1. WWW.AOPA.ORG General Aviation Connecting Our Community To The World

2. What is GA? All things aviation except military and the airlines General Aviation BUT IT IS SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT…

3. What is GA? Business flyingLaw enforcementFirefightingSightseeing Package deliveryAir ambulance News/traffic reporting Agricultural Disaster relief Wildlife management Recreational flying Banking/Commerce

4. What Is GA? For Example... In one year, airborne Los Angeles law enforcement responded to more than 30,000 incidents

5. Who Are GA Pilots with a business need, civic duty, or just plain passion for flying Ordinary People Over 600,000 certificated pilots in the U.S.

6. A Robust Fleet The majority of GA aircraft are manufactured in the U.S. Of that, there are 224,000 GA aircraft compared to only 7,200 airliners

7. GA IS LOCAL A Public Utility A highway system in the sky

8. Where Can I Fly To? There are more than 5,000 public airports in the U.S., but only 500 have airline service

9. Your Airport: An Economic Engine ●Jobs ●Local Taxes ●Attracts New Businesses ●Multiplier Effect

10. Priceless Some benefits cannot be quantified

11. At A Glance ●___ Employees ●___ Businesses ●___ Based Airplanes

12. It’s Your Airport ●Learn to fly! ●Talk to elected officials ●Stay engaged ●Become a member of AOPA ●Donate to the AOPA Foundation How can you help?

13. Funding for this presentation made possible through a grant from the AOPA Foundation WWW.AOPA.ORG/FOUNDATION WWW.AOPA.ORG