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<br />Each of these azeas is discussed in the following sections. It should be noted that <br />facility requirements discussed in the following sections have been generated to a system <br />planning rather than a master planning level of detail. Comprehensive airport development <br />planning for each of the reliever system airports would produce a more definitive list of <br />improvements and development projects. Comprehensive airport development plans will <br />continue to provide guidance for actual airport development; master plans and their <br />supportive airport layout plans (ALPS) for each reliever airport should be reflective of <br />development and actions identified as part of this system planning process. <br />(1) <br />Runway length is a crucial factor in evaluating an airport's ability to <br />accommodate the type of aircraft it is projected to serve. Airports aze typically <br />classified according to their operational roles. Airports in the reliever system aze <br />categorized by three functional airport classifications. The federal system, as <br />reported in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS), codes airports <br />as transport, general utility, or basic utility. The State of Minnesota classifies airports <br />as key, intermediate, and landing strip. Facilities in the metropolitan azea aze <br />classified as major, intermediate, minor, and special purpose. Under the regional <br />system, "major" airports aze airports with primary rumvays of 10,000 feet or more. <br />"Intermediate" airports must have a primary ruttway of between 5,001 and 8,000 feet, <br />while "minor" airports have runways up to 5,000 feet in length. <br />Information on existing runway lengths for each of the region's reliever <br />airports is provided in Table V 1. Also listed are recommended runway lengths <br />based on each airport's role in the reliever system and data gathered from recent <br />comprehensive development plans. <br />t•J <br />V-19 <br />