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ACRP Synthesis 11-03/Topic S10-17 [Final (Synthesis)]

Agricultural Operations on Airport Grounds
[ ACRP 11-03 (Synthesis of Information Related to Airport Practices) ]

  Project Data
Funds: $45,000
Authorization to Begin Work: 10/23/2019 -- estimated
Staff Responsibility: Marci A. Greenberger
Research Agency: AirportAdmin LLC
Principal Investigator: Shaun Germolus
Effective Date: 10/1/2020
Completion Date: 3/11/2022
Fiscal Year: 2020

The increasing need to use airport land for non-aeronautical revenue and decrease operating expenses may generate consideration of on-airport farming operations and agricultural leasing.

The TRB Airport Cooperative Research Program's ACRP Synthesis 117: Agricultural Operations on Airport Grounds compiles literature and practices at airports to initiate and manage agricultural operations on airport grounds.

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