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AIRPORT MASTER PLAN <br /> <br />FAA T ERMINAL A REA F ORECAST <br />The Terminal Area Forecast (TAF) is a FAA forecast-planning database produced <br />each year covering airports in the NPIAS. The TAF is prepared to assist the FAA in <br />meeting its planning, budgeting, and staffing requirements. The TAF forecasts are <br />made at the individual airport level and are based in part on the national FAA <br />Aerospace Forecasts. The TAF contains historic and forecast data for enplanements, <br />airport operations, instrument operations, and based aircraft. TAF data is <br />developed for 264 FAA towered airport, 253 contract-towered airports, 31 terminal <br />radar approach control facilities, and 2,814 non-towered airports as of 2017. Data <br />in the TAF is presented on a U.S. Governmental fiscal year basis, which runs from <br />October through September. <br />As its primary input, the TAF uses the FAA Aerospace Forecasts from the specific year. <br />Aviation activity forecasts for FAA-towered and federal contract-towered airports <br />are developed using historical relationships between airport passenger demand <br />and/or activity measures and local and national factors that influence aviation <br />activity. At airports similar to the San Marcos Regional Airport, the TAF data is <br />generated from historical data reported by the airport air traffic control tower. <br />The TAF forecast for the San Marcos Regional Airport, presented in Figure 3-4, <br />reflects a slow but steady growth rate through 2039. TAF forecasts showing slow <br />and steady growth are common at towered airports. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Activity Forecasts Chapter Page 14 of 36 <br />October 2020 <br /> <br />