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1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />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 -St. <br />Paul International accomodate over 90% of all based aircraft <br />and aircraft operations within the metro region. The <br />remainder are served by the privately owned fields at <br />Gateway North, Forest Lake, Benson, and Northport. <br />3.4 Gateway North's Role <br />3.4.1 Metropolitan Airport System Plan <br />Figure 3-1 illustrates the current metropolitan <br />airport facilities. Gateway North is a designated <br />privately owned minor airport in the system and <br />1990 system plan. Table 3-1 illustrates the type <br />of facility capabilities associated with the four <br />airport classifications in the metropolitan <br />system. The designation as a minor airport in the <br />metropolitan system is approximately equivalent to <br />a basic or general utility airport within the <br />National Plan of Integrated Airports <br />System. <br />The current metropolitan system plan acknowledges <br />the role of the privately owned airports within <br />the region and assumes the continued operation of <br />Gateway North as well as Forest Lake and Northport <br />Airports. As private facilities, <br />however, no future publicly funded improvements <br />have been planned at the regional level. <br />Based aircraft currently at Gateway are registered <br />to pilots in the communities of Anoka, Ramsey, <br />Wyoming, Champlin, Zimmerman, and Elk River <br />(Figure 3-2). <br />3.4.2 State Aviation System Plan (SASP) <br />The State Aviation System Plan addresses publicly <br />owned airport facilities. State assistance is <br />provided on a limited basis at privately owned <br />public use airports primarily for visual naviga- <br />tional aids, lighting or planning purposes. <br />Gateway North Industrial is not currently in the <br />SASP due to its private ownership. Mn/DOT, <br />however, has participated in a temporary airport <br />lighting system and planning projects. <br />3-3 <br />