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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAPA2912rf I L fr I' It"""II I: Ii.1 1° 1- 'II, :.J SUSITNA HYDROELaCTRIC PROJECT AIR TAXI SURVEY REPORT Report by Harza-Ebasco Susitna Joint Venture Prepared for Alaska Power Authority Doc1JlD2IltNo.2912 TK III ;;tS IS f) A~·3 "(\0,~'1t~ Final Report June 1985 ARLIS Alaska Resources Library &.Information Servlce> Anchorage,Alaska r:.. ! ....W""J:".,eJ (}{]&OO~&CI ~®&~©@SUSI"TNA JOINT VENTURE 711 H STREET ANCHORAGE,ALASKA 99501 July 8,19a5 1.8.2/4.5.2.5 TE L.(907)272 5585 r;,. I,'. Mr.JaBes B.Dischinger Project Manager Alaska Power Authority 334 West 5th Avenue Anchor.ge t Alaska 99501 CONFIDENTTAL:PR~VILE~~O WO PRODUCT FR'=~_ •-- .RK OF LiT1G,\Tlr.~';~~~~~;~T~~'ITICIPATION DISTRiZUTiGN t.;O Subject:Susitna Hydroelectric Project Air Taxi Report iF-I: .~-" rr '- Dear Mr.Dischinler: We have enclosed a draft final version of the subject report for your review and approval.If you bave any questions,please contact Dr.JaBes Thrall of our staff. Very truly yours, ~~ ~W.E•Larson ~Project Director dl Ene:as noted cc vi Ene: P.hr..-nn,HI v/o Ene: J.'thrall,BE De_Oven.,HI,. • ARLIS .Alaska Resources Library &InformatIOn ServIce;.: Anchorage,Alaska 428461/7 fl'..' "., rr ,h TAJLI 01'C01ft'!lftS Section/Title 1 .0 IInODO'CTIOlf· 2.0 USIOCK DTBODS 2.1 SURV'!'Y APPROACH 2.2 DEFINITION OF THE RESOURCE USE AREAS 2.3 DEVELOPMENT or THE QUESTIONNAIRE 2.4 CONTACTS WITH AIR TAXI OPERATORS 2.5 ANALYSIS or RESULTS AND UPORT PREPARATION 3.0 DESCUPrIOW 01'USULrs 3.1 USE or THE SECONDARY USOUacE USE AREA 3.2 USE or THE PRtKARY RESOURCE USE AUA 3.3 SUHKAllY UlIUlICI APPDDIX A lWIPtB AII TAXI OPDATa.SCUDIBc;QUBSTIOlUlAIU AIm UP UPDDIX I SAJIIU DETAILED QUSTIODAIU APPDDIX C AIl.un OBtClI WITH JUSIDS.III TD ,InoIT O.SECOlmArl USOftCE USE AliAS Page 1 2 2 2 3 4 6 7 7 ~ 9 ~• 17 1-' lj L'~~ 425383 850625 • i ...~ I i'._ i" ,.... i}r-. 'I ,~ ; \ r~ -'._j ,~. 1 ][Q \i ' (r~ 'if, if':'" )I \" ;, Number Table 3-1 Figure 3-1 Table 3-2 Table 3-3 Table 3-4 Table 3-5 425383 850625 LIST or TAlLIS ABD llGUUS Title Bases of Operations for Air Taxis,Secondary Resource Use Area Bases of Operations for Air Taxis,Primary Resource Use Area Purposes of Trips to the Primary Resource Use Area Each Air Taxi Service's Client Composition origin.of Air Taxi Clients Locations Visited by Air Taxi. • ii 8 10 12 13 14 16 -I~~'--- 1.0 IITI.ODUCTIOll ,r-A ~~ i, \ L Ii L.!" 1'- I ( L ..- Air taxi operators comprise a special population/occupation group potentially affected by the proposed Susitna Hydroelectric Project.This study,aimed at gathering information about air taxi operations that rely on the area in the vicinity of the proposed dams and access routes.has three objectives.The first objective is to develop an inventory of air taxi operations that rely in some way on the natural resources of the study I s resource use areas.The second objective is to determine the economic importance of trips to the resource use areas for each air taxi operation. This provides a baseline for the numbers and character of the operations that might be affected by the Susitna Project.The ·final objective is to obtain information from air taxi operators about the nature of their trips into the resource use areas to supplelllent and corroborate terrestria~ aquatic,and recreation data for the area.To accomplish these objectives, • air taxi operators who had trip destination~in the resource use areas were contacted by mail and telephone over a seven-month periOd from October 1984 to April 1985.During this time t preliminary screening questionnaires were distributed and telephone interviews were conducted. -,... ,. 425383 850625 1 2.0 IISUIC!l M!TJlODS 2 .1 SURVEY APPROACH The objectives described above directed the study approach •.To meet the objectives,all air taxi sernces were categorized by how much activity occurred in the resource use areas (defined in the following section as primary and secondary areas and shown in Appendix A).To accomplish this,a coabination of mail and telephone screening surveys were administered to all licensed air taxi services in Alaska.On the basis of the screening information,air taxi services were divided into the following three categories: 1. 