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MAY-29-1997 15 53 METRO. AIRPORT COMM. 612 726 5296 P.08/12 • Anoka County-Blaine Airport Long-Term Comprehensive Prone Update May 1997 • area is home to numerous Fortune 500 companies,as well as to a very active small business I environment. As the number of jobs, population, and area income rise, the use of small business and pleasure aircraft will continue to expand. The Minneapolis-St Paul area has a strong history of promoting aviation and has an excellent system of general aviation airports that are conveniently located to the growing number of users. • At Anoka County-Blaine Airport, future increases in activity will primarily consist of relatively small single-and twin-engine aircraft. Since the Airport functions as a reliever airport for general aviation traffic that may otherwise use Minneapolis-St. Paul International (MSP), one of its primary functions is to serve as an alternate for small private business and pleasure aircraft. This frees up MSP for commercial aircraft. While no commercial aircraft are projected to operate at Anoka County-Blaine, the number of small business jet aircraft operating at the Airport is expected to increase somewhat. Still, business jets will only account for approximately one percent of all operations at the Airport. Between 1996 and 2015,the total number of operations for all aircraft at Anoka County-Blaine is expected to increase from approximately 192,600 to almost 272,300, and the number of based aircraft is projected to increase to approximately 550. C. Capacity and Facility Requirements The results of the airfield capacity analysis indicate that the Airport does not have adequate capacity to efficiently and conveniently accommodate projected operational demand. The first step in providing additional capacity was the completion of the ATCT,which became operational in October, 1996. A towered airport with a primary and a crosswind runway typically has the capacity to accommodate approximately 230,000 annual operations. The ATCT, therefore, provided an approximate 15 percent increase to Anoka County-Blaine Airport annual operational capacity. While the ATCT improves capacity throughout the mid-term of the 20-year planning period, by the end of the planning period, additional capacity enhancements will be required if the Airport is to continue to meet demand. With the addition of a parallel runway(s),the ability of the airport to accommodate aircraft(annual operating capacity)could be increased to approximately 355,000 operations. This would provide more than enough airside capacity to meet the projected number of operations (272,300)during the planning period. The Airport should be designed to accommodate critical aircraft with an airport reference code(ARC)of B-II (approach speed of less than 121 knots and a wingspan of less than 79 feet). The critical aircraft is the most demanding aircraft, or type of aircraft, expected to perform 500 or more operations per year. Aircraft included in this design category include , • turboprop aircraft such as the Beechcraft King Air and business jets such as the Citation IL Major facility recommendations include extending Runway 8R/26L to• 5,000 feet and 10 The Airport Technology&Planning Group,lac. (Afrrech) 2