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A I R P O R T S C O U N C I L I N T E R N A T I O N A L N O R T H A M E R I C A 1
ACI-NA MiinTHE MISSION Of AIRPORTS COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL NORTH AMERICA (ACI-NA) IS
TO AdvOCATE POLICIES ANd PROvIdE SERvICES THAT STRENgTHEN THE AbILITy Of
AIRPORTS TO SERvE THEIR PASSENgERS, CUSTOMERS ANd COMMUNITIES.
ACI-NA ViinACI-NAs vision is to be the recognized and authoritative voice o airports.
Airports Council International (ACI) is recognized as the authoritative voice o airports
worldwide. As one o ve regions o ACI, ACI-NA airport members enplane 95
percent o all domestic and virtually all the international airline passenger and air cargo
trac in North America.
ACI-NA World Business Partners and Associate Members represent a wide variety o
businesses that provide products and services to all segments o the air transportation
industry. Through the exchange o inormation and business opportunities, World
Business Partners and Associate Members make their expertise available to the ACI-NA
and its airport members. They are committed to help improve airport operations and
development, commercial activities, saety, security and quality customer service.
ACI-NA presents the unique views and recommendations o airport management
to ederal, state, provincial and local governments, industry, the media and the general
public.
A t Vic f Airprt ACI-NA: Promotescooperationwithallelementsofthecommercialcivilaviationindustry;
Exchangesideas,informationandexperiencesoncommonairportissues;
Identies,interpretsanddisseminatesinformationtoitsmembersoncurrentindustry
trendsandpractices;and
Createsforumsofcommoninterest,buildsprofessionalrelationshipsandinterprets
key airport policy and business issues to the ACI-NA membership.
Tab f CntntPresidents Message 2
Industry Snapshot 4
Chairmans Message 6
Canadian Message 8
Legislative Update 10
Vice Chairs Message 13
Committee Reports 14
Awards 22
Capital Needs Report 28
Leadership 29
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Greg PrincipatoACI-NA President
Pres ident s Message
Dear Industry Leaders,
The changes at Airports Council International-North America in the last two years aremaking an impact in the aviation industry.
We can look back with pride in the challenges that have been met: we ormed a new
government aairs unit, established a strong security-saety team, improved our member
communications, took an active role in environmental aairs and strengthened our
partnerships with other aviation organizations.
Striving to be a rich source o inormation both or members and or policy makers,
ACI-NA this year embarked on an educational campaign to win Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) reauthorization legislation that meets members needs. One key
element is the Capital Needs Study, which was released in May. In a survey o memberairports, ACI-NA was able to document the need or $87.4 billion in new airport
construction to meet the requirements o the ever-growing number o air travelers.
Our new government aairs team has been instrumental in our education campaign.
Since January, member airports and the government aairs team met with more than 60
members o Congress and congressional sta and testied at six congressional hearings.
It has been our goal to convince legislators that airports are striving to put the needs o
the passengers rst in this debate.
ACI-NA has reached out to its ellow aviation organizations in the FAA reauthori-
zation debate to orm a united ront. In addition, ACI-NA obtained the support oU.S. Conerence o Mayors, National League o Cities and the National Association o
Counties in the eort to increase the passenger acility charge (PFC) and obtain more
ederal unding or airports. Indeed, ACI-NAs policy advocacy work has been critical
to making the case or higher PFCs.
While FAA reauthorization is important, it is not our only ocus.
Our public saety and security team has been working with the Transportation Security
Administration (TSA), Department o Homeland Security (DHS) and local police
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agencies to better mesh security practices with ecient airport operations. ACI-NA talksto the TSA, almost daily, on a variety o concerns.
When Congress earlier this year started to press airports to implement 100 percent
screening o airport employees, ACI-NA embarked upon an educational eort that
slowed down the rush to impose new untested procedures on all. Instead, six dierent
ederally-unded test programs will be tried at cooperating airports. It is our hope that
only ater these methods are thoroughly tested and evaluated will any new procedures
be mandated.
The ACI-NA environmental eorts are multi-aceted. We have worked to get new noise
standards and unding fexibility included in the FAA reauthorization legislation. ACI-NAis also cooperating with our world partners in Airports Council International and the
www.enviro.aero website to address pressing issues, such as carbon emissions.
Ater surveying the membership in the spring, the Washington-based sta has taken steps
to improve our communications with you. We already implemented improvements to the
weekly newsletter, @irports Update, and in the near uture, you should see an expanded
website and revamped Centerlines, our magazine. As part o the FAA reauthorization
education eort, we also created a second website, passengersrstcommitment.org.
Due to the longstanding interest expressed by our member airports to establish a orum to
address key human resource issues, ACI-NA has ormed a Human Resources committee.The rst meeting o this group will take place during the Kansas City conerence.
As we continue to ocus on the bedrock issues o nance, security and the environment,
ACI-NA your organization stands ready to advance your operational, community and
policy agendas or a stronger air transportation system and a stronger airport industry. I
look orward to working with you in the coming year.
Greg Principa
President, ACI-NA
ACI-NA reached outto newspapers withletters to the editorto promote increasedinvestment in airports.
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a irPorts 2006 at a glan ce
STATISTICAL MEASURE
U.S. Airport Industry Revenues (Aero)U.S. Airport Industry Revenues (Non-Aero)
U.S. Airport Industry Total Operating Revenues
U.S. Airport Industry Total Non-operating Revenues
U.S. Airport Industry Total revenue
U.S. Airport Industry Expenses Operating)
U.S. Airport Industry Expenses (Non-Operating)
U.S. Airport Industry Total Expenses
North American Total Passengers
North American Total Cargo
North American Total Aircraft Movements
U.S. Passenger Enplanements
U.S. Enplanements at Large-Hub Airports
U.S. Enplanements at Medium-Hub Airports
U.S. Enplanements at Small-Hub Airports
U.S. Enplanements at Non-Hub Airports
Airline Market Share/Network Carrier
Airline Market Share/Low Cost Carrier
Airline Market Share/Regional Carrier
U.S. Airlines Financial Performance (Operating Revenue)U.S. Airlines Financial Performance (Operating Prot/Loss)
U.S. Airlines Financial Performance (Net Prot/Loss)
Canadian Air Passenger Trafc/International
Canadian Air Passenger Trafc/Transborder
Canadian Air Passenger Trafc/Domestic
Canadian Air Passenger Total
Canadian Airport Capital Assistance
Number of U.S. Flights with Delayed Arrivals
Percentage of U.S. Flights Arriving Late
Average Length of U.S. Arrival Delays (in minutes)
2005
$7.01b$6.1b
$13.1b
$5.6b
$18.7b
$8.6b
$2.9b
$11.5b
1.52b
30.9M
35.6M
735.7M
508.3M
145.5M
58.3M
22.7M
70%
25%
5%
$15.1M$426,715
-$5.7M
15.8M
19.8M
29.1M
64.8m
C$35.3M
773,260
22%
50.6
2006
$7.08b$6.3b
$13.4b
$6.3b
$19.8b
$9b
$3.1b
$12.1b
1.53b
31.8M
34.6M
736.8M
510.9M
145.7M
57.9M
21.4M
67%
28%
4%
$163.8M$7.5 million
$3M
16.5M
20.6M
31M
68.2M
C$38.3M
726,319
23%
53.2
%CHANgE1.1%4.2%
2.5%
12.5%
5.5%
5.2%
6.9%
5.6%
0.5%
2.8%
-3%
0.2%
0.5%
0.2%
-0.8%
-5.7%
-4.3%
12%
-20%
8.3%1668.1%
4.5%
3.9%
6.7%
5.3%
8.2%
-6.1%
2.7%
5.1%
fOR NORTH AMERICAN AIRPORTS, 2006 wAS A gOOd yEAR wITH MOST Of THE MAjOR STATISTICAL MEASUREMENTS gOINg UP.
