Table
II.
A­
2
 
FAA
Terminal
Area
Forecast
Summary
Report
of
Nationwide
Air
Carrier
and
Commuter/
Air
Taxi
Operationsa,
b,
c,
d,
e
Year
Air
Carrier
&
Commuter/
Air
Taxi
Operations
12/
14/
00
Forecast
(
pre­
9/
11)
Percent
Change
12/
14/
00
Forecast
between
years
listed
Air
Carrier
&
Commuter/
Air
Taxi
Operations
2/
05
Forecast
(
post­
9/
11)
Percent
Change
2/
05
Forecast
between
years
listed
Percent
Change
Versus
Earlier
Forecast
1999
28,860,731
28,947,500
0.3%

2000
29,445,619
2.0%
29,714,995
2.7%
0.9%

2001
30,033,967
2.0%
29,366,221
­
1.2%
­
2.2%

2002c
30,663,508
2.1%
27,803,970
­
5.3%
­
9.3%

2005
32,619,194
6.4%
29,886,177
7.5%
­
8.4%

2010
36,015,595
10%
33,122,084
11%
­
8.0%

2015
39,549,526
10%
36,279,804
10%
 
8.3%

2020
N/
A
­­
39,691,456
9%
­­

aSource:
U.
S.
FAA,
"
APO
Terminal
Area
Forecast
Summary
Report,"
Aircraft
Operations,
December
14,
2000;
and
"
APO
Terminal
Area
Forecast
Summary
Report
­
Forecast
pending
publication
February
2005"
(
and
issued
January
2005).
See
the
following
FAA
website:
http://
www.
apo.
data.
faa.
gov/
faatafall.
HTM.
A
copy
of
these
reports
can
be
found
in
Docket
No.
OAR­
2002­
0030.
bOperations
means
the
number
of
arrivals
and
departures
(
www.
apo.
data.
faa.
gov/
gloss.
html).
cAir
carrier
operations
refers
to
flights
of
commercial
aircraft
with
seating
capacity
of
more
than
60
seats.
dCommuter/
air
taxi
operations
refers
to
aircraft
with
60
or
fewer
seats
conducting
scheduled
commercial
flights
/
non­
scheduled
or
for­
higher
flights.
eThe
change
in
operations
from
2000
to
2002
was
+
4.1%
for
the
12/
14/
2000
forecast,
and
it
was
­
6.4%
for
the
2/
2005
forecast.
