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- The FAA, from the Federal Airport Improvement Program, will pay 90%
of the costs for airport improvement (runway widening or extension or resurfacing, taxiways, aprons, and so forth). That's because the Feds have decided that maintaining an aviation infrastructure is in the interest of the country, and they understand that a local government entity is too small to pay the entire bill. Thus, they spread the cost over many users, rather than over just the few in (for example) Iowa City, Iowa. Now I suppose that premise is open to debate, too -- but that's the concept at the heart of the Federal subsidy. In that regard, runways are no different than freeways. We all pay for them -- and we all get to use them, if we choose. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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