Leistiko to Council/Validity of OperationsKALISPELL
CITY S27
FRED A. LEISTIKO, AIRPORT MANAGER
P. 0. BOX 1997, KALISPELL, MONTANA 59901
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SUBJECT: Validity of Kalispell City Airport Operations
At the February 2, 2009 workshop of the Kalispell City Council I was introducing
the new amended South Kalispell — Airport Redevelopment Plan and Councilman
Kluesner challenged the validity of the aircraft operations at the airport. I would
like to explain how these figures are derived.
If you review Mr. Max Murphy's MEMO that was attached to this years inspection
of the Kalispell City Airport, you will find reference to the FAA's 5010 Master
Record files. This is an FAA function that we do not have control over and it is
well explained in Mr. Murphy's MEMO. As you can see, Mr. Murphy has made
another adjustment to the operations figures for the Kalispell City Airport and
added another 3,000 operations to our current operations to bring our total to
41,400 operations. This is an unannounced inspection and you are required to
respond only when a safety condition is found and documented.
Also enclosed you will find three pages from the Kalispell City Airport Final
Environmental Assessment dated December, 2002 where the FAA Form 5010 is
again referenced as n informational document. The total operations in 2002
were 35,000 which indicates to most of us that the operations at the airport are
increasing at a pretty rapid pace and therefore necessitating and upgrade to the
airport facilities.
I trust you will find these document enlightening.
MEMO TO: Public Use Airport Managers
MEMO FROM: Max M. Murphy, Airport/Airways Bureau
SUBJECT: Decent 5010 Airport Inspections
The Aeronautics Division of the Montana Department of Transportation, in
accordance with the FAA 5010 inspection program, has recently conducted an
inspection of your airport to update the FAA's 5010 Master Record files. I rnet
with several of you during the process, and this is highly appreciated. Enclosed
are the results of this inspection, namely, a copy of the marked -up 5010
inspection form, a copy of the revised airport sketch, and a Safety Data
Inspection Sheet.
For those of you who need a little refreshing on what the 5010 inspection is, here
is a brief overview. In order to assure that the nation's small public use airports
do not fall into a state of disrepair and to alert the flying public about potential
hazards at airports, the FAA has for a number a years now, mandated that every
non -certificated, public use airport in the U.S. be inspected at regular intervals.
The results of those inspections are compiled in the fora known as the 5010
Master Record. In the state of Montana, the Aeronautics Division is responsible,
in most cases, for completing the 5010 inspections under a grant from the
Federal Aviation Administration. The purpose of the 5010 inspections is to
gather information that can then be disseminated into various flight publications.
Most notably, the FAA Airports and Facilities Directory, or sometimes referred to
as the FAA green book, derives all of the airport information within it from 5010
inspections. Other publications such as aeronautical charts and instrument
approach procedure plates also derive some of their information from these
inspections. Numerous privately produced publications rely on 5010 information
as their primary source of data. Duch information is determined during the
inspection including close -in obstructions, hazardous obstacles, numbers of
airport operations, visual landing aids, pavement conditions, lighting information
and various other safety and general data elements. The inspections also
determine, or verify, runway approach slope obstruction gradients. These are
used in determining whether runways meet the necessary criteria for precision
and non -precision approaches.
I would like to stress that these inspections are ON -regulatory in nature and the
airport is not required to "pass" the inspection. These inspections are performed
in the interest of safety and facility notification. A copy of general information is
sent federally and a copy is kept here in our offices. Data elements on the 5010
form which are preceded by a "5" symbol are considered critical safety items, and
as such, you should report any subsequent changes in them to your FAA Flight
Service station (the FSS telephone number is 1- 800-992-7433).
One of the items you have received is the Safety Data Inspection Sheet. On this
sheet, your attention should directed to those items proceeded with a check
mark. We recommend that appropriate measures be taken to correct those
problems not only to improve the condition of the airport and enhance safety, but
also to lessen the threat of liability exposure. An airport owner may be held liable
for an accident or incident that occurs with contributing factors such as an
improperly maintained approach slope surface, bad runway markings, or -safety
area surface obstacles. Remember, it is an airport manager's responsibility to
request a Notice -to -Airmen (NOTAM) be issued to advise pilots of any safety -
related problems that cannot be immediately corrected. please note, it may be a
good idea to send a copy of the Inspection Safety Data sheet to the airport
owner. This may help reinforce your efforts in obtaining the funds and support
required of the owner to correct safety and/or maintenance deficiencies that we
have identified.
