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Airport Features
Regional Airport
The Chesapeake Regional Airport is located
in the southernmost part of the Study Area
and provides an important opportunity
to provide synergistic jobs related uses
that can take advantage of regional air
transportation.
The airport currently serves light freight and
private aircraft on its 5,500 foot runway.
Although not currently sized for it, upgrades
to runway lengths to 6,000 feet would enable
it to serve heavier freight oriented aircraft
than in can now, which would magnify its
economic potential.
Although an economic asset, the airport
also creates impacts for new development
due to flight paths for landing and take off as
well as noise. The surface height restriction
is most stringent closest to the airport at
169 feet. This covers a large part of the
agricultural land in the south.
Figure 25: Airport impact areas restrict the height of new buildings
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Horizontal Surface
Restriction (Elevation 369 ft)
Conical Surface Restriction
(Elevation 169 ft)
