Employment in Large U.S. Metropolitan Airport Areas

Download or read book Employment in Large U.S. Metropolitan Airport Areas written by Stephen Appold and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Airport area planning founders on the lack of a basis for realistic projections of future employment. Using a commercial establishment database including detailed data on location, activities (sector), establishment type, and employment for the 62 airports with scheduled passenger service in the 51 metropolitan areas with resident populations of one million or more in 2010, this paper makes inroads towards addressing those needs. The results confirm earlier findings that airport areas contain significant employment but also finds that favorable land price, rather than airport access, is the likely salient location factor for all but direct transportation-providing activities and accommodations. These results will help guide planners in developing airport areas and in forming informed expectations of the impact of airport cities on regional economies.