According to the 2001 Airport Master Plan , over 8 m illion pounds of air freight were carried in 1998, with the cargo-only carriers perform ing 5,800 annual operations. In com parison with the demand for truck freight m ovem ent on Interstate 5, air freight is currently a sm all percentage of total freight movem ent in the Medford area. Future projections of air freight activity reflect a gradual “phasing in” of air cargo facilities on the east side of the airport in the Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ), and continuing developm ent of m arkets in Southwest Oregon and Northwest California. A significant increase of cargo moving in and out of this area could provide the im petus for developm ent of an interm odal system for handling freight containers and trailers to increase th e efficiency of cargo handling. Table 9-2 identifies both existing and projected air cargo activity . 1998 Table 9-2 Rogue Valley International-Medford Airport Projected Air Cargo Activity 2005 2010 2020 Mail 678,770 864,000 1,026,000 1,450,000 27,569 35,000 42,000 59,000 Total 706,339 899,000 1,068,000 1,509,000 Air Freight 11,280,000 11,370,000 8,466,520 3,397,785 4,980,000 6,540,000 Total 7,760,181 25,750,000 15,998,000• Pounds On • Pounds Off • Pounds On • Pounds Off 4,362,396 6,390,000 8,390,000 14,470,000 14,930,000 Total Pounds of Air Cargo 12,269,000 27,259,000 Source: Rogue Valley International-Medford Airport Master Plan , February 2001. On-Site Airport Improvement Needs The Airport Master Plan identifies facility improvem ents and additions that the airport will need in the coming decades to sufficiently handle increases in p assenger and freight activity while also m eeting Federal Aviation Adm inistration (FAA) requirem ents. While growth in passenger volum es largely dictate the timing of airport im provem ents, the Airport Master Plan includes a prioritized list of im provem ents based on short-, interm ediate-, and long-term planni ng horizons. Short-term needs lie within the period between 2001 and 2005. Interm ediate and long-term needs span the 2006-2010 and 2011-2020 timefram es, respectively . Operating with nearly 219,000 enplanem ents during 1998, the Rogue Valley International-Medford Airport is deficient in term s of space and facilities to accom modate air passenger dem and. According to airport planning standards developed by the FAA, the overall passenger term inal area is too sm all to handle the number of passengers currently being served. In addition, public parking capacity is below FAA standards for an airport of this size. With air passenger dem and anticipated to grow by nearly 75 percent between 1998 and 2020, the need for term inal and parking area expansion is evident. Medford Transportatio n System Plan 9-4 Air Transportation Plan

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