

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY……………………………………………………... i

1. STATE POPULATION AND EMPLOYMENT……………... 1 2. METHODOLOGY…………………………………………………………... 8 3. DIRECT AND INDIRECT IMPACTS……………………………………… 8 3.1 Direct Impacts…………………………………………………………. 9 3.2 Indirect Impacts………………………………………………………... 10 4. SECONDARY IMPACTS…………………………………………………… 11 5. STATEWIDE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF AVIATION…………………….. 11 5.1 9/11 Impacts…………………………………………………………… 13 5.2 Employment Impacts…………………………………………………... 17 5.2.A. On-Airport Employment……………………………………….. 17 5.2.B. Visitor Employment……………………………………………. 20 5.2.C. Total Employment……………………………………………... 20 5.3 Payroll Impacts………………………………………………………… 25 5.3.A. On-Airport Payroll…………………………………………….. 25 5.3.B. Visitor-Related Payroll………………………………………… 25 5.3.C. Total Payroll…………………………………………………….25 5.4 Output Impacts…………………………………………………………. 32 5.4.A. On-Airport Output……………………………………………... 32 5.4.B. Visitor-Related output…………………………………………. 32 5.4.C. Total Output……………………………………………………. 37 5.5 Combined Economic Impact……………………………………………37 5.6 Economic Impact of On-Airport Military Facilities…………………… 37 5.7 Economic Impact of Air Cargo………………………………………… 42 5.8 Tax Revenue Impacts………………………………………………….. 44 5.9 Other Impacts………………………………………………………….. 47 6. ECONOMIC IMPACTS BY AIRPORT…………………………………….. 48 Adirondack Regional Airport...... 48 Albany International Airport………………………………………………… 50 Binghamton Regional/Edwin A. Link Field………………………………….. 52 Buffalo Niagara International Airport………………………………………. 54 Chautauqua County/Jamestown Airport…………………………………….. 56 Clinton County Airport………………………………………………………. 58 Elmira/Corning Regional Airport…………………………………………… 60 Greater Rochester International Airport……………………………………. 62 Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport...... 65 Long Island Mac Arthur Airport…………………………………………….. 67 Massena International Airport………………………………………………. 69 Ogdensburg International Airport…………………………………………… 71 Stewart International Airport………………………………………………... 73

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Syracuse Hancock International Airport…………………………………….. 75 Watertown International Airport…………………………………………….. 77 Westchester County Airport…………………………………………………. 79 ………………………………………………………………… 81 Bayport Aerodrome………………………………………………………….. 82 Brookhaven Airport………………………………………………………….. 83 ………………………………………………………………. 84 Buffalo Lancaster Airport……………………………………………………. 85 Canandaigua Airport………………………………………………………… 87 Cattaraugus County-Olean Airport………………………………………….. 89 Chautauqua County/Dunkirk Airport………………………………………... 91 Columbia County Airport……………………………………………………. 92 Corning-Painted Post Airport……………………………………………….. 94 Cortland County-Chase Field……………………………………………….. 95 Dutchess County Airport……………………………………………………. 96 East Hampton Airport……………………………………………………….. 97 Finger Lakes Regional………………………………………………………. 98 Floyd Bennett Memorial…………………………………………………….. 99 Fulton County Airport………………………………………………………. 101 ………………………………………………………103 Granville Airport…………………………………………………………….. 105 Griffiss Airpark………………………………………………………………. 106 Hamilton Municipal Airport…………………………………………………. 108 Hornell Municipal Airport…………………………………………………… 109 Joseph Y. Resnick Airport…………………………………………………… 110 Kingston/Ulster Airport……………………………………………………… 112 Lake Placid Airport...... 113 …………………………………………………………… 115 Le Roy Airport……………………………………………………………….. 16 Lt. Warren Easton Airport…………………………………………………… 118 Mattituck Airport…………………………………………………………….. 120 Montauk Airport………………………………………………………………122 Niagara Falls International Airport…………………………………………. 123 North Buffalo Suburban Airport……………………………………………... 125 Oneida County Airport………………………………………………………. 127 Oneonta Municipal Airport………………………………………………….. 129 Orange County Airport………………………………………………………. 131 Oswego County Airport……………………………………………………… 133 Penn Yan Airport…………………………………………………………….. 134 Piseco Airport……………………………………………………………….. 135 Plattsburgh International Airport……………………………………………. 137 Potsdam Municipal Airport………………………………………………….. 139 Randall Airport………………………………………………………………. 141 ………………………………………………………………143 Royalton Airport……………………………………………………………... 145

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Saratoga County Airport…………………………………………………….. 146 Schenectady County Airport…………………………………………………. 147 Sidney Municipal Airport……………………………………………………..148 Skaneateles Aero Drome…………………………………………………….. 149 Sky Acres Airport…………………………………………………………….. 151 South Albany Airport………………………………………………………… 153 Spadaro Airport……………………………………………………………… 154 Sullivan County International Airport………………………………………. 156 The Francis S. Gabreski Airport……………………………………………...158 Ticonderoga Municipal Airport……………………………………………… 160 Tri-Cities Airport…………………………………………………………….. 162 Warwick Municipal Airport………………………………………………….. 163 Wellsville Municipal Airport………………………………………………….165 Whitfords Airport…………………………………………………………….. 167 Williamson-Sodus Airport…………………………………………………….168 Wurtsboro-Sullivan County Airport…………………………………………..170

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LIST OF EXHIBITS

Exhibit 1 – Average Annual Growth Rate Per County……………………………. 4 Exhibit 2 – Population Density (Persons Per Square Mile)……………………….. 6 Exhibit 3 – Airport Locations……………………………………………………… 12 Exhibit 4 – Monthly State Enplanements…………………………………………...15 Exhibit 5 – Air Cargo Related Employment at New York ………………. 43

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LIST OF TABLES

Table 1 – New York Population Trends 1990-2000………………………………. 2 Table 2 – New York Employment by Industry 2000-2002 ………………………..7 Table 3 – New York State Commercial Service Changes…………………………..16 Table 4 – On-Airport Employment Impacts……………………………………….. 18 Table 5 – Visitor Employment Impacts……………………………………………. 21 Table 6 – Total Employment Impacts………………………………………………23 Table 7 – On-Airport Payroll Impacts……………………………………………... 26 Table 8 – Visitor Payroll Impacts………………………………………………… 28 Table 9 – Total Payroll Impacts………………………………………………….. 30 Table 10 – On-Airport Output Impacts……………………………………………. 33 Table 11 – Visitor Output Impacts………………………………………………… 35 Table 12 – Total Output Impacts…………………………………………………... 38 Table 13 – Total Impacts…………………………………………………………... 40 Table 14 – Direct Military Employment Levels at New York State Airports……... 42 Table 15 – Air Cargo Industry Economic Impacts………………………………… 43 Table 16 – 2001 Total Annual Cargo Tonnage at New York Airports……………. 44 Table 17 – Tax Impacts……………………………………………………………..45

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