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<br />(22.4 percent response rate). Of the <br />responses, a total of 26 indicated that <br /> <br />they base at least one aircraft at San <br />Marcos Municipal Airport. <br /> <br />TABLE2B <br />Aircraft Owner Survey Results <br />Total Surveys Sent - approximately 350 <br />Total Survey Responses - 56 <br />Response Rate = 16% <br />Respondents Based @ San Marcos Municipal Airport - 26 <br />Total Based Aircraft of Respondents - 30 <br />Respondents Considering Upgrade or Purchase of Another Aircraft in Next Five Years - 8 <br />Primary Use of Aircraft and Operation Estimates <br />Business Pleasure Flight Instruct Other <br />21.9% 75.8% 0.8%" 1.5% <br />Monthly Operations at San Marcos by These Aircraft = 439 <br />Average Operations for Each Aircraft per Month = 15 <br />Percentage Touch-and-Go Operations per Aircraft per Month = 13 <br />Primary Reasons for Basing at San Marcos (Priority with 1 being highest) <br /> Aircraft <br /> Hangar FBOlTerminal Lower Aircraft Runway Navigational <br />Convenience Facilities Services Storage Costs Length Aids <br />2.5 3.5 5.2 3.5 4.3 4.2 <br />Current Aircraft Storage Use <br />Tie-down T-hangar Individual Hangar Multi-aircraft Hangar <br />1 14 9 3 <br />Preferred Aircraft Storage <br />Tie-down T-hangar Individual Hangar Multi-aircraft Hangar <br />1 4 9 0 <br />Improvements Necessary at San Marcos Airport (Priority with 1 being highest) <br />Runway/ Airport! Terminal Navigational <br />Taxiway FBO Services Aircraft Apron Hangars Building Aids <br />3.0 4.8 4.9 4.3 6.0 4.2 <br /> <br />The majority of respondents indicated <br />several preferences which led them to <br />base at the airport or has kept them at <br />the airport. As indicated in the table, <br />overwhelmingly, the highest priority for <br />basing at the airport was for <br /> <br />convenience (lived or worked closer to <br />the airport). The next two highest <br />priorities were the airport's availability <br />of hangars and the lower cost for <br />aircraft storage hangars (both 3.5). The <br /> <br />2-10 <br />