Airport and Airway System Cost Allocation. Volume 4.

Abstract

Projected Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) costs are allocated to users of the air traffic control system as part of the study on Airport and Airway Costs and User Cost Responsibility during the period FY77-FY86. A review of the economic theory of cost allocation is conducted including the procedures explored in a previous 1973 Cost Allocation Study. A modified version of the long-run marginal cost approach is selected as the preferred methodology. This method is combined with engineering techniques to develop a set of allocation procedures for each of the FAA budget categories. The cost responsibility of air carrier, general aviation and military (including government) user groups are then determined by applying the procedures to two different sets of cost projections; (1) a baseline set assuming continuation on historical relationships between FAA expenditures and user activity and (2) an alternative set assuming introduction of planned air traffic control enhancements. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA153098

Entities

People

  • D. S. Garvett
  • R. L. Fain

Organizations

  • MITRE Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Traffic
  • Air Traffic Control Systems
  • Air Transportation
  • Aircrafts
  • Airports
  • Control Systems
  • Corporations
  • Databases
  • Efficiency
  • Elastic Properties
  • Engineering
  • Governments
  • Infrastructure
  • Landing Aids
  • Navigation
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Radar

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Aviation Safety Risk Assessment.
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis