Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1971

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Nicholas, James C.

Abstract

This study analyzes the possible location for the proposed South Florida Regional Airport. The investigation is implemented through a simple gravity model, which employes population, tourism, and income distribution data along with a time-distance matrix to determine optimal airport location. Additional analysis is undertaken to determine the feasibility of a mass transit system providing access to the airport and possible market areas which would be serviced by the facility. While this study attempts to make no conclusions beyond the scope of the analysis presented, it does generate several important conclusions. First, that a site near Andytown, Florida, is superior to a site located near the Everglades National Park. Second, the facility if constructed at Andytown should be planned to service all of South Florida. Third, if the considerations for future growth and development are sufficient to warrant the selection of a more northernly location, the market potential and transit time for a site near Clewiston, Florida can be altered, by construction of a mass transit system, to put that site on a parity with the Andytown site.

Extent

91 p.

Comments

College of Business|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1971.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|College of Business

Identifier

FADT13468

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