Parallel planning studies will have impacts for everyone living under the flight path
The Vision 2045 Airport Plan will evaluate how KCIA can evolve and adapt to meet future aviation demand and become a world-class airport. This airport planning process will result in an airport plan that will serve airport users and surrounding community members for the next 20 years.
Vision 2045 outlines long-term goals, strategies, and visions for the future of the airport. The plan’s goals will encompass the following important categories, listed alphabetically:
- Communications
- Efficiency
- Environmental stewardship
- Fiscal sustainability
- Land management
- Resilience
- Safety
The plan will provide a roadmap of projects to maintain the airport according to guidance from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and account for potential environmental and socioeconomic impacts.
Discussion
KCIA is embarking on the same kind of expansion plans as Sea-Tac and the SAMP. We note with interest that they highlight socioeconomic impacts in their document - the weakest part of the SAMP Draft EA.As with Sea-Tac, they are conducting a Part 150 noise study to determine their own DNL65. KCIA was among the last airports in the US to develop a sound insulation program and it was among the best.
We monitor their efforts because we share the same impacts and the same airspace.