This section allows you to define and differentiate costs by airport. Airport costs may include items such as Landing Fees, Aircraft Parking, Fuel Service Fees, Passenger Facility Charges, Baggage System Fees, Terminal and Gate Use Fees, and Security Fees.
Some of these fees—such as Landing Fees—are driven by flight cycles, while others—such as Passenger Facility Charges—are based on the number of passengers. In the United States, airports typically charge landing fees per landing, whereas in some other regions (e.g., Europe), airports may also charge per takeoff.
Most passenger-based fees are calculated using the number of enplaned (departing) passengers, as this data is more readily available than the number of deplaned (arriving) passengers.
The Airport Cost table includes the following fields:
- Airport: The IATA code representing the airport to which the cost data applies.
- Aircraft: The specific aircraft type code for which costs are being defined and used in the schedule table.
- Cost_per_Landing: The cost paid to the destination airport for each landing.
- Cost_per_Takeoff: The cost paid to the origin airport for each take-off.
- Cost_per_Pax: The cost paid to the origin airport for each passenger carried.
- Notes: Use this field to provide a description of the record, such as data source, calculation method, or any other relevant details.
All financial figures should be entered in U.S. dollars (USD). The values specified in this section represent additional costs on top of those defined in the Unit Cost section. For example, if a cost per landing is entered here, the corresponding landing fee should be removed from the cost per cycle field in the Unit Cost section to avoid double-counting.
All costs in the system are cumulative, meaning they aggregate to represent the total operational cost of each segment. Therefore, when airport-specific costs are defined here, the equivalent amounts should be deducted from the Unit Cost section.