TABLE OF CONTENTS NEW YORK STATEWIDE AIRPORT ECONOMIC IMPACTS STUDY EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................................... i 1. STUDY CONTEXT: NATIONAL AVIATION INDUSTRY & ECONOMIC FACTORS.........................................................................................................3 1.1 Impacts of the Global Economic Recession on Aviation in New York ..................3 1.2 Review of Other Economic Impact Studies .............................................................9 1.3 Activity at New York’s Commercial Service and GA Airports ............................11 1.4 Air Cargo’s Role in New York’s Economy ...........................................................17 1.5 Strategies for Revenue Generation and Increased Airport Economic Output .......20 1.6 NextGen Implementation and Anticipated Benefits in New York ........................33 2. STATEWIDE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF AVIATION ....................................................36 2.1 Job Impacts ............................................................................................................36 2.2 Income Impacts ......................................................................................................42 2.3 Output Impacts .......................................................................................................47 2.4 State & Local Tax Revenue Impacts .....................................................................52 2.5 Local Economic Impact .........................................................................................55 3. ECONOMIC IMPACTS BY AIRPORT .............................................................................57 3.1 Commercial Service Airports ................................................................................57 Adirondack Regional Airport ................................................................................57 Albany International Airport ..................................................................................58 Buffalo Niagara International Airport ...................................................................59 Chautauqua County-Jamestown Airport ................................................................60 Elmira/Corning Regional Airport ..........................................................................61 Greater Binghamton Regional/Edwin A. Link Field .............................................61 Greater Rochester International Airport ................................................................62 Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport ........................................................................63 JFK International Airport .......................................................................................64 LaGuardia Airport ..................................................................................................65 Long Island MacArthur Airport .............................................................................65 Massena International Airport ...............................................................................66 Ogdensburg International Airport ..........................................................................67 Plattsburgh International Airport ...........................................................................67 Stewart International Airport .................................................................................68 Syracuse Hancock International Airport ................................................................69 Watertown International Airport ............................................................................70 Westchester County Airport ..................................................................................70 3.2 General Aviation Airports ......................................................................................71 Akron Airport.........................................................................................................71 Brookhaven Calabro Airport..................................................................................72 Buffalo Lancaster Airport ......................................................................................72 TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued) Camillus Airport ....................................................................................................73 Canandaigua Airport ..............................................................................................73 Cattaraugus County-Olean Airport ........................................................................74 Chautauqua County-Dunkirk Airport ....................................................................74 Columbia County Airport ......................................................................................75 Corning-Painted Post Airport ................................................................................75 Cortland County-Chase Field ................................................................................76 Dansville Municipal Airport ..................................................................................76 Dutchess County Airport .......................................................................................77 East Hampton Airport ............................................................................................77 Finger Lakes Regional Airport ..............................................................................78 Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport ...........................................................................78 Francis S. Gabreski Airport ...................................................................................79 Fulton County Airport............................................................................................80 Genesee County Airport ........................................................................................80 Great Valley Airport .............................................................................................81 Griffiss International Airport .................................................................................81 Hamilton Municipal Airport ..................................................................................82 Hornell Municipal Airport .....................................................................................82 Joseph Y. Resnick Airport .....................................................................................83 Kingston-Ulster Airport .........................................................................................83 Lake Placid Airport ................................................................................................84 Ledgedale Airpark .................................................................................................84 Lt Warren Eaton Airport .......................................................................................85 Malone-Dufort Airport...........................................................................................85 Montauk Airport ....................................................................................................86 Niagara Falls International Airport ........................................................................86 Oneonta Municipal Airport ....................................................................................87 Orange County Airport ..........................................................................................88 Oswego County Airport .........................................................................................88 Penn Yan Airport ...................................................................................................89 Perry-Warsaw Airport ............................................................................................89 Piseco Airport ........................................................................................................90 Potsdam Municipal Airport....................................................................................90 Republic Airport ....................................................................................................91 Saratoga County Airport ........................................................................................92 Schenectady County Airport ..................................................................................92 Schroon Lake Airport ............................................................................................93 Sidney Municipal Airport ......................................................................................93 Skaneateles Aero Drome ........................................................................................94 Sky Acres Airport ..................................................................................................94 South Albany Airport .............................................................................................95 Sullivan County International Airport ...................................................................95 Ticonderoga Municipal Airport .............................................................................96 TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued) Tri-Cities Airport ...................................................................................................96 Wellsville Municipal Airport ...............................................................................