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mile radius around MSP. This additional requirement may cause <br />some owners to move outside the 30-mile radius; question 9 of the <br />survey sought data on how this change might impact the system. <br />Other survey questions related to the proposed replacement major <br />air carrier airport for MSP and the proposed addition of another <br />reliever airport. <br />3. Findings <br />The surveys conducted had response rates of 25 percent for the <br />Transient Pilot Survey, and 45 percent for the Registered Aircraft Owners <br />Survey. These response rates provide a statistically valid sample for the <br />survey populations. A summary of survey results are provided in the <br />following sections. <br />. Transient Pilot Survey <br />The majority of the respondents to this survey were based, as <br />would be expected, at an airport outside of the seven -county region. <br />Transient pilots typically come from somewhere between 100 to 500 <br />nautical miles outside the Region. <br />The aircraft the respondents operate at Minneapolis -St. Paul <br />International Airport (MSP) are almost evenly split' between single - <br />engine piston, multiengine piston, multiengine turboprop, and <br />business jets over 12,500 pounds. Of these, the multiengine piston <br />aircraft average the highest number of annual operations. <br />The pilots were asked to indicate reasons for using MSP. The <br />reasons that were most important to all aircraft owners were: <br />passenger/owner requires it, 15 minutes to area destination, and the <br />presence of ILS (instrument landing system). Single -engine piston, <br />multiengine turboprop, and business jets (over 12,500 pounds) <br />aircraft operators expressed that ground transportation was very <br />important. Connections with commercial airlines were very <br />important to all of these aircraft operators, except the business jet <br />operators. <br />The survey asked if transient operations at MSP could be <br />accommodated at a reliever airport in the Metropolitan Area. Most <br />of the respondents said yes they could be accommodated elsewhere <br />in the area. Of these, the majority said they would use Downtown <br />St. Paul. <br />Next, the pilots were asked what improvements are needed at <br />the chosen reliever airport. Instrument landing capabilities, FBO <br />Services/Security, ground transportation, and snow removal were <br />very important to all aircraft operators. Runway length at reliever <br />airports was important to all operators except the single -engine <br />piston owners. <br />I-16 <br />