Coffman and Associates have completed the Airport Master Plan (AMP) for the Flagstaff Airport. This update to City Council on the completed AMP is a precursor to it coming back to Council in the near future for formal consideration and approval.

The goal of an Airport Master Plan (AMP) is to provide a framework to guide future airport development that will cost-effectively satisfy aviation demand while considering potential environmental and socioeconomic impacts. An AMP identifies projects for the airport for the next 20 years. Importantly, it is not a binding document, like the Flagstaff Regional Plan, because demands on an airport can change rapidly and we are expected to meet those demands. The AMP provides flexibility and should be updated when needed. The plan is broken into short, medium, and long-term projects. This process provides support to the Federal Aviation Association (FAA) when projects are submitted at the Annual Airport Capital Improvement Plan (ACIP) meetings each year. The FAA encourages the completion of an Airport Master Plan to help in the approval of FAA grants. The ACIP identifies requests for grant funding for the next five years. Our ACIP is submitted into the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) to assist national planning on the Federal level.

Over the last two years, Coffman and Associates assembled a Public Action Committee consisting of various backgrounds, including members of our community, FAA, Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT), airport businesses, and City of Flagstaff staff. This group was presented with information in four quarterly meetings to establish the foundation of the document found within the chapters of the final Airport Master Plan. Four public meetings were held where we presented our chapter information and gathered comments from the public. All feedback was taken into account in the completion of the chapters. 

All information gathered was further reviewed and approved by City of Flagstaff staff, FAA planners in the Phoenix Airport District Office, and Arizona Department of Transportation Intermodal Division (ADTID), to establish a final draft. The final draft was presented to the Airport Commission at two separate Commission meetings. At each meeting, the commissioners were asked to offer feedback to be considered in the final draft.  

The AMP was funded by the U.S. Department of Transporation, Federal Aviation Administration, Arizona Department of Transportation, Multimodal Planning Division Aeronautics Group, and the City of Flagstaff.




 

  
Council Goal: Support the airport with needed infrastructure upgrades in order to enhance our tenant and patron experience as a well as additional airline attraction.

Flagstaff Regional Plan: Goal T.10. Strengthen and expand the role of the Flagstaff Pulliam Airport as the dominant hub for passenger, air freight, public safety flights, and other services in northern Arizona.
Policy T.10.1 Maintain and expand the Flagstaff Pulliam Airport as an important link to the national air transportation system.

Strategic Plan Team Flagstaff: Strategic Priority #3: Foster a resilient and economically prosperous city: