Chicago: Any consequences of closing Meigs?

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"Neil Gould" wrote:

Hi all,

Two airports in our area are under "attack" by groups that would rather
not have air traffic in their new developments built beside the existing
airport or the airport taking up space in the downtown lakefront area.
While I can see many reasons why this is short-term thinking that would
not serve the best interests of the region, I realize that as a GA pilot,
I am biased. A similar situation existed in Chicago at the time Meigs was
closed that might shed some light on the reality of our situation.

Where did the GA planes relocate, and has this had any impact on the
owners' access to or use of their planes?

Has there been any impact on the business travel to Chicago?

Is all of the traffic handled adequately by O'Hare and Midway?

Is there any record of positive or negative economic impact?


Neil

Where do you live?

When I was in California, the Division of Aeronautics conducted (at the
prodding of CA Pilots' Assn.) economic surveys of GA airports to
determine economic benefits. At that time (1980s) the average benefit
was around $100K per based airplane! Some airports (Palm Springs, for
instance) were much higher, while some very small airports were less.

The opponents (mostly developers and eco-Nazis) did not like to hear
this news, so they lobbied against further studies.

Recently, Orval Fairbairn posted:

"Neil Gould" wrote:
[...]
Is there any record of positive or negative economic impact?


Where do you live?

Cleveland, OH.

When I was in California, the Division of Aeronautics conducted (at
the prodding of CA Pilots' Assn.) economic surveys of GA airports to
determine economic benefits. At that time (1980s) the average benefit
was around $100K per based airplane! Some airports (Palm Springs, for
instance) were much higher, while some very small airports were less.

That's very interesting. I'd like to know the basis for those figures. Do
you know whether this study is available anywhere?

The opponents (mostly developers and eco-Nazis) did not like to hear
this news, so they lobbied against further studies.

Not surprisingly...

Neil

On Mon, 5 Mar 2007 13:50:13 -0600, "Neil Gould"
wrote in
:


When I was in California, the Division of Aeronautics conducted (at
the prodding of CA Pilots' Assn.) economic surveys of GA airports to
determine economic benefits. At that time (1980s) the average benefit
was around $100K per based airplane! Some airports (Palm Springs, for
instance) were much higher, while some very small airports were less.

That's very interesting. I'd like to know the basis for those figures. Do
you know whether this study is available anywhere?

Perhaps an inquiry here might be fruitful:
http://www.calpilots.org/html/
http://www.calpilots.org/html/contact.php
CPA, P.O. Box 6868, San Carlos, CA 94070-6868
Phone: 1-800-319-5286

Recently, Larry Dighera posted:

On Mon, 5 Mar 2007 13:50:13 -0600, "Neil Gould"
wrote in
:


When I was in California, the Division of Aeronautics conducted (at
the prodding of CA Pilots' Assn.) economic surveys of GA airports to
determine economic benefits. At that time (1980s) the average
benefit was around $100K per based airplane! Some airports (Palm
Springs, for instance) were much higher, while some very small
airports were less.

That's very interesting. I'd like to know the basis for those
figures. Do you know whether this study is available anywhere?

Perhaps an inquiry here might be fruitful:
http://www.calpilots.org/html/
http://www.calpilots.org/html/contact.php
CPA, P.O. Box 6868, San Carlos, CA 94070-6868
Phone: 1-800-319-5286

Thanks, Larry.

Neil

On Mar 5, 10:49 am, Orval Fairbairn wrote:


When I was in California, the Division of Aeronautics conducted (at the
prodding of CA Pilots' Assn.) economic surveys of GA airports to
determine economic benefits. At that time (1980s) the average benefit
was around $100K per based airplane! Some airports (Palm Springs, for
instance) were much higher, while some very small airports were less.

Did these "Researchers" also conclude that Catsup was a Vegetable for
bonzo reagan ??


The opponents (mostly developers and eco-Nazis) did not like to hear
this news, so they lobbied against further studies.