The Montana Aeronautics Division greatly appreciates your efforts to provide a
safe general aviation airport to the flying public. If you have noticed any
discrepancies, would like to add anything, or have any questions regarding the
inspection, please feel free to contact me at the Division. Thank you.
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PRINT DATE: 07/30/2008
fly FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION AIRPORT MASTER RECORD
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1 ASSOC CITY: KALISPELL 4 STATE: MT LGC ID: S27
FAA SITE NR: 12417.*A
> 2 AIRPORT NAME: KALISPELL CITY 5 COUNTY:
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3 CBD TO AIRPORT (NM). 01 S 6 REGION/ADO: ANWHLN 7 SECT AERO CHT: GREAT FALLS
GENERAL SERVICES
BASED AIRCRAFT
10 OWNERSHIP* PU > 70 FUEL: 100LLA
90 SINGLE ENG: 56
> 11 OWNER: CITY OF KALISPELL
91 MULTI ENG: 3
12 ADDRESS: CITY HALL ' 71 AIRFRAME RPRS: MAJOR
92 JET: 0
KALISPELL, MT 59901 > 72 P'WR PLANT RPRS: MAJOR
TOTAL: 59
> 13 PHONE NR: 406-758-7774 > 73 BOTTLE OXYGEN:
s 14 MANAGER: FRED LEISTIKO ' 74 BULK OXYGEN:
93 HELICOPTERS: 1
> 15 ADDRESS: BOX 1997 75 TSNT STORAGE: HGR, TIE
94 GLIDERS: '1�
KALISPELL, MT 59903 76 OTHER SERVICES:
95 MILITARY. 0
> 16 PHONE NR: 406-250-3065 AVNCS, CHTR, GLD, INSTR, PAJA, RNTL, SURV,
96 ULTRA -LIGHT:
> 17 ATTENDANCE SCHEDULE: TOW
ALL ALL DALGT
OPERATIONS
FACILITIES
100 AIR CARRIER: 0
80 ARPT BCN: CG
102 AIR TAXI: 6,400
> 81 ARPT LGT SKED: DUSK -DAWN
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103 G A LAICAL: � � p b 015,000
> 82 UNICt M: 122.800
18 AIRPORT USE: PUBLIC
104 G A ITNRNT: 15,000
19 ARPT LAT: 48-10-42.8500N ESTIMATED )'83 WIND INDICATOR: YES-L
105 MILITARY: 2,000
84 SEGMENTED CIRCLE: NONE
20 ARPT LONG: 114-18-13.4670UU
TOTAL: 38,400
21 ARPT ELEV: 2932 SURVEYED 85 CONTROL Tiff: NONE
86 FSS: GREAT FALLS
OPERATIONS FOR 12
22 ACREAGE: 134
87 FSS ON ARPT: NO
MONTHS ENDING 08/25/2005
9 23 RIGHT TRAFFIC: NO
88 FSS PHONE NR:
' 24 NON-COMM LANDING: NO
89 TOLL FREE NR: 1-800-WX- BRIEF •
25 NPIASIFED AGREEMENTS:N
26 FAR 139 INDEX:
RUNWAY DATA
> 30 RUNWAY IDENT: 13131
> 31 LENGTH: 3,600
> 32 WIDTH: 60
> 33 SURF TYPE-COND: ASPH-G
> 34 SURF TREATMENT:
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> 40 EDGE INTENSITY: NSTD
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57 OBSTN CLNC SLOPE: 10:1 1 17:1 1
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58 CLOSE -IN OBSTN: N IN f
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> 110 REMARKS:
A 040 RUIN 13131 NSTD LIRL. RY 13 THR LGTS LOCATED AT END OF RY.