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URCES:ACI-NA
DATA,
CAC,
FAA,
TRANSPORT
CANADA,
ATA
RANK
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
AIRPORT
Atlanta
Chicago OHare
Dallas/Ft Worth
Los Angeles
Las Vegas
Houston
Denver
Phoenix
Philadelphia
Charlotte
TOTAL OPERATIONS
976,447
958,643
699,773
656,842
619,486
602,672
598,489
546,510
515,869
509,559
Top 10 U.S. AirporTS in 2006 rAnked by ToTAl MoveMenTS
RANK
1
2
3
4
56
7
8
9
10
AIRPORT
Atlanta
Chicago OHare
Los Angeles
Dallas/Ft Worth
DenverLas Vegas
New York-JFK
Houston
Phoenix
Newark
TOTAL PASSENgERS
84.8M
77M
61M
60.2M
47.3M46.1M
43.7M
42.5M
41.4M
36.7M
% CHANgE
-1.2%
0.7%
-0.7%
1.8%
9.1%5.0%
4.5%
7.1%
0.5%
7.9%
Top 10 U.S. AirporTS in 2006 rAnked by ToTAl pASSengerS
RANK
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
AIRPORT
Memphis
Anchorage
Louisville
Los Angeles
Miami
New York-JFK
Chicago OHare
Indianapolis
Newark
Dallas/Ft Worth
TOTAL TONS
3.6M
2.6M
1.98M
1.9M
1.8M
1.6M
1.5M
987,449
974,961
757,856
% CHANgE
2.6%
5.4%
9.2%
-1.6%
4.3%
0.2%
0.8%
0.2%
2.6%
2.1%
Top 10 U.S. AirporTS in 2006 rAnked by Air CArgo
% CHANgE
-0.4%
-1.4%
-1.7%
1.0%
2.4%
7.1%
6.7%
-3.0%
-3.7%
-2.4%
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Rick Piccolo2007 ACI-NA Chair
cha irMan s Message
Dear Colleagues,
Airports are making a dierence this year.
The aviation industry and airports in particular ace a number o challenges:
crowded skies, aging inrastructure, tighter security demands and a heightened
awareness o environmental issues.
Just as predicted, air travel is now back to pre-September 11 growth patterns. With the
greater demand, airlines are fying ull. The ull planes and a swamped air trac control
system are putting the pressure on airports to move more people, yet still treat them as
honored and invited guests. We are putting passengers rst.
Airports are rising to meet these challenges and in doing so, we are getting results.
Without a doubt, the challenge this year has been the reauthorization o the Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA) legislation with its companion issues, including a new
air trac control system, unding ormulas and regulatory fexibility.
To meet these challenges, we are now telling our story a story that many appar-
ently never heard beore. We are demystiying our unding system, clariying our
role in airport security and itemizing our capital needs. Airports many or the rst
time are stressing their vital role in keeping their local economies rolling. I have
enjoyed seeing my colleagues animated and inspired as they tell their stories to their
Washington representatives.
And, what have we discovered? Airports do have clout. People are listening, in both
Washington and back home.
Airports may not be getting everything on our wish list, but we are getting much
o what we need. In the pending FAA legislation, we are getting a much more
realistic ceiling on passenger acility charges and increased unding or the airport
improvement program two areas vital to unding our uture capital needs.
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I think our eorts to date have been successul primarily because we are getting ourmessage out that rst and oremost, we are in the people business. Airports are committed
to putting our passengers needs rst.
We are not viewed in Washington as a special interest group. Instead, our national leaders
realize that supporting airports is part o the public abric necessary to keep the economy
growing.
We have also discovered that airports can infuence security and environmental regulations.
The airport community represented by individual airports and ACI-NA is sitting at the
table with the Transportation Security Administration. When we speak, they are now moreaccommodating to our needs and concerns.
Inaddition,airportsareworkingwiththeEnvironmentalProtectionAgencyandothersso
that a holistic approach or environmental concerns, airport operations and construction
becomes the norm. We realize we need to be good neighbors. Airports are striving to
blend the need to expand our operations to meet uture air travel demands and the need to
promote sustainability and other green operating and building practices.
As I wrap up my term as chair o ACI-NA, I want to thank you or your involvement and
your support. Yes, airports do have clout. I have discovered this past year that this clout and
infuence has been underestimated and more importantly underutilized. In the comingyear, we need to collectively and individually reach out to more people, back home and
in Washington, to tell our story. Our story empowers us.
Frerick J. (Rick) Piccl
Chair, ACI-NA 2007 Board o Directors
President,ChiefExecutiveOfcer
Sarasota Manatee Airport Authority
Millions of passengers will be stuckat the gate tomorrow.One out of four flights were delayed last year,as our aviation infrastructurestruggled to meet demand. And its only going to get worse. The FAA projects thenumber of annual air travelers to increase 35 percent by 2015 to over one billion.
Without new runways or terminals, airports will become chokepoints in thenations aviation system.
Congress needs toput passengers first.Raising the cap on airport Passenger Facility Charges (PFCs)will ensure that necessary airport capital improvementprograms can move forward, increasing capacity,enhancingsecurity and promoting new competition.
Passengers First Commitment
For more information visitwww.passengersfirstcommitment.org
If Congress doesnt support airportdevelopment today...
ACI-NAs PassengerFirst Commitment adsappeared in Roll Calland The Hill in 2007.
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canada s a i rPorts .do ing our Part
For canad ian coMPet i t i v eness
Jim FacetteCAC President and CEO
The Canadian Airports Council (CAC) stepped up its eorts in several key areas
through continued collaborative eorts with the ederal government. A central theme
o competitiveness emerged or the years work, as the CAC attended to a number odossiers impacting the competitiveness o Canadas airports in the world.
INTERNATIONAL AIR POLICy
The ederal government unveiled its much-awaited new international air policy. Dubbed
Blue Sky, the new policy committed the ederal government, as a primary objective, to
seek to negotiate reciprocal Open Skies-type agreements.
ShortlyafterBlueSkywasannounced,theEuropeanCommission(EU)signalledto
CanadaitsinterestinexploringanOpenAviationArea.TheEUisCanadassecond
biggest trading partner and source o tourists and Canadas airports strongly endorsed the
move toward Open Skies to provide new opportunities or service and to remain compet-itive with airports in the U.S. In June, ater several senior-level exchanges between Canada
andtheEU,CanadasPrimeMinisterannouncedthattalkswouldgetunderwaythisfall.
Meanwhile, other bilateral talks continued and Canada announced Open Skies agree-
ments with Ireland and Iceland over the summer.
AIRPORT COMPETITIvENESS
As a competitiveness issue, airport rent continues to challenge Canadas airports ability to
compete or trac. The CACs position remains that rent should be eliminated in recog-
nition o the importance o air transportation to Canada and Canadian competitiveness.
As an interim measure, the CAC continues to seek a redenition o revenue used to
calculate rent in order to exclude revenue raised to cover debt. This would eliminate
the current penalty on airports that have used the capital markets to und inrastructure
expansions and improvements.
bORdER SERvICES ANd NEXUS AIR EXPANSION
Canadas airports remain concerned about the provision o airport border services
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rom the Canada Border Services Agency
(CBSA). The CAC participated in two
consultative hearings related to a reviewo the agencys budget and its strategic
direction.
There were some bright spots in border
acilitation as early progress was signalled
in airport eorts to secure a national transit
without visa program and a pilot electronic
primary inspection line (PIL) or the
border.
ExpansionoftheNEXUSAirprogramshould be complete by the end o the year
at all o Canadas eight largest airports. As
atechnology-basedprogram,NEXUSAir
allows or a more ecient use o border
resources. The CAC has been a strong
proponent o its expansion.
SECURITy ANd LAgS
Through the CAC, Canadas airports are
participating in the ederal governments
cargo security pilot project, which parallelseorts also underway in the U.S.
