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If pro-active steps aze not taken to enhance the reliever airport system's capacity, a <br />reactive position will most likely need to be assumed. This reactive position would most <br />likely take the form of relying on existing or proposed airports beyond the seven-county <br />metropolitan azea to meet user demand. The system would be forced to rely on a set of <br />airports that lie 20 to 30 miles beyond the existing reliever system. The metropolitan area <br />would be forced to rely on airports beyond the wntrol of the Metropolitan Council of the <br />Twin Cities (Metropolitan Council) or the Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) to <br />meet system demand <br />4. SYSTEM RECOMMENDATIONS <br />To avoid this reactive position, this study identified three key projects that should be <br />pursued as part of a recommended reliever airport system. These projects will ensure a pro- <br />active rather than a reactive track in terms of meeting the azea's reliever airport needs. <br />Components of the recommended reliever airport system were identified based on an <br />analysis of the alternatives developed to provide the reliever system with needed capacity. <br />The key components of the recommended plan aze summarized in the following sections. <br />(1) <br />A major portion of the annual system delay identified for 2008 will be <br />experienced. at Anoka County-Blaine Airport. Providing a pazallel nmway at this <br />airport will increase its annual operational capacity, as well as the operational <br />capaaty of the reliever system. Increased capacity, in the form of a pazallel runway, <br />is envisioned as a key project for a successful reliever airport system. It has been <br />recommended by the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT), MAC, and <br />the Metropolitan Council that a parallel rttmvay at Anoka County-Blaine should not <br />be implemented in the absence of an air traffic control tower (ATCT). The FAA <br />typically will not participate in the development and operation of an ATCT at a <br />general aviation airport until annual operations reach the following predetermined <br />ratio: <br />V-5 <br />