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Originally Posted by 4X4
Here's an idea... Why doesn the city swap land with the airport authority. The city owns the open land in the SE corner of the image. If the airport moved the runway down half a mile, Airport Trail could be built at grade.
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I believe that the reason there is such a gap is because of airplanes landing approach need clear space for runway visual and lighting. Plus even if that was done, the runway size may not be large enough, since they want the new runway to be able to handle any type of aircraft size.