Draft EUG Master Plan Update, February 2010

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Foreword The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) developed the airport master planning process to assist the nation’s airports in developing expansion plans to meet future aviation demand. The Master Plan Update for Eugene Airport (Eugene, Oregon) serves as a development guide for the Airport’s short- term (1 to 5 years), intermediate-term (5 to 10 years) needs and also addresses the needs of the Airport through the long term (10 to 20 years). The Master Plan Update uses a base year of 2006 for data and analytical purposes, with a planning horizon extending through to the year 2026. The short-, intermediate-, and long-range time frames referred to in this Master Plan Update provide a framework to ensure that Eugene Airport’s needs are identified and can be met in the future. This Master Plan Update follows the processes set forth in Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Advisory Circular 150-5070-6B, Airport Master Plans, which provides a flexible framework to accomplish goals to improve aviation. Plan Goals and Objectives The previous two master planning efforts (in 1990 and 2000) placed heavy emphasis on realignment of the overall airfield for long-term capacity improvements, including airfield and landside capacity. The 1990 Master Plan developed the initial concept for re-configuring the airfield into a parallel runway design, while the 2000 Master Plan Update focused heavily on the details of phasing and implementing that realignment. Also significant to the airfield realignment effort was the development of a new area to benefit general aviation. Overall, the 2006 Master Plan Update heavily focuses on refinement of the landside components of the Airport. It invests in research and analysis of ways to make the airport more self-reliant in the long-term, through the enhancement of revenues and analysis of potential future financial scenarios (this makes the plan a more strategic one). These goals are accomplished by providing recommendations that are feasible to implement and by providing for ample public participation. The following are areas of emphasis in this Master Plan Update: Airport functional areas: Planning for improvement of passenger baggage security screening Recommend improvements to east general aviation area (hangars, GA terminal/FBO facilities, Oregon Air & Space Museum) Aircraft rescue and firefighting facility (location and functional issues) Identify rotorcraft movement and parking areas Develop redevelopment idea for old airport traffic control tower and surrounding area Evaluation of enhanced access to FAA air traffic control tower Business Plan: Develop capital improvement program Research opportunities for revenue enhancement, including compatible airport property development Eugene Airport Master Plan Update (February 2010)