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Jefferson County OKs airport layout update to show Taxiway Foxtrot decommissioning
Summary
The Board approved staff recommendation to update the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport layout plan to reflect decommissioning of Taxiway Foxtrot and to show the constructed location of Taxiway Kilo; Foxtrot will be reconfigured as a vehicle service road.
The Jefferson County Board of County Commissioners voted during its Oct. 7 briefing to approve an update to the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport layout plan to reflect the decommissioning of Taxiway Foxtrot and to depict the actual constructed location of Taxiway Kilo. The change will show Foxtrot removed from the aviation taxiway network and conceptually reimagined as a vehicle service road in the airport's southwest area.
Airport Director Eric Dahl told the commissioners the change is driven by the decommissioning of Taxiway Foxtrot, “a taxiway located on the southwest side of the airport,” and by coordination with the Federal Aviation Administration during design of Taxiway Kilo. Dahl said the FAA asked the county to depict where Kilo was actually built and to conceptually show how the southwest area might look now that Foxtrot is no longer an aircraft taxiway. He emphasized the conceptual layouts are not commitments for final development and that a following request for proposals will guide “highest and best use” decisions for the southwest area.
Commissioners asked staff to confirm the maps show potential, not final, development. Abel Matoya, director of development and transportation, and Dahl reiterated the layout change is illustrative: it “depicts what could be there, not necessarily what will be there,” and future design work and market processes will determine final uses. Staff said the airport’s planning work has been presented to advisory boards and the public and that the most likely near-term focus will be on larger aeronautical uses such as maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) firms rather than many small hangars.
The board voted in favor of the staff recommendation. Commissioners also noted the airport will host a public fall festival on Oct. 18 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., which staff mentioned as a community outreach opportunity.
The action recorded at the Oct. 7 briefing directs staff to finalize the airport layout plan updates for placement on a future business hearing agenda where formal adoption and documentation will take place.
