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Potsdam Municipal Airport - Master Plan – Phase 1 Report
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION ............................................................................... 1-1
1.01 PLANNING SCOPE AND GUIDELINES ................................................................. 1-1
1.02 THE PLANNING PROCESS ................................................................................ 1-2
CHAPTER 2 - EXISTING CONDITIONS ................................................................... 2-1
2.01 BACKGROUND .............................................................................................. 2-1
2.01-1 AIRPORT HISTORY ......................................................................................... 2-1
2.01-2 AIRPORT SYSTEM PLANNING ROLE ................................................................. 2-1
2.01-3 AIRPORT SETTING .......................................................................................... 2-3
2.02 EXISTING AIRPORT FACILITIES ......................................................................... 2-12
2.02-1 AIRSIDE FACILITIES ...................................................................................... 2-14
2.02-2 LANDSIDE FACILITIES ................................................................................... 2-16
2.02-3 NAVIGATIONAL AIDS ................................................................................. 2-23
2.02-4 AIRSPACE ACTIVITY .................................................................................... 2-27
2.03 HISTORICAL AVIATION ACTIVITY ..................................................................... 2-27
2.03-1 ANNUAL OPERATIONS ................................................................................ 2-27
2.03-2 BASED AND ITINERANT AIRCRAFT .................................................................. 2-28
2.03-3 CRITICAL AIRCRAFT ................................................................................... 2-30
2.03-4 AIRPORT DESIGN STANDARDS ...................................................................... 2-31
2.04 ENVIRONMENTAL OVERVIEW ......................................................................... 2-32
2.04-1 NOISE ....................................................................................................... 2-33
2.04-2 LAND USE COMPATIBILITY ........................................................................... 2-33
2.04-3 AIR QUALITY ............................................................................................. 2-34
2.04-4 WATER QUALITY ......................................................................................... 2-34
2.04-5 WETLANDS ................................................................................................ 2-34
2.04-6 FLOODPLAINS ............................................................................................ 2-38
2.04-7 BIOTIC COMMUNITIES/ENDANGERED AND THREATENED SPECIES OF FLORA
AND FAUNA .............................................................................................................. 2-38
2.04-8 COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND COASTAL BARRIERS.............. 2-39
2.04-9 WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS ........................................................................... 2-39
2.04-10 FARMLAND ............................................................................................... 2-39
2.04-11 ENERGY SUPPLY AND NATURAL RESOURCES .................................................. 2-39
2.04-12 LIGHT EMISSIONS ........................................................................................ 2-40
2.04-13 SOCIAL IMPACTS ....................................................................................... 2-40
2.04-14 INDUCED SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACTS ......................................................... 2-40
2.04-15 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ACT, SECTION 4(F) .................................. 2-40
2.04-16 HISTORIC, ARCHITECTURAL, ARCHEOLOGICAL, AND CULTURAL RESOURCES .... 2-41