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. - <br /> Table 4. ESTIMATED RESIDUAL EXPENDITURES, BUSINESSES <br /> • AND AGENCIES, DEKALB-PEACHTREE AIRPORT,1979 <br /> • Residual <br /> Firm or Agency. . Expenditures <br /> Fixed Base Operators . • $ 7,492,000 _ <br /> • Government Agencies 1,364,000 " <br /> Other Businesses- (Lessees) ' 18,767,000 <br /> _ _ Total $27,623,000 <br /> Source: Hammer, Siler, George Associates. <br /> The three FBO's contributed an estimated $7.5 million, or 27.1 percent. <br /> The other bnesses located at PDK produced the majority of residual <br /> expenditures with almost $18.8 million, or 68 percent, of the total in <br /> 1979. <br /> Indirect Factors <br /> Indirect impact is defined as those economic benefits which accrue to <br /> the community as a result of the use of the airport. These economic bene- <br /> fits are primarily derived from business use of the facility. Business <br /> trips by air are often transient operations requiring expenditures for <br /> lodging, food ind-ground transportation. Also, such, trips usually involve <br /> several passengers including the pilot. Use of the airport for training <br /> is included in FBO revenues. Pleasure flying is a relatively small propor- <br /> tion of airport revenue-producing activity. <br /> Other impacts include many intangible aspects such as increased <br /> business efficiency, business promotion, and economic development. However, <br /> an effective means of quantifying these benefits is beyond the scope of <br /> this analysis -- substantial as those factors may be. <br /> -15- <br /> if El esta.StlERAIME ASSOCIATE& <br />