2. 3. Those not serving the resource use areaa. Those serving only the secondary resource use area or attributioa Iii less than 10 percent of their business to serving the primary resource uae area. Those attributing 10 percent or more of their business to serving the primary resource use area. J~ I- I Only air taxi services in the third category received follow-up telephone surveys to obtain more detailed information. 2.2 DEFINITION OF THE RESOURCE USE AREAS The middle Sua;taa Basin area (or primary resource use area)was the region most important.to this study.ntis area (aee map,Appendix:A)was defined as the region east of Indian River to the mouth of the Tyone River along the o Susitna River,north to the Denali Highway,and south to Stephan and 425383 850625 2 --~'JiL4Z----------------------"'r-"""'F"'""-~---"'-------- 2.3 DEVELOPMENT OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE Clarence lakes.Air taxi use of a narrow corridor along another stretch of the Susitna River from Willow Creek to Indian Creek and a point location at the mouth of Kroto Creek were of additional interest.This interest arose because they are popular access points for various recreational activities downstream of the proposed damsites.The corridor and point locations comprised a secondary resource use area. A screening questionnaire (see Appendix A)wai developed to deteraine which air taxi services certified in Alaska take cargo or clients to destinations in (or flight seeing trips over)the resource use area.Through a combination of mail-out questionnaires and telephone interviews representatives of all air taxi services were asked to i~dicate .tot8}.· numbers of trips and clients,percentages of total business,and purposes of trips to the resource use areas.This information was used to identify the air taxi services which took 10 percent or more of their trips to the prima~resource use area.Representatives of these services were then asked to respond to more detailed questions in a follow-up telephone interview. r- l~ ,..- 'I~ \ r~ L F~ fr ft r~ \ 2.3.1 2.3.2 SCREENING QUESTIONNAIRE FOLLOW-UP qUESTIONNAIRES A more detailed questionnaire (see Appendix B)was prepared as a guide for the telephoae interview.ac:bainistered to air taxi representatives from those services attrputing 10 percent or more of their business to the primary resource use Kea.The follovingtopics were considered by representatives of the Susitna Project's socioeconomic subtask before specific questions were formulated: 1. 425383 850625 Descriptions of numbers of aircraft and activities. 3 2.Numbers and characteristics of trips into the resource use areas. 3.Activities pursued in the resource use area by clients. Questions were formulated to ensure that collected data would be appropriate for future analysis and would be consistent with the information gathered frOID other specialty populations/occupation groups.Questions focused on trips and elients rather than on knowledge of resource use since the percentage of trips into the resource use areas was generally a very small portion of each business. A telephone.interview approach vas chosen for the folluv-up questionnaire because of the small number of questions required to meet the objectives of the study,and because air taxi operations vere located throughout the state making face-to-face interviews time consuminl and costly~ Furthermore,as a ·resul t of previous mail and/or telephon~contacts,:a representative of each air taxi service had been identified and notified of the potential need for additional information at a later time. Consequently,representatives were for the most part cooperative and prepared to participate in the follow-up telephone survey. 