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The Provo Airport market is situated on the west side of Provo adjacent to Utah Lake. The base market service area for Provo Airport is comprised of the residents from Utah County and five smaller counties providing s base population of 415,000. It is doubtful that if Provo Airport had a jet service that many residents from Salt Lake County and other counties north of the "point of the mountain" would use Provo airport.
The largest concentration of population for the Provo Airport market area is in the cities of Provo and Orem. These cities total approximately 182,000 people or 44% of the airport market area. The remainder of Utah County has a population of 152,999 and the other five counties account for 78,000. All of these markets are located within a short drive to the Provo airport and will need to use Interstate 15 to access the airport. Traffic flow to and from Provo Airport should not be a problem for any of these markets.
When the Provo Airport market area is compared to other metro market areas similar in size like Amarillo, Boise, Colorado Springs, Eugene, Lubbock, Monterey, Spokane, and Wichita, it seems that the population and economic base of Provo can support air service. The average size of these eight markets is less than Provo in population and economic buying power, but these markets average 28 jet flights and 17 commuter flights per day. Refer to Table 3-6
Table 3-6
AIR SERVICE MARKETS COMPARABLE IN SIZE TO PROVO AIRPORT MARKET | 
