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INTRODIJCTION <br />In May 1989, the Metropolitan Council undertook the Regional System Reliever <br />Airports Study to determine the long-range reliever system needs of Minneapolis - <br />St. Paul International Airport (MSP). The study was designed to address a number <br />of questions about the reliever airport system serving MSP: <br />Is additional diversion of general aviation demand from MSP to the <br />reliever system likely? <br />How much additional diversion might occur, and what reliever airports are <br />most likely to capture this demand? <br />What additional facilities are needed to accommodate transient aircraft <br />operations in the reliever system? <br />Do the reliever airports have the ability to expand to accommodate new <br />facilities? <br />Is sufficient geographic coverage provided by the reliever system? <br />Is there a need for new airports in the regional system; if so, where does <br />this need exist? <br />How will the age of system pilots and aircraft impact future demand <br />levels? <br />Will new terminal control area requirements result in a change in regional <br />demand centers? <br />Are revisions to the Metropolitan Council's Aviation Chapter of the <br />Development Guide/Policy Plan needed to provide an effective reliever <br />system? <br />To address these questions, the Regional System Reliever Airports Study was <br />designed to incorporate the following tasks: <br />. Reliever Inventory <br />. Reliever Forecasts <br />Capacity Analyses <br />. Identification and Evaluation of Alternative Reliever Systems <br />. Facility and Financial Requirements/Implementation Needs <br />These tasks are discussed in more detail in the following chapters. The following <br />-1- <br />