Airport officials described a mix of revenue measures and constraints while answering committee questions about how to reduce operating shortfalls.

Brian Goll, director of Flagstaff Airport, said potential revenue sources include parking (about $600,000 annually), expanded terminal concessions, private hangar leases and a 31.545‑acre tech park across JW Powell Boulevard that is under development. He cautioned, however, that FAA rules limit on‑airfield non‑aeronautical development, that aeronautical land granted for airport use cannot be sold and that on‑field leases must meet FAA fair‑market and rate‑study requirements.

Goll also noted that many revenue options are multiyear efforts: private hangars and a tech‑park anchor tenant will take years before the airport sees steady revenue and a rate study must be completed to comply with FAA methodology. He said state aviation funds have been swept in the past, constraining state support, and federal grants typically target capital projects rather than on‑going operating costs.

Committee members pressed whether airport operations could be shifted to other city departments to reduce ARFF staff workload. Goll said the airport already uses city facilities and police services for some tasks but that moving operations to other departments would still have an economic cost because the airport fund pays those departments when they provide services.

The discussion closed with staff saying they are pursuing consultant work (rate study) and advising that some funding fixes will take multiple years; no immediate revenue solution was presented that could eliminate the first‑year ARFF and law‑enforcement funding requests.