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Timing of <br />Propos ed Development <br /> <br />The existing Airports Chapter of the MetroPolitan <br />Development Guide recommends that the Metropolitan Airports <br />Commission (MAC) periodically assess the capabilities of <br />Wold-Chamberlain and thus estimate when the new airport <br />will be needed. Forecasts made in 1972 had indicated that <br />the capacity of Wold would be reached in the middle or <br />late 1980's. It must be noted, however, that aviation <br />trends have changed in recent years. The scheduled evaluation <br />of the present metropolitan airport system coupled with the <br />analysis of the Wold-Chamberlain master plan currently <br />underway may result in changes to earlier estimates <br />regarding the timing of a new major airport. <br /> <br />Conditions on Use The conditions on development and operation of this proposed <br /> airport would affect primarily the MAG and are, therefore, <br /> omitted here. Those conditions that would have an effect <br /> on land use planning in Ramsey. seem to be met by the . <br /> location of this search area in the rural use region. <br /> Planning that is compatible with the preservation of rural <br /> land use will also tend to preserve the site for timely <br /> acquisition, and airport development, <br /> <br />Airport Search Area ;% (Planned Facility} . o <br /> <br />Character The present Airports chapter designates search Area A as <br /> the location for a general aviation airport of approximately <br /> 600 acres, 250 acres of which would be for facility develop- <br /> ment. At ultimate development this airport would have <br /> three runways with a configuration similar to that shown in <br /> Map B3, (used for system planning purposes). <br /> <br />Location <br /> <br />Search Area A is located at the intersection point of Anoka, <br />Hennepin, Wright, and Sherburne Counties and encompasses <br />portions of the Cities of Ramsey and Dayton in the metro- <br />politan area (Map B4). <br /> <br />Function <br /> <br />This airport would provide public service to operators of <br />small single-engine and light twin-engine propeller aircraft <br />primarily for training, pleasure flying and business <br />operations. The s~rvice area would include western Anoka <br />and northern Hennepin Counties and northeastern Wright <br />and southern Sherburne Counties . This facility .would be <br />classified as a "basic utility" airport and would operate <br />under visual flying rules (VFR). <br /> <br />15 <br /> <br /> <br />