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4. AIRPORT CLASSIFICATION <br />Airports within the metropolitan area are classified by functional and <br />operational categories defined both by the FAA and by the Metropolitan Council. <br />Several classification systems are referred to in the Regional System Reliever <br />Airport Study. The FAA's airport classification system is used primarily to provide <br />design standards- for various airport types. The Metropolitan Council's system, is <br />designed to clarify the federal and state classification systems, intended to be <br />consistent with the federal system while allowing for planning flexibility. <br />The Metropolitan Council airport classifications are described below: <br />Major International, national and regional scope, primary users <br />are air carriers and scheduled air passengers, commuter <br />and supplemental/charter. <br />Intermediate International, national and regional scope; primary users <br />are corporations. <br />Minor Serve primarily the nation, region and state; personal, <br />business and instructional uses are accommodated. <br />Special Purpose Are primarily state and metropolitan in scope; personal <br />business, milt ry and instructional uses are <br />accommodated. <br />Table I-2 presents the FAA classification system and compares it with the <br />Metropolitan Council system. <br />In addition to the regional and federal classification systems, the FAA's <br />National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS), classifies airports by the type <br />of service they provide: <br />PR - Commercial Service - Primary <br />CM - Commercial Service - Other <br />CR - Reliever Airport with Commercial Service <br />RL - Reliever Airport <br />GA - General Aviation Airport <br />1/ Metropolitan Council, 1986, Aviation Development Guide/Policy Plan. <br />I-19 <br />