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Commission reviews hangar feasibility study; seeks clearer demand and financial metrics
Summary
Staff presented a conceptual hangar feasibility study and recommended advancing layouts and pricing estimates to consultant Mead & Hunt for refinement. Commissioners asked for clearer demand measures, ROI projections and a no-deposit interest list to better forecast which hangar types would fill.
Petaluma airport management presented a conceptual hangar feasibility study and asked the commission to approve further work with a consultant to refine layouts, setbacks and cost estimates.
Airport management said the study was an early, conceptual step intended to indicate what hangar sizes and layouts could fit on airport property and how much they might cost, not a finished design. The manager described the airport as primarily a Design Group 1 field (aircraft with wingspan about 49 feet or less) but said a mix of box hangars sized roughly 45x45 and 55x55 would better accommodate demand for common aircraft types such as Cirrus and Diamond models and allow for some small turbines. "This is not an end. This isn't a design. This isn't the final," the airport manager said, describing the item as a first step to get pricing and conceptual…
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