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■■■111M <br /> • <br /> • <br /> - , <br /> Section II. EXPERIENCES IN OMR LOCALITIES <br /> . • <br /> Other communities have recognized the economic value of general avia- <br /> tion airports. An important case study of the benefits of general aviation <br /> airports was conducted in Ohio. In the early-1960's, the State of Ohio <br /> decided to establish an airport in every county. A bond issue and some <br /> local participation funded 64 airport projects, at a cost of $12.4 million. <br /> A later evaluation, contrasting participating and non-participating counties, <br /> showed the following: <br /> • At 20 of the new airports, almost half the activity <br /> was by corporate aircraft and commercial cargo <br /> planes. <br /> • More than half of 150 manufacturing firms selected <br /> at random in the state use the air transportation <br /> facilities frequently. <br /> • Counties -.1ith new airports had a three percent <br /> higher payroll rate increase than did the counties <br /> without. <br /> • Over a four-year period after the airports were <br /> • established, the airport counties netted $250 million <br /> in additional personal income, and had 60,000 more <br /> new jobs than the non-airport counties. <br /> A study was undertaken in Odessa, Texas by the airport board. Based <br /> upon a randomly selected group of 135 area businesses, the research found <br /> that 46 percent of the companies had customers, business associates, or <br /> company personnel who traveled to and from Odessa by business aircraft. <br /> • <br /> • -5- <br /> , 2.2•221211.211.22-1110/121112$021•111 <br />