Impact of airports on regional accessibility and social development

Halpern, Nigel; Bråthen, Svein

doi:10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2010.11.006

Cited by 85 publications

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“…Kanafani and Abbas (1987) note that the success of smaller regional airports depends on finding locations that makes them independent from larger regional hub airports. Halpern and Bråthen (2011) find that the regional impact of airports depends on regional size and the demands passengers have on the airport.…”

Section: Concepts and Theorymentioning

confidence: 91%

Up in the air: the role of airports for regional economic development

2014

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Abstract:Our research examines the role of airports in regional development. Specifically, we examine two things: (1) the factors associated with whether or not a metro will have an airport, and (2) the effect of airport activities on regional economic development.Based on multiple regression analysis for U.S. metros, our research generates four key findings. First, airports are more likely to be located in larger metros with higher shares of cultural workers and warmer winters. Second, airports add significantly to regional development measured as economic output per capita. Third, the effect of airports on regional development occurs through two channels -their capacity to move both people and cargo, with the former being somewhat more important.Fourth, the impact of airports on regional development varies with their size and scale.

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Section: Concepts and Theorymentioning

confidence: 91%

Up in the air: the role of airports for regional economic development

2014

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“…Özcan (2014) studied the opinions of citizens of communities in remote areas in the USA about flights, concluding that they highly value these flights, but not as highly as an increase in the number of jobs, or the quality of education, or health services. Halpern and Bråthen (2011) studied the opinions about the air services of residents in two Norwegian regions, concluding that the air services make the regions more attractive to live in. Air transport related accessibility analyses can be very helpful for airport planning and other research areas like the relative attractiveness of locations for internationally oriented companies, tourism, and research into the marginal value of additional air connections (in relation to the additional costs of airport infrastructure and externalities of additional flights).…”

Section: Air Transport Marginal Effects Multiple Optionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Accessible accessibility research challenges

Wee

2016

Journal of Transport Geography

285

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Accessibility is a key concept in the field of transport geography. There is a rich, though not very mature, body of literature on this topic which is largely application-driven. The focus in the literature is generally on methods and concept and/or on applications. Applications generally focus on ex ante or ex post evaluations of the implications for accessibility of (candidate) policy plans. An important question is which are the main challenges in the area of accessibility research? This paper aims to examine this question and provide a research agenda for the coming one or two decades or so. The focus is on putting relatively new topics on the agenda, rather than making suggestions for improvements of given accessibility indicators. The paper does not aim to provide a complete list, but rather proposes avenues for future research focusing on (1) indicators to express accessibility, and (2) evaluation. In the area of indicators the challenges include the impact of ICT on accessibility; the inclusion of the robustness of the transport system in indicators; comparing perceptions of accessibility and traditional accessibility indicators; the option value; and the indicators of accessibility for goods transport, air transport, and slow modes. In the area of evaluation the paper discusses the pros and cons of the logsum as an accessibility measure, ethical aspects, comparisons of accessibility indicators to evaluate a specific case, and the needs of the clients of accessibility research.

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“…Without passengers, nonhub airports may lose service. Without service, communities are less accessible for tourists and it is less desirable to live in an area without service (Halpern and Bråthen, 2011). Thus, understanding how flight interruptions impact nonhub airport passengers is important to retaining service.…”

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Impact of delays and cancellations on travel from small community airports

Stone

2016

Tourism and Hospitality Research

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Commercial air service is important to residents and tourists in small communities, but small communities have seen a reduction (and sometimes elimination) of commercial air service. Anecdotal evidence suggests that flight interruptions (delays and cancellations) negatively impact these airports, as local residents drive to nearby hubs instead of flying from the local airport. This study looks at the impact of delays and cancellations by considering their effect on an entire travel itinerary. This study investigates 207 itineraries from eight small American airports to 11 hub airports. On average, passengers on about one in six (16.4%) connecting itineraries would face a missed connection due to delay or cancellation. In addition, delays on origin flights magnify across connections. An average delay on the initial flight (68 min) would lead to an average arrival delay of 90 min across all itineraries, while a cancellation would lead to an arrival delay of over 10 h. This study also introduces a measure of overall lateness that combines delay and cancellation percentages with final destination arrival times across nonstop and connecting itineraries. These flight interruptions may have consequences on maintaining air service, which affects community residents and potential visitors.

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Impact of airports on regional accessibility and social development

Cited by 85 publications

References 5 publications

Up in the air: the role of airports for regional economic development

Up in the air: the role of airports for regional economic development

Accessible accessibility research challenges

Impact of delays and cancellations on travel from small community airports

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