Operating expenses - Answers The cost you'll be paying only if the airport is opearting
Non-opearting expenses - Answers The cost you'll have to pay even if the airport is not running
Examples of non-operating expenses - Answers Interest on debts
Contributions to organizations (AAAE)
Do airports get a lot of money from aircraft parking? - Answers No
Types of budgeting [4] - Answers Lump sum
Appropriation by activity
Line item budget
Zero-budget
Lump sum budgeting - Answers A lump comes in and you allocate it to different sectors
Mostly used by small GA airports
Appropriation by activity budgeting - Answers Distributes funding for each sector
Looks like a funding tree
Line item budgeting - Answers Most detailed plan used at major airports. It comes up with numbers and
how much increase/decrease it will have in the short future.
Zero-based budgeting - Answers Managers for each sector prepares the costs and a review board sorts
them in order of importance and allocate the budget
The idea behind a zero-baed budgeting - Answers Mangers are forced to look at a program in its entirety
Budgeting system used at most commercial airports - Answers Line item budgeting
Two types of financial management at commercial airports - Answers Residual cost approach
Compensatory approach
Residual cost approach vs. Compensatory approach, which is newer? - Answers Compensatory approach
Residual cost approach - Answers Airlines cover the deficits and make airports break even
Compensatory approach - Answers Airlines pay charges set by the airport to the airport
Residual cost approach vs. Compensatory approach, what kind of investments? - Answers Residual cost
approach has a long-term investment, and bonds are usually issued