Influence of Airport Demand in a Shared Airport between Military and Civil Personnel: The Case of Salvador International Airport

The aim of this paper is to analyze the influence of an increase on passengers demand in a shared airport between military and civil personnel. The paper investigates how this increase may influence the military operations of a high strategic airport. Using as a case study the Salvador International Airport, home to the aircraft fleet responsible for maritime patrol in Brazil, an airport demand model was developed and was made a simulation of increased wealth scenarios and consequent increase in demand. The results show that an increase of 1% in the economy will increase the number of 0.75% of domestic passenger. The results also show that increasing wealth may result in daily increases of two to 22 flights depending on the configuration and load factor and it may affect the military operations.