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:
  • Government funding
  • Civil aviation
  • Military aviation
  • User charges
  • Federal government agencies
  • Air traffic control services
  • Common costs
  • Cost data
  • Cost information
  • Defense financial management
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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.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/12569/dot_12569_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 905.54 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:6c2e4cb0019f84b4272fd547d52b5366faec6d2bd36e9f5ad399bdf28ea76e55