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B. AIRPORTS <br /> <br />This section provides information about airport facilities which affect your community <br />and is based on the Airports chapter of the Metropolitan Development Guide adopted' <br />by the Metropolitan Council in 1973 and on information provided by the l%4innesota <br />Department of Aeronautics. The existing Airports chapter contains a plan for a <br />system of airports in the metropolitan area, but due to recent changes in air travel <br />demand and airport needs, the chapter will be revised during 1977. ~Nhen a new <br />Airports chapter is adopted by the Metropolitan Council~information about the planned <br />airport system that affects RamseY ~ . , ...%viii be_ sent to you. If the irformation <br />is forwarded to you before lanuary 1, 'i978-, -~t must be reflected in your comprehensive <br />plan, as stipulated in Section 6 of the Land Planning Act. <br /> <br />Facilities <br /> <br />North Search Area for Future Major Airport (Planned) <br /> <br />Character <br /> <br />Location <br /> <br />Function <br /> <br />This airport would be an air carrier airport to be located <br />in a property of approximately 23,000 acres, of vchich <br />11,000 acres would be ultimately developed and used for <br />operational purposes. The ultimate layout would include <br />four runways in the mainwind direction and two crosswind <br />runways. Precision instrument approaches would be pro- <br />vided. A general aviation runway would be available during <br />the initial phase of development.. This runway would be <br />designed to allow construction of STOL (Short takeoff and- <br />landing) runways at a later day. <br /> <br />The major airport search area is bounded generally by <br />H/ghvcay 65 on the east, a line below Lake George on the <br />north, Highway 47 and the Rum River on the ~vest, and <br />a line approximately level ~vith Round Lake on the south. <br />This search area encompasses portionS of Andover, Ham <br />Lake, Oak Grove, Bums, Ramsey, and East Bethel (Map B 2). <br /> <br />This facility is intended to replace ~Vold-Chambertain Field <br />as the air carrier airport at that time when ~Vold vcill have <br />reached capacity in terms of air operations, ground and <br />terminal facilities, or environmental compatibility. The <br />service area for the ne~v airport ~vould include all of the <br />seven-county metropolitan area. <br /> <br />Capacity <br /> <br />The planned configuration of this airport would provide a <br />practical annual capacity of about one million operations. <br /> <br />14 <br /> <br /> <br />