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Section 3 <br />Airport catchment area, activity, and use <br />Eugene Airport enplanement activity <br />Airport passenger traffic is a function of population, economic activity, level of air service, distance to a <br />competing airport, and cost of air service. Exhibit 3.2 shows the change in enplanements at Eugene <br />Airport and population change for the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) from <br />calendar year 1995 through 2004. Although enplanements changed significantly year by year over the <br />ten year period, there was essentially no overall change in the past 10 years. From 2000 through 2003 <br />enplanements decreased by 20.3 percent from a peak of 369,531 to a low of 294,291. Recovery is <br />occurring in the market and enplanements for 2004 were up by 49,307 (16.8 percent). For population <br />comparison purposes, the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) is used as a surrogate <br />for the growth trend of the Eugene Airport catchment area population. The Eugene-Springfield MSA <br />population has increased over the 10-year period at a compounded annual growth rate of 1.0 percent. <br />Exhibit 3.2 Eugene Airport enplanement activity <br />400,000 <br />380,000 <br />360,000 <br />c <br />'~ 340,000 <br />a 320,000 <br />300,000 <br />m <br />~ 280,000 <br />c <br />c~ <br />260,000 <br />w <br />240, 000 <br />220,000 <br />200,000 <br />__----__. __ __-,--- -_~.,_ a__,._e.._,_. <br />---- - - <br />-----__-- -1 <br />~ (O I~ a0 O O N M V <br />61 O O O O O O O O O <br />O O O O O O O O O O <br />N N N N N <br />Calendar year <br />Eugene enplanements Eugene MSA population <br />Source: Eugene Airport records; Woods & Poole Economics, Inc. <br />F.UGENF. <br />A IRPOI{T <br />Page 10 <br />