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Secure a Right of Refusal Exercisable in the Event an Airport Seeks to
Change Its Use. The Commission recommended that any grant of State Aid given to a GA facility be on the condition that (1) the airport have an airport committee (a committee made up of airport owners, users, and members of the community in which it lies); and (2) the airport has agreed to give the State first right of refusal to purchase the airport at the same price that a bona-fide third party purchaser has agreed to pay.
. Standardization of Rules and Regulations. The Commission recommended that the NJDOT define in detail the facilities of a model airport for the state in accord with the foregoing recommendations and give notice that the NJDOT alone will regulate activities and standards at New Jersey airports. The model would incorporate all appropriate standards for safety, noise containment and for economic viability of the airport.
Of the above, only the recommendation that a program be established to enable private airport owners to sell their development rights to the state has been enacted. Three airports have taken advantage of this program to date.
Financing
Both publicly and privately owned airports can receive aid for improvements. Annual general aviation airport capital aid funding comes from two sources, the FAA and the New Jersey Airport Safety Fund, a line item within the Transportation Trust Fund. Statewide, FAA-apportioned GA funding for infrastructure is currently about $5 million annually. State funding for general aviation airport infrastructure has been averaging about $7 million per year.
In general, the state’s investment priorities are safety, runway/taxiway improvements, airport preservation, airport planning and aviation promotion. Discretionary funding also is available from the federal government on a competitive basis. These funds can total millions of dollars and are used for the same type of expenditure as the FAA-apportioned funds. In 2003, the Governor's Blue Ribbon Transportation Commission estimated that, over the next ten years, the total federal and state investments needed to preserve and rehabilitate New Jersey's system of GA airports would approach $340 million. This far outstrips current revenue streams.
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