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Airport Rates & Charges Benchmarks?Compare your rates with the low, median and high values from published state aviation rate surveys. Confirm each survey year before citing a figure.
Pick a survey, then enter your current rates. Each one is placed within that survey's low to high range.
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Drag & drop a rate file here, or click to browse?Upload a CSV or Excel file with rate data. Expected columns: Category, Your Rate. Supported formats: .csv, .xlsx
Accepts .csv, .xlsx, .xls files
Cost Approach?Determines property value based on land value plus depreciated replacement cost of improvements. Best for newer hangars where construction costs are well-documented.
Income Approach?Values the property based on the income it generates. Net Operating Income divided by capitalization rate gives property value. Best for income-producing hangars.
Market Approach?Compares similar hangars in the area to determine fair market rent per square foot. Best when comparable data is available.
Comparable Hangars
Weighted Blend?Combine all three approaches with weights reflecting data quality. ACRP guidance suggests equal weighting when all three are available.
Weights must total 100%
Ground Lease Structure Builder?Build ground lease terms with annual escalation and CPI adjustments. Projects 5-year revenue for budget planning.
Model airport ground lease structures with escalation, CPI adjustment, and fair market reversion.
Revenue Diversification Assessment?Analyze revenue diversification across 8 categories. ACRP guidance recommends no single source exceed 30% of total revenue for financial resilience.
Evaluate your airport's revenue mix against industry best practices. ACRP recommends no single source exceed 30% of total revenue.
16-Factor Financial Health Scorecard?Grade your airport financial health across 16 factors in 4 categories: Operations, Leverage, Liquidity, and Growth. Letter grades from A+ to F.
Comprehensive financial health assessment based on 16 industry-standard metrics across liquidity, leverage, operations, and growth.
Current Financials?Pro forma financial projection that layers CIP-driven debt service onto your operating budget. Projects 20-year cash flows with reserve analysis.
Bond / Debt Parameters?Annual debt service calculated using standard amortization: PMT = P x r x (1+r)^n / ((1+r)^n - 1)
Existing Bond Payments
CIP Program
Project Name
Total Cost ($)
Start Year
Duration
AIP %
PFC %
State %
Local %
Financing
Funding percentages must total 100%. Local share is financed via Cash, Bond, or Both.
20-Year Pro Forma Cash Flow Projection?Pro forma financial projection that layers CIP-driven debt service onto your operating budget. Projects 20-year cash flows with reserve analysis.
Stress Testing?Tests financial resilience under adverse scenarios. Revenue Decline simulates economic downturn; Cost Overrun tests construction risk.
Revenue vs Expenses vs Debt Service
DSCR Trend?Debt Service Coverage Ratio = Net Operating Income / Total Debt Service. Minimum 1.25x typically required by bond covenants.
Grants & Funding Resources?Reference guide for federal, state, and local airport funding programs including AIP, PFC, BIL, and state grant programs.
Companion tools in the full Aviation Planning Hub: AIP grant history search, a plain-language Grant Assurances reference, a Minimum Standards builder and a hangar waiting list manager.
Funding Quick Reference
Program
Match
Typical Amount
Eligible Uses
AIP Entitlement
90/10 (95/5 for GA)
$150K–$1M/yr
Runways, taxiways, safety, planning
AIP Discretionary
90/10
$1M–$25M+
Major capital, safety projects
PFC
100% user-funded
$4.50/pax max
FAA-approved capital costs
BIL/IIJA
Varies (up to 100%)
$1M–$50M+
Terminal, ATC tower, sustainability
State Grants
Varies by state
$50K–$5M
Pavement, hangars, planning
USDA RBDG
None
Up to $500K
Rural airport development
Financial Model Configuration?Configure your airport's financial model — base year, planning phases, cost escalation, and default funding splits. This drives all projections in the Revenue, Expense, CIP, and Summary modules.
Airport Information
Planning Phases
Phase
Start Year
End Year
Phase I (Short-Term)
Phase II (Medium-Term)
Phase III (Long-Term)
Default Funding Source Splits?Default percentages for CIP funding allocation. These are used as starting values in the CIP Builder and can be overridden per project.
Reserve Requirements
Revenue Projections Model?Project operating and non-operating revenue across all planning phases. Each category has its own annual growth rate. Historical CAGR is calculated automatically from entered actuals.
Operating Revenue Categories
Category
Base Year Actual ($)
Annual Growth (%)?Annual growth rate applied compounding from the base year. Use your own history or a forecast you can document.
Historical CAGR
Non-Operating Revenue
Category
Base Year Actual ($)
Annual Growth (%)
Notes
Expense Projections Model?Project O&M expenses by category with individual growth rates. Supports one-time additions in specific years (e.g., new hires, equipment).
Category
Base Year Actual ($)
Annual Growth (%)
One-Time Add ($)?One-time addition to this category in a specific year (e.g., new hire salary). Added once and then grows at the category rate thereafter.
