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Airport Capacity: Civilian Use of Military Airfields Has Added Little to System Capacity

RCED-91-130 Published: Apr 18, 1991. Publicly Released: May 08, 1991.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed civilian use of active military airfields, focusing on the: (1) extent to which current joint-use airfields were helping to reduce airport congestion and delays; and (2) conditions that would give future joint-use airfields a realistic chance of adding significantly to airport system capacity and mitigating congestion and delays.

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