AIRPORTS ARE REACHING CAPACITY LIMIT Figure 2: Anticipated Date for Airports to Reach Capacity Number of airports 11 10 2 Already 1-2 years 3-4 years 5-6 years 7-9 years 10 o Other more Estimated time to reach capacity @2003 Waitz Source: GAOs survey of the nations 50 busiest commercial service airports 10AIRPORTS ARE REACHING CAPACITY LIMIT Figure 2: Anticipated Date for Airports to Reach Capacity Number of airports 14 13 11 5 2 8 7 4 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Already 1-2 years 3-4 years 5-6 years 7-9 years 10 or Other at or more above years capacity Estimated time to reach capacity Source: GAO’s survey of the nation’s 50 busiest commercial service airports. © 2003 Waitz 10