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2006 Airline Passenger Survey

The 2006 Airline Passenger Survey was sponsored by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) on behalf of Oakland International Airport (OAK) and San Francisco International Airport (SFO). The survey was conducted by JD Franz Research, Inc. of Sacramento with the assistance of Dr. Geoff Gosling, Principal of Aviation System Consulting LLC in Berkeley. Dr. Gosling served as a consultant to MTC on the planning, design, and implementation of the survey. Following the completion of data collection, and with the concurrence of MTC, he provided technical support to JD Franz Research on data cleaning, recoding, and tabulation.

The primary purpose and use of the series of departing passenger surveys has been for ground access planning. The questions, therefore, have focused primarily on details of the landside trip, and on the factors judged to influence ground access behaviors. The resulting databases are intended primarily to facilitate the modeling of ground access choices, to permit analysis of alternative policies with regard to airport access.

For more information on the 2006 MTC Airline Passenger Survey, please contact David Ory at (510) 817.5755 (e-mail: dory@mtc.ca.gov).

2001/02 Airline Passenger Survey

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) has undertaken surveys of departing passengers at the region’s three large commercial airports at approximately five-year intervals since 1975. The surveys have been undertaken with the active cooperation (and financial support) of the three airport authorities. The four surveys conducted between 1975 and 1990 were limited to the summer (peak travel) months only, but the one carried out in 1995 introduced a fall (off-peak) phase as well.

The Airline Passenger Survey was not conducted in the year 2000, but a repeat was planned — again to be carried out with both a summer and a fall wave — for 2001. The summer wave fieldwork was nearing completion (with only one further day of scheduled fieldwork remaining) on September 11th, 2001, when the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington DC caused the cessation for several days of all commercial air traffic throughout the United States, and depressed air travel for many months thereafter. The proposed fall 2001 survey wave was cancelled, and the funding was ultimately used to conduct another survey in the summer of 2002, scheduled to replicate closely the summer 2001 survey.

The primary purpose and use of the series of departing passenger surveys has been for ground access planning. The questions, therefore, have focused primarily on details of the landside trip, and on the factors judged to influence ground access behaviors. The resulting databases are intended primarily to facilitate the modeling of ground access choices, to permit analysis of alternative policies with regard to airport access.

For more information on the 2001/02 MTC Airline Passenger Survey, please contact David Ory at (510) 817.5755 (e-mail: dory@mtc.ca.gov).

1995 Airline Passenger Survey

The 1995 MTC Airline Passenger Survey was commissioned by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission in conjunction with Oakland International, San Francisco International, San Jose International and Sonoma County Airports. Funding for the instrument design phase of the survey was also provided by the Federal Aviation Administration. The survey itself was conducted in August and October of 1995 by J.D. Franz Research of Sacramento, California.

The 1995 airline passenger survey is the fifth such survey sponsored by MTC and conducted in five-year intervals since 1975. In previous surveys (1975, 1980, 1985 and 1990) the data was collected only during the summer season. The 1995 survey was the first survey to be conducted in the fall as well, thus permitting comparisons between summer and fall.

The primary purpose of the ongoing airline passenger survey series is to provide Bay Area transportation planners with the information necessary to understand and plan for air passenger travel within, to, and from the region. The Regional Airport Planning Committee (RAPC), planners at individual airports, area academic institutions, and private sector organizations such as airlines, Chambers of Commerce, real estate developers, and the media also use the information for planning and analysis activities.

1995 MTC Airline Passenger Survey: Final Report

Download the final report for the 1995 MTC Airline Passenger Survey. The files are in Microsoft Word format. Requires WINZIP or PKUNZIP to extract archived files. The archive (zip) file is 1.084 megabytes in size.

Hard copies of the final report and appendices are available from the MTC/ABAG library at: (510) 817.5836 or e-mail (library@mtc.ca.gov). The final survey instrument is included in the Appendices to the Final Report volume. A computer-readable facsimile (PDF or.gif format) of the survey instrument is not yet available, so data users should obtain a copy of the Appendices volume.

1995 MTC Airline Passenger Survey: Data Files

Download the SPSS format data file from the 1995 MTC Airline Passenger Survey. The file is in SPSS for Windows format. Requires WINZIP or PKUNZIP to extract archived file. The archive (zip) file is 1.534 megabytes in size and "unzips" to 4.040 megabytes in size

Download the DBF format data file from the 1995 MTC Airline Passenger Survey. The file is in SPSS for Windows format. Requires WINZIP or PKUNZIP to extract archived file. The archive (zip) file is 2.057 megabytes in size and "unzips" to 20.259 megabytes in size.


Last updated July 9, 2007.