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APPENDIX II: PRELIMINARY AIRPORT ASSESSMENT <br /> APPENDIX <br /> <br />Airport Strategic Business Plan, 07/26/2021 50 <br />B. WASHINGTON AIRPORT SYSTEM <br />WASHINGTON AVIATION SYSTEM PLAN (WASP) <br />The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) <br />prepares the WASP as the basis for implementing the State <br />Aeronautics Act; identifying the Division’s role in the State’s <br />multimodal, interregional, transportation system; and continuous aviation system planning. <br />The WASP also provides an opportunity to educate users of the WASP on the following <br />key points related to airport system planning: <br /> Airports are not a single trip attractor or generator by one mode of travel. Airport <br />access is a complex issue that needs to be acknowledged in larger multi-modal <br />transportation system access studies. These studies need to include inter-and intra- <br />model connectivity to airports. <br /> Airports do more for their communities than house aircraft. They are business hubs <br />that connect communities in ways traditional surface transportation cannot. <br /> Defining what constitutes compatible land uses around airports and incorporating <br />them into land use and transportation system planning and modeling efforts is <br />important. <br /> Redefining airports as potential employment centers and air cargo as a specialized <br />form of goods movement is necessary to dispel the misconception that airports are <br />simply a place for commercial passenger arrivals and departures. <br /> It is important to include airports and land uses in the vicinity of airports when <br />proposed development and road improvement projects are reviewed and evaluated <br />regarding their impacts on health, safety, and the environment. <br />The WASP classifies Washington airports in separate primary and subcategories <br />based on the communities served by the airport, access the airport provides, <br />population size or geographic location of region the airport serves, types of flying activities <br />that occur, types and quantities of aircraft accommodated, and services provided. The <br />WASP primary categories are as follows: <br /> Major Airports (10 airports as of 2017) provide commercial service and have 16.8 <br />million enplanements per year. <br /> Regional Airports (20 airports as of 2017) provide communities with corporate <br />and business travel or commuter passenger service and have 990,000 <br />enplanements per year <br /> Community Airports (35 airports as of 2017) provides larger scale general aviation <br />activities for business and personal transportation, recreation, and pilot training. <br /> Local Airports (37 airports as of 2017) provide general aviation activities such as <br />personal transportation, recreation, pilot training and agricultural uses. <br /> General Use Airports (34 airports as of 2017) provides general aviation activities <br />primarily for personal transportation and backcountry activities