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According to the Airlake Airport Comprehensive Airport Development Plan, the airport's existing runway configuration only provides 76.1 percent all-weather coverage. This is significantly less than the 95 percent coverage recommended for an airport. Therefore, a crosswind runway is recommended for the airport to increase the effective wind coverage and improve the airport's ability to function as a reliever for Minneapolis-St. Paul International. According to the Airlake Airport Comprehensive Airport Development Plan, the addition of a crosswind runway (4/22) will improve the airport's coverage to 93.1 percent. It is recommended that this crosswind runway be 3,500 feet long by 75 feet wide. NAVAIDs at Airlake Airport include REIZ and a VASI on Runway 11, a MALSR on Runway 29, and MIItL on Runway 11/29. A precision approach is available on Rumvay 29 and a VOR nonprecision approach is available on Runway 11. The ILS approach provides circling minimums of 580 feet and one to 1.5 miles visibility. The airport's NAVAIDs also include a wind sock. Existing NAVAIDs at the airport aze adequate for Rtmway 11/29. It is recommended that the crosswind be equipped with M1RL and REILs. A nonprecision approach such as a VOR-A could probably be implemented on either or both of the crosswind runway ends. Further analysis would be required to determine if there aze any airspace constraints that preclude a nonprecision approach to the proposed crosswind. (4) Area Airspace Runway 11/29 is currently aligned with the primary rumvays at Minneapolis- St. Paul International, thus providing compatible IFR traffic flows for the two airports. Besides the current FIS and VOR instrument approach, Airlake also has a VORTAC (Farmington VOR-FGT) with DME capability. This means that additional IFR approach procedures could be designed for the airport if a crosswind rumvay is added. • V-93