2.4 CONTACTS WITH AIR TAXI OPERATORS The Alaska Transportation Commission (ATC)publishes a list of state- authorized air carriers which included 220 certified air taxi services in Alaska in 1984.Since air taxis are authorized to conduct their semees r ......from specific bases,-but are not limited by where they can go (except by theI! size and.desi~of their aircraft)it was impossible to narrow the field of 220 servic••.to-tho.e who flev to the resource use areas frOID the information available frOD the ATC.In October 1984,screening questionnaires with self-addressed return envelopes were sent to all 220 air t~xi services.A second mailinl of the questionnaire and postcard reminders was sent to services which did not respond by the end of November 1984.In addition,telephone calls were made to air taxi services which did not .~ :'1.' L;l 425383 850625 4 ~__--r-"I""=--------~"""'_ r--. (- . i, return the screening questionnaires so that their use of the primary and secondary resource use areas,aa defined in the previous section,could be ascertained.Through this combination of mail and telephone contacts with the 220 certified services,it was determined that: Sixteen air taxi services were out of business, r~ \ j 2)Sixteen did not respond to the two repeat mailings and could not be reached by telephone, 3)Four service.were listed twice in the directory, 4)One hundred thirty-seven air taxis did not operate in the primary or secondary resource use areas,and 5)Forty-seven air taxis had some business secondary resource use areas. in the primary-Oil'• f- \. The 47 services (see Appendix C)with business in the primary or secondary resource use areas comprised the directory of air taxis for the study.Of the 47 services,only 20 conducted 10 percent or more of their business in the primary resource use area and.therefore,only these were eligible for the follow-up teleph~ne interview. ~e detailed telephone interviews,which took approximately five minutes to complete,were conducted over a .onth-long period fro.March 15 to April 15, 1985.Durin8 tbac-d_,an attempt was tUde to contact a previously determined rel-resentativa fraa each of the 20 air taxi services.The following ia a.sUlDllary of the telephone contacta: 425383 850625 5 -,-------------------------"""'1",-,1"'"""'--------------......,-------- I~ ( r~ 1 r;.... J f~ l o o o One air tazi service was under contract to the Alaska Power Au~horit1 for 100 percent of its trips to the primary resource use area. One air taxi service was under contract to the Alaska Department of Fish add Game (ADF&G)for 100 percent of its trips to the primary resource use area. tighteen air taxi services went to the primary resource area for a variety of purposes,but only 14 could be reached for the follow-up telephone interview.At least five attempts,at different times and days,were made to contact the remaining four air taxi services. p- 1 I r1""" II \"I' ''I I. i,'1 2.5 ANALYSIS OF RESULTS AND REPORT PREPARATION • The Description of Results includes the results for all 47 air taxi services which conducted trip.to the resource use areas.Hawever,the focus is on the detailed telephone interviews with representatives of the services (14 succes.fully interviewed)which took 10 percent or more of their trips to the primary resource use area.The analysis identifies qua litative similarities and differences among response..In addition,ranges of responses are presented where there was extensive variation among responses and tallies are presented where similar response.could be grouped t~gether. Unusual or isolated responses highlight the differences in the character of the air tui bu.in•••••included in the study.Results provide baseline information about air tui services that could potentially be affected by,. the Su.itna BJ.droelectric Project.Conclusion.about the extent to which the.e air·taxi service.could be affected are not included here.Such information will be contained in a forthcoming report on special populations. 425383 850625 6 r~ 1.'