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AVIATION DEMAND FORECASTS communities having direct service into Portland International Airport. Therefore many passengers arriving into the region have greater accessibility directly into Portland International Airport than is available at Eugene Airport. Consequently, passengers entering the region may often choose to fly into Portland than into smaller airports such as Eugene. The difference is also estimated to be tied to passenger traffic generated by the two universities (University of Oregon and Oregon State University) that are near EUG. It is assumed that many students from outside the region arrive to their school via their own vehicle with their parents or other family members. Once students are settled on campus, their family members depart the region using air service from EUG, thereby generating more enplaning passengers annually. TABLE 2-18 ESTIMATED ANNUAL PASSENGER VOLUMES BASED ON PLANNING DAY FLIGHT SCHEDULES Planning Years Description2015 202020252035 Enplaned Passengers Annual Volume444,099585,036640,284775,809 Design Day1,9452,1562,3082,634 Design Hour338359350416 Deplaned Passengers Annual Volume446,017580,356635,162769,603 Design Day1,9452,1562,3082,634 Design Hour357376383383 Combined (Enplaned and Deplaned) Annual Volume890,1161,165,3921,275,4461,545,412 Design Day3,8904,3124,6165,268 Design Hour570604599672 Sources: Airport Records, Preliminary 2016 TAF data, RS&H Analysis, 2016 Notes: Design Day, Design Hour based on analysis of July 2016 schedule. Annual passenger volumes based on planning day flight schedule analysis. Peak Hour Operations and Gate Occupancy Currently, EUG experiences a commercial passenger aircraft peak hour of six combined arrival and departure operations, four arrival operations, and four departure operations. The combined peak is between 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., whereas the peak departures are in the morning, and peak arrivals in the late evening. As shown in Table 2-19, the arrival and departure peak is expected to increase to eight aircraft per hour. Based on the planning flight schedule, the arrival peak will increase to five, while the departure peak will increase to eight aircraft per hour within the planning period. The departure peak is largely associated with the morning flights that are conducted by remain-overnight (RON) aircraft. Peak hour gate/stand occupancy at EUG in 2015 was calculated to be approximately ten aircraft, as illustrated in Table 2-19. This peak is driven by RON aircraft that arrive each night and sit at a gate or at a remote parking stand until they depart during the morning peak. The analysis indicates that the peak hour gate/stand occupancy will increase to 15 aircraft by the end of the planning period. This is greater than EUGENE AIRPORT MASTER PLAN 2-29