7d supp

Item No.        7d_supp
Date of Meeting     May 17, 2016 
Aviation Plan of Finance
Update 
May 17, 2016 

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Background 
Plan of finance discussed extensively in 2015 
AAAC briefing in March (commission briefing in April) 
Port Commission motion on 5/26/2015 
90 Day review of International Arrivals Facility (IAF) 
In fall of 2015, uncertainty on final cost of IAF and the North
Satellite expansion ( NSAT) 
Purpose today is to provide update on funding plan consistent
with Commission motion of 5/26/15 
Will show scenarios where alternative uses of Passenger Facility
Charges (PFCs) by cost center can be used to manage rates 
Costs paid by PFCs are excluded from airline rate base 
Current funding plan builds on 2015 plan 
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2016  2025 Capital Program &
Funding Plan 
Projects             $000s         Funding Source     $000       %
NSAT            507,984     ADF          633,394       18.4%
IAF                595,957      PFC             295,575         8.6%
Baggage Optimization     306,507      Grants           174,294         5.1%
SSAT             600,000     Rev Bonds       2,323,642   67.7%
Allowance CIPs         819,592      Other             6,975    0.2%
Other              603,841     Total          3,433,880  100.0%
Total                3,433,880
Capital costs are included in forecasted rates, rates set to recover costs per
airline lease agreement 
Most PFCs used to pay debt service 
Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP) will likely add capital costs 
Additional capital costs will be funded with revenue bonds 
Capital program will drive increases to airline rates 
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Capital Funding Strategy 
Maintain competitive CPE, and competitive airline rates
(landing fee, FIS, terminal rents) 
Per Commission direction, use up to $200 million cash on
IAF w/o amortizing cost 
Use PFCs for direct project funding and to pay revenue
bond debt service to manage rate bases 
Purposely saved PFCs to increase amounts for pay-go for IAF
and NSAT 
Targeting up to 90% of PFCs to pay debt service 
PFCs are key tool for managing rates 
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Rate Forecast  Scenario 1 (Base Case) 
Rates        2016    2025  % Change
Landing Fee   $ 3.57     $ 3.77       5.6%
Terminal Rents $ 118.89 $ 196.68   65.4%
FIS         $ 5.76     $ 12.00       108.3%
CPE       $ 11.00     $ 15.40      40.0%
Assumptions: 
Offset 100% of Third Runway debt service 
Sufficient PFCs allocated to IAF, allowing FIS rate to grow to match highest
among peer airports 
Terminal receives remaining PFCs 
Opportunity to shift PFCs from Airfield to moderate Terminal and/or FIS rates 
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Shifting PFCs Impacts Rates 
Scenario 1        Scenario 2        Scenario 3
2016    2025  2016-25   2025  2016-25   2025  2016-25
Rate Category    Rate    Rate  % Change   Rate  % Change   Rate  % Change
Landing fee       3.57        3.77       5.6%    4.61       29.1%    4.61       29.1%
Terminal Rents   118.89   196.68   65.4%   178.60   50.2%   180.00   51.4%
FIS              5.76        12.00   108.3%    12.00   108.3%    10.00    73.6%
CPE          11.00   15.40   40.0%   15.44   40.4%   15.44   40.4%
Scenarios 2 shifts PFCs from airfield to terminal 
Scenario 3 shifts PFCs from terminal to FIS 
PFCs: important tool for managing airline rates, but zero sum game 
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Next Steps 
Engaging airlines in discussion of funding plan 
Submit PFC application to FAA to gain
authority to use PFCs on NSAT and IAF 
Monitor landing fees, FIS rates and CPE at
other airports 
Adjust funding strategy as needed to stay
competitive 
No decision on specific use of PFCs needed a this time 
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APPENDIX 
For Reference 
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Funding Plan for IAF 
Funding Sources     $000s  Capital Rate Base    2020     2024
Cash/ADF       200,000  Amortization - - 
Revenue Bonds    308,365  Debt Service     28,932   28,947
PFCs          100,000  DS paid w/PFCs   (18,427)        (19,778) 
Total            608,365   Net capital costs    10,505     9,169 
Effective percent of PFCs to fund project costs:       48.7%     51.1%
Per funding principles (May 26, 2015 ), amount of PFCs based on targeted $12 FIS rate
(current estimate of high end of market rate) 
Use of PFCs can vary depending on other factors that impact FIS rate base 
Compared to the July 2015 IAF presentation, the effective use of PFCs has declined from
57.6% due to increased forecast for deplaned international passengers 
Use of PFCs lower than July 2015 Plan 
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Funding Plan for NSAT 
Funding Sources     $000s  Capital Rate Base    2020     2024
Cash/ADF         537  Amortization       36        36 
Revenue Bonds    408,071  Debt Service     11,886   34,164
PFCs          122,493  DS paid w/PFCs    (3,176)   (20,870) 
Total            531,102   Net capital costs     8,746        13,330
Effective percent of PFCs to fund project costs:       43.6%     70.0%
Estimating that approximately 70% of costs are PFC eligible  subject to
determination by FAA 
Use of PFCs on NSAT will increase as PFC backed bonds are fully
amortized in 2023 
Use of PFCs for NSAT will increase after 2023 
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Future CPE Comparison 
$35.00
SEA Future CPE in 2023
$30.00
Current CPE  Future CPE
$25.00
Targeted Middle Third
$20.00


$15.00


$10.00


$5.00


$0.00
EWR  ORD  IAD  JFK  LAX  SFO  MIA  LGA  SMF  BOS  PHL  SEA  DCA  MDW  DFW  YVR  DEN  PDX  OAK  HNL  LAS  SAN  SJC  DTW  IAH  MCO  BWI  TPA  MSP  FLL  ATL  PHX  SLC  CLT
SEA Forecasted CPE is competitive 
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Landing Fee Comparison 
2014 Landing Fees For Peer Airports
$10.00
Landing fees vary
$9.00
based on lease
$8.00
agreement 
$7.00
Targeted Middle Third
$6.00                                                                                                SEA currently in

$5.00                                                                                                      middle of range 
9.49

$4.00    7.90
7.30                                                                                       2014 is most recent
$3.00          5.85                                                                                         year of data 
4.67
4.59 4.58 4.55 4.47
4.33 4.29 4.15
$2.00
3.72 3.71 3.63
3.33 3.32 3.27
2.85 2.71 2.65                                    No forecasted
2.39 2.22
$1.00                                                                  2.12 1.99
1.75 1.74 1.57
1.46
0.86 0.82              landing fee data 
$0.00
SEA landing fee is competitive  middle of range 
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FIS Rate Comparison 
Projected 2019 FIS Fee or FIS Equivalent         Rate based on
14.00                                                                recovering costs 
12.00                                                             Rate sensitive to
10.00                                                                volume of passengers 
8.00
Funding plan uses
6.00     12.01      12.00
sufficient PFCs to
9.83
4.00                                 8.73
7.48                     achieve targeted rate 
5.96
2.00
Will continue to
-
LAX (CY 2019) SEA (CY 2019) YVR (CY 2019) SFO (FY 2019) DEN (CY 2019) PDX (FY 2019)         monitor rates at other
airports 
SEA FIS rate targeted to high end of market range 
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