THURSDAY. JUNE I. 1963
MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOHD. OREGON
Help (or Growth Of Nation's Small Airports Stressed
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Br A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune
Washington Coriaspondani
Washington The commer
ciat airline industry wants
the federal government to
1 .. 1,. hep .timaiate
. ! growth of the
nation small
er city air
ports through
i more depend-
, able ached-
i uled air aerv
ice. 1 ne Air
Transport as
s o c i a 1 1 o n,
zation of the major airlines,
recently convened a sympos
ium here to focus attention on
their contention that the gov
ernment ought to change its
policy governing installation
of airport safety aids for foul
weather flying at "non-hub"
airports.
Under existing policy, an
airport has to be used by' a
specified number of paying
passengers before it qualifies
for various facilities, such as
a control tower operated by
the Federal Aviation Agency,
or Instrument landing devices.
ATA advocates a new policy
under which each airport
would get a minimum pack
age of equipment financed by
federal funds to minimize
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flight cancellations in incle
ment weather and thus foster
more reliable air service and
greater public use.
ATA I:tt among the na
tion's 395 non-hub airports 13
in Oregon: Astoria, Baker,
Bend-Redmond, Burns, Cor-
vallis-Albany, Eugene, Klam
ath Falls, Lakeview, North
Bend-Coos Bay, Ontario-Payette,
Pendleton, Roseburg and
Salem.
Of these, only four have re
ceived the Instrument Land
ing System (ILS) which per
mits flying as long as the ceil
ing doesn't drop below 200
feet and visibility is as great
as a half mile. Those with ILS
are Eugene, Medford, Pendle
ton and Klamath. Falls, in ad
dition to Portland.
Because the other airports
lack ILS, flying is curtailed
sooner in soupy weather. At
Salem the minimum ceiling is
300 feet with three quarters
of a rnile visibility. At Cor-vallis-Albany
it's 800 feet and
one mile. At Bcnd-Kedmond
it's 700 feet and one mile. At
Roseburg it's 1400 feet and
two , miles. At Astoria and
North Bend-Coos Bay it's 1200
feet and one mile, and at
Baker it's 1700 feet and one
mile, ATA reported.
Throughout the country
ATA said of 493 airports, 184
have ILS; and of these, 120
have a 200 feet and half mile
minimum. Over 300 have
minimums that are more than
300 feet and three quarters of
a mile, and these "are the ones
that need help, ATA con
tends.
Federal aid for airport de
velopments falls into two cate
gories. Funds for runways and
parking aprons and runway
lights are provided on a 50-50
matching basis with the local
airport operating agency, but
funds for safety equipment
such as radar, ILS or runway
approach lighting are entire
ly federal with no matching
requirements.
Congress has provided $75
million annually in recent
years for federal matching
funds. The amount for safety
devices has run around iil4
million for each of the past
two years.
"We believe in building up
airports," explained a Federal
Aviation agency spokesman
"We're promoting airports in
small communities, but we
have about twice as much de
mand as we have money each
year
The Eisenhower administra
tion tried to phase out airport
aid. In 1954 all aid was elim
inatcd from the federal bud
get. There was so much unfav
orable reaction that it was re
sumed the following year.
FAA must balance its pro
gram to take into account the
needs of three elements: the
military, with 30,000 planes;
the commercial airlines, with
2100 planes and the private
operators, with 80,000 planes.
Each uses the nation's airways
With about equal frequency.
ATA and the FAA have a
common concern for the av
erage citizen who occasionally
needs to use a commercial air
line for a quick trip, but FAA
says it is doing all it can with
its budget, which is larger
than it used to be. ATA con
tends it could do more by pro
moting development of less
expensive safety devices. .
An ILS costs $270,000. A
standard approach lighting
system costs $175,000. Other
devices cost . nearly a half
million dollars. FAA figures!
show. FAA is trying to bring
down these costs and ATA .
eauH t. u -m . ijinA thai ih !
ILS cost can be cut in half.
ATA didn't offer a cost
figure covering its recom
mended minimum package for
small airports, but it did
argue that in the long run
greater use of small airports
will save ' the government
some or all of the $68 million
which now goes out in sub
sidies to the short haul air
lines who are still struggling
to reach the break-even point
that would end their subsi
dized status.
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Group Opposed
But there is opposition to
the expanded aid program
from one influential quarter.
The Aircraft Owners and
Pilots Association recently
urged Congress to cut the
FAA budget by 37 per cent.
Many of its members fly their
own planes and don't favor
federal spending on programs
that will make the nation's
airways more crowded.
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