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Date March 18, 1983 Report No. PLRD-83-59 Title

Transportation: Followup of FAA's Monitoring of the Actual Use of Federal Real Property Conveyed to Non-Federal Recipients

1 ,;$g$& II I*! UNITEDSTATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASH I NGTON, D.C. 20548 -,-y&j A.‘* fz JROCUREPAENT. 4ND READINESS L00lSTICS. DIVISION March 18, 1983 B-207531 Mr. William F. Shea Associate Administrator for Airports, Federal Aviation Administration Dear Mr. Shea: Subject: ARP-1 Followup of FAA'S Monitoring of the Actual Use of Federal Real Property Conveyed to Non-Federal Recipients (GAO...
Date March 1, 1983 Report No. RCED-83-98 Title

Transportation: Potential Joint Civil and Military Use of Military Airfields

I 3 ‘ii THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL OF THEUNITEDSTATES Potential Joint Civil And Military Use Of Military Airfields GAO’s evaluation of joint civilian and military use of military airfields shows the concept to be feasible. Currently, 23 military airfields are operating under joint use agreements. Whether joint use can be expanded to other military airfields depends on overcoming problems unique to ...
Date Sept. 13, 1982 Report No. CED-82-104 Title

Transportation: Runways at Small Airports Are Deteriorating Because of Deferred Maintenance

BY THECOMPTROLLER GENERAL Report ToThe Congress OF THE UNITEDSTATES Runways At Small Airports Are Deteriorating Because Of Deferred Maintenance: Action Needed By FAA And The Congress Runways at many small airports are deteriorating faster than necessary because airport owners--usually local governments-have deferred critical maintenance. The result is damage to the runways’ basic structure and a...
Date June 15, 1982 Report No. CED-82-54 Title

Transportation: Fresh Look Is Needed at Proposed South Florida Jetport

. t3YTHECOMPTROLLERGENERAL OF THEUNITEDSTATES \ /g67Pd Report ToThe Congress Fresh Look Is Needed At Proposed South Florida Jetport To prevent serious environmental and ecological effects to the Everglades National Park, the United States, the State of Florida, and Dade County entered into the Jetport Pact of 1970. The Pact specifies that Dade County, with assistance from the State of Florida, wil...
Date June 4, 1982 Report No. 118550 Title

Transportation: The Proposed Airport and Airway System Development Act of 1982

‘7 ‘. -,, GENERAL ACCOUNTING 20548 OFFICE D.C. ISFOR RELEASE JUNE 4;1982 UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, STATEMENT HENRY ESCHWEGE, COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC BEFORE SUBCOMMITTEE SENATE . - OF DIRECTOR DIVISION DEVELOPMENT THE ON AVIATION ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, COMMITTEE AND TRANSPORTATION II II Ill REVIEW OF WERE THE PROPOSED AIRPORT AND AIRWAY ACT OF 1982 SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT MADAM CHAIRWOMAN AND MEMBERS ...
Date May 18, 1982 Report No. 118448 Title

Transportation: Alternatives to Current Management and Ownership of Washington National and Dulles International Airports

MAYI 8 1982 Ms. Joyce Walker Deputy Associate Director for Commerce, Transportation h HUD Office Of Management and Budget Executive Office Building Room 9208 20503 Washington, D.C. Dear Ms. Walker: Rice, Economic a staff paper to the current manageand Dulles Sntera number of corporation or airport authority, an Because ownership. we have not expressed and critical study of operations.and of the wo...
Date March 22, 1982 Report No. GGD-82-62 Title

Budget and Spending: One-Stop Inspection System Speeds the Entry of International Travelers

Comptroller General 'I, OF THE UNITEDSTATES *'1 (Me-Stop Inspection System Speeds The Entry Of International Travelers Customs Service, in a joint effort with the Department of Agriculture’ Animal and Plant s Health Inspection Service and the Immigration end Naturalization Service, has tested a onestop inspection system. The one-stop system reduces travelers’ time spent waiting in line for and...
Date March 5, 1982 Report No. CED-82-49 Title

Transportation: The Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority's Compliance With the Noise Provision of Its Federal Grant

