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The pilots were also asked what improvements aze needed at . their chosen reliever airport. Instrument landing capabilities, FBO services/security,ground transportation, andsnowremoval were very important to all aircraft operators. Runway length at reliever airports was important to all operators except the single-engine piston owners. Tf additional runway length is required, the survey asked what length is needed. The single-engine piston, multiengine piston, and multiengine turboprop operators answered 4,000 to 5,000 feet; the majority of business jet operators said somewhere between 5,000 and 7,000 feet. Most of the respondents answered that an additional reliever was not needed to supplement the system's geographic coverage. Those that thought an additional reliever was needed indicated a need to the north, and some in the west of the Minneapolis-St Paul area. The last question addressed the issue of a new air carrier airport in the area and asked how this would impact trips to the Twin Cities. Of the responses, 36 percent said they would use a new major airport, while 30 percent said they would use a reliever. Those that answered they would use a reliever were asked which one they preferred. St. Paul Downtown received the largest percentage of responses and Flying Cloud the next Overall, the survey indicated that transient pilots use Minneapolis-St Paul International an average of less than 10 operations a year. Most transient pilots use Minneapolis-St. Paul International mainly because their passengers require it. The annual operations reported by transient pilots responding to the survey represent approximately 6 percent of total transient-related activity. Of those transient pilots responding, almost half indicated that their operations could be transferred from Minneapolis-$t. Paul International to one of the reliever airports, providing that adequate facilities were available at the reliever airports. If this sample response is expanded to the entire population of transient operations, this would indicate that it may be possible to reduce transient general aviation activity at Minneapolis-St Paul International by roughly 18,000 annual operations. Registered Aircraft Owners Survey The majority of respondents to this survey based an aircraft . inside the seven-county region. The lazgest percentage of these I-31