Kansas Aviation Economic Impact Study SUBMITTED TO Kansas Department of Transportation Division of Aviation Prepared by In association with i TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION 1 Kansas Aviation Economic Impact Study Update ........................................................1-1 1.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 1-1 1.1.1 Study Summary ............................................................................................................... 1-3 SECTION 2 Socioeconomic Overview of Kansas............................................................................2-1 2.1 Population ............................................................................................................................. 2-1 2.2 Gross State Product and Industry Mix .................................................................................. 2-5 2.3 Employment .......................................................................................................................... 2-6 2.4 Aviation-Related Employment .............................................................................................. 2-8 2.5 Per Capita Personal Income .................................................................................................. 2-9 2.6 Summary ............................................................................................................................... 2-9 SECTION 3 Study Approach .........................................................................................................3-1 3.1 The Economic Modeling Process .......................................................................................... 3-2 3.2 Data Requirements for the Economic Modeling Process ..................................................... 3-5 3.3 Surveys, Data Collection Methods, and Model Assumptions ............................................... 3-7 3.3.1 On-Airport Activity (First Round Direct Impacts) ............................................................ 3-7 3.4 Commercial Service Visitors (First Round Indirect Impacts) ............................................... 3-10 3.5 General Aviation Visitors (First Round Indirect Impacts) ................................................... 3-13 3.6 Study Multipliers (Second Round Impacts) ........................................................................ 3-16 SECTION 4 Employment, Payroll, and Output Impacts for Study Airports .....................................4-1 4.1 Employment Impacts ............................................................................................................ 4-1 4.1.1 Employment from On-Airport Activity ............................................................................ 4-2 4.1.2 Employment from Commercial Service Visitor Spending ............................................... 4-2 4.1.3 Employment from General Aviation Visitor Spending .................................................... 4-3 4.1.4 Total Employment ........................................................................................................... 4-4 4.2 Payroll Impacts ..................................................................................................................... 4-4 4.2.1 Payroll from On-Airport Activity ..................................................................................... 4-4 4.2.2 Payroll from Commercial Service Visitor Spending ......................................................... 4-5 ii Kansas Aviation Economic Impact Study Update 4.2.3 Payroll from General Aviation Visitor Spending ..............................................................4-5 4.2.4 Total Annual Payroll ........................................................................................................4-6 4.3 Output Impacts .....................................................................................................................4-6 4.3.1 Output from On-Airport Activity .....................................................................................4-7 4.3.2 Output from Commercial Service Visitor Spending ........................................................4-7 4.3.3 Output from General Aviation Visitor Spending .............................................................4-8 4.3.4 Total Annual Output ........................................................................................................4-8 4.4 Summary ...............................................................................................................................4-9 SECTION 5 Additional Areas of Economic Benefit ........................................................................ 5-1 5.1 Hospital Use of Aviation ........................................................................................................5-1 5.1.1 Patient Transfers .............................................................................................................5-2 5.1.2 Specialty Clinics ...............................................................................................................5-3 5.1.3 Air Cargo Uses .................................................................................................................5-4 5.2 Benefits from Agricultural Applicators..................................................................................5-4 5.3 Off-Airport Aerospace Manufacturing Impacts ....................................................................5-7 5.4 Major Aerospace Manufacturers in Kansas ..........................................................................5-9 5.5 Methodology for Estimating Impacts From Aerospace manufacturing in Kansas .............5-15 5.6 Economic Impacts ...............................................................................................................5-17 5.6.1 Comparison to the 2010 Kansas Aviation Economic Impact Study...............................5-17 5.7 Value Added Benefits from Off-Airport Aviation Dependent Businesses...........................5-19 5.8 Qualitative Airport Benefits ................................................................................................5-20 5.9 Economic Impact of Kansas City International Airport in Kansas .......................................5-21 5.9.1 Businesses at Kansas City International Airport ............................................................5-23 5.9.2 Kansas City International Airport Impacts in Kansas ....................................................5-23 SECTION 6 Economic Impact Summary ....................................................................................... 6-1 Appendix A 6-1 iii LIST OF TABLES Table 1-1 Economic Impacts of Aviation Activity in Kansas ................................................................. 1-5 Table 1-2 Total Economic Impacts for Kansas NPIAS Airports .............................................................. 1-9 Table 2-1 Kansas Gross State Product by Industry for 2015 ................................................................. 2-6 Table 2-2 Kansas Employment by Industry for 2015 ............................................................................ 2-7 Table 3-1 Enplanements & Percent Visitors at Kansas Commercial Service Airports, 2015 .............. 3-11 Table 3-2 Kansas IMPLAN Multipliers by Economic Sector ................................................................ 3-17 Table 4-1 Kansas On-Airport Activity Employment .............................................................................. 4-2 Table 4-2 Kansas Employment from Commercial Service Visitor Spending ......................................... 4-3 Table 4-3 Kansas Employment from General Aviation Visitor Spending .............................................. 4-3 Table 4-4 Kansas Airports Total Employment ....................................................................................... 4-4 Table 4-5 Kansas On-Airport Activity Payroll ........................................................................................ 4-5 Table 4-6 Kansas Annual Payroll from Commercial Service Visitor Spending ...................................... 4-5 Table 4-7 Kansas Annual Payroll from General Aviation Visitor Spending ........................................... 4-5 Table 4-8 Kansas Airports Total Annual Payroll .................................................................................... 4-6 Table 4-9 Kansas On-Airport Activity Output ....................................................................................... 4-7 Table 4-10 Kansas Output from Commercial Service Visitor Spending ................................................ 4-7 Table 4-11 Kansas Output from General Aviation Visitor Spending ..................................................... 4-8 Table 4-12 Kansas Airports Total Annual Output ................................................................................ 4-8 Table 4-13 Economic Impact Summary for Kansas NPIAS Airports ..................................................... 4-9 Table 5-1 Aerial Applicator Benefits to Crops in Kansas, 2015 ............................................................. 5-6 Table 5-2 Economic Impacts of Off-Airport Aerospace Manufacturing in Kansas ............................. 5-17 Table 5-3 Off-Airport Aerospace Manufacturing in Kansas in 2010 and 2015 ................................... 5-18 Table 5-4 Total Economic Impacts of Kansas City International Airport, 2014 .................................