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Chapter 6 | Air services in regional communitiesTable 6.4 Distribution of population in UC/Ls: airport size by populationsize, 2005(a) Distribution of population by airport size (persons)Distribution of population in UC/Ls (persons)Population size Large airports Medium airports Small airports Rural airports No airports TotalLess than 2000 526 221 131 047 25 739 40 572 170 423 894 0022000–19 999 1 259 648 301 726 86 671 85 774 266 834 2 000 65320 000–99 999 1 203 851 370 927 26 843 89 338 81 127 1 772 086100 000+ 12 345 561 0 0 0 0 12 345 561Total 15 335 281 803 700 139 253 215 684 518 384 17 012 302(b) Distribution of population by airport size (percentage of all population in UC/Ls)Distribution of population in UC/Ls (per cent)Population size Large airports Medium airports Small airports Rural airports No airports TotalLess than 2000 3.09 0.77 0.15 0.24 1.00 5.252000–19 999 7.40 1.77 0.51 0.50 1.57 11.7520 000–99 999 7.08 2.18 0.16 0.53 0.48 10.43100 000+ 72.57 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 72.57Total 90.14 4.72 0.82 1.27 3.05 100.00(c) Distribution of population by airport size (percent calculated across the row)Distribution of population in UC/Ls (per cent)Population size Large airports Medium airports Small airports Rural airports No airports TotalLess than 2000 58.86 14.66 2.88 4.54 19.06 100.002000–19 999 62.96 15.08 4.33 4.29 13.34 100.0020 000–99 999 67.93 20.93 1.51 5.04 4.58 100.00100 000+ 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00(d) Distribution of population by airport size (per cent calculated across the column)Distribution of population in UC/Ls (per cent)Population size Large airports Medium airports Small airports Rural airports No airportsLess than 2000 3.43 16.31 18.48 18.81 32.882000–19 999 8.21 37.54 62.24 39.77 51.4720 000–99 999 7.85 46.15 19.28 41.42 15.65100 000+ 80.50 0 0 0 0Total 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00Source:BITRE time series estimates.The analysis above provides some useful insights to the pattern of where people liveand their accessibility to airports of various sizes.Table 6.5 shows the distribution of UC/Ls by airport size in 2005. It is observed that58 per cent of UC/Ls were located within the assumed access distance to at least onelarge airport. Around 19 per cent of UC/Ls were located beyond the assumed accessdistance to any airport. The remaining 23 per cent of UC/Ls were scattered within theassumed access distance to medium, small and rural airports.167