.._ Fr L, r~ c i t' 3.0 DISCJ.lPrIOW 01'HSULTS The following discussion presents survey results in two sections.The first section describes the number of air taxi services that take clients to the secondary resource use area.The second section focuses in more detail on air taxi services taking trips to the primary resource use area or the middle Susitna River Basin area.For air taxi services with 10 percent or more of their business in the primary resource use area,additional inforaation about 1)numbers of aircraft and employees for these services, 2)numbers and types of clients and trips taken to the area,3)percentages of total business volume of trips to the area,and 4)the purposes and destinations of the trips are also presented. 3 .1 US!OF THE SECONDARY RESOURCE USE AREA The following two questions were asked to deteraine the number of air tami.. services that took trips to the secondary resource use area: 1)Do you -take clients to the mouth of ltroto Creek (Deshka River)?, and "P-I I 2)Do you take clients to that stretch of the Susitna River between willow and Indian Creeks (including the mouths of tributaries between these two creeks)? I"""'" l i ,..... Responses showed that 37 air taxi services took clients to the mouth of ltroto Creelt.In addition,23 of the 37 air taxis took clients to the Susitna River ~eeveen Willow and Indian Creeks •.. • The loc•.tio.n of the base of operations of the 37 air taxis show the .geographical relationships between air taxi services and the secondary resource use area.The bases authorized by the air taxi certification are listed in Table 3-1. ...i _ 425383 .850625 7 ----.-,_.----------~--''"F...i_iw ..-_ Table 3-1 BASES OF OPERATIONS FOR AIR TAXIS SECONDARY RESOURCE USE AREA BASE NO.!.!BASE NO.!.! Anchorage 18 willow 1 Talkeetna 3 Yentna River 1 Cantwell 2 Alexander Creek 1 Wasilla 2 Montana Creek 1 Glenn Highway 2 Seldovia 1 Bethel 2 Fairbanks 1 HOlDer 2 Point Heiden 1 Kenai 1 Deadhorse 1 Birchwood 1 Palmer 1 St.Marys 1 1 Source:Alaska Transportation Commission.1984. Air Carrier Operating Authority. Anchorage,Alaska. l..... 425383 850625 Note: ..r • !.!Total number of bases does not aqua 1 37 because some air taxis have more than one base • 8 r~ i:~~ I t, r-:\- l.; r··~ ;" 3.2 US!or THE PRIMARY RESOURCE USE AREA Twenty-five air taxi services specified that the trips they took to the middle Susitna River Basin (primary resource use area)between Oc tober 1, 1983 and October 1,1984 amounted to less than 10 percent of their total business volume,(aee Category 2 as defined in the methodology').This business volume translates into 25 air taxis that took a total of approximately 350 trips and 684 people into the primary resource use area during the study period.This equalled an average of 14 trips for a total of 28 people for each air taxi in ODa year. Twenty air taxi services attributed 10 percent or lIore of their business to trips taken to the middle Susitna River Basin •.1I 'lbese businesses are of greater concern with regard to potential effects of tpe Project than the businesses with less than 10 percent of their trips to this area.No:l= surprisingly,the location of the base of operations of the 20 aervica •surrounded the middle Susitna River Basin (see Figure 3-1).The greatest number of services (7)had bases in Anchorage,while the remaining were fairly equally distributed among Talkeetna (3),Wasilla (2),Cantwell (2), Denali Highway (2),Glenn Highway (2),Kenai (1),Gulkana/Toisoae Lake (1), and Gakona/Meiers Lake (1). On the screening questionnaire,the 20 air taxis indicated that the percentages of their business volume attributed to trips to the primary resource'use area between October 1983 and October 1984 ranged fram 10 to 100 percent with an average of 42 percent.The nUBber of trips for the year totalled 1,554 for an average of 82 trips per air taxi.The ntDber of • !I In addition to these 20 services there were two others whieh each had 100 percent of their business in the middle Susitna River Basin.Data for these two services have not been included here because their business in the Susitns Basin area was Susitna Project-or state ageney-related. :r ,I .ifL. 425383 850625 9 Figure 3-1 BASES OF OPERATIONS FOR AIR TAXIS USING THE PRIMARY RESOURCE USE AREA ••PRIMARY RESOURCE USE AREA ~ SECONDARY RESOURCE USE AREA /"4 .""