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National Airspace System : issues in allocating costs for air traffic services to the DOD and other users
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1997-04-25
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TRIS Online Accession Number:00740685
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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;
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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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