The Airport and Airway Trust Fund was established to ensure that taxes collected from commercial air passengers, private pilots, and other sources are expended only for the expansion, improvement, and maintenance of the nation's air transportation system. This report provides estimates by states and large airports of taxes paid into the trust fund. It also estimates selected trust fund moneys they received in fiscal years 1979-83. GAO's ability to fully estimate trust fund revenues and outlays by states and large airports was restricted by data limitations that required GAO to make several broad assumptions. Thus the analysis in this report has limitations. GAO also notes that by law, the primary purpose of the trust fund is to ensure the safe operation of this nation's airspace system, not to provide an even or equitable return of the tax revenues to airports and states.


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    Title :

    Information on Airport and Airway Trust Fund Revenues and Outlays by States and Large Airports


    Publication date :

    1985


    Size :

    38 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English