The Economic Contribution of the MWAA Executive Summary | Page 2

An overview of the Airports Authority's contribution to
the Virginia-Maryland-Washington, DC region in 2017
$23.6 billion
of economic output
If all this economic activity were
consolidated to one publicly traded
company, it would rank #123 on
the Fortune 500
$1.1 billion of state
and local taxes
$14.4 billion of
regional GDP
$3.0 million a day flowed
to local tax authorities
A contribution of
$39.4 million per day
Enough to educate
87,000 students across
the region for one year
x 4
That's equivalent to the
6th largest city in Virginia
187,200 jobs
Enough to fill FedEx Field,
Nationals Park,
the U.S. Naval Academy’s
Navy-Marine Corps Memorial
Stadium, and DC United’s
Audi Field combined
Output represents the value of sales (i.e., revenues) that are ultimately attributable to transportation activity overseen
by the Airports Authority. GDP is the difference between those revenues and their non-labor input costs.