-;-;::..",:"~S',:.\,. -~-.'.,,/.;~~I I. I .1 'l·'l··"~:.)(;1.,'11"tfIJO~.~.;,~..or C';r"" t r~I, 1.1 clients totalled 1,852 people for an av~rage of 97 people taken to the primary resource use area in one year. Additional findings from the follow-up telephone interviews with 14 of the 20 services enhanced the profiles of air taxis conducting buainess in the primary resource use area.The following descriptions are based on the follow-up interview findings. The _llest service had one aircraft,one part-time pilot and one part-time employee.The largest service has 25 to 30 aircraft with 26 full-time pilot.and employees and 16 part-time pilots and employee..Similarly, another service had 20 part-time (sOlle seasonal)pilots and employees.The majority had 4 to 6 aircraft with 1 to 10 ful1-or part-time pilot.and/or employees. The number of trips that the 14 services made during the one-year stu~• period totalled 883 for an average of 63 trip.per air taxi busines..The purposes or these trips were for the most part to transport hunters, fishermen,cargo,and fligh~seers.However,as shown in Table 3-2,six services transported people for other purposes including prospecting and trapping. The number of clients transported to the primary resource area to.talled 1,732 people during the study period for an average of 124 ·people per business.Table 3-3 presents the composition of each service's.clients according to the activities they pursued.As shown,hunters made up the greateat percenta._.of clients <at least 50 percent)at eight services. rishermen mad.up the majority of clients at five services.Visitors to a..r reaote lod..,.,aovertllllent agency personnel conducting studies,trappers,and proapector.cOIIIprised the clients noted in the "other"category. Air taxi operator responses to the question of what percentage of their clients cOIDe frOID Alaska,the Lower 48 or from abroad by activity are presented in Table 3-4.As shown,8 of the 14 air taxis had 100 percent of 425383 850625 11 r-tr- f ( 1. ,--- i~~ ! : ~.: r··:~.····,:,. .1 r l Table 3-2 PURPOSES OF TRI PS TO THE PRIMARY RESOURCE USE AREA . AIR TAXI SERVICES Activity 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Runting x x x x x x x x x x x x 0 x Fishing x x x x x x x x x x x x x x carlO Transport x x x 0 x 0 x 0 x x x 0 x x llightseeiug x x 0 x x 0 0 0 x x x 0 x x Prospecting 0 0 0 0 x 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Trapping 0 0 0 0 x 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Studiesl Survey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x 0 0 x x 0 x Transport to - Lodge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x 0 0 0 0 0 •• Source:Harza-Ebasco,1985.COMpiled from Air Taxi Ope~atiou Survey Data.r".."I· 1 r~.: Note: 425383 850625 x •yes o •no ..,. • 12 ,- I \,I ~' r-;'''' \~!: t°1,... i iIILj Table 3-3 .EACH AIR TAXI SERVICE'S CLIENT COMPOSITION (Percent) AIR TAXI SERVICES CLIENTS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Bunters 50 30 50 75 75 13 70 13 38 22 75 -90 10Q!.1 Fishermen 45 69 50 23 20 27 20 67 50 70 10 -2 Sightseers 5 1 0 3 0 0 a 10 13 4 a -2 52.1 Other a a 0 0 0 0 10 10 0 4 15 -6 . Total 100 100 100 101 100 100 100 100 100 101 100 100 -100 • , I f.,i ,~ I I 'it I '-I. orr •'.I'~-~! Source: Note: 0~1 -I 425383 850625 Rarza-!basco.1985.Compiled from Air Taxi Operation Survey Data. Percentages may not equal 100 due to rounding. -equals _issing data. Percentage reflects a combination of hunters and fishe~en. ..Percentage reflects a combination of sightseers and others.r • 13 --1 c----, -~~}-'-;~ ---J ~~}l'l' r·····-_··,·....