Design Services Everglades Airpark Runway Rehabilitation

The overall project will be primarily funded with Federal (FAA) AIP dollars, State (FDOT) and local (County) dollars. Runway 15/33 has dimensions of 2,400 feet in length by 60 feet wide. The runway has a fifty-foot wide asphalt center with five-foot turf shoulders on each side. The Runway Safety Areas (RSA) for the Runway are currently known to be deficient. Runway 15/33 is currently classified as an Aircraft Approach Category (AAC) A and an Airplane Design Group (ADG) I. Whereas an RSA for such a runway should extend a minimum of 240 feet beyond the end of each runway end, the RSA for Runway 15 is currently 2 feet and the RSA for Runway 33 is currently 14 feet, because the Airpark and the Runway are located very close to Chokoloskee Bay on three of its four sides. Currently, the Airport Authority is in the process of completing a focused Environmental Assessment (EA) and Planning Study to address these deficiencies, the draft of which is attached hereto.