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of a commercial airport will not be made by the Minnesota State <br />Legislature until 1996. If Track "B" is selected, a new air carrier airport <br />would most likely not be available until sometime after 2010. Under <br />either track, an effective reliever airport system is crucial. <br />FAA standards for reliever airports do not specify the number of <br />relievers required for a region. Rather, the number of airports in a reliever <br />system is determined by activity levels, growth potential, and available <br />sites. Today, there are seven airports that are designated by the FAA as <br />relievers for Minneapolis-St. Paul International: <br />Anoka County-Blaine Alrport <br />St. Paul Downtown Airport <br />South St. Paul Airport <br />Crystal Airport <br />Flying Cloud Airport <br />Lake Elmo Airport <br />Airlake Airport <br />These reliever airports serve demand generated by aircraft based in <br />the region as well as demand generated by non-local or transient aircraft <br />that travel to the reliever airports from outside the region. The <br />Metropolitan Council classifies system airports as major, intermediate, or <br />minor: <br />Major airport - An airport having a runway of at least 10,000 <br />feet in length <br />Intermediate airport - An airport with a runway between 5,001 <br />and 8,000 feet in length <br />Minor airport - An airport with a runway of 5,000 feet or less <br />in length <br />METROPOLITgN COUNCIL -3 <br />