Imperial County Airport Passenger Demand Study
Laura Aguilar
Southern California Association of Governments
[email protected]
818 W. 7th Street, 12th Floor
Los Angeles
90017-3435
The purpose of this study is to explore the overall passenger serving potential of assess the future ability of a new Imperial County Airport to serve 2030 air passenger demand from both the SCAG Region and San Diego County. The new airport would be physically unconstrained, with no restrictions on flight portfolios, and located in the same general vicinity of the existing Imperial County Airport. The demand analysis would assume the airport capacity constraints and 2030 aviation demand forecasts in SCAGs 2004 Regional Transportation Plan, as well as physical
capacity constraints at San Diego International. It would also test the impacts of high-speed Maglev rail extensions from San Diego (assuming a constrained San Diego International Airport) and Palm Springs Airport in Riverside County on passenger demand attracted to a new Imperial County Airport. Lastly, the study would evaluate the employment generated around a new Imperial County Airport with and without Maglev connections to San Diego and Palm Springs,
created by direct, indirect airport and induced airport activity. It would also include catalytic employment generation from airport-dependent companies attracted to the airport because of nearby developable land in combination with easy access to increased air carrier service.
