Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Runway Extension topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Mead & Hunt packet details runway-justification steps, time and rough costs
Summary
A Mead & Hunt working paper in the Feb. 9 packet outlines eligibility tests, a project-justification study (ROM $50,000), environmental assessment requirements (about 12 months) and sample runway/terminal ROM construction totals and local-match assumptions for pursuing FAA/MDOT funding.
A Mead & Hunt working paper included in the Authority packet summarizes the steps required to pursue a 1,000-foot runway extension and terminal building expansion, and the tests that projects must pass to be eligible for FAA and MDOT funding. The document lists three eligibility/justification tests, says a project-justification study would typically cost about $50,000 (ROM), and warns that the environmental assessment (EA) phase could take at least 12 months because of required biological windows and multiple technical studies.
The packet presents operations data from 2025 showing 602 operations by Embraer E135 aircraft and additional operations by E145 and CRJ200 aircraft; Mead & Hunt notes these counts inform the critical-aircraft analysis used in runway-justification work. The paper also outlines typical next steps (design, ILS relocation if needed, construction, permitting) and lists example funding pathways (Federal AIP entitlement and discretionary funds, typically reimbursable with a 5% local match).
