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FORECASTS OF AVIATION DEMAND CHAPTER 2
<br />3. Aircraft Operations
<br />Aircraft operations are the activity of moving aircraft in the EUG vicinity, including departing and arriving
<br />aircraft. Observed operations data is provided to Airport management by EUG’s airport traffic control
<br />tower (ATCT), which maintains data as it communicates and controls aircraft in EUG’s vicinity.
<br />Operations are categorized into commercial service, general aviation (GA), and military. Commercial
<br />service includes commercial passenger and cargo. Operations are also categorized into local and
<br />itinerant. Local operations are performed in local traffic patterns within site of the Airport, or in local
<br />practice areas within 20 miles of the Airport. Itinerant operations are non-local. Commercial carrier
<br />operations are itinerant. Military operations are 59 percent itinerant, and 41 percent local (although none
<br />are based at the airport). GA operations are 54 percent itinerant, and 46 percent local. There is no
<br />expected change in itinerant vs. local operations at EUG, and therefore these averages will be maintained
<br />for forecasting.
<br />3.1 Aircraft Operations History
<br />Table 2-6
<br /> shows historical aircraft operations. There were 112,643 operations at EUG in 1997, which fell
<br />to 92,779 in 2006. Commercial operations, averaging 28 percent of total EUG operations, fell from
<br />28,256 in 1997 to 24,777 in 2006. GA operations, averaging 70 percent of total EUG operations, fell from
<br />81,722 in 1997 to 66,185 in 2006. Military operations, averaging 2 percent of total EUG operations have
<br />varied over the past 10 years from a low of 989 to a high of 2,665.
<br />Table 2-6: Historical Aircraft Operations
<br />YearCommercial GAMilitary Total
<br />1997 28,256 81,722 2,665 112,643
<br />1998 28,361 78,052 1,995 108,408
<br />1999 29,379 82,017 1,944 113,340
<br />2000 32,602 75,632 2,263 110,497
<br />2001 30,836 70,138 2,445 103,419
<br />2002 24,500 68,620 993 94,113
<br />2003 26,373 63,340 989 90,702
<br />2004 28,166 62,626 1,001 91,793
<br />2005 26,225 61,096 1,704 89,025
<br />2006 24,777 66,185 1,817 92,779
<br />CAGR
<br />1997-2006 -1.45% -2.32% -4.17% -2.13%
<br />Source: Airport management records
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<br />Eugene Airport Master Plan Update
<br />(February 2010)
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