Southern California Airport Exploratory Study 2.0 Tri-County Region: Orange County Riverside County San Diego County Prepared by: CSUSM FEMBA Class of 2015 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................ 1 CHAPTER 1: TRI‐COUNTY REGION ...................................................................................... 5 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................ 5 Research Questions ................................................................................................................................................................. 6 Scope and Limitations ............................................................................................................................................................ 6 Methodology............................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Defining the Geographic Reach ......................................................................................................................... 8 Airport Proximity ..................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Describing the Tri‐County Region ................................................................................................................. 11 San Diego County ................................................................................................................................................................... 11 Orange County ......................................................................................................................................................................... 12 Riverside County .................................................................................................................................................................... 14 Current Average Air Traveler ......................................................................................................................... 15 Age ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 17 Average Household Income ............................................................................................................................................... 17 Education ................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 7 Frequency of Travel .............................................................................................................................................................. 17 Race .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 18 Summary .................................................................................................................................................................................... 18 Tri‐County Region Demographics ................................................................................................................. 18 Population ................................................................................................................................................................................. 18 Racial and Ethnic Composition ........................................................................................................................................ 20 Education ................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 1 Socioeconomics ....................................................................................................................................................................... 21 Propensity for Travel ........................................................................................................................................................... 23 Conclusions .......................................................................................................................................................... 24 CHAPTER 2: AIRPORT BENCHMARKING STUDY ......................................................... 26 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................................... 26 Research Questions ............................................................................................................................................................... 27 Scope and Limitations .......................................................................................................................................................... 27 Methodology............................................................................................................................................................................. 28 Data Collection ........................................................................................................................................................................ 29 Data Analysis and Results ................................................................................................................................ 61 Enplanement Capacity ......................................................................................................................................................... 61 Air Traffic Patterns (Domestic vs. International) .................................................................................................... 64 Enplanements per Flight (Domestic vs. International) ......................................................................................... 66 Ratio of Total Enplanements (Against Metropolitan Area Population) ......................................................... 68 1 Air Traffic Projections .......................................................................................................................................................... 70 Conclusions .......................................................................................................................................................... 73 CHAPTER 3: GROUND TRANSPORTATION .................................................................... 75 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................................... 75 Research Questions ............................................................................................................................................................... 75 Scope and Limitations .......................................................................................................................................................... 76 Methodology............................................................................................................................................................................. 76 Private Transportation ..................................................................................................................................... 77 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................. 77 State Route 76 ......................................................................................................................................................................... 79 Interstate 5 ................................................................................................................................................................................ 8 2 Highway 78 ............................................................................................................................................................................... 85 Interstate 15 ............................................................................................................................................................................. 87 Environmental Impacts ....................................................................................................................................................... 88 Capacity Management for Proposed Airport ............................................................................................................. 90 Public Transportation ...................................................................................................................................... 91 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................. 91 COASTER ...................................................................................................................................................................................