{"id":20432,"date":"2021-12-27T14:56:42","date_gmt":"2021-12-27T14:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=20432"},"modified":"2021-12-27T14:56:44","modified_gmt":"2021-12-27T14:56:44","slug":"new-idot-study-highlights-importance-of-illinois-airports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/illinois\/new-idot-study-highlights-importance-of-illinois-airports\/%20","title":{"rendered":"New IDOT Study Highlights Importance of Illinois Airports"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Illinois Department of Transportation announced the\nresults of a new study showing that Illinois airports contribute $95.5 billion\nand more than 490,000 jobs to the state\u2019s economy, reinforcing the importance\nof aviation on the state\u2019s multimodal transportation system to promote\nmobility, supply chain movement, job creation and local quality of life.\nDesigned to better understand and quantify the aviation system\u2019s impact on the\nstate, the 2020 Illinois Aviation Economic Impact Analysis is the first report\nof its kind released by IDOT since 2012 and comes as Gov. JB Pritzker is\noverseeing historic improvements to airports through the Rebuild Illinois\ncapital program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cAviation is a pillar of our state. Its importance to our\neconomy cannot be overstated,\u201d said Illinois Transportation Secretary Omer\nOsman. \u201cIllinois airports serve as a gateway to the economy through passenger,\ncargo and general aviation services, as well as employment opportunities. Under\nGov. Pritzker, IDOT is committed to strengthening our aviation system to better\nconnect Illinois to national and international economies far and wide.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2020 Illinois Aviation Economic Impact Analysis found\nthat of the $95.5 billion contributed to the Illinois economy by airports in\n2019, $21.1 billion came from visitor spending, $35.9 billion related to the\nshipment of cargo and $38.4 billion resulted from direct impacts, including\n$32.5 billion in income to help support 492,768 jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report analyzed 85 public-use airport facilities \u2013 81\npublic and four private airports. Data was used to measure the economic impact\nat each individual airport, as well as each IDOT region and at the statewide\nlevel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Early next year, IDOT is expected to release the first\nIllinois Aviation System Plan in more than two decades. The plan will help\nidentify short- and long-term needs of individual airports and the aviation\nsystem as a whole, with the goal of continuing to support economies throughout\nthe state, improve quality of life and boost mobility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By demonstrating the aviation system\u2019s significance to the\nstate economy, the 2020 Illinois Aviation Economic Impact Analysis reinforces\nthe value of proactively addressing airport and aviation system needs. This\ndata not only brings home the importance of investing in the state\u2019s aviation\nresources, but also helps Illinois airports position themselves for incoming\nfederal investment through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this month, Gov. Pritzker announced that $94 million\nhad been awarded to improve public airports through the historic, bipartisan\nRebuild Illinois capital program, which identifies a total of $150 million to\ninvest in aviation. The $94 million unlocks $11.5 million in local\ncontributions for a combined investment of $105 million. The funding represents\nthe largest statewide capital investment program for airports in state history,\nhighlighting the governor’s ongoing commitment to the role of aviation in the\nIllinois economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information on the Illinois Aviation Economic\nImpact Analysis, including the executive summary and informational snapshots on\nparticipating airports, please visit www.ILaviation.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Illinois Department of Transportation announced the results of a new study showing that Illinois airports contribute $95.5 billion and more than 490,000 jobs to the state\u2019s economy, reinforcing the importance of aviation on the state\u2019s multimodal transportation system to promote mobility, supply chain movement, job creation and local quality of life. Designed to better […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-illinois"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20432"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20434,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20432\/revisions\/20434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}