The nancial impact on airports rom a
security ban on liquids, gels and aerosols
(LAGs) continued through 2007, most
notably or pre-clearance airports on fights
into the U.S. Some progress was made in
thisarea,however,andwiththeEuropeanUniononrecognitionofCanadiansecurity
measures or LAGs on connecting fights.
REPLACEMENT wORKER LEgISLATION
Two opposition party private members bills were introduced in 2006 and 2007 seeking
to ban the use o replacement workers at ederally regulated organizations. As the CAC
notied the Minister o Transport, i passed, the legislation could cause the shut-down
o one or more o Canadas airports in the event o a strike or lock-out.
With the rst bill deeated in a vote in the spring, a second bill largely mimicking the
rst was immediately introduced. CAC eorts are ongoing to inorm legislators about
the potentially negative consequences o this legislation.
NEXT yEARAs 2007 comes to a close, the CAC and its members join the rest o Canada in
monitoring the developments with Canadas minority ederal government and its
progress in key policy areas.
Three themes are expected to continue to occupy CAC time: environment, nancial/
economic viability o the airports system, and
the acilitation o passengers.
Canadas airports are doing their part to
acilitate Canadas competitiveness in the
world but this requires government direction domestically and internationally consistent
with its commitment to Canadian competi-
tiveness.
Jim Facee
PresidentandCEO
Canadian Airports Council
An expansion is nowunderway at OttawaInternational Airport.
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With these principles, we will be seeking Congressional approval o an FAA
reauthorization bill that provides airports with the necessary tools to und projects
beneting their local communities and help continue to meet growing airline and
passenger demands, said Rick Piccolo, chairman o the ACI-NA board and president
and chie executive ocer o the Sarasota Bradenton International Airport in
February 2007.
ACI-NA sta realized that the rst step in building momentum or FAA reautho-
rization was to provide inormation to Congress about the importance o airports.
Despite the act that airports are gateways or trade and commerce, generating signi-
icant economic and transportation benets, we ound that we needed to do signicant
work to better educate policymakers about the best ways to nance the expansion
o airport inrastructure. Meeting with sta rom nearly every member o the Senate
Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee and the House Transportation
and Inrastructure Committee, we emphasized that airports are not only catalysts or
economic growth, but also a critical component in the FAAs Next Generation air
transportation system to modernize aviation.
The next step was to provide the acts and data on airport capital needs and why
airports must plan now to accommodate the more than one billion passengers
expected to travel by air in the United States by 2015. The Passengers First
Commitment campaign (www.passengersrstcommitment.org) was then developed
to publicize the respected ACI-NA Capital Needs Survey results and the important
role that an increase in the passenger acility charge (PFC) ceiling would play in
airport project nancing. Further, with airline passengers experiencing higher ticket
prices and more inconvenience, we have publicized the act that PFCs acilitate the
construction o new terminals, runways
and taxiways reducing delays and
providing more service and price compe-
tition. Additionally, ACI-NA has been
very successul in securing publication o
LetterstotheEditorandguesteditorialsin congressional, aviation trade and general
media publications on the importance o
leg is lat ive and governMent a F Fa i rs
ACI-NA Urg Cngr t Prvi Airprt wit T fr t Futur
10
IN PREPARATION fOR THE CONgRESSIONAL dEbATE ON fEdERAL AvIATION AdMINISTRATION (fAA) REAUTHORIzATION, THE AIRPORTS COUNCIL
INTERNATIONALNORTH AMERICAS (ACI-NA) bOARd Of dIRECTORS IN fEbRUARy LAId THE fOUNdATION TO MAKE THE CASE fOR AIRPORT
MOdERNIzATION by dEvELOPINg SIX gUIdINg PRINCIPLES fOR THE INdUSTRyS LObbyINg EffORTS.
ACI-NAs sIx GUIdING FAAReAUThoRIzATIoN PRINCIPles
Increase the Passenger Facility Charge
(PFC) rate ceiling and give airports
exibility in rate-setting
Streamline FAAs management of the PFC
Program
Increase and strengthen the Airport
Improvement Program (AIP)
Improve the Airport and Airways Trust
Fund to foster nancial stability
Treat airport bonds as tax-exempt public
purpose bonds
Allow airports more nancial exibility
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expanding airports as part o modernizing
the nations aviation system.
ACI-NA also successully collaborated
with the National Association o Counties,
the National League o Cities, the U.S.Conerence o Mayors and the National
Association o State Aviation Ocials
to lobby Congress or increased AIP
unding and an increase in the PFC
ceiling. Recognizing the importance
o the Small Community Air Service
DevelopmentandtheEssentialAirService
(EAS)programs,thecoalitionalsourged
continued unding or these important
programs administered by the Department
o Transportation (DOT).
While the need or more unding tools
has been the ocus or reauthorization,
it is not the only issue on which we are
working. Air trac control (ATC) reorm
is a critical issue aecting the uture o the
airport industry and ACI-NA is playing
a key leadership role. We are participating
with FAA, the airlines and the general
aviation community in numerous Joint Policy and Development Oce (JPDO)
committees, as well as educating congressional sta on the ATC programs that are
essential or U.S. airports. Additionally, in May ACI-NA submitted testimony regarding
FAA reauthorization that outlined the most important ATC initiatives or the airport
industry:AirportSurfaceDetectionEquipment-ModelX;AutomaticDependent
SurveillanceBroadcast;PerformanceBasedNavigation;andWakeVortexDetectionand Avoidance Programs.
Recognizing that environmental issues are a key ocus or many in Congress, ACI-NA
also vigorously advocated a number o innovative airport environmental programs in
FAA reauthorization. In late April, ACI-NA sta met with the House Transportation
and Inrastructure sta to urge the inclusion o 12 specic legislative provisions. A
month later, ACI-NA testied on behal o the
airport industry on climate change and energy
eciency beore the committee. We were very
pleased that the committee supported many o
the programs we discussed in testimony in thenal legislation.
The Senate and House FAA reauthorization
bills dier in their emphasis on the tools
necessary or airport modernization and much
work remains to be done. ACI-NA is condent
that when the conerence committee completes
its work and the legislation is ultimately passed
by Congress and signed by the President,
ACI-NA President GregPrincipato testies beforethe House HomelandSecurity Subcommittee onTransportation Securityand InfrastructureProtection. Lauren Stover,
Miami-Dades assistantaviation director forsecurity and communi-cations, and WilliamE. Holden, senior vicepresident of CovenantHomeland SecuritySolutions, look on.
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the airport industry will have the additional tools necessary to better serve passengers by
providing saer, more ecient, and environmentally-riendly acilities.
The DOT appropriations were also an area in which the Government Aairs team
has been very active. With the assistance o our member airports, we lobbied success-
ully against the Presidents request or a signicant cut in AIP unding or scal 2008.
Given the dicult budgetary environment and the act that there is no authorization
in place or the program, this is an important
achievement or the airport industry. We
were also pleased with Congressional support
forfundingtheEASandSmallCommunity
Air Service Development programs.
Because o the critical impact aviationsecurity and TSA programs have on airport
operations, it is no surprise that ACI-NA
was involved in legislation to implement
the 9/11 Commission recommendations
and the Department o Homeland Security
(DHS) appropriations bill. Funding or
in-lineexplosivedetectionsystems(EDS),
TSA and Customs stang, as well as cargo
screening, were all areas where ACI-NAs
participation beneted the airport industry.
WealsolobbiedextensivelyforfundingEDSintheIraqSupplementallegislationthatwas ultimately signed into law in early August.
Additionally, ACI-NA sta infuenced the congressional debate on employee screening
and airport badges. We represented the airport industry on 100 percent employee
screening at a House hearing in April, advocating a multi-aceted, risk-based program,
developed collaboratively by airports, airlines and TSA. This program would serve
to enhance the security o the traveling public by strengthening airport and airline
employee screening while appropriately using resources across the aviation industry.
