Aviation View | Volume 2, Issue 3

76 AVIATION VIEW VOLUME 2, ISSUE 3 critical projects we needed to implement, like adding an Airport Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) station. The construction of runway 16-34 under the previous Airport Master Plan presented the need to place ARFF services at the intersection of the two commercial service runways. Our current ARFF station is now at the end of the furthest runway on the airfield, so the response distance is quite lengthy. The new Airport Master Plan placed the ARFF as one of the primary items needed to support the ever-increasing size of passenger jets.” Current facility upgrades are significant because airports like BRD tend to have exceptionally long upgrade cycles. For example, Wright says that it took almost 30 years to construct the second runway 16/34, which allowed large aircraft, like the Boeing 737, to use the airport. In addition to the ARFF station, Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport has also been able to invest in a co-located snow removal equipment (SRE) with the ARFF station, as part the current Airport Master Plan