I 4* "NIT;;; STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTwEWKE WASHINGTON, DC. 20548 1 March 5, 1982 -M M UNITY DN~OPMENT AND ECONOMIC DIVISION RESTRICTED - Hot 80 be released outside the Ceopmd Ac-nthw Office except on the basis of specific approval PU Me PffW Of Congressiona! Pslatioa* * B-205520 The Honorable Anthony C. Beilenson House of Representatives The Honorable Bobbi Fiedler House of Representatives The Honor...
Date July 9, 1981 Report No. CED-81-127 Title

Transportation: Controller Staffing and Training at Four FAA Air Traffic Control Facilities

RELEASED Controller Staffing And Tiraining At Four FAA Air Traffic Control Faicillities GAO’s review of air traffic controller staffing at the Chicago O’Hare and Denver Stapleton Airports and at the Chicago and Denver enroute traffic control centers indicated staffing level problems only at O’Hare. Some problems with controller training were noted at each facility. FAA is taking steps to all...
Date June 1, 1981 Report No. CED-81-100 Title

Transportation: FAA Misses Opportunities To Discontinue or Reduce Operating Hours of Some Airport Traffic Control Towers

“A I e BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL OF THEUNITEDSTATES v Report ToThe Congress FAA Misses Opportunities To Discontinue Or Reduce Operating Hours Of Some Airport Traffic Control Towers The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) operates a national air traffic control system which provides for the safe and expeditious movement of air traffic. One segment of this system--444 airport traffic control towe...
Date Nov. 3, 1980 Report No. CED-81-8 Title

Transportation: Federal Aviation Administration's Management of Two Grants to the Tulsa International Airport

,; ;* . UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 @MMIJNlTY DCVCWCMLNT AND CCONOMIC DIVISION NOVEMBER 3,198O B-197746 The Honorable United States Dear Senator Subject: David ‘L. Boren Senate Boren: Federal Aviation Administration’s iIManagement of Two Grants to the Tulsa International Airport (CED-81-8) 113690 J In a November 9, 1979, letter, you requested that we review h...
Date Sept. 12, 1980 Report No. CED-80-143 Title

The Changing Airline Industry: A Status Report Through 1979

REPORTBV THE Comptroller General OF THE UNITEDSTATES RELEASED The Changing Airline Industry: AStatus Report Through 1979 The airline passenger industry is changing, responding to greater freedoms provided by the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978. GAO’s review of airline operations, since deregulation began through 1979, shows --significantly increased traffic, --lower rate of increase in fares th...
Date Aug. 13, 1980 Report No. LCD-80-84 Title

Transportation: Misuse of Airport Land Acquired Through Federal Assistance

BY THE U.S.GENl%AL ACCOUNTING OFFItF’ Report ToThe Secretary Of Transportatidn I(30 1g Misuse Of Airport Land Acquired Through Federal Assistance The law specifies that State and local governments acquiring land through Federal grants and donations for airport use must agree to develop it for that purpose only. GAO found many cases where this was not being done. The land was being used for priva...
Date Sept. 4, 1979 Report No. CED-79-102 Title

Transportation: Aircraft Delays at Major U.S. Airports Can Be Reduced

BY THECOMPTROLLER’GiNERAL OF THEUNITEDSTATES /losOl ngress * Aircraft Delays At Major U.S.Airp an Be Reduced In 1977, aircraft delays cost U S alrllnes over $800 mllllon, detamed the traveling public over 60 mllllon hours, and caused the alrllnes to use an addltlonal 700 mllllon gal Ions of fuel, over 8 percent of their total consumption Generally, aircraft delays result from excessive air traff...
Date Aug. 30, 1979 Report No. GGD-79-84 Title

Justice and Law Enforcement: More Can Be Done To Speed the Entry of International Travelers

REPORTB'Y' THE '- -- eral OF THE UNITEDSTATES More Can Be To Speed The Entry Of International ravelers Unnecessary delays in the inspection of travelers entering the United States can and should be eliminated. Immigration, Customs, and Agriculture have agreed to adopt a “one-stop” inspection process, which shou Id reduce delays in the time-consuming clearance process. the one-stop procedure wi...
Date April 17, 1979 Report No. CED-79-17 Title

Developing a National Airport System: Additional Congressional Guidance Needed

0 v 104(3? BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report ToThe Congress OF THE UNITEDSTATES d 5’ Developing A National Airport System: Additional Congressional Guidance Needed In the next decade, over $10 billion will be needed to develop a national airport system. Of this, about $3 billion is needed to develop some 2,600 general aviation airports to serve business and pleasure flying. However, additional c...
Date April 11, 1979 Report No. LCD-79-216 Title