While the House legislation moved out o committee and could move to the foor or
consideration, the more likely vehicle or the employee screening issue will come rom
a possible conerence on the House and
Senate DHS appropriations measures. This
is due to the act that both bills include
language and limited unding to pilot testphysical screening o airport and airline
employees. A conerence report on DHS
appropriations is ar rom certain, and the
President has threatened a veto unless the
spending levels are reduced. Regarding the
security o airport badges, our eorts were
directly responsible or the addition o a
provision that recognized the challenges
and role o airport operators as govern-
mental entities in collecting access badges
rom terminated employers.
Many challenges remain or the ACI-NA
sta and airport industry as a whole. These
include but are not limited to the passage
o FAA reauthorization legislation, as well
as educating Congress on airport saety,
security, unding, eciency, and environ-
mental issues. We appreciate your assistance
and support and look orward to working
with you or the success o the industry.
Chairman Jerry Costello(D-IL) confers with RankingMember Rep. Thomas E. Petri(R-WI) during a meeting ofthe House Transportationand Infrastructure CommitteeSubcommittee on Aviation.
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One o the most signicant technology issues involves payment card industry security,
acriticalissueforanairportthatacceptsconsumercreditcards.AmericanExpress
Michael Mitchell brieed the group on this topic during the
spring conerence.
The committee remains very interested in CUPPS. The success o the CUPPS initiative
requires participation rom both airports and airlines. The International Air TransportAssociation (IATA) invited Sam Ingalls o McCarran International Airport to chair a
new committee revising 25-year-old standards or common use terminal equipment.
The IATA committee has worked along with airports and the Air Transport Association
coMMittee accoMPl ishMents
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THE bUSINESS INfORMATION TECHNOLOgIES COMMITTEE (bIT) CONTINUEd TO wORK ON COMMON USE PASSENgER
PROCESSINg (CUPPS), wIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS (wI-fI) ANd AIRPORT INfORMATION SySTEMS.
Stephen J. Mitchell,chair of the Commis-sioners Committee,honors U.S. Rep.Bennie G. Thompson.
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THE COMMISSIONERS COMMITTEE, COMPOSEd Of AIRPORT bOARd MEMbERS, COMMISSIONERS ANd TRUSTEES, RAISEd
A RECORd AMOUNT NEARLy $40,000 fOR ITS SCHOLARSHIP PROgRAM ANd AwARdEd fIvE COLLEgE SCHOLARSHIPS.
At its spring Leadership Conerence, the group honored U.S. Rep. Bennie G. Thompson
(D-MS) with its 2007 leadership award or his ongoing support o the aviation industry.
Thompson is the chairman o the House Homeland Security Committee.
Over the past several months, the committee members have been actively and
eectively educating their local congressional representatives about ACI-NA
reauthorization goals.
on a recommended practice as well as
detailed technical specications. These
projects, when completed and imple-
mented, will allow airports to install
passenger-processing equipment that can
be used by multiple airlines. This will
allow airport equipment to be used moreeciently and give airlines the opportunity
to take advantage o airport acilities on
short notice.
In June, more than 100
attended the committees
annual conerence held in
Atlanta.AirTranCEOJoe
Leonard was a keynote
speaker.
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THE ECONOMIC AffAIRS COMMITTEE ACTS AS THE fOCAL POINT fOR
THE ASSOCIATIONS EffORTS ON A bROAd RANgE Of AIRPORT-RELATEd
ECONOMIC ISSUES. AIRPORTS AbILITy TO ACHIEvE THEIR PUbLIC SERvICE
RESPONSIbILITIES dEPENdS UPON THEIR ECONOMIC vITALITy.
TheEconomicAffairsCommitteeisrespon-
sible or the management o six subcom-
mittees: Air Cargo, Airline Business, Business
and Commercial Management, Business
Diversity, Finance and Administration, andInsurance and Risk Management.
The Insrance an Risk Managemen
Sbcmmiee last year began a bench-
marking study o Airport Operating
Agreement Insurance Requirements. In
order to assist airports in assessing the
adequacy o insurance coverage require-
ments on airports business partners, the
subcommittee rolled out a pilot project
at the end o 2006. More than 50 airportsparticipated in the ull study o both limits
and general insurance requirements.
The Air Carg Sbcmmiees
security working group developed a
new chapter or the ACI-NA Air Cargo
Handbook, which details the latest security
practices. The Alternative Land Use
working group is developing a paper that
will examine alternative
land use and critical opera-
tions and security, physical
and environmental, business
and nancial considerationsairports should take beore
undertaking such projects.
Other committee projects
include analyzing the
emergence o secondary
gateways, open skies agree-
ments and the China and
Southeast Asian market.
The Finance an Aminisrain Sbcmmiee established a benchmarking task orce to
consolidate all benchmarking eorts and came up with recommendations to enhance the ACI-NAAirport Perormance Benchmarking Program. At the suggestion o the subcommittee, the Airport
Cooperative Research Program will prepare a paper on trends, methods and best practices or airport-
airline agreements.
TheEconomicAffairsCommitteeisalsoresponsibleforholdingseveralindustry-relatedconferences
peryear,includingtheEconomicandFinanceConference,theInsuranceandRiskManagement
Conerence, the Air Cargo Conerence, the Airport CFO Fly-in Summit and the Concessions
Conerence, as well as making contr ibutions to the ACI-NA Annual Conerence. Additionally, the
committeealsoconductstheRichardA.GriesbachExcellenceinAirportConcessionsContest.
UPS will be spending
$250 million toexpand its WorldPortfacilities at LouisvilleInternational Airport.
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TheNEPAWorkingGroupremainedactivein2006-2007,workingjointlywith
the Airport Consultants Council (ACC) and Federal Aviation Administration
(FAA) to organize a series o workshops ocused on FAAs Order 5050.4B, National
Environmental Policy Act: Implementing Instructions for Airport Projects. An October 2007
workshopwillfocusonthenewFAAEnvironmentalDeskReferenceforfederal
airport actions. The workshop participants will better understand how FAA integrates
over20environmentallawsintotheNEPAprocess.Thisgroupisalsocollaborating
with members o the Operations and Technical Aairs Committee to explore ways to
integratephysicalplanningandtheNEPAprocessinanefforttostreamlineairport
project development.
AsignicantfocusofthecommitteecontinuestobetheEnvironmentalProtection
Agencys(EPA)developmentofefuentlimitationguidelinesforairportdeicing
practices. The Water Quality Working Group recently established a task orce to work
withEPAthroughouttheruledevelopmentprocess,whichshouldbenalizedin2009.
coMMittee accoMPl ishMents
envirnmnta Affair Cmmitt
THE ENvIRONMENTAL AffAIRS COMMITTEE INCLUdES NINE wORKINg gROUPS: AIR QUALITy, CAEP/INTERNATIONAL ISSUES, LANd USE
COMPATIbILITy, NATURAL RESOURCES, NATIONAL ENvIRONMENTAL POLICy ACT (NEPA), NOISE, SUSTAINAbILITy, wASTE MANAgEMENT, ANd
wATER QUALITy.
What started as a joint initiative o the
EnvironmentalandOperationsand
Technical Aairs Committees, the Sustain-
ability Working Group is expanding to
include interaction and input rom all
ACI-NA committees. The Working Group
is examining how airports are inormed,
enabled and ultimately empowered to
make better decisions that holistically
integrate how they do business, treat the
environment, work with their business
partners and tenants, and are perceived by
their neighbors and the public.
Madisons Dane County Regional Airportwon the mitigation award in the 2007Environmental Achievement Awards. Thisis an aerial view approaching Runway 14.The runway safety improvement project(lower right area) involved realigning arailroad over a marsh, relocating a creekbed, and realigning a portion of a countyhighway and the airport perimeter road,all accomplished while minimizing theimpact on the surrounding marsh, andimproving the hydrology in the area andthe water quality of the stream.
