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Basic Utility - Stage I - This type of airport accommodates about 75 percent of the <br />propeller airplanes under 12,500 pounds (5,670 kg). It is primarily intended to serve <br />low -activity locations, small population communities, and remote recreational areas. <br />Usually Stage I is only the first step toward development of a Stage II Basic Utility <br />airport. <br />Basic Utility - Stage II - This type of airport accommodates about 95 percent of <br />the propeller airplanes under 12,500 pounds (5,670 kg). It is primarily intended to <br />serve medium size population communities with the diversity of usage and potential <br />for increased aviation activities. <br />General Utility - This type of airport accommodates all airplanes of less than 12,500 <br />pounds (5,670 kg), except that the runway length criteria contained in Advisory <br />Circular 150/5300-6, Airport Design Standards - General Aviation Airports - Basic <br />and General Transport, for 60 percent fleet at 60 percent useful load may be used <br />where it is desired to accommodate transport category airplanes. It is primarily <br />intended to serve communities located on the fringe of a metropolitan area or a <br />relatively large population community remote from a .metropolitan area. There <br />should be a minimum of 500 itinerant operations by airplanes having a gross weight <br />of 6,000 pounds (2,700 kg) or greater. <br />Basic Transport Airport - The basic transport airport accommodates turbojet <br />powered airplanes up to 60,000 lbs. (27,200 kg) gross weight. This type of airport <br />is planned for use by business jets. <br />General Transport Airport - A general transport airport accommodates transport <br />category airplanes up to 15,000 lbs. (68,000 kg) gross weight used in general <br />aviation. For recommended airport designstandards to accommodate general <br />aviation airplanes greater than 150,000 lbs. 68,000 kg) gross weight, AC 150/5335-4, <br />AIRPORT DESIGN STANDARDS -AIRPORTS SERVED BY AIR CARRIERS - <br />RUNWAY GEOMETRICS, current edition, and references therein, should be used. <br />Source: Categorization is based on FAA Advisory Circular AC 150/5300-4B, "Utility <br />Airports --Air Access to National Transportation" and AC 150/5300-6, "Airport Design _. <br />Standards: General Aviation Airports, Basic and General Transport" <br />REGIONAL SYSTEM <br />RELIEVER <br />AIRPORTS STUDY <br />FAA AIRPORT CATEGORIES <br />EXHIBIT <br />I-3 <br />