National Airspace System : issues in allocating costs for air traffic services to the DOD and other users

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• Creators:
  Abramowitz, Amy ; Bryant, Dave ; Dillingham, Gerald ; Hampton, Matthew ; Levin, Robert ; Martin, Belva
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Government Accountability Office ; United States. Federal Aviation Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Air Traffic Control Services Civil Aviation Common Costs Cost Data Cost Information Defense Financial Management Federal Government Agencies Government Funding Military Aviation Ramsey Pricing User Charges User Fees

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• Publication/ Report Number:
  GAO/RCED-97-106
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1402769
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• TRIS Online Accession Number:
  00740685
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Government Accountability Office
• NTL Classification:
  NTL-AVIATION-Air Traffic Control ; NTL-AVIATION-Aviation Economics and Finance ; NTL-AVIATION-Aviation Laws and Regulations ; NTL-AVIATION-Aviation Planning and Policy
• Abstract:
  The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has the primary responsibility under
  
  federal law for the development and operation of the system for both military
  
  and civil aircraft in the nation's airspace. The Department of Defense (DOD),
  
  in coordination with FAA, provides air traffic services to military aircraft,
  
  and also to civil users. Over the past decade, the growth of domestic and
  
  international air travel has increased the demand for FAA's services. At the
  
  same time, FAA and other federal agencies, including DOD, have operated in an
  
  environment of increasingly tight federal resources. The imposition of user fees
  
  for FAA's services is being considered as one option for helping FAA to meet its
  
  future financial requirements. Because DOD is a user of FAA's air traffic
  
  services, some have advocated that it "pay" for the services it receives from
  
  FAA. Congress directed the General Accounting Office (GAO) to report on the
  
  manner in which the costs of air traffic services are allocated between FAA and
  
  DOD. The Congress also directed the GAO to identify opportunities to increase
  
  the efficiency of the air traffic services provided by FAA and DOD. This report
  
  to Congress discusses the issues that must be resolved in allocating the costs
  
  of air traffic services to DOD and other users. It also discusses funding
  
  options for DOD's share of costs if DOD is found to owe a payment to FAA. As
  
  for opportunities to increase the efficiency of air traffic services, GAO
  
  explored the potential for better management of special-use airspace.
  
  (Information on this subject is provided in app. I.) The GAO review did not
  
  focus on DOD's costs of providing air traffic services to the military or the
  
  merits of moving to a user fee system. (App. II provides detailed information
  
  on our objectives, scope, and methodology.) 82 p.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:6c2e4cb0019f84b4272fd547d52b5366faec6d2bd36e9f5ad399bdf28ea76e55
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/12569/dot_12569_DS1.pdf
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