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Faciitatin Wrking Grup
THE fACILITATION wORKINg gROUP AddRESSES ISSUES INvOLvINg THE U.S. AgENCIES THAT CONTROL THE MOvEMENT Of
INTERNATIONAL AIR PASSENgERS ANd CARgO ENTRy THROUgH U.S. AIRPORTS.
The group worked with the Canadian Airports Council to mitigate the impact
o the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative on air travel.
ThefacilitationgroupwillintensifyitsworkonUS-VISITExit,whichhasimpli-
cations or all U.S. airports. The move by the Department o Homeland Security
(DHS) will impact airports because the agency wants the airlines to collect the
ngerprintsofdepartingvisitors.CongresswantsDHStoimplementUS-VISIT
by December 2008, which is a very tight timetable.
The group has ocused its eorts on U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
stang, model airports program and
the Rice-Cherto Initiative on Secure
Borders and Open Doors. Because o the
groups eorts with Congress, CBP is now
posting more detailed wait times or 16 US
airports. However, more work is needed
to ensure the accuracy o this data and
inclusion o more airports.
U.s. Intrnatina Air srvic Prgram
THE INTERNATIONAL AIR SERvICE PROgRAM, fUNdEd THROUgH A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ON INTERESTEd U.S. AIRPORT
MEMbERS, PROMOTES U.S. AIRPORT INTERESTS IN INTERNATIONAL AIR SERvICE.
A Chinese dragon was part ofthe festivities at WashingtonDulles International Airport onMarch 28 to mark United Airlinesrst daily non-stop ight fromDulles to Beijing. United won
the ight after a new agreementwith China was reached.ACI-NAs International Air ServiceProgram participated in thosenegotiations.
The group was involved in eorts with other major partners such as Argentina,
Japan, and Mexico.
The program has established a working group consisting o member airports
toparticipateinthesecondstagenegotiationswiththeEU.Ascalledforin
the accord, talks are to begin in June 2008 to discuss ollow-up items, including
trac rights, oreign investment opportunities, access to government-nanced
trac and the eects o inrastructure and environmental. The working groupwill develop ACI-NAs approach and views prior to the start o these talks.
The program was an active participant
in the consultations with China, which
led to an agreement in May to expand
signicantly passenger and cargo rights.
Ater our years and 11 rounds o consul-
tations, o which ACI was an act ive
player,theEuropeanUnion(EU)andthe
United States reached an Open Skies-PlusAgreement in March 2007.
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These cases include: McCarran v. Sisolak, Vacation Village v. Clark County andAlaska Airlines
v. Los Angeles World Airports.The committee also continues to be involved in land use
issues, particularly the Federal Aviation Administrations (FAA) treatment o airports that
acquired land with Airport Improvement Program (AIP) unds or noise compatibility.
In McCarran v. Sisolak, the Nevada Supreme Court issued a decision in 2006 nding
that a Clark County height restriction took the property o a nearby landowner.
McCarran International petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review the decision.ACI-NA led a riend o the court brie in the Nevada court and, together with
ve other aviation trade associations, led a br ie in support o McCarrans petition to
the U.S. Supreme Court. However, in January, the U.S. Supreme Court decided not to
review the case.
In the Los Angeles case, 21 airlines sued Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) in a U.S.
Department o Transportation administrative court, claiming that the airports increased
coMMittee accoMPl ishMents
lga Affair Cmmitt
THE LEgAL AffAIRS COMMITTEE PARTICIPATEd IN SEvERAL SIgNIfICANT CASES
LITIgATEd dURINg 2006 ANd 2007.
terminal rental charges, and mainte-
nance and operations (M&O)
charges, violated applicable law
and AIP grant assurances. ACI-NA
participated as an intervenor in the
proceeding. LAWA prevailed on
the issue o M&O charges, but the
airlines were successul in convincingDOT that most o the challenged
rental rate increases were unjustly
discriminatory. Both parties are
appealing the DOT to the U.S.
Court o Appeals in Washington,
D.C., and ACI-NA has been asked
to intervene in the case.
ACI-NA intervenedon behalf of LosAngeles InternationalAirport when 21airlines challengedthe airports newterminal rental rates.
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Markting an Cmmunicatin Cmmitt
ACI-NAS MARKETINg ANd COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE, COMPRISEd Of AIRPORT ANd ASSOCIATE PROfESSIONALS IN CUSTOMER SERvICE, AvIATION
EdUCATION, AIR SERvICE, MEdIA RELATIONS, PUbLIC RELATIONS ANd COMMUNITy RELATIONS, fOCUSEd ON CONTINUINg TO PROvIdE EXCELLENT LEARNINg
ANd NETwORKINg OPPORTUNITIES fOR ITS MEMbERS IN 2007.
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THE OPERATIONS ANd TECHNICAL AffAIRS COMMITTEE HAS bEEN fOCUSEd ON ALTERNATIvE CONTRACTINg METHOdS, NEXT gEN CAPACITy ISSUES ANd THE
CONTINUINg PRObLEMS wITH vARIOUS ObSTRUCTION ISSUES THAT ARE NOT bEINg EffECTIvELy RESOLvEd by CURRENT fAA PROCEdURES.
inTucson,Ariz.,with377registrants.USAirwaysCEODougParkerkeynotedthe
conerence. One air service planning session used audience response units that resulted
in enthusiastic participation rom the audience. The other popular sessions covered
social media, including blogs and web sites, and providing excellent customer service.
JumpStart, ACI-NAs signature air service development program, connected 141
airports with airline route planners rom 36 airlines at 740 one-on-one meetings on
June 20.
ThecommitteealsooverseesACI-NAsExcellenceinMarketingandCommunica -
tions Contest. In 2007, 73 airports entered almost 300 entries. Judges bestowed the
prestigiousPeggyG.HerefordAwardforOverallExcellencetoSeattle-Tacoma
International Airport.
The committee planned the April
CustomerServiceandAviationEducation
Seminar held in Columbus, Ohio. The
seminar attracted 85 participants and
included valuable exchanges on research,
investing in the community, translating
eedback into customer service solutionsand best practices.
The June 2007 Marketing and Commu-
nications Conerence & JumpStart Air
Service Development Program was held
at risk and design-build requently used in the private sector. To date, the committee
has held two successul two-day educational seminars, published a white paper and
supported continuing sessions at committee meetings to advance the state o members
knowledge in this area.
The alternative contracting project oers
members a orum and guidance materials
to help them progress rom the traditional
design, bid, build contracting methods to
contracting tools like construction manager
More than 36 airlines met with141 airports in Tucson in theannual JumpStart Air ServiceDevelopment Program whichresulted in 740 one-on-onepresentations. (Anthony French,Inside Tucson Business)
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In addition, it has revitalized its public saety component with a working group
ocused on some o the most pressing public saety issues.
Emplyee Screening. In response to congressional interest and pending legis-
lation, the committee has worked to deal proactively with the issue. A united
industry eort has pushed the government to include a range o actions and
required that these options must rst be pilot tested with the testing unded by
the ederal government.
Nex Generain Airpr Secriy Regime. The committee has been working
on new concepts and providing input to TSA that will ensure that airports are
part o the decision-making process. Among the issues vetted are how to enhance
employee background checks and access authority, improve perimeter security,
improve access control systems, improve airside response and surveillance.
Risk Base Secriy Sysem. The committee has been working with TSA to
develop a methodology to assist the agency and the industry in assessing security
risk. A risk-based system will help TSA and airports in responding more quickly
and eciently to threats.
Safey Managemen Sysem. The Public Saety Working Group is helping
airports prepare to implement new Saety Management System changes as part o
new International Civil Aviation Organization requirements, helping airports share
inormation and best practices regarding mass terminal evacuations and reducing
runway incursions on the aireld though better training.
coMMittee accoMPl ishMents
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THE PUbLIC SAfETy ANd SECURITy COMMITTEE HAS bEEN wORKINg wITH AIRPORTS ANd THE TRANSPORTATION
SECURITy AdMINISTRATION (TSA) TO IMPROvE SECURITy fOR THE PASSENgERS ANd EMPLOyEES AT THE AIRPORTS.
