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1 <br />j <br />4.0 AIRPORT INVENTORY <br />4.1 Physical Facilities <br />The present airport consists of a 2500 L.F. x 135 feet <br />primary runway, oriented 16-34 and a crosswind runway <br />approximately 2365 L.F. x 130' oriented 9/27. The runways <br />are dirt surfaces with like surfaced taxiways from each <br />runway to the arrival/departure facilities. The runways are <br />lighted with a low intensity temporary aviation lighting <br />system (TALS). <br />The airport has no terminal navigation aids. The arrival/ <br />departure area includes buildings, tee hangars, fuel service <br />and tie down area. Four buildings are owned by the Anoka <br />Vocational Technical Institute. The AVTI conducts an avia- <br />tion program to students pursuing aviation related careers. <br />One of these buildings serves as an office for the Fixed <br />Base Operator (FBO) and also serves as an arrival/departure <br />building. 100LL and 80 octane fuels are available at the <br />site for aircraft. There are seven tee hangars on the site <br />along with approximately 40 tie downs available. <br />Access to the facilities is off of paved County Road 56 and <br />the access road is a dirt surfaced road. <br />Figure 4-1 illustrates the existing facilities and Figure 4- <br />2 illustrates the surrounding land areas. <br />4.2 Aircraft Usage Survey <br />A survey of area pilots was made to determine aviation usage <br />of Gateway North Industrial. <br />Approximately 320 pilots were sent survey forms and 153 <br />responded to the survey. Pilots from communities of Anoka, <br />Ramsey, Elk River, Champlin, Coon Rapids, Andover, Cedar and <br />Big Lake were contacted through the mailing. <br />The survey was developed to obtain responses for three (3) <br />information areas, general, flying and type of aircraft <br />flown. An extended section was allowed for comments. The <br />general information section asked for pilot name, home and <br />business address. The flying information attempted to <br />determine such things as pilot rating and certification, air <br />time, flights from Gateway North and reason for flying. The <br />third section asked for information on type of aircraft <br />flown. It was also asked if the pilot owned, leased, rented <br />or had other arrangements. The survey also asked for base <br />location of the aircraft flown and in particular if based at <br />Gateway. <br />4-1 <br />