Arlington Airport master plan receives criticism
ARLINGTON — A member of the public criticized the Arlington Municipal Airport proposed master plan Wednesday during a Planning Advisory Committee meeting over worries about the implications of an extended runway and future hangar development.
The airport master plan explores the airport’s infrastructural needs for the next 20 years and beyond. It designates the large open northwest corner of the airport grounds as space for future incremental hangar development. Also, it notes the possibility of extending runway 16/34 from 5,332 feet to 6,000 feet.
Samantha Peterson, planning project manager with Century West Engineering — the company contracted to complete the master plan — hopes a final draft will be finished by spring, she said.
“It will definitely change the flavor of this airport. It will, in my opinion, kill this airport,” said Dan Tarasievich, member of the advisory committee, during the meeting. “You do that setup there at the north end — northwest corner — it’s done. There will be no Fly-In.”
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