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2.0 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS <br />This section of the report highlights the findings and signifi- <br />cant recommendations. It also provides a quick synopsis, <br />however, the reader is referred to proper sections for details of <br />the study. <br />1) Property was purchased in Ramsey Township by the group of <br />businessmen calling themselves the Anoka Industrial Park <br />Corporation in 1971. <br />An airport was laid out in 1972. It is the present site <br />with little or no improvement since the original construc- <br />tion. The airport consists of a soft surface main and <br />crosswind runway, with 2500 feet and 2365 feet runway, <br />respectively. <br />2) The Dickinson Bus Company was the first business to use and <br />promote the airport along with Holley Industries (now Mate <br />Tool & Die), Dr. M.J. Mylrea, Howe Fertilizer and United <br />Power Association. <br />3) The airport from its inception has been licensed as a pri- <br />vate airport with the State of Minnesota. It presently has <br />a FBO who is providing flight school along with fuel <br />service. <br />4) The publicly owned airports at Flying Cloud, Crystal, Anoka <br />County, Airlake Industrial (acquired by MAC - 1981), Lake <br />Elmo, South St. Paul, St. Paul Downtown, and Minneapolis - <br />St. Paul International accomodate over 908 of all based <br />aircraft and aircraft operations within the metro region. <br />The remainder are served by the privately owned fields at <br />Gateway North, Forest Lake, Benson, and Northport. <br />5) The current metropolitan system plan acknowledges the role <br />of the privately owned airports within the region and <br />assumes the continued operation of Gateway North as well as <br />Forest Lake, Northport and Benson Airport. As private faci- <br />lities, however, no future publicly funded improvements have <br />been planned at the regional level. <br />6) Based aircraft currently at Gateway are registered to pilots <br />in the communities of Anoka, Ramsey, Wyoming, Champlin, <br />Zimmerman, and Elk River. <br />7) Gateway North Industrial is not currently in the NPIAS due <br />to its private ownership and lack of designated role as a <br />publicly owned facility in regional and state system plans. <br />If the course of public ownership is followed, the inclusion <br />of Gateway into the NPIAS should be vigorously pursued. <br />2 -1 <br />