Airport Planning

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About Airport Planning

SPC’s active participation in the Federal Aviation Administration’s Continuous Airport Systems Planning Program (CASPP) ensures that southwestern Pennsylvania will sustain its network of strong regional airports.

Through CASPP, SPC works to identify the immediate and future air transportation needs of the region and to develop a regional airport system plan. Aviation facilities will be required to meet the region’s immediate and future air transportation needs. The system also:

• Defines the role of existing airports in the region
• Makes recommendations for airport expansions
  or new airport development
• Identifies threats to the preservation of existing
  aviation resources

SPC communicates this information to individual airports, who use this valuable information in their planning efforts, and to local decision-makers, who use this information in land-use
and ground transportation planning.

Through an annual FAA grant, SPC maintains an inventory of all airport facilities in the region, administers an Aircraft Operations Counting Program at general aviation airports, and provides technical assistance to airports.

2007 Activities

Airport planning activities completed in 2007 include technical assistance on the update of Airport Master Plans at Allegheny County, New Castle Municipal, Beaver County, and Washington County Airports. SPC also provided technical assistance to the PennDOT Bureau of Aviation on the update of the State Aviation System Plan. SPC continues to be represented on the Board of the Aviation Council of Pennsylvania.

For more information on the Airport Planning program, contact Sara Walfoort at (412) 391-5590 x339 or e-mail swalfoort@spcregion.org.

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