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The projections of the based aircraft fleet mix were based on the current fleet mix and changed slightly throughout the planning period. In FAA Aviation Forecasts FY 1989 to 2000, the FAAprojects the national fleet mix to change in the following manner between 1989 and 2000: The percentage of single-engine piston aircraft will decrease gradually, from 78.7 percent in 1989 to 73.3 percent in 2000. Multiengine piston aircraft will decline in percentage through 1993, but begin growing and hold a 10.6 percent share by 2000, down slightly from the 10.8 percent share held in 1989. The percentages of turboprop and turbojet aircraft will increase significantly in the next it years; the turboprop share will grow from 2.4 percent in 1989 to 3.8 percent in 2000, while the turbojet share will grow to 3.2 percent in 2000 from the current 2.0 percent. Table II-7 (pages 2 through 5) depict the projected based aircraft fleet mix for Minneapolis/St. Paul International and its seven relievers. As shown, the fleet mixes change slightly over the 20-year period, accounting for the expected national trends, aswell asairport-specific factors, such as geographic location. 3. AIRCRAFT' ACTIVITY PROJECTIONS Annual activity data for the system airports were provided by MAC, as well as by the respective airport managers. Operations totals or Minneapolis/St. Paul International, ,a~~ ~- Crystal, Flying Cloud, and Downtown St. Paul represent actual tower counts. The remaining annual totals are estimates. Available historical annual operations data are presented in Table II-8. (1) Annual Operations Annual general aviation operations at the reliever system airports were projected using the operations per based aircraft (OPBA) methodology. In this methodology, the projected number of based aircraft is multiplied by an appropriate II-7