A 051 RWY 31 LGTD THR RELOCATED 155 FT FOR NIGHT OPNS; 3445 FT OF RY 13131 LGTD AT NIGHT.
A 052 RWY 31 TURD 324 FT RADIO TOWERS 5750 FT FM AER; 505 FT R OF CNTRLN & 1150 FT R OF CNTRLN. RY
13 80 FT POLES 70 FT R & 190 FT R; 20:1
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A 053 RWY 31 LIGHTS OUT INTERMITTENTLY
A 081 ACTVT LIRL RY 13f31 - CTAF.
A 086 COMMUNICATIONS PRVD❑ BY GREAT FALLS RADIO ON FREQ 122.5 (LAKESIDE RCO).
A 096 ULTRALIGHTS ON & 1NVOF ARPT.
111 INSPECTOR: S ) 112 LAST INSP: 08/25/2005 113 LAST INFO REQ:
FAA Farm 5010-1 (5-91) SUPERSEDES PREVIOUS EDITION
Ka1r eY g A* ort Final Environmental Assessment
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Kalispell City Airport is located on the southern outskirts of the City of Kalispell, Montana. The
airport is situated favorably between Whitefish, Glacier Park International, Ferndale, and Polson
to capture a lame portion of the Flathead valley's general aviation activity. According to the
FAA's Form 5010, sixty-four (64) aircraft are presently based at the airport and those aircraft
generate some 13,600 local operations (takeoffs and landings) each year. Itinerant aircraft use of
the airport accounts for an additional 14,000 operations each year. Air taxi and military aircraft
operations also occur at the airport. The FAA's Form 5010 estimates the total number of annual
aircraft operations at the facility to be about 35,O0O. This makes the Kalispell City Airport the
second busiest of all general aviation airports in Montana, trailing only Hanmilton in annual
activity levels.
Kalispell City Airport is unique in its location relative to the City (see FIGURE 1-1). In fact, one
of the main reasons Kalispell City Airport is so attractive to itinerant travelers is the ease of
access to the local businesses and services immediately adjacent to the facility. The airport also
offers a convenient "jumping off' point for itinerant travelers intending to recreate at other
locations within the Flathead valley or wild lands in Glacier National Park and the Flathead
National Forest. Kalispell City Airport also serves as an alternate landing site for some FEDFx
deliveries when weather conditions are unfavorable for landing at Glacier Park. International
Airport (GPIA) northeast of Kalispell.
PHOTO PLATES Ig 2, and 3 show the Kalispell City Airport and adjoining lands.
The airport provides an important role in aviation safety and training. Several times in recent
years, Kalispell City Airport has been the site for a well --attended safety fly -in. The purpose of the
event is to increase safety awareness among pilots. The Montana Aeronautics Division (MAD)
also bases training sessions for pilots interested in gaining mountain flying experience at the
airport. The irrational Guard uses the airport for helicopter -related training exercises.
Kalispell is located within one of Montana's fastest growing regions. Flathead County's population
was 74,471 at the time of the 20O0 Census, nearly 26% higher than in 1990. During the same ten
year period the State's population grew by less than 13 %. Population forecasts through the next
decade suggest the County's population will continue to grog. According to projections prepared
for the MoNTANA DEPARTMENT of CoNzmRCE, Flathead County's population is expected to be
907430 by the year 2010 and may be approaching 1.1.4,O00 by the year 2025.
Kalispell has experienced similar growth. According to I.S. Census statistics, the City's population
has increased from 11,917 in 1990 to 14,223 in 200O, an increase of more than 19%. Like the
County, population growth in the Kalispell area has been sustained for the last 20+ years and
forecasts call for growth in the Flathead region to continue into the foreseeable future.
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The economy of Flathead County continues to be very diversified and strong as compared to
many other counties in Fontana. The county's economy remains dependent on its natural
resource base that provides opportunities for timber harvesting, hydroelectric power generation,
and tourism on National Forest lands and in Glacier National Farb. The county is also home to
high tech industry, metals refining, and forest products processing. alispell's importance as a
regional trade center has continued to increase_ Kalispell is rapidly becoming recognized as a
regional center for healthcare. Considerable growth has occurred in recent years within the
medical community and many key medical support facilities have been expanded in response to
the increased demands for healthcare services. Improvements to Kalispell City Airport will
support and help sustain economic growth within the community.
