An airport master plan helps the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) plan the future of Alaska’s airports.  The airport planning process involves listening to input from airport users, community members, and regulatory agencies, and then identifying an airport’s needs and issues. The goal of the master plan is to identify improvements that accommodate aviation demand while also resolving any operational, environmental, or other challenges.  The airport master plan then describes both the needed improvements and the timing of these improvements over the short and the long term.  The planning horizon will typically cover a 20-year time period.

Development of the airport master plan will take about two years.  During this time, team members will assess the conditions and needs at the airport, develop a range of alternatives for addressing those needs, develop the controlled aerial photography, contour mapping, and layout plans to depict the airport improvements, complete an environmental impact analysis of proposed improvements, and compile this information in a final airport master plan that will guide airport development over the next 20 years.

• Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport
• Girdwood Airport Master Plan Update