A NORMATIVE FRAMEWORK FOR ASSESSING THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORTS

Despite the significant contribution of general aviation airports to the economic development of communities and regions, very little work has been done to realistically measure the economic benefits of these airports. This paper presents a normative frammework to forecast the economic impacts of general aviation airports. It also presents a conceptual design of a management information system to enhance the role of general aviation airports in the future economic development of regions.