-·~~l:v r··f'-:--j-].':--T 1 8 Table 3-4 ORIGINS OF AIR TAXI CLIENTS (Percent) Huntins ~,Fishing Sishtseeins Cargo Other• Air Taxi Lower Lower Lower Lower Lower Service AK 48 Abroad AI 48 Abroad AI{48 Abroad AIC.48 Abroad AK 48 Abroad 1 50 50 0 50 50 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 ,0 0 0 2 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 3 100 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 4 100 0 0 100 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 6 0 100 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 8 100 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 9 100 0 0 0 0 100 0 100 0 .00 0 0 ·0 100 0 10 50 50 0 100 0 0 0 100 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 11 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 12 100 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 13 -------------- - 14 100 0 0 50 50 0 50 50 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 Source:Harza-Ebasco.1985.Compiled from Air Taxi Operator Survey ~ata. Note: 425383 850625 -equals missing data. 14 ........, r""' \i""" I r~r ' !~ t I" I i j ~:' /1 ,I their fishermen and hunters come from Alaska,2 services had equal numbers of hunters and fishermen come from Alaska and the Lower 48,3 services had 100 percent of their hunters from the Lower 48,and 2 services had 100 percent of their fishermen from the Lower 48.One service indicated that 100 percent of its fishermen came from foreign countries.Of "the air taxi services that carried sightseers,three had 100 percent of their sightseeing business from Alaskans and four had 100 percent of this same business from people from the t.ower 48.One business had equal numbers from Alaska and the t.ower 48. Not surprisingly,all nine air taxi ~ervices which hauled cargo indicated that their carlO transport clients were from Alaska.At the time,five of the six air taxis which had other purposes for transporting people stated that 100 percent of their clients were Alasuns.The rsaining one air taxi had 100 percent of such clients from the Lower 48.~ .. •t.ooking at this information from another perspective,it can be noted that 5 of the 13 air taxi services which responded to the question of clients' origins conducted all of their business solely with Alaskans.Two air taxis conducted all of their business (except cargo transport)with people from the t.ower 48.The remaining six services had a mix of Alaskan and other clients. Finally,air taxi operators related where they usually took clients to hunt, fish,sightsee or pursue other activities and where they transported cargo. Although air taxis generally take clients wherever they want to go, respoadents were able to identify specific locations that they frequented dependiul on client activities.Table 3-5 presents this information showiul that lak~reai~ns were popular for both huntinl and fishing with particular lakes like.Deadman,Clarence,Stephan,High,and FOI named repeatedly.Area lakes were also popular for cargo drop-offs while Mt.McKinley,the nevi 1 Canyon rapids,and glaciers were favorite areas for sightseeinl. 425383 850625 15 Table 3-5 LOCATIONS VISITED BY AIR TAXIS Activity Locations r--,""'" Hunting Lakes:Peadman,Big Lake,Clarence,Stephan,High, rog,Seven-mile,Tausena,Watana,and other unnamed lakes. r;;.. Iir j, Drainages:Indian River,Susitna River in middle basin to mouth of Tyone River,from Talkeetna dova the Susitna River to Cook Inlet,!yone River. r"In- I' \~ Areas:Talkeetna to the Alaska Range,Knik Glacier,Skwentna,vest of Stephan Lake, South of Devil Canyon and Watana,Clarence &Deadman Lake.,below Prairie Creek,the entire middle basin area. I'j~ I'l.: Fishing Lakes:Deadman,Big Lake,Clarence,Stephan,High, rag,Tsusena,Watana,Neil,Trapper and the higher lakes of the Talkeetna Mountains.• (,,,~ i', I. Drainages:Lake Creek,Deshka River,Susitna River fro.Talkeetna to Cook Inlet,Yentna River, Alexander Creek,Prairie Creek Areas:Skwentna,the middle Susitna River Basin area. Cargo General area of the Project,all lakes including Murder and higher lakes,Susitna River from Talkeetna to Cook Inlet. Mt.McKinley,the damsite,the general area of the P1:'~ ieet,Knik Glacier,Denali Glacier,over Talkeetna, Wildern•••Lake,Curry R.idge,Devil Canyon. • ;.Stephen Lake,areas in ADF&G Game Management Unit 13, along the Susitna River for studies. Other _ Sightseeing rr-r L (r- tf Source:Barza-Ebasco.1985.Compiled form Air Taxi Operator Survey Data. Note:No attempt is made to shov number of times each lake, drainage,or area vas noted,as a response. 