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7 <br /> For general interest: <br /> Projections used by Person County in deciding to construct an airport <br /> Numbers of based aircraft <br /> 1991 1996 2001 <br /> Single engine piston <br /> 1 - 4 seats 9 <br /> Single engine piston 11 13 <br /> over 4 seats 15 <br /> Multi-engine piston 16 23 <br /> 6 6 8 <br /> 1991 1996 2001 <br /> Multi-engine turbine 1 <br /> Jet 0 2 3 <br /> 0 0 <br /> Total 31 <br /> 38 47 <br /> Ear_Agg_KilliAMR_Airn= <br /> The location and function of the Horace Williams Airport are cer- <br /> tainly matters of disagreement in the Chapel Hill community. There <br /> are those who hold very strongly that the airport is not a <br /> good <br /> neighbor and that, consequently, its use should be curtailed or <br /> ended. There are those who hold equally strongly that the airport is <br /> in a superb location in relation to Chapel Hill, that it is not a <br /> bother to nearby areas and that, consequently, its use should be <br /> expanded. <br /> The Task Force has not tried to be a referee or judge concerning <br /> these disagreements. Rather, the Task force recv 1z <br /> Wiliams Airport is a University facility and thatthe University Horace <br /> would like to be able to plan and use the airport area for non- <br /> airport uses. <br /> With Horace Williams requiring considerable expansion <br /> if it were to satisfy the aviation needs of rangecount improvement <br /> considerable) and with the University having non-airport uses(which s n are <br /> for the airport area, the Task,Force's recommendation is that Orange <br /> range <br /> County should not try to meet its aviation needs at Horace ams <br /> but rather meet them at some alternate site. An alternate site Williams <br /> be both well planned for aviation purposes and in relation to sur- <br /> rounding area and can be well located by virtue of 1-40 in relation <br /> to the University. ion <br /> Horace Williams has a 3500 foot _ <br /> Its facilities and use are described in morendetaila inletheaOrange <br /> County Planning Department's April, 1987 description of the airport, <br /> Appendix C. The inadequacy of the airport at , <br /> demands of the future can be documented. There present to handle the report notes only a 5000-5500 Task Force i <br /> 00 foot runway is necessary in this <br /> appreciable portion of the numbers of general aviation aircraftethat <br /> are currently registered in Orange County. <br />