Government Operations: Air Force Proposal To Increase Staffing of Military Airlift Command Aerial Ports

RESTRlCTED Offiat Rot b except b OR ruica~ed *he m~sof tilde *pe cifio *e approval genera’ B-13302~~~eun~ng by the Office ot Congressional Relations APRIL 11, 1979 RELEASED The Honorable Jamie L. Whitten Chairman, Committee on Appropriations House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: In response to forme letter of September 19, 1978, we have Force> plans to increase staffing at the Military Air...
Date Sept. 12, 1978 Report No. LCD-78-332 Title

Government Operations: Increasing Public Use and Benefits from Surplus Federal Real Property

Noi LAV E LA LE REPORT BY THE US. -7 ; General Accounting Office Increasing Public Use And Benefits From Surplus Federal Real Property Since 1944 the Federal Government has transferred surplus real property to agencies and nonprofit inst;tutions for use in health, educational, park, recreational, airport, or other public benefit programs. Many of the properties have been held by grantees for as lo...
Date Aug. 22, 1978 Report No. CED-78-156 Title

Environmental Effects of Airport Development: Better Assessment Needed

DOCUMENT REStE 07022 - [B23674261 Environmental Effects of 4 Airport Development: Better Assessment Needed. CED-78-156; B-16 497(1). August 22, 118. 24 pp. + appendix (6 pp.). Report to Secretary, Department of IransFortation; by Baltas E. Birkle (for denry Eschwege, Director, Community and Ecccic Development Div.). Issue Area: Transportation Systems and Pclicies: Domestic Air Carrier System (2'11...
Date Jan. 31, 1978 Report No. CED-78-52 Title

Environmental Protection: Concorde Monitoring and Noise Regulation

, .J ~.~ ;'r\ COMPTRO: ER GENERAL OF THE UNIT-D STATES WASHIN'.TOD. D.C. 7204 B-1 6506- JAN 3 The Honorable Leo J. Ryan Chairman, Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources Subcommittee Committee on Government Operations house of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: 1 i. As requested in your October 12, 1977, letter we have analyzed the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) final monitoring report...
Date Jan. 24, 1978 Report No. 105031 Title

Transportation: GAO's Review of the Federal Aviation Airport Grant-in-Aid Program

DOCUMENT RESUOE C5031 B0345204] GAO's Review of the Federal Aviation Airport Grant-in-Aid Program. Ianuary 24, 71T8. pp. 4 3 appendices (10 pp.). 12 Testimony berj.e the Hicuse Committee on ways and Means: Oversight Subco%&ittee; by Henry Eschewege, Director, Community and Economic Devealnnmona Div. Contact: Community an tconomic Developnent Div. Organization ConcernqJ.Federal Aviation Administrat...
Date May 27, 1977 Report No. CED-77-73 Title

Eppley Airfield, Nebraska: Problems Caused in Council Bluffs, Iowa

RELEASED COiWTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES LM102424 IlllillilIll~llllilllllllillllllllll Eppley Airfield, Nebraska: Problems Caused In Council Bluffs, Iowa Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Review of Council Bluffs’ problems cerning the Airfield showed that con- --the system used to measure the effects of noise was the one advocated by the Federal Aviation Admin...
Date April 6, 1977 Report No. LCD-77-207 Title

National Defense: Air Force Contingency Plans Should Include Facilities of Civil Reserve Air Fleet

DOCUBMET RESUME 01182 - [1051919J4b d Air Force Contingency Plans Should Include Facilities of Civil Reserve Air Fleet. LCD-77-207; -133025. April 6, 1977. 21 pp. + appendices (14 pp.). Report to Sen. John L. McClellan, Chairman, Senate Cossittee on Appropriations; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Issue Area: Military Preparedness Plans: Transportation in Emergency Situations (804); Facili...
Date March 31, 1977 Report No. LCD-76-445 Title

Transportation: Using Aviation Resources in the United States More Efficiently

DeCUBE#T REBSUE 00099 - [A1051832] Using Aviation Resources in the United States Bore Efficiently. LCD-76-445; B-164497(1). March 31, 1977. 65 pp. + appendices (28 pp.) . Report to the Congress; by BElmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Issue Area: Facilities and Material Management (700). Contact: Logistics and Communications Div. Budget Function: National Defense: Department of Defense Military ...
Date March 23, 1977 Report No. OGC-77-14 Title