Add in Year
Budget vs. Actual Analysis?Track budget to actual variance by line item across fiscal years. Variance % = ((Actual/Budget) - 1). Positive = over budget, Negative = under budget.
Capital Improvement Program Builder?Build a project-level CIP with cost escalation and multi-source funding. Each project is assigned to a phase, and costs are escalated from the base year at the configured rate. Funding is split across federal, state, local, and private sources.
ID
Project Name
Phase
Year
Base Cost ($)
Escalated Cost
Fed Ent %
Fed Disc %
State Match %
State program %
Local %
Private %
Funding percentages per project must total 100%. Costs are auto-escalated from the base year using the configured rate.
Airport Enterprise Fund Balance Sheet?Tracks airport assets (cash, receivables, fixed assets, CIP), liabilities (payables, debt), and net position year-over-year. Shows how the enterprise fund position changes as capital improvements are made and debt is managed.
The Balance Sheet pulls from your Revenue/Expense projections and CIP Builder. Configure asset and liability assumptions below, then calculate to see the full enterprise fund position over your planning horizon.
Opening Balances (Base Year)
Assets
Liabilities
Assumptions
Net Position Trend
Asset Composition
Master Financial Plan Summary?Ties together Revenue Projections, Expense Projections, and CIP to compute Net Operating Cash Flow, track the Enterprise Fund Balance, and show Funds Available for Capital Expenditures.
Cash Flow Trend
Fund Balance vs. Minimum Reserve
Business Plan Compiler?Chaptered Airport Business Plan generator. Mirrors the standard 5-section + appendices format used in FAA-aligned master plan packages: Introduction, Management Options, Market Position, Revenue Scenarios, Recommendations. Outputs a branded Word (.docx) deliverable.
Generate a full chaptered Airport Business Plan from your Finance Hub data — outputs to Word (.docx).
How to use: fill in each section below (collapsed sections still export — click headers to expand/collapse). Click Compile → Word to generate the document. All sections are optional; the compiler skips empty ones. The first compile loads the docx library from a CDN (~150 KB, cached afterward). Click Load Sample Data to populate every field with example data so you can preview the output format.
About this section: Establishes the airport's current management arrangement and the recommended model going forward. The proposed model drives Section 5 recommendations and the Appendix A Manager Job Description.
Manager Job Description (Appendix A)?Complete job description appears as Appendix A of the compiled BP. Used by the sponsor to recruit. Tailor duties and qualifications to your airport's actual scope.
S3 — Market Position & Service Area Peer benchmarking, GA challenges, brand
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About this section: Establishes the airport's competitive context — how it compares to peers in the service area, what structural challenges it faces, and what brand actions are recommended. Drives Section 4 revenue strategy.
Service Area Definition?Geographic market the airport serves. Defines the radius for peer benchmarking. Typical GA service area: 25-50 miles. Commercial-service: county-level or metro area.
Peer Benchmarking (Service Area Airports)?Comparable airports in the service area. Used to compare rates, activity, and amenities. 5-9 peers is typical. Each row becomes part of the BP's Table 1 (Service Area Airports) and supporting rate-comparison tables.
Add comparable airports within the service area to benchmark rates, activity, and amenities. Typical airports use 5-9 peers. The NASR Query Engine (in the main APH index) can help identify candidates by radius and category.
Airport
LOCID
Distance (mi)
Runway (ft)
Based AC
Annual Ops
Tiedown ($/mo)
T-Hangar ($/mo)
Box Hangar ($/mo)
Fuel 100LL ($/gal)
Fuel Jet-A ($/gal)
GA Financial Challenges?Boilerplate paragraph about the structural financial challenges facing GA airports — declining national fleet hours, rising compliance costs, limited revenue diversification. Sets context for why the recommendations in Section 5 matter.
Editable narrative. Default text is the standard FAA/ACRP framing — adjust for your airport's specific situation.
Runway Length Significance?Analysis of how the existing runway length limits or enables the airport's market position. Critical for justifying runway extensions or attracting larger transient aircraft. References FAA AC 150/5325-4B for runway length analysis.
Branding Actions?Specific recommended actions to build the airport's brand and visibility. Each checked item becomes a bullet in Section 3 of the BP. Branding investments typically have low cost but high ROI for tenant recruitment and community support.
Check the actions to include. Each becomes a bullet in the BP.
About this section: Quantifies the financial impact of revenue-enhancement strategies. Run each scenario, then compute the combined enhancement total. Results flow into the compiled BP's Section 4 tables.
Baseline Forecast?Pulls the 20-year revenue and expense projections you built in the Financial Model tabs (Revenue Projections + Expense Projections). The compiled BP cites this as the "do-nothing" baseline against which the enhancement scenarios are compared.
Make sure the Financial Model → Revenue Projections and Expense Projections tabs are populated before clicking Pull.
No baseline pulled yet.
Scenario 1 — Hangar Build vs Ground Lease vs Combo?Compares three hangar-development strategies: (1) City builds the hangar with debt financing and collects monthly rent; (2) City ground-leases the parcel and a private party builds the hangar; (3) Combo of both. Outputs Year-1 net and 20-year cumulative for each.
