analyze airport financial statements with a focus on gaining a working understanding of airport landing fees. You will discuss how various decisions regarding airport landing fees may impact these statements.

Airport Landing Fees: Capacity, Delay, Noise Mitigation or Airside Costs

For this weeks discussion post, you will analyze airport financial statements with a focus on gaining a working understanding of airport landing fees. You will discuss how various decisions regarding airport landing fees may impact these statements. How are landing fees determined, charged, and collected? Are they reported by Air Traffic Control, airline self-reported, or captured by aircraft tail readers as they exit the runway?

How do airports collect from un-cooperative aircraft owners? Should landing fees be based upon aircraft weight; landed time and traffic volume; aircraft noise emissions; international or domestic flights; or other factors.

Do landing fees adequately contribute toward the airside pavement, lighting, navigational aids, maintenance, emergency services, etc.? Do domestic taxpayers (passengers) shoulder more of the airside costs than international passengers?

Should landing fees be used as a tool to manage airfield capacity and delay, or to mitigate environmental impacts, in addition to offsetting airfield expenses?