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included in the system to accommodate the overflow of general aviation traffic from <br />the existing relievers. The seven reliever airports serving Minneapolis-St. Paul <br />International are described in the following sections. <br />1. Airlake Airport <br />Airlake Airport is located near Lakeville, Minnesota, south of <br />Minneapolis-St. Paul (see F.:hibit Imo). The airport is classified as a public- <br />use, General Utility facility. The airport type is minor role-reliever airport. <br />The airfield is located on 565 acres and is surrounded by low•intensity mixed <br />land rues. There is a major industrial park located immediately north of the <br />.airport. Access to the airport is via County Road 70 and Access Road. <br />2. Anoka County-Blaine Airport <br />Anoka County-Blaine Airport, apublic-use facility owned by the MAC, <br />is classified as a General Utility - Stage II facility. The airport is easily <br />accessible by major highways such as State Route 65 and I-35W (see Fahrbit <br />I5). L,otsted near a number of residential areas, the airport also has <br />commercial development to west. The area north of the airport is more <br />sparsely developed, with commercial use, farms, wetlands, and public open- <br />space areas. The airport covers 1,900 acres and is located north of the. <br />Minneapolis-St. Paul area. <br />3. Crystal Airport <br />Crystal Airport, apublic-use facility owned by the MAC, is classified <br />as a Basic Utility - Stage II facility. The airport is located northwest of <br />Minneapolis-St. Paul is a heavily developed area (see FaWbit Ifi). Land use <br />is mixed, with the predominant use being single-family residential. Other <br />uses include multifamily dwellings to the west and northwest and commercial <br />development to the south and southwest. Crystal Airport covers 430 acres <br />and is accessible via State Route 169. <br />4.. Flying Cloud Airport <br />Flying Cloud Airport, apublic-use airport located southwest of <br />Minneapolis (see Fahrbit I ~, has been classified as a General Utility -Stage <br />I airport. According to the MAC's Long-Term Comprehensive Development <br />Plan, however, the airport functions as a General Utility - Stage II airport due <br />to the traffic volumes and aircraft types using it. Flying Cloud covers 560 <br />acres and is owned by the MAC. Access to the airport is provided by <br />Minnesota State Routes 169 and 212. The airport vicinity is heavily developed <br />with increasing commeraal and residential uses to the west, north, and east# <br />Terrain conditions and public recreational/open spaces inhibit further airport <br />I-il <br />