425383 850625 16 --_._~~----------- r;., Ii 'n.; f'.....1~ r) It i ~ l 3.3 SUMMARY Screening questionnaire results showed that of the 220 certified air taxi services in Alaska in 1984,47 air taxis conducted business in the primary and/or secondary resource use areas.Furthermore,the ~uestionnaire revealed the number of services which went to the primary or secondary areas and how many conducted 10 percent or more of their business in the primary area.In the secondary resource use area,where the object was simply to determine the number of air taxis visiting that area,37 of the 47 took clients to the mouth of Kroto Creek.Twenty-three of the 37 services also went to the Susitna River between Willow and Indian Creeks. In the primary use area or middle Susitna River Basin the object was to determine the number of services taking clients or cargo to the area as well .s to determine the percentage of the services'business attributed to trip, to the area.The focus of the study was on the 20 air taxis which toolt.. 10 percent or more of their business to the primary resource use area. Therefore,additional information about numbers of tripe and elienta,and purposes of trips was collected from thoee businesses which could be reached by telephone (14 of the 20)for a second more detailed telephone interview. F~ings from the detailed follow-up telephone interviews showed that from I October 1983 to Oc tober 1984,14 air taxis took 883 trips to the area primarily for purposes of hunting,fishing,sightseeing and cargo transport. These trips were taken by a total of 1,732 clients (an average of 124 clients per business)for the study period.Eight services'clients were predominantly hunters.Five services'clients were mostly fishermen and one service had a more evea mix of clieats • .. W'ith regard to"origins of client (Alaska,Lower 48,Foreign countries),the• majority 9£the services (8)reported that 100 percent of their hunters and fishermen were Alaskans,while all services reporting cargo transport business (9)conducted 100 percent of this business with Alaskans.By contrast,of the eight services conducting sightseeing trips,four had 100 425383 850625 17 lfr- (" ff l percent of such business with clients from the lower 43,and of the six services with 'other'business,one also had 100 percent of such businees with Lover 48 clients. When asked to identify where the air taxis took clients far particular activities,operators reported that lake regions were popular for hunting, fishing,and cargo delivery while Mt.McKinley,the dauites (including nevil Canyon rapids),and glaciers were most popular for sightseeing. • • !··f..··..: 425383 850625 18 r l1-~:: r--' lr- I'I jrr I [r fr l, r""", ,I 1,, HElll!Ne! Alasu Transportation Commission.1984.Air Carrier Operating Authority. Anchorage,Alaska. p,.. • 425383 85062S --,--~-"....-----------------r...,----------....-...-------- ~r ; ~r-'; ! [ l [.., ! ~~_., ( [ L. APPENDIX A SAMPLE AIR TAXI OPERATOR SCREENING Q~~W ~MAP oea~Ai~Tazi Operacqrz na.Al&alta Pa-r Aatlsoric,.1.coot1nuinl Co upd.c.1nfonuacioo for cba !u.ieu Iyelroelecc:ic P'roj.ct.Oft••roup of Al••kaa.chat tI.v. b••a iel.acitle'••·poCeDCi.11,1.,orcaac 1.1'.1"of chI Su.itn.B••io.1'''.re aiZ'tazi oparator••nd th.ir CU.DC'.AI.air taxi operacor, you caa provid.UI vith valuah1.in!onuacion about you and your cli.ncs' QI.of the project ar••• AI •fir.c step,the follovinl que.cion.vil1 h.lp u.d.c.