Bob Noel wrote:

In article , wrote:


All of which would have been done whether or not those C-182's flew
those approaches. iow - no extra costs were incurred because of
those approaches.

Well....that is true for the cost of the center building. It isn't
necessarily
true where an approach control serves what is primarily a general
aviation
airport. And, it certainly isn't true for instrument approach procedures
established for airports that have no commercial traffic (which is many,
many
more instrument approach procedures than those established for airports
with
mostly, or some, commercial operations.


How many? have you counted them?

--
Bob Noel

All you have to do is flip through the NACO books and it becomes quite
apparent. The facts are self-evident. If you want a precise count, I'll let
you do that.

The last I recall, in the now-five-year-old program for 500 GPS approaches a
year, some 70-80% of those were established (and are being established) for
airports that have no commercial operations except perhaps for a very
infrequent Part 135 arrival.