Scenario 2 — Full-Service Fueling Pro Forma?Compares self-service-only vs. adding a full-service fueling operation. Full-service captures higher margin per gallon but adds staff and capex (fuel truck). Outputs annual net, incremental, and payback period.
Scenario 3 — Flight School?Models the financial impact of a flight school operating at the airport. Generates additional fuel sales, hangar rental, and operations counts (which can drive other revenue thresholds like FAA grant eligibility).
Scenario 4 — SASO Mix?Specialized Aviation Service Operations (SASO) are aeronautical businesses beyond the FBO — maintenance shops, avionics, paint, aircraft sales, charter. Each SASO leases land/hangar space and contributes to revenue diversification. Click + Add SASO and configure each.
Specialized Aviation Service Operations (SASO) — maintenance shops, avionics, paint, aircraft sales, charter. Each SASO row generates annual lease revenue.
About this section: Lists the actionable recommendations that come out of the analysis, the implementation timeline, and the proposed rate schedule. This is the most important section for sponsor decision-making.
Recommendations Engine?Numbered recommendations — each with statement, rationale, supporting action, and timeline phase (short / medium / long / outyear). Each recommendation becomes a numbered block in Section 5 of the BP. Click "Load 9 Default Recs" to pre-fill with standard recommendations typical of small-GA business plans.
Click Load 9 Default Recs to start with a standard recommendation set typical of small-GA business plans. Then edit titles, rationale, secondary actions, and timeline buckets to match your airport.
Implementation Timeline?Auto-generated timeline that groups recommendations by their assigned phase (Year 1-3 / 3-5 / 5-10 / 10-20). Click the button after adjusting timelines on individual recommendations above.
Recommendations roll up here by their assigned timeline bucket. Update timelines on individual recs above, then rebuild.
Proposed Rates Schedule (Table 7)?Compiles a clean "Proposed Rates" table for inclusion in Section 5 of the BP. Pulls live from the Rates & Charges tab (tiedown, hangar, fuel-flowage) and the Lease Builder tab (ground-lease rate, term).
Make sure you've populated the Rates & Charges and Lease Builder tabs first, then click Pull.
Appendices Lease Policy · Solicitation Criteria · Hangar Wait List · Min Stds · Rules
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About appendices: Governance documents that go alongside the business plan. Appendix D (Lease Policy) and Appendix D-1 (Solicitation Criteria) are generated here. Rules & Regulations (B), Minimum Standards (C), and Hangar Waiting List (D-2) use the standalone tools — links provided below.
Appendix D — Lease Policy Document Generator?Full 8-section airport lease policy document. Establishes how the sponsor will lease land, hangars, and facilities. Separate from the Lease Builder (which generates individual term sheets). Aligns with FAA Grant Assurances 22 (Economic Nondiscrimination), 23 (Exclusive Rights), 24 (Fee & Rental Structure), and 25 (Airport Revenues).
Full 8-section policy document. Separate from the Lease Builder (which generates term sheets). Edit boilerplate as needed.
Appendix D-1 — Solicitation Selection Criteria Scorecard?5-criteria weighted scoring matrix for evaluating Statements of Interest (SOIs) when a competitive solicitation is held. Weights must sum to 100%. Becomes Appendix D-1 in the compiled BP and is referenced by the Lease Policy.
Adjust weights to total 100%. Each criterion has an editable description.
Criterion
Description
Weight (%)
Financial
Experience
Alignment
Community
Technical
Weights total: 100%
Appendix B — Rules & Regulations
Generated by the standalone Rules & Regulations Builder in the full Aviation Planning Hub. The compiled BP will include a placeholder pointing readers to that exported document.
Appendix C — Minimum Standards
Generated by the standalone Minimum Standards Policy Builder in the full Aviation Planning Hub. The compiled BP will include a placeholder pointing readers to that exported document.
Appendix D-2 — Hangar Waiting List
Managed by the standalone Hangar Waiting List in the full Aviation Planning Hub tool. The compiled BP will include a placeholder.
Draft · last updated October 2026
What this hub is
Airport Business & Finance Hub is a set of planning tools from Aviation Planning Hub, LLC. It helps airport sponsors, managers and planners organize information, test scenarios and prepare drafts. Results are planning-level estimates for discussion and screening.
What it is not
It is not an appraisal, audit, engineering study, legal opinion, or financial or investment advice.
It does not make eligibility or funding determinations. The FAA, through its Airports District Offices, and your state aviation agency decide eligibility, federal shares and priority. Confirm requirements with them before you rely on a result.
Its benefit-cost screen does not replace an analysis that FAA or another agency conducts or requires.
Sources and accuracy
Defaults and reference values come from public sources named in each tool, such as FAA orders and guidance, FAA Economic Values, the Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey, Bureau of Labor Statistics data and published state rate surveys. Values labeled as placeholders have no public source and should be replaced. Sources change; check the current version of any FAA guidance before citing it. Sample values in the tools are examples, not data about any real airport.
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