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AIRPORT MASTER PLAN �° S' S <br />� Jk I! G 4 uk IN A I, A d R P <br />AIRPORT ECONOMIC IMPACT <br />In 2018, the Texas Department of Transportation - Aviation Division (TxDOT <br />Aviation) completed an economic impact study quantifying the economic impact of <br />airports throughout the State of Texas. The study estimated that the total economic <br />impact of the San Marcos Regional Airport to be: <br />* 664 Total Jobs <br />* $22.7 Million in Payroll <br />* $82.1 Million in Economic Output <br />Of the 264 general aviation airports within the State of Texas, the San Marcos <br />Airport is within the top 15 in total economic output. This indicates that the San <br />Marcos Regional Airport is a thriving airport surrounded by a strong business and <br />airport user community. <br />AIRPORT ROLE <br />The San Marcos Regional Airport's role is documented in the FAA's National Plan of <br />Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS), the FAA's General Aviation Airports: A National <br />Asset, and the Texas Airport System Plan (TASP). San Marcos Regional Airport is <br />classified as follows in each of the aforementioned documents: <br />• Designated as a "Reliever" airport under the Texas Airport System Plan. <br />• Designated as a "National" airport in the NPIAS. <br />• Identified by the FAA's Asset study as a "Regional" reliever airport. <br />TEXASA/RPORT SYSTEM PLAN (TASP) ROLE <br />The TASP describes reliever airports as those airports surrounded by a major <br />metropolitan area that provide facilities to relieve congestion at larger commercial <br />service airports in the area. Currently, the San Marcos Regional Airport is <br />designated as a reliever airport for both Austin -Bergstrom International Airport <br />(AUS) and the San Antonio International Airport (SAT). According to the TASP, <br />reliever airports accommodate various class of aircraft (e.g. jets, twin -engine <br />aircraft, single engine aircraft, etc.) and must currently have or be forecasted to <br />have at least 100 based aircraft or 25,000 annual itinerant operations. The San <br />Inventory Chapter Page 3 of 52 <br />October 2020 <br />