A TSA agent at Baltimore-Washington InternationalThurgood Marshall Airport inspects carry-on items.
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THE SMALL AIRPORTS COMMITTEE HAS AddRESSEd NUMEROUS ISSUES Of CRITICAL IMPORTANCE TO THE OPERATIONS ANd
SURvIvAL Of THE SMALL HUb ANd NON-HUb AIRPORTS.
Congestion at the major hub airports, especially at LaGuardia and OHare, has
had a devastating eect over the past year on delays and cancellations o fights at
the small airports that eed the hub airports.
Atthecommitteeswintermeeting,PinnacleAirlinesdiscussedtheprocess
airlines utilize in determining which fights to delay or cancel when
congestion at the hub airports necessitates a reduction in fights.
Atthecommitteessummermeeting,UnitedExpresstalkedaboutitssuccess
with the procedures the carrier is implementing to reduce delays and cancella-
tions at the small airports that eed OHare.
The committee ocused on two areas to
help small airports to sustain access to the
national air transportation system: Airportsproviding support services to airlines, and
the delays and cancellations o fights at
small airports due to congestion at New
York LaGuardia and at Chicago OHare.
The primary reason small airports are
evaluating whether to provide ground
services is to enhance, or even to maintain,
air service by decreasing the overhead costs
or airlines.
At Springeld-BransonNational Airport, Lead AgentAnders Mercer stows a Comairpassengers wheelchair in thebelly of a regional jet bound forCincinnati. Mercer is part of theairports ground services staff.
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award win ner s
2006 ACI-NA Ricar A. Gribacecnc in Airprt Cncin Cntt
OvERALL gRIESbACH AwARd Of EXCELLENCE
Memphis International Airport Concourse B
bEST fOOd ANd bEvERAgE PROgRAM
MEdIuM AIRPoRtS
1s Place Memphis International Airport Concourse B
LARGE AIRPoRtS1s PlaceDetroitMetropolitanAirportEdwardH.McNamaraTerminal
2n Place John F. Kennedy International Airport Terminal 6
bEST RETAIL SPECIALTy PROgRAM
MEdIuM AIRPoRtS
1s Place Southwest Florida International Airport New Terminal
2n Place Memphis International Airport Concourse B
LARGE AIRPoRtS1s PlaceDetroitMetropolitanAirportEdwardH.McNamaraTerminal
Hnrable Menin HoustonGeorgeBushIntercontinentalAirportTerminalE
MOST INNOvATIvE CONCESSION
LARGE AIRPoRtS
1s PlaceWashingtonDullesInternationalAirportVinoVolo
2n PlaceLaGuardiaAirportCiboExpressGourmetMarket
The rotunda in Concourse B at MemphisInternational Airport reects the communitysheritage. Memphis won the 2006 RichardGriesbach Award of Excellence.
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ecnc in Markting & Cmmunicatin Cntt
THE ANNUAL EXCELLENCE IN AIRPORT MARKETINg ANd COMMUNICATIONS CONTEST HAS gROwN SIgNIfICANTLy IN SIzE ANd SCOPE
SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1990. ACI-NA RECEIvEd MORE ENTRIES THAN EvER bEfORE, NEARLy 300 ENTRIES IN 21 CATEgORIES fROM
73 MEMbER AIRPORTS. THE QUALITy Of wORK ENTEREd IN THIS yEARS CONTEST CREATEd A gREAT CHALLENgE fOR OUR PANEL
Of 37 jUdgES. CONgRATULATIONS TO ALL THE wINNERS!
PEggy g. HEREfORd AwARd wINNER
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
SEATTLE ALSO PLACEd IN THE fOLLOwINg CATEgORIES:
1s Place: Newsletters Internal
2n Place:SpecialEvents
2n Place: Partnering with Carriers
2n Place: Marketing Campaigns
1. ANNUAL REPORTS
1s Place: San Diego County Regional Airport Authority
2n Place: Portland International Airport
3r Place (tie): Metropolitan Washington Airpor ts Authority
3r Place (tie): Haliax International Airport Authority
2. bROCHURES
1s Place: Nashville International Airport
2n Place: Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
3r Place:McCarranInternationalAirport(LasVegas)
Seattle-Tacoma International Airports outstandingcommunications and marketing programs earned theairport ACI-NAs Peggy G. Hereford Award.
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award win ner s
3. NEwSLETTERS INTERNAL OR EMAIL
1s Place (tie): Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
1s Place (tie): Pittsburgh International Airport
2n Place: Baltimore/Washington International
Thurgood Marshall Airport
3r Place: Reno-Tahoe International Airport
4. NEwSLETTERS EXTERNAL
1s Place: Portland International Airport
2n Place: Denver International Airport
3r Place: Ottawa International Airport Authority
5. PRESS KITS1s Place: ElPasoInternationalAirport
2n Place (tie): Metropolitan Washington Airports
Authority
2n Place (tie): Sacramento County Airport System
3r Place: General Mitchell International Airport
(Milwaukee)
6. fLIgHT gUIdES
1s Place: Baltimore/Washington International
Thurgood Marshall Airport2n Place : Brownsville South Padre Island Interna-
tional Airport
3r Place: Metropolitan Washington Airports
Authority
7. SPECIAL EvENTS
1s Place: Southwest Florida International Airport
2n Place: Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
3r Place: Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
8. AvIATION EdUCATION & TOUR PROgRAMS
1s Place: Reno-Tahoe International Airport
2n Place: VanNuysAirport
3r Place: San Diego County Regional Airport
Authority
9. PARTNERINg wITH CARRIERS
1s Place:EdmontonAirports
2n Place: Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
3r Place: Blue Grass Airport (Lexington, KY)
10. MARKETINg CAMPAIgNS
1s Place (tie): Minneapolis St. Paul InternationalAirport
1s Place (tie): Oakland International Airport
2n Place: Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
3r Place: Boston Logan International Airport
11. PUbLIC RELATIONS CAMPAIgNS
1s Place: McCarranInternationalAirport(LasVegas)
2n Place(tie):EdmontonAirports
2n Place (tie): Miami International Airport
3r Place: John C. Munro Hamilton InternationalAirport (Ontario)
12. CORPORATE bRANdINg CAMPAIgNS
1s Place: VancouverInternationalAirport
2n Place:YeagerAirport(Charleston,WV)
3r Place: Mineta San Jose International Airport
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13. CUSTOMER SERvICE INITIATIvES
1s Place: San Diego International Airport
2n Place (tie): Winnipeg International Airport
2n Place (tie): Mineta San Jose International
Airport
3r Place: Columbus Regional Airport Authority
14A. PRINT AdvERTISINg bLACK & wHITE
1s Place: LA/Ontario International Airport
2n Place: Mineta San Jose International Airport
3r Place: Fort Wayne-Allen County Airport
Authority
14 b. PRINT AdvERTISINg COLOR
1s Place: LA/Ontario International Airport
2n Place: LA/Palmdale Regional Airport
3r Place: Reno-Tahoe International Airport
15. RAdIO AdvERTISINg
1s Place: Minneapolis St. Paul International
Airport
2n Place: Hartseld-Jackson Atlanta International
Airport3r Place: Bradley International Airport
16. Tv AdvERTISINg
1s Place: McGhee Tyson Airport (Knoxville)
2n Place: LA/Ontario International Airport
3r Place: Bradley International Airport
17. vIdEO & fILM PROdUCTION
1s Place: Baltimore/Washington International
Thurgood Marshall Airport
2n Place (tie): Brownsville South Padre Island
International Airport
2n Place (tie): Denver International Airport
3r Place: LA/Palmdale Regional Airport
18A. CREATIvE INNOvATIONS PROMOTIONAL ITEMS
1s Place: McCarran International Airport
2n Place: Huntsville International Airport
3r Place: Detroit Metropolitan Airport/Wayne
County Airport Authority
18b. CREATIvE INNOvATIONS TECHNOLOgy
1s Place: Minneapolis St. Paul International
Airport
2n Place: Metropolitan Washington Airports
Authority
3r Place: Chicago Airport System
19. wEb SITES
1s Place: Portland International Airport2n Place (tie): Tulsa International Airport
2n Place (tie): Baton Rouge Metropolitan
Airport
3r Place: McGhee Tyson Airport (Knoxville)
dwn Awar
jIM dELONg
TheWilliamE.Downes,Jr.,MemorialAward,
rst presented in 1978, is ACI-NAs most presti-
gious award.
