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To view this page ensure that Adobe Flash Player version 9.0.124 or greater is installed. This report represents the initial efforts of the NJTPA staff to explore these connections in the NJTPA region and to identify the issues they raise for improving the overall transportation network. The report focuses on the region's "General Aviation" airports, as these have received relatively little attention and are the least well understood by many in the transportation planning community. This overview provides a summary description of the region's airports and issues affecting them. The concluding section profiles each of the region's General Aviation airports based on field visits performed by NJTPA staff during the fall of 2006 and winter of 2007. Airport managers and operators of the region’s core airports were interviewed for their views on aviation in general and issues confronting their airports in particular. Aviation in the NJTPA Region This report focuses on the region’s 19 Core General Aviation (GA) airports which host some 2,900 aircraft or about 66 percent of the state's total. In addition, there are five privately-owned, public use non-Core airports with 155 based aircraft. The term "General Aviation" encompasses all aircraft operations other than scheduled airline or military flights. General aviation uses are many and varied. They include private and business flying, sport aviation, aerial photography and surveying, agricultural uses, medical emergencies and transport of donor organs, flight training and use by police and firefighters. Types of general aviation aircraft also vary, from small single-engine aircraft to multi-million dollar corporate aircraft with intercontinental capabilities. The region’s GA airports range in size from 73 to 850 acres. Of the region's 19 Core airports, seven are publicly owned (by municipal, county and state entities). The remaining 12 are privately owned. Statewide there are 46 GA airports and 15,000 licensed pilots. While these GA airports often are actively used and play an important transportation role for the state, activity is low in comparison to the region's largest airport -- Newark-Liberty International Airport (EWR), which is owned by the Port Authority of NY & NJ. In the 12-month period ending June 2007, the Port Authority reported that EWR hosted 35.9 million passengers and managed 443,622 scheduled operations including 14,414 general aviation flights. Cargo handled, not including mail, amounted to 961,466 tons, making EWR the 7th largest in the U.S. in terms of air freight tonnage, and 15th in passenger traffic. 中国通航网 www.ga.cn 通航翻译 www.aviation.cn 本文链接地址：OVERVIEW OF THE REGION'S General Aviation Airports Final Report JUNE 2008(3) |
