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Over the past 30 years approximately 85 to 88 per cent of the FAA's budget has been covered by fuel taxes, ticket taxes, license fees, aircraft registration fees, etc., all of which are paid for by passengers, business operators, private pilots, etc. In FY12, the percentage of the FAA budget covered by these items fell to 74.6 per cent because of several Administrative initiatives aimed largely at the airport improvement program. The remainder is transferred from the general fund.  Many of the monies spent on the airport improvement program are for airports that are not served by commercial airlines.  This information can be found in the FAA's 2012 Performance Report. In 2011 the United States had 19,782 airports, of which 13,450 were suitable for fixed wing operations. Of these only 547 or 4.1 per cent were served by commercial airlines.   NARP as well as others appear to believe that the nation's commercial airlines account for the majority of the FAA's air traffic control activities.  This is not true. In FY11, the latest year for complete numbers, 34.2 per cent of the aircraft handled by the FAA's Air Route Traffic Control Centers was for air carriers, whilst 34.3 per cent of tower operations were for them.  The others were for air taxis, civilian aircraft, and military aircraft operating in civilian airspace.  This information can be found in the FAA's 2012 Fact Book. What does this have to do with intercity passenger rail?  Very little.  The key question is where does passenger rail make sense, what should it look like, how should it be funded, and how should it be managed?
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