The 2006 winner o the award is Jim DeLong.
In his career, DeLong was the aviation director
in ve cities: Wichita, Houston, Philadelphia,
Denver and Louisville. In each city, DeLong
was in charge o major construction projects. InDenver, he built and opened the new airport.
DeLong served as chairman o ACI-NA in 1996.
The award honors the memory and leadership o
Downes, who was the Chicago aviation commis-
sioner rom 1959 to 1975. Most o the extensive
development o OHare International Airport
took place while he was commissioner.
ACI-NA President Greg Principato and 2006Chairman Steve Grossman present the 2006Downes award to Jim DeLong.
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envirnmnta Acivmnt Awar
TheannualACI-NAEnvironmentalAchievementAwardsacknowledgethehardwork
and achievements o ACI-NA members by promoting awareness more broadly within the
airport community, the general public and regulators o the many notable and innovative
eorts being undertaken by environmental proessionals at airports. In 2007, ACI-NA
received16entriesacrossthreeawardcategories:EnvironmentalManagement(9);
Mitigation(3);andOutreach,Education,andCommunityInvolvement(6).Threeairports
won awards and the judges made one special award.
ENvIRONMENTAL MANAgEMENT AwARd CATEgORy:San Francisc Inernainal Airpr: Environmental Sustainability Program
The San Francisco International Airport plays a key role in meeting the citys
commitment to attaining environmental sustainability. Signicant measures have been
undertaken to reduce emissions, save energy, improve water quality, preserve natural
resources,andminimizewasteattheairport.ComponentsoftheEnvironmental
SustainabilityProgram,asdocumentedinanEnvironmentalSustainabilityReport,
includeapilotprogramwithVirginAtlantictotowdepartingaircraftpart-waytothe
runway, 400 Hz power and pre-conditioned air at many gates, conversion o airport
shuttles to bio-diesel uel, installation o solar panels, and a solid waste minimization and
recycling program.
MITIgATION AwARd CATEgORy:
dane Cny Reginal Airpr:
Runway 14/32 Safety Area and
Associated Improvements
To bring Runway 14/32s saety
area into compliance with FAA
design standards, the Dane County
Regional Airport relocated 2.4
miles o active rail line, 0.8 miles o
a county highway, over one mile
o creek, and the airport perimeter
road and ence. The project resulted
in 36 acres o direct wetland ll
and 35 acres o secondary impact,
necessitating 53 acres o wetland
mitigation credit. In conjunction
with 10 ederal, state, and local
agencies, the airport developed an
on-site mitigation plan that includedmeasures to address adverse historical
impacts to water resources. The
airport restored both the hydrology
o the Cherokee Fen, including
buer plantings and sediment
removal, and the Starkweather
Creek. The mitigation measures
o the project will result in a net
overall enhancement to local water
resources.
award win ner s
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SPECIAL AwARd
Lis Armsrng New orleans Inernainal Airpr:
Runway 10-28 Rehabilitation, Levee Lift, Flood Gate, and Canal Enclosure
Having been in service or almost 30 years without a major rehabilitation, rehabilitating
Runway 10-28 became a priority or the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
Airport in late 2003. Because Runway 10-28 is the longer o the Airports only two
runways, minimizing construction time was critical. The project was completed success-
ully through use o monetary incentives or early completion, innovative and environ-
mentally-riendly construction techniques, and inclusion o regional food protection
construction works. Completion o the rehabilitation coincided almost to the hour o
Hurricane Katrina making landall near New Orleans. With daily operations soaring
rom an average o 700 to as many as 3,800, completion o the rehabilitated runway
proved critical to emergency operations ollowing the Hurricanes devastating eects.
OUTREACH/EdUCATION/COMMUNITyINvOLvEMENT:
Prlan Inernainal Airpr:Environmental Outreach and
Communications Program
To urther its environmental policy and
objectives, the Port o Portland established
anEnvironmentalOutreachandCommu -
nication Program. The program inorms
stakeholders about the ports aviation
environmental programs and integratesstakeholder input to those programs
through use o Community Integration
Guidelines developed specically or the
program. The program, which includes a
dedicated environmental outreach manager,
enhances relationship building between the
airport and the community, allowing more
eective implementation o the airports
proactive environmental projects.
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I the local airport is the new Main Street or central business district in this post-in-
dustrial era as The Wall Street Journalobserved, then there needs to be a lot o building
over the next ve years to meet the customers demands.
Just to keep pace with the FAAs orecast o air trac growth both passenger and
cargo, the U.S. airports expect to spend $87.4 billion on capital developments through
2011 thats $17.5 billion per year. But to keep pace, the airports need more money.
One answer to the unding gap is more dollars rom passenger acility charges (PFC).
To document the need or more PFC dollars, ACI-NA surveyed its member airports
and reported in May that in just two years the airport construction tab has grown
22.2 percent. While additional projects contributed to part o the growth, the survey
determined that infation in the construction industry has been driving up the costs o
work underway as well as the price estimates or projects in the planning stage. More
than 100 member airports participated in the survey.
Citing this infation in the construction industry, ACI-NA has been urging Congress
to raise the ceiling on PFCs to $7.50. The House has responded to the report by
proposing a new $7 ceiling on PFCs.
With more than 1 billion passengers expected to be traveling through the U.S. airports
by 2015, airports need to start moving
dirt now.
The Airport Capital Development Costs
study ound that i these improvements
are not made, travelers will encounter
overcrowding at some o the nations most
congested passenger airports, longer fight
delays, longer waits or an open gate at
destination airports, and a system under-
equipped and ill-prepared to respond to new
capacity, saety and security requirements.
On just the airside o airport operations,
there are 858 construction projects in
progress or planned or large, medium and
small hub airports. The study ound that
a consistent source o unding is needed,
especially when it takes on average 10 years
to building a new runway and three years
to construct a new terminal.
caP i tal needs
Airprt e $87 Biin in Nw Prct t Mt Travr N
ToTAl CosTs oF AIRPoRT IMPRoVeMeNTs By PRojeCT TyPe2007 - 2011 | MIllIoNs oF CURReNT yeAR dollARssTATIsTICAl MeAsURe
ap sfy sy a a em a tm a n o t Ptyp r s cpy ap
Large Hub $1,067 $3,089 $3,487 $594 $2,162 $10,194 $19,479 $6,113 $0 $282 $46,466 53.2%
Medium Hub 778 946 2,028 179 698 2,276 5,842 3,424 963 0 17,134 19.6%
Small Hub 307 305 798 148 398 1,782 745 1,534 315 0 6,331 7.2%
Nonhub 689 50 1073 1709 146 287 634 119 0 27 4,735 5.4%
Commercial 69 11 211 412 23 20 35 38 0 6 825 0.9%
Reliever 83 61 696 1,832 90 355 32 95 0 19 3,263 3.7%
gA 195 208 2,008 5,329 101 426 149 146 0 46 8,608 9.9%
t 3,189 4,670 10,299 10,202 3,619 15,341 26,917 11,469 1,277 380 87,362 100.0%
P 3.7% 5.3% 11.8% 11.7% 4.1% 17.6% 30.8% 13.1% 1.5% 0.4% 100.0% - SOURCES:ACI-NA
SURVEY
AND
FAA
NPIAS.
