Craig Sanders
48:24 - 48:50
"We've identified that critical design aircraft as the Beechcraft Super King Air 200, which per the FAA's runway design codes is a B2."
“We've identified that critical design aircraft as the Beechcraft Super King Air 200, which per the FAA's runway design codes is a B2.”
- Speaker
- Craig Sanders
- Timestamp
- 48:24 – 48:50
- 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
And so, uh, this all leads to the proposed critical design aircraft, which as I mentioned earlier is the most intensive aircraft using Merrill Field, uh, with 500 or more operations annually. And, um, what we found in our data analysis, um, Earl actually has a, a tracking service called 1200 Arrow, which helps identify runway usage and specific aircraft types. We've identified that critical design aircraft as the Beechcraft Super King Air 200, which per the FAA's runway design codes is a B2. And so that graphic just helps contextualize the different aircraft types, and the B2 is the most demanding out at Merrill right now. That actually keeps in line with the, the past airport layout plan and master plan.
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