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

2.9 Comparison with Other Forecast Efforts
Capital Region Airport Authority
Capital City Airport Master Plan Update
Forecasts prepared in a master plan are reviewed by the FAA and compared to the Terminal Area
Forecast (TAF) projections. FAA Order 5090.3C provides guidance on the FAA review process
and states that the FAA will find an airport planning forecast acceptable if the five-year, 10-year,
and 15-year forecasts contained in the planning document (master plan) are within 10 percent of
the TAF projections. It should be noted that if the proposed airport forecast in the master plan
exceed the TAF by more than 10 percent and is consider valid by the FAA, they will be
incorporated into the TAF and replace the existing TAF projections.
The purpose of this section of the master plan is to compare the projections developed in this
chapter to other existing forecasts. Table 2-29 presents a comparison of the enplanement and
operations forecasts prepared in this chapter with FAA projections as published in the current TAF
and the forecasts prepared in the previous Master Plan completed for the Airport in 1995. The
operations forecast prepared by the Michigan Department of Transportation are presented in Table
2-30. This information is also presented graphically in Table 2-31.
Aviation Demand Forecast 2-45 Final