Adding airport infrastructure is an expensive proposition, but necessary to keep pace with growing passenger, cargo, and aircraft traffic. For many airport sponsors, the lack of available land for development or expansion has made airport development extremely expensive.

Leigh Fisher Associates offers financial analysis and planning services to support both ongoing airport business operations and airport capital development. Our consulting services are geared toward achievable financial plans developed cooperatively with airline tenants and other affected parties.

Our consultants have experience in major airport financings, all aspects of airport capital development and management, third-party financings of airport facilities, new airport development, and nonairline revenue development.

Our capabilities include preparing financing plans to guide airport master plan development; preparing funding plans for capital improvement programs; developing financial models to analyze and calculate required airline and other tenant fees and charges; securing required airline and other approvals to allow capital improvements to proceed; and providing specialized services such as the preparation of passenger facility charge (PFC) and federal grant applications.

Services
-Strategic financial planning
-Airline rates and charges analyses
-Passenger facility charge assistance
-Grant application assistance
-Airline and other tenant coordination

Representative Projects
-Financial Planning Services, Denver International Airport
-Airport Strategic Planning, Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport
-Capital and Financial Planning, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport
-Financing for Development of 33 Airports, Argentine Airport System

Relevant Publications
-LFA Focus on PFC Financings (PDF)
-LFA Focus on the PFC Program (PDF)
-LFA Focus on the LOI Program (PDF)