Determ ining facility needs for general aviation de pends on the num ber of a nnual operations, num ber of aircraft based at the airport, and the vary ing ty pes of fleet being served. Both local and itinerant general aviation operations are anticipated to increase in the coming decades. While the num ber of based aircraft is expected to grow, the fleet m ix is expected to re main generally the sam e as it exists today . Projected military activity is not expected to vary much from curre nt levels, therefore static projections were used in the forecasts. Term inal and storage facilities for general aviation currently meet both short- and interm ediate-term needs, however, apron area and parking facilities are currently deficient. Realignm ent of Taxiway “A” is also identified as a short-term need. The airport’ s air cargo facilities presently do not m eet short-term needs. The current 20,000 square-feet of available building space is less than the 25,000 square -feet estim ated to be needed. In addition, there are only 5,000 square y ards of apron space available for air cargo activity , while short-term dem and is estim ated at 9,700 square y ards. Based on the inform ation prepared as part of the c ity’s Level of Service (LOS) Study , som e current deficiencies exist with respect to m ulti-m odal transportation sy stem access to the Rogue Valley International-Medford Airport. The analy sis of ex isting (2002) conditions indicates that there are several intersections in the vicinity of the airport that curre ntly operate below the city ’s existing LOS D standard during the PM peak hour, including: • Highway 62 at Poplar Drive/Hilton Road (currently operating at LOS D/E) • Highway 62 at Delta Waters Road (currently operating at LOS E) • Biddle Road at N Witham s/Hilton Road (also operating at LOS E) Based on output from the regional travel dem and model maintained by the Rogue Valley COG, traffic growth in the vicinity of the airport is expected to be significant. This traffic growth assum es an increase in both air passenger and air cargo dem and as well as future em ployment in the Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) adjacent to the east side of the Medford airpor t. Future intersection traffic operations exceeding the city ’s LOS D standard include: • Highway 62/West Vilas Road (expected to operate at LOS E with a v/c of 1.02) • Highway 62/Poplar Drive (expected to operate at LOS F with a v/c of 1.14) • Highway 62/Delta Waters Road (expected to operate at LOS F with a v/c of 1.37) To ensure that landside access to the airport includ es not only adequate facilities to address anticipated future travel dem and by autom obiles and trucks, consid eration must also be given to the needs of those who travel to the airport by other m eans. These travelers could include not only airline passengers, but also airport area em ployees, visitors and others with a need to reach the airport. Currently , RVTD bus service to the Rogue Valley International-Medfor d Airport is provide upon request only with a requirem ent for advance reservations. Service is al so available by taxi and airport shuttle. Access to/from the airport by walking and bicy cling is inco mplete with pedestrian and bicy cle facilities extended only part way along Biddle Road northward from the city . Off-Site Airport Access Needs • I-5 NB on and off-ram p at Biddle Road (currently operating at LOS E) • Highway 99/Highway 62/Highweay 238 (expected to operate at LOS D with a v/c of 1.00) The identified future problem s along Highway 62 in the vi cinity of the airport are expected to occur even with the proposed Unit 1 im provem ents in the vicinity of the I-5/Highway 62 interchange. Medford Transportatio n System Plan 9-5 Air Transportation Plan

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