A Survey of General Aviation Airport Services in the United States as a Guideline for Implementation in Thailand
Keywords:
Airport, General aviation, K-nearest NeighborsAbstract
This research aims to survey and analyze general aviation airport services in the United States and to estimate the appropriate number of general aviation airport services in Thailand. Purposive sampling was used to collect data from municipal general aviation airports in the United States with a single runway, covering all 51 states, totaling 696 airports. Data were analyzed using frequency, percentage, maximum and minimum values, and the K-nearest neighbor method was applied to estimate the number of services suitable for Thailand.The results showed that the number of states with the fewest general aviation airports, zero (no airports in that state), is six. These states are Delaware, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Maryland, Rhode Island, and Vermont.The number of states with the most general aviation airports, 72, is one. This state is Texas. The number of general aviation airports with the shortest distance from the city, 0 meters (the airports are located in the city center), is 28. The number of general aviation airports with the greatest distance from the city center, 56,327 meters (approximately 56 kilometers), is one. Regarding the number of services provided, 180 airports provided 1 service. 221 airports provided 2 services. 13 airports provided 3 services. 193 airports provided 4 services. 36 airports provided 5 services, and 18 airports provided 6 services. Based on the analysis, general aviation airports in Thailand should ideally provide four types of services: aircraft parking, refueling, airframe maintenance, and powerplant maintenance.
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