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To view this page ensure that Adobe Flash Player version 9.0.124 or greater is installed. Beyond the threat of closure, airports face difficulties in expanding their operations to meet demands. Many airports are hemmed in by development. The NJDOT publication New Jersey Flight Log discussed the problem in 2004: “The aircraft parking congestion results from a chronic system-wide shortage of T-hangar [low cost aircraft storage buildings], hangar and high quality paved aircraft tie-down spaces for based aircraft. There are no vacant T-hangars in New Jersey. Shared hangar space is sometimes available, but expensive. High quality taxi-in / taxi-out paved outside tie-down space is increasingly difficult to find. While good transient parking is generally available, there are some New Jersey public use airports where the only available space for new based aircraft is on grass or gravel. A few airports have no available space, of any kind, at any price.” Community opposition, particularly over noise issues, can present difficult challenges. The airport operators interviewed for this report all expressed the need to act as good neighbors and listed airport noise control as their first priority. Under these constraints, airports must maximize the use of usable land within airport boundaries, including by efficient placement of tie down areas and hangars. They must also insure efficiency in operations by adopting a policy of “fix-it-first” for repairs and modifications within their boundaries, and they must adjust operations to minimize noise. Still, to meet rising demand there is a need for new runways, airport clear zone expansion and runway extensions. How and where such capacity expansions can be accomplished, while meeting community concerns, is a difficult public policy issue. 中国通航网 www.ga.cn 通航翻译 www.aviation.cn 本文链接地址：OVERVIEW OF THE REGION'S General Aviation Airports Final Report JUNE 2008(7) |