~in.if you 1.1'.the Su.itn.Proj.ct Ar...W.vould .ppr.ci.c.your c.kinl the ti_to answ.r the qu.,cion••Dd r.turn tbi.fo~iD the .nclo••d .c..ped ••1f-.ddr•••ed .DY.10,..If you .1'.a fr.quene 1.1••1'of the Su.itna "'iD,you ..y b•••k.d fo~~r.informatioa 1.c.r this y••r. If you n._r 1.1'.the ar••,pl••••aa•••r 10 co QlJI:S'tIORS 1.2,6 3 .nd ._ly return chi.fo~by .11. na.you for your h.l..Should you b.incer••te'1n .ddUioaal inlom- .tioo .houc the Suaitna Proj.ct pl••••coat"t Ma11l1.I.aac.,PubUc IllformatiOD Offic.r .t the Ala.ka Paver .wchority,334 W.5tll AYnue, 21ld Ploar,Aac:hor....Al..ka "501 • QUlS'rIOtfS,ALL USlOIISU WILL 1&COIISIDUD COIIJ'IDD'tUL. 1.Do you t.ka clL.at.co chI .aueh of !Zoco Creek (th.oe&hka liver)!_YD _NO .-r:- ( ,.,..,.. t r l. I· ( 2. 3. Do you t.k.cli.nt.to that .er.cch of th.Su.iCDa liv.T b.ev••a WU10v .nd IDdi.a cr••k.(1nc1u4ilil the ~UCba of tribue.ri••b.t~.a th•••2 cr••k.)?tES _NO Do you take cli.at.or c.rlo to d••tinacioD.1D (or fliabt- •••iDl cri,.ov.r)chI SU.itD.B••in Ar••a.d.fin.d tI.r. aad outlined OR the .ct.ch.d ..,7 Su.icna la.ill Ar..-!&ac of the IDd1aa liv.r co the .auth of the tyaa.liv.r .lolll the Su.itna. liver,aortJt co chI D.nali hilnay aod .ouch to tbe St.llhaa aad Clarec. lake r.lioo..YlS .-!f0 Pl•••••top h.n ael raeura thi.fo~1a the .nc10••d n...,.d ••1f·.ddr d dYelope 111I1 •••you .aver.d tES to QUESlO.3. If '0,pl cODti.llue. the n.ze 3 que.tioaa part.ia .pacifically to your-d••tin.tiOD. La·the S..Una Buia Ar•••bowa OR th••ttached .p.You.n ..ked co tt-At•••boDe your vo1~of bU.in•••(1ncludinl l11IbC lac c~l,.)co thaC .1'••b.eweea Octob.r 1,19.3 .ad October 1.1914.r 4..lntac 1.th.total ~of trip.inco tlla .re.durin.ch.t peTi047 trip. ,.Wh.t i.the tot.1 n~.T of CU.Dt.t.oa iDto the ar•• dUdDI thAt peT104t p.rlODe 6.Wh.c percec...of your tot.1 busin•••are trip.inca the ar••duriac that p.riod7 '1. 7.What .re tb...jor porpo...of the cri..you t.k.1nco the SUlitnaB••int (Pl....ch.ck .11 ~.C.lori••that ap,ly.) Och.r (Pl...~ify) •.. ~&ND .-.-P~~RY R.eou.u:e US£ARe:..-tt e50\AWVAfZ;'I ~5eCONMRY RESOu~USIi A~5AS • r r l l .. I II _ ~i' t f. -------.......,-"'--_.~-----_.--~--~---------------- 1)!OW lWIY PUHES/BlLlCOPTDS DOES nilS BUSIDSS BAR? 3)WID IN tD KIl)DU St1SImA BASDJ AU&.00 YOU UStW.I.Y TAD: !!!!.!! APPENDIX B SAHl'U DE'r.AIIJ:D QUESTIONNAIRE ~SlmVE'f OF AIl.un OPDAtoIS 2nd surv.y SUSIDSS !WIKI 8usDflSS LOCl%IOII: c01llDC't P!1SOlI: PBOd I: IASB OF OPDAnOB: DOIS 'rIlS IUSDlESS BAVE? pan-ca.'-_ P~-CDa:-_ HU1'itDS~.....;",_ nSBEDWf~_ CAaGO,_ stGBTSEDS _ oo oo o 2)DfCLODDfC YOURSELl.BOW )WI'f PtLOTS:full-c~:-_ OTBD mtarDS:fu11-ca.:-_ I' { I- iI .....r f, r-' l r " L f"": I ,....j:",' I I ! [ ,, I l r '. I Il ----.MIDDL!SUSImA BASm AlB:Euc of the Incl1.m tiv.rto CM lIIIOuch of tM Tyone liver alons tM Sua1cna tiv.,..aor'th to tM D....l1 tighway aDd souch to the Stapbaa aacl Claranca t..ka rag:1ca.a. , 1 L. r . [ 4)III tBI ru;:r'tlf'[llAaY QUUZICEDnJ:lOU S'1'..UD mu TD 'to'fAL NtDJID OF CLlD'fS 'rIIA%.mU 1:DOC I1ft'O '1'B STtlDY ADA LAS'r lUI.WAS _ or nmSa'':P!Ol!.I"AlftOXtMATZLY BOW !Wi!WID: O'soauas'-_ Cl nSBD!WfClstGB'%SUlS:--_o 0'rBII.=-_ 1._.." 5)WB:!U AU nil MAJOUn OF yoa.o 0 a 0 BDHtrMG fl31 i1C SIMaXSI'kIC C!Bep c ~-___'____""__'lP_t__~,__,--..._.---...,.F"'-,-------------------- Irr""Ii! ell ir i APPIIDIX C .lIt TAXI SIUIC!S WIt'll BUSIRSS IR TIll plmAu AID/Ot SICOIIDAU DSOnC!USI AUlS Airlift Alaska/Flying Alaska/Silvertip Air Service Alaska Air Charter Alaska Air Guides Alaska Bush Carrier Alaska North Flying Service Al.ska Travel Air Big Red's Flying Service Birchwood Air Service Bran Air Bush pilots Air Service Chugiak Aviation Cook Inlet Aviation Deerinl',Guide Service !llis Air Taxi Fishing Unlimited Golden North Air Service Gracious House Flying Service High Adventure Air Charter RO'IIIe r Ai r Hudson Air Service Rudson Air Taxi It.-2 Aviation Kenai Air Alaska Ketchua',Air Service Knik .Air,Inc. Lake Creek Lodge tee's Guide Service Mat-Su Bush Flying KcMahan's Guide and Flying Service Ray Atkins -Registered Guide Regal Air aust's Flying Service Sea Airmotive Sportsaan Flying Service and/or Gulkana Air Service Super Eagle Airlines. Suaitu Air Service Susien.Flyin~Service Talkeetna Air "Taxi......Tra11 .1d..A1r Trans-Ala"stea Helicopters 'Troy Air,Inc. Tundra Copters Wieder Kehr,Inc. Wilbur's Flight Operations Willow Air Service Woods Air Service Zap Airway. 425383 850625 •..