Budget and Spending: Impoundment Message to Congress

DOCUMENT RE'JUME 00292 - (A1051¥86] [Impoundment Message to Congress]. OGC-77-14; 23, 1977. 1 pp. Report to the Congress; by Elmer e. B-115398. March Staats, Comptroller General. Contact: Office of the General Counsel: Special Studies and Analysis. Budget Function: Miscellaneous: I.poundment Control Act of 1974 (1005). Organization Concerned: Snail Business Administration; Department of Defense; ...
Date Feb. 17, 1977 Report No. 101787 Title

Federal Short Takeoff and Landing Transport Programs: Status and Needs

DOCUBSNIT PESURE 01787 - [A07513#43 Federal Short Takeoff and Landing Tran.port Prograas: Status and Needs. February 17, 1977. 12 pp. Testimsoy before the Hcuse Comwittee on Science and Technology: Transportation, Aviation and Woather Subcommittee; by Richard V. Gutmann, Director, Procurement and Systems Acquisition Div. Issue Area: Transportation Systems and Policies: Hovement of Peopla in Urban ...
Date Sept. 22, 1975 Report No. 088733 Title

Transportation: ADP Activity in the Greater Cincinnati Airport Tower

Date Aug. 8, 1975 Report No. RED-76-5 Title

Federal Aviation Administration's Airport Certification Program: Has It Resulted in Safe Airports?

Federal Aviation Administration’s Airport Certification Program: Has It Resulted In Safe Airports? Department of Transportation ~ Although the certification program has improved airport safety, the standards have been developed without benefit of detailed research and analysis of their effect (1) in improving safety or (2) on the costs to implement. This lack of objective bases for the standards...
Date Sept. 10, 1971 Report No. B-120047 Title

Transportation: Legal Status and Jurisdiction Over Improvements Made by the Air Carriers at Washington National Airport

COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE ,-i llllllllllllllllllllllll lll~lll llllllIlBllll LM092532 Dear Senator Spong: "Growth And Use of Washington In our report to you entitled Area Airports" (B-159719, dated August 18, 19711, we stated that we planned to furnish you a report at a later date in response to your questions concerning the,legal status and jurisdiction over improve_ments made by the air carrier...
Date Aug. 18, 1971 Report No. B-159719 Title

Transportation: Growth and Use of Washington Area Airports

RESTRICTED D) sr4s Not 4 b 1 released outside the General Aecounting Office except on the basis of specific appmval by the Office of Legislative Liaison, a record of which is kept lby the Distribution Sectin, Publications Branch, OA$ Growth And Use Of Washington Area Airports Federal Aviation Administration Department of Transportation BY THE COMPTROLLER GE~NERAL" OF THE UNITED STATES 9S5 7g3p AUG...
Date Jan. 15, 1970 Report No. B-165504 Title

Transportation: Ernst & Ernst Study and Cost Comparison for the FAA Airport Obstruction Survey Program

B-165504 RELEASED Proxmlre: Dear Senator Reference IS made to your letter of December 18, 1969, transmlttlng a report prepared by Ernst SCErnst which you received from the Consulting Engineers Councrl of Wlsconsln. The report contains a study of the cost of the Federal Avlatlon Admlnlstratron's alrport obstruction charts proyou requested our comments relative to this study gram. In your letter and...
Date Dec. 23, 1969 Report No. B-168536 Title

Government Operations: Alleged Actions That Contribute to Reduction in Use of Public Facilities by General Aviation

B-168536 Dear Mr. Long: In your letter dated November 26, 1969, you requested that we comment on matters brought to your attention in a letter dated November 21, 1969, which you received from Colonel Albert K. Tank, President, Aberdeen Proving Ground Flying Club. Colonel Tank's letter and the attachments refer, in substance, to leglslatlon pending on avlatlon user charges and to certain regulation...
Date Dec. 8, 1969 Report No. 092653 Title

Transportation: Controlling the Withdrawal of Duty-Free Jet Fuel and the Collection of Duties on Ineligible Flights

ClVlL DIVISiON Dear Mr. Ambrose: We have completed our review at the Miami District O ffice of Customs control over jet fuel imported and withdrawn, free of duty, under section 399 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, by air We are currently carriers at the Miami International Airport (MIA). finalizing the results of similar reviews performed at the New York The purpose of this Letter is to obta...