Guide directs a passenger to
the correct gate at DenverInternational Airport.
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2007 leadersh iP
dIRECTORS
James E. Benne
Metropolitan Washington
Airports Authority
thella F. Bwens
San Diego County Regional
Airport Authority
Brce Carer
Metropolitan Airport Authority
o Rock Island County
Nancy J. Clawsn
UBS Securities LLC
Associates Representative
Benjamin R. deCsa
Hartseld-Jackson Atlanta
International Airport
thmas E. Greer
Monterey Peninsula Airport District
Braley S. Livingsn
Dane County Regional Airport
William F. Marrisn
Metropolitan Knoxville
Airport Authority
EXECUTIvE COMMITTEE
Chairman
Frerick (Rick) J. Piccl
Sarasota Manatee Airport Authority
Firs Vice Chairman
Ranall H. Walker
McCarran International Airport
Secn Vice Chairman
Jhn d. Clark, III
Jacksonville Aviation Authority
Secreary-treasrer
G. Hary Acree
Sacramento County Airport System
Immeiae Pas Chairman:
Seven J. Grssman
Oakland International Airport
Charles t. Skip Miller
Louisville Regional Airport Authority
Reginal K. Milley
EdmontonRegionalAirportAuthority
Sephen J. Michell
Tampa International Airport
Commissioners Representative
Ral L. Regala
Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority
Barry Rempel
Winnipeg Airports Authority Inc.
Leser W. Rbinsn
Wayne County Airport Authority
Sylvia Y. Sewar
Jackson Municipal Airport Authority
Immediate Past Chair, Commissioners Representative
William R. Vanecek
Bualo Niagara International Airport
James C. Cherry
Aeroports de Montreal
Canadian Airports Council Representative:
Ex-OfcioMember
Bar f dirctr
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2007 leadersh iP
ACI-NA Aciat Bar f dirctr 2007dIRECTORS
dnal G. Anrews
VicePresident-Aviation
Reynolds, Smith and Hills, Inc.
Seven t. Balwin
VicePresident
The Louis Berger Group
Jseph didmiziChie Operating Ocer
Hudson Group
Shana Frsyhe
President
Alliance Airport Advertising
Rber A. Hazel
Managing Partner
EclatConsulting,Inc.
EXECUTIvE COMMITTEE
Chairman
Jseph W. Waller
VicePresident,BusinessDevelopment
HMSHost Corporation
Vice Chair
Ssan Krlan
SeniorVicePresident
First Albany Capital
Immeiae Pas Chair
Nancy J. Clawsn
Managing Director
UBS Securities LLC
ACI-NA Bar f
direcrs Liaisn
Seven J. Grssman
Director o AviationOakland International Airport
Port o Oakland
debrah t. Meehan
President & COO
SH&E,Inc.
davi Naleway
VicePresident
Parsons
Michael R. PackVicePresident&
Marketing Manager
HDREngineeringInc.
Mark A. Perryman
President
Landrum & Brown, Inc.
Rnal L. Seiner
PrincipalGensler
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dIRECTORS
Pascal Blanger
Qubec
Pal Beni
Ottawa
Larry BergVancouver
dr. Lly McCmb, Phd
Toronto
Richar Paqee
Victoria
William F. Resall
Saskatoon
Rb Rbicha
Moncton
EXECUTIvE COMMITTEE
Chairman
James C. Cherry
Montreal
Vice Chair
Barry Rempel
Winnipeg
Secreary-treasrerGarh F. Akinsn
Calgary
Immeiae Pas Chairman
Reg Milley
Edmonton
Chairman, Cncil f Chairs
Cliff Campbell
Charlottetown
Chairman, Small Airprs
Seve Baker
London, ON
Canaian Airprt Cunci dirctr
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bUSINESS INfORMATION
TECHNOLOgIES COMMITTEE
Jhn Newsme
Greater Orlando Aviation Authority
COMMISSIONERS COMMITTEE
Sephen J. Michell
Tampa International Airport
ECONOMIC AffAIRS COMMITTEE
Lri M. Ballar
Wayne County Airport Authority
ENvIRONMENTAL AffAIRS COMMITTEESewar dallzell
Massachusetts Port Authority
fACILITATION wORKINg gROUP
Ana Srri
Miami International Airport
U.S. gOvERNMENT AffAIRS COMMITTEE
Mark Reis
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
LEgAL AffAIRS COMMITTEE
Lisa H. Glsein
Maryland Aviation Administration
MARKETINg ANd COMMUNICATIONS
COMMITTEE
Jhn Krenic
VancouverInternationalAirportAuthority
PUbLIC SAfETy ANd SECURITy COMMITTEEMark B. Baly
Metropolitan Washington
Airports Authority
SMALL AIRPORTS COMMITTEE
davi N. Ewars, Jr.
Asheville Regional Airport Authority
OPERATIONS ANd TECHNICAL
AffAIRS COMMITTEE
daniel J. Mlly
Hartseld-Jackson Atlanta
International Airport
U.S. INTERNATIONAL AIR SERvICE PROgRAM
Genar J. Pena
Houston Airport System
ACI-NA Cmmitt Cair
James Facee
PresidentandCEO
Fre Jnes
VicePresident,Operations
& Legal Aairs
daniel-Rber Gch
Director o Communications
Melanie Levac
Director, Small Airports
CANAdIAN AIRPoRTs CoUNCIl (CAC)
2007 leadersh iP
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EXECUTIvE LEAdERSHIP
Gregry Principa, PresidentandCEO
Paricia Hahn,GeneralCounselandExecutive
Director, ACI-NA Legal Center
Bre McAlliser,SeniorVicePresident,
Operations/Chie Financial Ocer
Arlene Mcderm, ExecutiveAssistanttothe
President and Liaison to the Board
gOvERNMENT AffAIRS
debrah McElry,SeniorVicePresident,
Government Aairs
Sc Weaver, Senior Director, Government Aairs
Pal Ebanks, Manager, Government Aairs
LEgAL AffAIRS
Paricia Hahn,GeneralCounselandExecutive
Director, ACI-NA Legal Center
James Briggs, Jr., Assistant General Counsel
CENTER fOR POLICy ANd REgULATORy AffAIRSRichar Marchi, Senior Advisor
Liying G,Director,EconomicAffairs
and Research
Jessica Seinhilber,Director,
EnvironmentalAffairs
A.J. Mln, Manager, Policy Analyst
Mirana Hran, Research Analyst
Sam McCrimmn, Intern Technical Aairs
SECURITy ANd ECONOMIC AffAIRSCharles Chambers, Jr.,SeniorVicePresident,
SecurityandEconomicAffairs
Lyia Kellgg, Senior Manager, Public Saety
and Security
Mary Lincer, Administrative Assistant, Security
andEconomicAffairs
INTERNATIONAL AffAIRS
diane Peersn, SeniorVicePresident,International Aairs
MEETINgS ANd MEMbER SERvICES
Amy Peers, VicePresident,Conference
Development and Member Services
Chrispher Rchee, Director, Conerences
Jeffrey Becker, Manager, Conerences
COMMUNICATIONS ANd MARKETINgEileen denne, SeniorVicePresident,
Communications and Marketing
thmas J. Smih, Director, Communications
Will Hhnance, Senior Manager,
Web Development
Megan Miller, Manager, Communications
AdMINISTRATION ANd HUMAN RESOURCES
Nancy Zimini, VicePresident,Administration
and Human Resources
Michelle Leslie, Senior Manager, Membership
Operations
Jseph Weilich, Database Administrator
and Chie Historian
Shawn Brisce, Manager,
Accounts and Registration
tijana Newman, Manager, Oce Services
Frank Ebanks, Oce Services Specialist
Michelle Anrian, Receptionist
ACI-NA haquartr staff
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