What are predictions for future GA at MSP?
Will GA traffic continue to decline as it has for the last decade in Minnesota? Look at the statistics for GA traffic at all the reliever airports and MSP. Previous predictions of increased GA traffic by MAC staff and consultants have been significantly incorrect. What does FAA and other government agencies predict? Will expansion bring larger jets to FCM? The entire purpose of spending 82.9 million dollars is to allow larger jets to use FCM. There is no data or information so far to support MAC staff s claims that any significant number of larger jets will come if 82.9 million is spent on 5000-foot runway. It is clear that MAC staff/consultants have done a poor job investigating this critical question. What little information MAC staff has to answer this question was poorly gathered. MAC s 1997, 1998, 1999 survey of 39 non-FCM jet operators. A survey was conducted in 1997 and was updated in 1998 and 1999. Of 39 non-FCM based jet operators interviewed in the metro area, only two stated
