Craig Sanders
36:42 - 36:54
“the key output for the forecast is the critical design aircraft. And what that is, is the most intensive aircraft using the airport that's on over 500 annual operations.”
- Speaker
- Craig Sanders
- Timestamp
- 36:42 – 36:54
- Transcript
- Anchorage Assembly: Energy, Enterprise, & Utilities Oversight Committee-of-the-Whole Committee
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- October 15, 2026
From the transcript
What that does is it helps support projections for hangar space, tie-downs, aprons, and fueling. Next, we have aircraft operations, and what that does is that helps dictate the need for any kind of augmented instrument approaches to the airfield to provide that critical access, and it also influences some of our airfield design elements. And then third, we have passenger enplanements, and really what that does is, you know, it helps kind of identify if there is a need for a terminal space and if, you know, what kind of vehicle parking requirements might be needed if folks are are coming to Merrill Field, parking their vehicle, and leaving for a few days on a commuter flight. And then finally, the key output for the forecast is the critical design aircraft. And what that is, is the most intensive aircraft using the airport that's on over 500 annual operations.
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