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Master Plan Update (pdf) - Lansing/Capital City Airport

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2.5 Forecast of Enplaned Cargo<br />

<strong>Capital</strong> Region <strong>Airport</strong> Authority<br />

<strong>Capital</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>Airport</strong> <strong>Master</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> <strong>Update</strong><br />

The <strong>Airport</strong> has experienced a dramatic increase in air cargo since 1987 due to the initiation of<br />

service by UPS. As previously mentioned, UPS handles nearly all of the air cargo into and out of<br />

the <strong>Airport</strong>.<br />

UPS’s operation at <strong>Capital</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>Airport</strong> is part of the company’s integrated land/air service for the<br />

greater <strong>Lansing</strong> area and includes truck and air feeds from the entire state of Michigan. Cargo<br />

activity at the <strong>Airport</strong> will continue to be dependent on the demographic characteristics and<br />

economic health of the region and the state of Michigan. Air cargo activity will continue to increase<br />

as population and the economy increases. As a result, a number of regression analyses using<br />

population, employment, and PCPI were performed to determine which independent variables<br />

most closely reflected the growth of air cargo at the <strong>Airport</strong>. This investigation determined the<br />

population of the State was the most reliable historical predictor of the enplaned cargo at the<br />

<strong>Airport</strong> based on the statistical relationships between historical cargo volumes at <strong>Capital</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />

<strong>Airport</strong> and state population.<br />

The forecast of enplaned air cargo for the <strong>Airport</strong> is presented in Table 2-22.<br />

Aviation Demand Forecast 2-35 Final

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