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espondents indicated that they use
their aircraft for recreation 66 percent
TABLE 2B
Pilot Survey Results
Mesquite Metro Airport
Total Surveys Sent: 626
Total Survey Responses: 113
Response Rate: 18.1%
Respondents Based @ HQZ: 46
Total Based Aircraft of Based Respondents: 54
Based respondents considering another aircraft in next 5 years:
Primary Use of Aircraft %
Flight
13
Business Recreation Instruction Other
33.52% 66.33% 0.15% 0.00%
Monthly Operations at HQZ by based respondents: 654
Average Operations for each based aircraft per month:
Percent Touch and Go Operations per based aircraft per
12
month:
Primary Reasons for Basing at Mesquite (1-7)
9.81%
Hangar FBO/Terminal Hangar Runway
Convenience
Facilities
Services
2-8
of the time and business 33 percent of
the time.
Costs
Length
Navigation
Aids Other
2.1 3.8 5.0 4.5 5.1 5.1 6.5
Current Aircraft Storage
Tie-down T-hangar Individual Multi
3 16 26 1
Preferred Aircraft Storage
Tie-down T-hangar Individual Multi
1 6 20 3
Improvements Necessary at Mesquite (1-6)
Runway/ Airport/ FBO Aircraft
Terminal Navigation
Taxiway Services Apron Hangars Building Aids
5.1 4.2 5.6 3.4 5.4 4.9
Source: Registered Pilot Survey. 1 = ‘Highest Priority’. Coffman Associates Analysis.
The remaining questions on the survey
were related to owner preferences.
Table 2B presents the priority
categories and respondent rankings.
The priority scale utilized number “1”
as the highest priority and the number
“7” as the lowest priority. It should be
noted that several respondents simply
checked a category or did not prioritize
at all. Checked categories were given
the priority of “1”, while unchecked
categories were weighted with a “7”.
The majority of respondents indicated
several preferences which led them to
base at or has kept them at the airport.
As indicated in the table, the highest
priority for basing at the airport was for
convenience (lived or worked closer to
the airport). The next two highest