Appendix : National and State Airport Classifications The National Plan of Integrated Airports (NPIAS) is constantly updated as state and local airport and system plans are completed and accepted by the FAA. Table -1 indicates the current mix of airports for the region included in the 2009-2013 NPIAS and officially eligible for federal airport funding. Current NPIAS information is summarized below. Airport Table -1: Current NPIAS Role Year 5 Hub Type Based Current Year 5 Aircraft 2009-2013 Development Cost Minnesota Buffalo GA GA 50 $ 2,229,150 Cambridge GA GA 7 $ 1,185,000 Faribault GA GA 75 $ 3,023,579 Le Sueur GA GA 57 $ 893,10 Princeton GA GA 5 $ 5,99,763 Red Wing GA GA 57 $ 1,189,33 Rush City GA GA 1 $ 6,288,266 St. Cloud P P 109 $ 17,765,111 Winsted GA GA 33 $ 2,299,000 Airlake Reliever Reliever 165 $ 1,50,000 Anoka Co.-Blaine Reliever Reliever 9 $ 1,110,000 Reliever Reliever 288 $ 7,90,000 Flying Cloud Reliever Reliever 91 $ 72,750,655 MSP International Large P P 162 $278,179,926 Reliever Reliever 29 $ 19,35,000 Downtown Reliever Reliever 125 $ 8,196,529 So. Reliever Reliever 218 $ 3,000,300 Wisconsin New Richmond GA GA 221 $ 1,267,895 Osceola GA GA 69 $ 3,67,308 page -1
Other airports, in addition to those in the National Plan of Integrated Airports (NPIAS), are part of the Minnesota state airport system plan (SASP) as depicted in Figure -3. Several near-by airports in adjacent states are included to indicate where some Minnesota communities may access air service. Some of the ambiguities between the state and metro system designations are based upon state-wide requirements and laws and rules that apply only to the metro area; thus, the metro airport classifications are depicted on the map as a separate group without classification. It should especially be noted that this map legend includes a new state class of Special Purpose airports designed specifically to provide facilities for use by the new federally-created category of light sport aircraft. It should be noted that the Special purpose terminology is the same used in the metro classification; however, the state definition is primarily for licensing of runways < 1,000 ft long, while the metro definition is primarily for planning at airports and airstrips with runway lengths generally up to 2,500 ft long and also includes heliports and seaplane facilities. The existing regional airport system plan (RASP) for the metropolitan area is depicted in Figure -; it identifies key parts of the system involving the hub airport, reliever airports, and special purpose facilities. Changes to the system designations involves the City of airport designated a Minor system airport. The other change involves removing General Aviation Search Area (A) in Hennepin County. No public-owned airports exist or are proposed in either Scott or Carver Counties. page -2
Twin Cities Metro & Collar Counties National Plan of Integrated Airport System (NPIAS) - None Reliever Commercial Service Primary - Minneapolis International (MSP) Commercial Service Other Commercial Service Reliever - St. Cloud Regional (STC) - (MIC) - Anoka County Blaine (ANE) - (ELM) - Flying Cloud (FCM) - Airlake (LVN) - Downtown (STP) - South (SGS) General Aviation - Princeton (PNM) - Cambridge (CBG) - Rush City (ROS) - Osceola (OEO) - Red Wing (RGK) - Faribault (FBL) - Le Sueur (LES) - Winsted (WSD) - Buffalo (CFE) - New Richmond (RNH) * Non-NPIAS Airports - (FOR) - Wipline Seaplane Base (WPL) - Rice Lake (Surfside) Seaplane Base (SFS) STC ANOKA WR IGHT MCLEOD WSD CFE CARVER MILLE LACS HENN EPIN FCM MIC MSP ANE une 2010 page -3 LVN * SFS RAMS EY * * ROS CBG POLK PNM ISANTI CHIS AGO SHERBURNE SCOTT SIBL EY LES LE SUEUR RICE 0 10 20 FBL STP FOR SGS WPL WASH IN GTON ELM DAKOTA GOODHU E OEO RNH ST CROIX PIERCE RGK Figure -2: NPIAS Airport Designations 2009-2013
D Key - Commercial Service* *may *may be be seasonal seasonal Key General Aviation Intermediate Special Purpose Landing Strip Metro Area Airport S o u t h D a k o t a Source: SASP 2006 0 25 50 100 Grand Forks N o r t h D a k o t a D Warroad Baudette Roseau Karlstad International Falls D Stephen Grygla Littlefork Warren Waskish Thief River Falls Orr D Big Falls Ely Northome Red Lake Falls Cook Bigfork Fosston Tower Fertile Bagley Bowstring Bemidji D Hibbing Eveleth Silver Bay Ada Mahnomen Grand Rapids D Walker Remer Two Harbors Hawley Park Rapids Hill City Detroit Lakes Backus Longville Duluth Int'l Moorhead Cloquet Perham Pine River McGregor D Pelican Rapids New York Mills Duluth - Sky Harbor Wadena Moose Lake East Gull Lake Staples Aitkin Fergus Falls Henning Clarissa Brainerd Elbow Lake Little Falls Alexandria Long Prairie Mora Milaca Herman Sauk Centre Rush City Morris Glenwood St. Cloud Starbuck Brooten D Princeton Benson Cambridge Paynesville Appleton Murdock Maple Lake Willmar Buffalo Madison Litchfield Anoka Co - Blaine Montevideo Winsted Hutchinson Downtown Olivia Canby Hector South Granite Falls Flying Cloud Minneapolis Int'l Glencoe Marshall Redwood Falls Le Sueur Airlake Tyler New Ulm Red Wing Tracy Faribault Springfield Mankato Sleepy Eye Owatonna Pipestone Winona St. ames Waseca Windom Rochester D Slayton Dodge Center Wells Rushford Luverne Worthington ackson Fairmont Austin Hallock Crookston Fargo D Wheaton Ortonville D Sioux Falls Pinecreek Blue Earth I o w a Albert Lea D Mason City C A N A D A Preston D W i s c o n s i n Caledonia La Crosse Grand Marais Lake Superior une 2010 page - Figure -3: MN Public General Aviation and Commercial Airports
" Major Major! Intermediate Intermediate Minor Minor G Special Purpose Special Purpose Flying Cloud Flying Cloud Anoka Co. Anoka Blaine Co. Blaine Minneapolis Minneapolis Int'l Int'l Rice Lake Rice Lake G Downtown Downtown "! So. So. Municipal Municipal Wipline Wipline G Figure -: Regional Airport System Airlake Airlake 0 5 10 20 0 5 10 20 une 2010 page -5