The City of Kalispell is faced with a dilemma regarding future development at Kalispell City
Airport. Even though the physical and econdrnic setting of the airport is highly favorable, the
facility is 'dated" and requires significant desig-n modifications to ensure it can safely and
efficiently accommodate expected increases in aviation activity. The cost of such improvements
will be high as the demand for and value of lands adjoining the airport (and the US 11ighway 93
corridor) continue to increase each year.
Even though Kalispell City Airport is one of the busiest airports in the state, it does not meet
current FAA standards for design and safe operations by many of the aircraft currently using the
airport. The airport does satisfy design standards for most of the aircraft presently based at the
airport. The current airport property is not large enough to provide acceptable distances between
aircraft and the surrounding developments. rue to these conditions, the airport is not eligible to
receive federal funding from. FAA for improvements or upgrades. Therefore, the operation and
maintenance of the airport is completely dependent upon funding from the City of Kalispell. The
City has recognized that without securing federal funds, the required improvements to the airport
will be difficult to implement with limited funding.
In addition to the need to make design and safety modifications, one of the primary driving forces
for this improvement project is the economic activity generated by users of the airport within the
City of Kalispell. The airport im ediately abuts the City and U.S. highway 93 where lodging,
convention facilities, restaurants, and other service businesses exist. It is the airport's proximity
to these facilities and services that in part attracts pilots to visit Kalispell.
Revenue associated with additional based aircraft and hangar development has been lost to other
nearby airports because it is unknown if the facility would be modified and substantially
unproved. Local airport board members have acknowledged that several times over the past few
gears, individuals or corporations have chosen to build hangars and base aircraft at GPIA or
Polson instead of Kalispell. The Folson Airport has received significant increases in based
aircraft and hangar development following the implementation of a recent major improvement
project at the airport. A business specializing in the repair of radios for aircraft also recently
relocated from Kalispell City A* UP
ort to another nearby airport. recisions to relocate based
aircraft and aviation -related businesses reduce the City's and fixed base operator's abilities to
collect fees from hangar development, additional fuel sales, repairs, and other aviation -related
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services. There is no reason to believe that Kalispell City airport would not prosper with the
implementation of the airport improvements proposed in this document.
With these considerations in mind, the City has undertaken planning activities for the airport and
coordinated planned development closely with the FAA.. As a result of the City's planning and
coordination efforts, the FAA has stated the City must meet a variety of safety standards and
conditions before it will be eligible to receive federal airport improvement snatching funds. The
Paws conditions for receiving federal funding include:
Acquiring or controlling the land area sufficient to accommodate all necessary
upgrades to the airport and protect airspace for the cn.tical aircraft using (or
expected to use) the facility.
Removing, relocating, or lowering the KGEZ radio antennas south of the airport.
Increasing safety spacing between the runway, taxiway, and apron areas.
Is Enacting airspace protections and land use restrictions within about 2 rxriles of the
new airport.
If this can be accomplished, the proposed airport improvements would offer a variety of benefits
to the aviation community and the general public including:
in Safer conditions for the community and for air travelers, including the removal of
the existing radio towers that present an airspace hazard.
Eligibility for FAA funding participation (90 percent of eligible and allowable
project costs) in airport improvements.
Improved airport facilities with less cost to the City.
® Assured room for future facility expansion and long..term protection for the airport
and its airspace.
Conditions at Kalispell City airport were examined in detail in the Kalispell City Abort Master
Pima Morrison-Maierle, Inc, 1999). The Master Plan documented current and projected aviation
activity levels at Kalispell, identified problems at the existing facility, and recommended
facilities for future airport development in the community.
Federal interest in funding airport development is primarily influenced by the operation of
"critical aircraft" using the facility. Critical aircraft are considered to be those aircraft that
regularly use the airport and because of their size and performance capabilities, require the
greatest facility considerations (such as runway length, width, separation distances, etc.). Regular
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