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TO BE DELETED AND REPLACED WITH PROPOSED <br /> SECTION 2.6 TRANSPORTATION <br /> 40 <br /> ,r Services. orange County is served by one publicly-owned airport. <br /> Horace Williams, a general aviation airport, is owned and operated by <br /> the University of North Carolina. Concentrated residential <br /> development has surrounded the airport during recent decades and <br /> resulted in conflict between the airport and its environs. In an <br /> effort to reduce the level of conflict the University of North <br /> Carolina has elected to impose a 50-craft limit on based aircraft and <br /> a corresponding ceiling on aircraft activity, effectively limiting <br /> the airport to one-third of its full service capacity. This action <br /> has not assuaged the concerns of residents of surrounding <br /> neighborhoods who continue to exert pressure aimed at closing the <br /> airport.. * Recent discussions about the phase-out of the airport have <br /> contributed to the controversy surrounding the need and location of <br /> new air facilities in the County providing the same level of service. <br /> A study was commissioned in 1988 to find another location for a <br /> County airport, but no suitable site could be identified and <br /> selected. <br /> Three small privately owned and operated airstrips are located <br /> throughout the County serving a small amount of air traffic use. <br /> These facilities are Hogan, Neville and Rice's airstrips. <br /> I <br /> 2.6-18 <br />