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AVIATION DEMAND FORECASTS on Saturdays. Their Piper PA-31 is used on evening flights Monday through Thursday, and a Beech 99 is used on Saturday mornings. The PA-31 arrives from RBG and departs to PDX, and the Beech 99 arrives from PDX and departs to RBG. All three cargo operators have had the same flight schedule for a number of years with no indication of change. FIGURE 2-6 HISTORICAL AIR CARGO DATA Sources: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Airport Records, 2016 Note: Operations prior to 2015 extrapolated based on 2015 ratio of cargo operations and enplaned cargo. During the analysis of historical air cargo data, a significant difference in enplaned versus deplaned cargo weight was identified. Roughly three to four times more air cargo is enplaned in EUG than deplaned. This variation is attributed to Eugene’s close proximity to Portland. With Portland, and Portland International Airport (PDX) being the major cargo centers in the region, nearly all cargo is flown into Portland before being dispersed to outlying regions. Consequently, most air cargo entering the region is first flown into Portland and then transported by truck to Eugene and Lane County. This is because the markets are relatively close and the cost of truck transportation between the areas is low. Additionally, there is limited cargo capacity flying from EUG to PDX since the size of aircraft flying to PDX by air cargo operators is very small and there is little belly-hold capacity in the small turboprops aircraft such as the Q400 and EMB175 being flown by passenger carriers As such, large air cargo domestic items that originate or terminate in Eugene are primarily transported by truck to/from PDX. In contrast, if cargo is flown to/from international markets, the cargo may be trucked as far as Seattle or San Francisco. During interviews with the air cargo operators at EUG, it was not determined what type of cargo is being enplaned, as that information is confidential. However, an overall assessment of the conditions at EUG leads to a conclusion that high value, light weight products are the majority of those being shipped out of Eugene via aircraft. Because the fleet mix and the carrying contracts that the cargo operators hold with UPS and FedEx limit the amount of cargo that can be carried per flight operation, manufacturers of heavy/large items are not able to ship their products from EUG as air cargo. Eugene’s largest industries EUGENE AIRPORT MASTER PLAN 2-8