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State Aviation System Plan

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State Aviation System Plan

The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) is updating Minnesota’s State Aviation System Plan (MnSASP). The MnSASP is part of MnDOT’s Family of Plans, which stem from the Minnesota GO 50-year Vision. The Vision outlines what Minnesotans desire from the state’s transportation system and identifies key guiding principles MnDOT strives to achieve.

The MnSASP is being updated in two phases. Phase 1 was completed in 2019. The Statewide Airport Economic Impact Study was an ancillary study developed out of Phase 1 and was completed in 2020. Phase 2 is ongoing.

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    The MnSASP

  • Sets goals for the aviation system
  • Identifies aviation needs
  • Creates a direction for the future

Phase 2

Phase 2 of the MnSASP involves validating the deliverables from Phase 1, analyzing policy issues facing the state aviation system, acquiring and managing data to develop a MnSASP database and display dashboard, publishing the SASP, and developing a continuous implementation plan.

Elements of Phase 2 Policy Issues Display Dashboard
  1. Validating Recommendations and Deliverables from Phase I
  2. Policy Issues to Analyze
  3. Validate and Modify Phase I Data Acquisition Plan
  4. Acquire data
  5. Develop Data Management Plan
  6. Database System and Display Dashboard
  7. Public Involvement
  8. Publish document
  9. Develop implementation plan
  • Operations Counting and Forecasting
  • Residential Through the Fence
  • Hangar Availability and Funding Participation
  • Airport Closures
  • Crosswind Runway Analysis
  • Clear Zone Policy and Ownership Analysis
  • Airport Zoning Analysis and Prioritization
  • Drones
  • Last Mile Connection Opportunity (Courtesy Car Analysis)

 

In development

Statewide Airport Economic Impact Study

The Statewide Airport Economic Impact Study was an ancillary study developed out of Phase I. The study analyzed the annual economic impacts generated by 126 of Minnesota’s 133 public airports. The data from the study was used to develop an economic impact calculator to estimate how airport businesses and projects benefit the local economy.

Phase 1

Phase 1 built the framework for a continuous SASP which strives to keep data current to better track performance metrics and share progress towards those metrics with aviation stakeholders. Phase 1 included an extensive Public Involvement Plan and tasks that resulted in a number of recommendations to carry into the Phase II effort. 

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Alternative Fuels and Electrification
Commercial Service
Fleet Changes
Navigation Technologies
Pilot and Workforce
Project Funding
Transportation Behavior

Unmanned Aircraft Systems

Assessment of Prior Efforts
Objectives and Strategies
Classification
System Metrics

Airport Metrics

Phase 1 Final Meeting
Draft Public Involvement Plan