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AVIATION DEMAND FORECASTS <br />FIGURE 2-5 <br />GENERAL AVIATION OPERATIONS (2005-2015) <br />Sources: FAA 2015 TAF Report, OPSNET, 2016 <br />During conversations with staff from Lane Aviation Academy, it was noted that approximately 20 to 30 <br />percent of the local GA operations at EUG are conducted by student pilots training at Lane Aviation. Any <br />increases or decreases in student training levels can greatly affect the Airport’s total number of local GA <br />operations. In regard to itinerant GA operations, it was noted during discussions with airport businesses <br />that EUG sees a minimal amount of transient GA activity by small piston type aircraft. This was described <br />as being partially due to the lack of convenient walking accessibility between GA transient parking and the <br />airport’s landside restaurant in the terminal building and other amenities. Thus it was concluded that the <br />majority of itinerant GA operations are conducted by business jet and turbo-prop aircraft. <br />Air Cargo Activity <br />Three all-cargo airlines serve EUG which transport roughly 80 to 90 percent of all cargo at the Airport. <br />These include AmeriFlight, Empire Airlines, and Martinaire Aviation. These airlines primarily operate feeder <br />flights for package delivery services for UPS and FedEx. Aircraft being used by these operators include <br />Cessna 208s, Piper PA-31s, Beechcraft 1900s, and Fairchild Metroliners. The remaining cargo is <br />transported as belly cargo by Horizon Air which often handles perishable goods such as mushrooms, <br />flowers, and fish. Annual cargo operations have been relatively flat, averaging just over 1,000 operations <br />per year over the last five years. Likewise, enplaned weight has plateaued around 1,350,000 pounds per <br />year. Figure 2-6 shows annual cargo operations and enplaned weight from 2010 to 2015. <br /> <br />Flight schedules for the three cargo operators are very similar. Martinaire flies once a day, Monday <br />through Friday. Martinaire’s Cessna 208 arrives from Roberts Field in Redmond, Oregon in the morning, <br />and departs in the afternoon to Portland International (PDX). Empire Airlines flies two Cessna Caravans a <br />day to Eugene. Both aircraft are on the ground around 4:00 p.m. local time. The two aircraft arrive from <br />PDX and then depart to Roseburg Regional Airport (RBG). Ameriflight flies Monday through Thursday, and <br />EUGENE AIRPORT MASTER PLAN 2-7 <br /> <br />