Draft EUG Master Plan Update, February 2010

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CHAPTER 4 ALTERNATIVE PLAN CONCEPTS Services and Businesses Airport administration, airport maintenance, TSA, Friendly Air Service, the fuel farm, and other aviation- related businesses are on the North Ramp. However, the structures for each of these have either reached the end of their useful and economical life, or should be relocated to new or better suited facilities. Airport administration is currently located in a temporary facility. As the terminal is expanded, it should include space for airport administration. The TSA also operates from a temporary facility, from which it serves airports besides EUG. As TSA continues their service, relocation or expansion into the larger building vacated by airport administration (as it moves to the main terminal building) should be considered. Or, depending on the space available within the main terminal building, it may be suitable for TSA to locate in the expanded terminal. This is expected to occur within 5–10 years. Along the North Ramp area apron are three buildings: the old ATCT and office building, airport maintenance, and Friendly Air Service FBO. These buildings house services and businesses which should be relocated to new or better suited facilities. The old ATCT and office building is home to aviation related businesses. This facility fulfilled its primary function once FAA operations shifted to the current ATCT and offices south of the main passenger terminal. The businesses have been able to extend the building’s life, but this will not sustain. These businesses are compatible with and bring benefit to the Airport, but do not necessarily require the airside access they currently have. Such airside access is better suited for services and businesses which utilize the airfield, and should be so reserved. The airport maintenance building on the North Ramp is used for landscaping services. This facility is the one airfield maintenance operation not located in the Hollis Lane Aviation Area. As this structure has fulfilled its useful and economical life, it is recommended that this operation be shifted to the Hollis Lane Aviation Area. If the landscaping operation cannot be consolidated into an existing building, a new building should be constructed. Once the need arises and suitable locations have being found for the existing services and businesses, it is expected that the old ATCT and office building and the airport maintenance building will be razed and made available for other development. A development option for the main passenger terminal building is to add gates and ramp north of the main passenger terminal. The absence of the old ATCT and office building and the airport maintenance building will accommodate this alternative. If development of the main passenger terminal building does not require this space within the timeframe addressed in this Master Plan Update, the Airport should consider keeping it available for some other time in the future when it may be needed. The reason for this is that the terminal building location is set and since it is one of the highest functional components of the Airport, flexibility regarding its future expansion should be preserved. 4-20 Eugene Airport Master Plan Update (February 2010)