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1948 story
told of first primary port
(Partial article from 1948 Daily Dispatch)
(Editor’s note: The following article is
information obtained from the Sept. 8, 1948
edition of the Daily Dispatch involving the near
completion of the first primary port at the
Brainerd-Crow Wing County Airport)
At the present time three runways, taxiways and
airplane parking aprons have been completed and
are ready for use at the Brainerd-Crow Wing
County Airport. Wind socks and markers have also
been installed.
LONG RUNWAYS
The NW-SE runway is 4,085 feet long. The NE-SW
runway is 3,315 feet long. The third runway is
N-S and is 3,526 feet long. All runways have
clear approaches at the glide angle of 40:1 or
better except the south-easterly end of the
NW-SE runway where the glide angle is 30:1 in
order to clear Highway 210 by the statutory
limit of 15 feet.
CRUSHED GRAVEL
The runways are paved with crushed gravel,
stabilized with asphalt and are 75 feet wide.
Paved taxiways are 40 feet wide. Parking aprons
equipped with tie-downs are 150 feet wide.
Working plans have been prepared for an
administration building, water supply, sewage
disposal, lighting of two runways, the
installing of a beacon light and the erection of
a safety fence. These plans are now being
processed by the Civil Aeronautics
Administration. In all probability this work
cannot be done until the spring and early summer
of 1949.
1,475 ACRES
The airport consists of about 1,475 acres and
includes a ski hill which is used for skiing in
the winter and for motorcycle hill climbing
contests in the summer. The site may easily be
adapted to public recreational purposes which
will in no way interfere with the use of the
airport. It has one and one-half miles of
shoreline along the Mississippi River.
GROUND LEASES
The Brainerd-Crow Wing County Airport Commission
is authorized by law to enter into ground leases
to portions of the airport site for terms as
long as 30 years for the erection of buildings
and the establishment of private business
enterprises which may be of an aeronautical or
non-aeronautical nature, Walter F. Wieland,
chairman of the commission, said. In the airport
master plan approved by both the Minnesota
Department of Aeronautics and the U.S. Civil
Aeronautics Administration areas have been
plotted and set apart for such purposes. |
