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• Airlake Airport <br />Anoka County-Blaine Airport <br />. Crystal Airport <br />. Flying Cloud Airport <br />Lake Elmo Airport <br />St. Paul Downtown Airport <br />South St. Paul Airport <br />The focus of the Regional System Reliever Airports Study was to determine if the <br />system of seven relieverairportsservingMinneapolis-St. Paul International adequately meets <br />the objective of providing reasonable alternatives for. general aviation aircraft that might <br />otherwise choose Minneapolis-St. Paul Internadonal for basing or operations. <br />There are a number of reasons general aviation operators continue to choose <br />Minneapolis-St. Paul International for their operations inmetropolitan Ivlinneapolis-St. Paul. <br />These include the airport's: <br />• Available rumvay length <br />. Instrumentation/Control Tower <br />FBO services and fuel <br />Ground transportation <br />Avionics and repair services <br />Connections with commercial carriers <br />Convenience to ground destination <br />To varying degrees, the seven reliever airports provide reasonable alternatives for <br />general aviation aircraft in metropolitan Minneapolis-St. Paul In some instances, however, <br />it is not realistic to expect (from a wst/benefit perspective) that the reliever airports can <br />duplicate facilities and services provided by Minneapolis-St. Paul International. It is valid, <br />however, to assess the system's ability to provide adequate operational capacity to accept <br />general aviation operations that might otherwise be destined for Minneapolis-St. Paul <br />International <br /> <br />-3- <br />