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Presentation of Hangar Survey Results of Based Customers and 600 Aircraft Owners in the Kansas City Area
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Issue/Request:
Review or results of Hangar Survey Perfomed With Based Customers and 600 Aircraft Owners in the Kansas City Area
Key Issues:
The hangar survey follows steps outlined in the Airport’s Marketing Plan to attract new customers and maintain existing customers.
The survey serves two purposes; one is to find what interest there is from existing customers for new hangars, and the second is to find out if there are customers in the Kansas Area who would like to relocate to Lee's Summit if hangar space is available.
Planned construction of a new taxiway (Taxiway Alpha) in spring 2018 will impact four to seven hangar buildings. The seven buildings represent approximately 33% of the 134 units operated by the Airport and represent 29% of the total based aircraft.
Proposed City Council Motion:
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Background:
The Lee’s Summit Municipal Airport conducted a hangar survey to investigate demand for current and future hangar space at the Lee's Summit Municipal Airport (LXT).
With the earthwork project completed and the paving grant being initiated at this time, we need to look at upcoming construction projects taking place in 2018 and in the coming years. The need to move the parallel taxiway for Runway 18/36 further west to meet the Federal Aviation Administration safety design standards will affect Open-T hangars and possibly the S and L hangars. It is anticipated design work on this project will be far enough along in February 2017 to determine the full impact.
The intent of the survey was to determine if there enough customer demand to consider building new hangars at LXT and what type(s) of hangar units are most desirable. If the results indicate a significant demand existed and a business case could be made justifying the need, then additional steps to determine a time frame for taxiway and grad...
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