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​Scenario 4: ​Decommission Airport and Create New Neighborhood

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Scenario 4 
Does this option involve the FAA?  Whether it does or does not is not clear.


If a landing area remains the FAA may be involved.   What does "landing area" mean?   A runway?   A helicopter pad?   Helicopters can land nearly anywhere, such as in playing fields, parking lots, etc., so that are alternatives.   Helicopters are extremely loud and polluting, so it's not clear that hosting a helicopter pad near residences makes sense.  

A helicopter pad encourages helicopter activity.   Who would use it?   When and how?   Who would pay for it?   If the FAA participated in funding it, then there could no limits on who could use it and when.    Imagine wealthy celebrities dropping in by helicopter to Boulder for recreation and entertainment, like taking in a football game - not many people would want to live near that.

While this option shows area locations in a graphic, it is not clear what the graphic actually represents.  Perhaps we are to take it as a generalization of the listed categories, but we just don't know.   Where did these categories come from?   Are other categories of uses possible?

In this scenario, who decides what happens?   It's not clear.   If history is any judge, residents will not be deciders.
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  • Regarding Boulder Municipal Airport
  • The BDU Buzz
    • 4 Scenarios for BDU
      • Scenario 1
      • Scenario 2
      • Scenario 3
      • Scenario 4
    • Middle Income Down Payment Pilot program
    • FAA tells Boulder who's in charge
  • Boulder Municipal Airport Info
    • Surrounding BDU
    • BDU economics
    • BDU noise abatement
    • Boulder County flight school training areas
    • OSMP Soundscape
    • BDU and the Andrus bike path
    • BDU's Master Plan development
    • BDU MP archive
    • Local and State level contact information
  • Aviation Lead around Boulder County
  • General aviation topics, issues
    • Airport Master Plans and the FAA
    • Lead in aviation fuel
    • Noise
    • The 'pilot shortage' and regional airport growth
    • Regional airport economics
    • Safety, security, registration, insurance
  • National regulatory level
  • Resources
    • AFA Lead in Avgas flyer
  • Get updates & join us
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