Airport
Master Plan Update
The
Jefferson County International Airport is owned and operated
by the Port of Port Townsend and has been designated
by Jefferson
County as an Essential Public
Facility in accordance with the provisions of the Washington
State Growth Management Act (Chapter 36.70A RCW). In
2001, the Port initiated a planning process, as specified in
the Jefferson County
Comprehensive Plan,
to update the Master Plan for the airport. This updated
Master Plan, prepared in accordance with Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA)
requirements, the provisions of the Jefferson County Comprehensive
Plan, and the Washington State Growth Management Act (GMA) provides
direction and guidance regarding future airport development priorities.
In the future, it will provide a foundation for a sub-area plan
to be incorporated into the County Comprehensive Plan.
The Airport Master Plan provides an objective look at future
airport needs based on a comprehensive review of design considerations.
In addition, the plan addresses several issues that will affect
future development activities at the Airport including:
- Identification
of current and future airport service levels.
- Existing airport facilities, equipment and operating conditions.
- Local and regional socio-economic characteristics, trends and
development patterns.
- Forecast levels of aeronautical activity from current and potential
users.
- Immediate and long-term airport facility requirements, and design
alternatives.
- Preferred long-term airfield, terminal area and access development
strategy.
- Industrial and commercial opportunities at the airport, and infrastructure
needs.
- Coordination of land use controls to preserve and protect airport.
- Environmental consequences for proposed airport development.
- Estimated project costs associated with the development program.
- Identify operational and management needs to implement planning
goals.
The
Airport Master Plan identifies a schedule of needs that are
consistent with current FAA design standards and airspace
criteria and WSDOT
Aviation Division aviation policy standards.
The approved Airport Master Plan will enable the Port to plan
and implement improvement projects in a coordinated fashion and
apply for airport development grants for eligible items depicted
on the updated Jefferson County International Airport Layout
Plan (ALP) drawings. In addition, the Airport Master Plan identifies
the
location
and
extent of
airport improvements. This will promote more effective long-range
planning, programming, and budgeting throughout the community,
facilitate the review and approval of subsequent development
applications, and provide for orderly and timely development
in a coordinated fashion.
Overall, the Airport Master Plan will provide the basis for
an airport facility that is:
- Safe, and developed in accordance with FAA/WSDOT design
standards;
- Economically viable and self-sustaining;
- Consistent with local, regional, state, and national goals
and policies
We
would like to invite you to use the following links to learn
more about our plans for the future of Jefferson County International
Airport. Viewing these files requires that you have either
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Complete
Master Plan Update
Chapter
2 — Airport Inventory
Chapter
3 — Aviation Demand Forecasts
Chapter
4 — Airport Facility Requirements
Chapter
5 — Airport Alternatives Analysis
Chapter
6 —Environmental Review
Chapter
7 — Phased Airport Development Plan
Chapter
8 — Airport Financing Program
Chapter
9 — Airport Plan Drawings
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