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13. FLYING CLOUD AIRPORT <br />Flying Cloud Airport, aMAC-owned airport located approximately 10 nautical miles <br />southwest of Minneapolis-St, Paul International, is designated as a minor airport in the <br />reliever system. The airport is classified as a General Utility Stage I airport in the NPIAS. <br />Due to traffic volumes and aircraft types, however, Flying Cloud reportedly operates as a <br />Stage A facility. FaWbit V 7 illustrates the existing airport layout and recommended system <br />improvements for the airport. <br />(1) Operational Capacity <br />Flying Cloud Airport is currently operating at more than 50 percent of its <br />available airfield capacity (estimated at 355,000 annual operations). By the end of <br />the planning period, We airport will surpass 80 percent of its available operational <br />capacity. Capaaty enhancement is unlikely due to surrounding land envelope <br />constraints. There is limited opportunity to significantly improve Flying Cloud's <br />operational capacity due to limited undeveloped property adjacent to the airport. <br />(2) Landside Facilities <br />Aircraft storage at Flying Cloud consisu of 182,800 squaze feet of conventional <br />hangar space, 211 T-hangaz stalls, and approximately 154 tie-downs. These facilities <br />are currently adequate, but 23 additional T-hangaz stalls and 21 tie-downs will be <br />required by the end of the planning period to accommodate projected based aircraft <br />levels. The existing land envelope should be adequate to accommodate planned <br />improvements at the airport. <br />Using general planning standazds, the existing 16,000 squaze feet of <br />terminal/administration azea, 370 automobile parking spaces, and the 23,000 square <br />• feet of itinerant ramp should be adequate for the planning period. <br />V-73 <br />