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AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVES Requirements, does not meet current FAA design standards making larger, higher category aircraft, such as the Boeing 747, unable to easily taxi to the apron. Site #1, from the perspective of landside vehicular access, does not provide all chartering passengers enjoyment of the high level of service expected during the aircraft chartering experience. The capacity of landside facilities serving the charter building are often overwhelmed. Landside parking facilities are insufficient to meet the needs of large charter groups, particularly those requiring busing. Additionally, locating charter facilities away from the terminal and landside facilities creates the need to shuttle charter users to rental car facilities. Retaining Site #1 for charter facilities would need to consider programming improvements to meet landside needs. Site #2 utilizes existing apron in the south general aviation area to establish ramp space for charter operators. The site provides short taxi times for aircraft departing or arriving on the primary runway. The old United Airlines terminal building, currently home to Lane Aviation Academy, could be renovated to serve as a hold room for passengers waiting to depart. One of the intentions of Site #2 would be to adaptively repurpose existing infrastructure for higher and better uses but required renovations to this building would be fairly significant to meet the needs of charter passengers. In order for Site #2 to be viable, the current occupant, Lane Aviation Academy, would require relocation. Investment would also be required to upgrade the apron to adequately support the weight of larger charter aircraft. Similar to Site #1, Site #2 also requires charter passengers to shuttle to rental car facilities. Walking to/from the terminal and rental car facilities is not safe, efficient, or particularly intuitive as sidewalks would need to be constructed and the route from this location is long and indirect. The location of Site #3 offers development options including renovating and repurposing the existing administration as a hold room or demolishing existing buildings and constructing a new charter facility. Location of the site also benefits charter users by providing safe, simple, and adequate access to services offered by the terminal building, parking, and rental car facilities. It would also accommodate multiple buses as it exists and could be incorporated into preferred terminal and landside development plans. Challenges to the site include the possibility of minor increases in average taxi times, although this would be minimal. The apron space would also need to be reconfigured in order to address the high mast lighting and the size of the hard stands as discussed in Chapter 3, Facility Requirements. Various enabling projects would need to be completed in order for this site to be viable. These projects include reconfiguring the ramp space with properly designed hardstands capable of accommodating the weights of large charter aircraft and the potential removal of buildings and the associated relocation of the uses found within those buildings. Alternatively, this location could be easily integrated into future concourse expansion options. 4.5.4.6 Airport Maintenance and Fuel Storage Facility Alternatives Airport maintenance and fuel storage alternatives are shown in Figure 4-21. Airport maintenance options are displayed in yellow on Figure 4-21. Airport Maintenance Site #1 creates a campus environment housing all airside and landside maintenance functions at the current location of airside maintenance facilities. Airport Maintenance Sites #2 and #3 leave and expand the airside maintenance functions within EUGENE AIRPORT MASTER PLAN 4-51