Regional Airport Planning

The Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG), San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) and Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) created the Regional Airport Planning Committee (RAPC) to advise the three agencies on regional aviation matters. The RAPC’s responsibilities include:

1. serving as a public forum for regional aviation issues, including aircraft flight noise;
2. preparing updates to the Regional Airport System Planning Analysis (RASPA) for consideration by ABAG, BCDC and MTC;
3. reviewing and commenting on airport master plans, layout plans and environmental documents and local land use plans affecting the regional aviation system;
4. coordinating with county Airport Land Use Commissions;
5. facilitating discussions between airports, cities and counties and Airport Land Use Commissions on land use issues around airports that affect the regional aviation system;
6. conducting studies related to the RASPA; and
7. making recommendations to ABAG, BCDC and MTC on regional aviation matters.

Overview of alternatives to new runways as analyzed in the 2000 RASP ( Pdf / Doc )

• Regional Airport Planning Committee Meeting Schedule
• Committee Members
  
• Adopted Regional Airport Planning Committee Work Plan