NOTICE:
The South Metro Airport Action Council is asking the Legislature and the public to oppose further operational expansion of MSP as proposed by the Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC).
Legislative hearings will be held next month, and SMAAC is reviewing the so-called MSP Long-term Comprehensive Plan (LTCP) covering the years 2010 to 2030.
MAC was far from the only agency addressing MSP expansion before (1995-2005), and should not be the lead agency now. The MSP expansion authorized for law in 1996 morphed into an expansion of the Northwest (now Delta) hub and failed to meet many of its stated objectives.
For a summary of the issues being analyzed by SMAAC, please click here.
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Fall 2009
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Summer 2007
News/Press Releases
MSP Long-Term Comprehensive Plan May be an Attempted End Run
Oberstar waiting for green light as U conference urges reform of nation's obsolete transportation system
SMAAC Opens On-line Complaint Service for Residents, Travelers
Watchdog Group President Comments on MSP Runway Closure
A Peculiar Response By City Staff As seen in Southside Pride July 2009
Watchdog Group Wants Attention To Pending MSP Runway Closure
Open Letter to the United States Congress Regarding FAA Oversight and Funding
March 16, 2009
Delta Wins Battle to Abandon NWA Headquarters,
Loosens MAC's Grip on Future Jobs
February 10, 2009
MAC Stiffens Back, Delays Vote on Delta Pact
By Jim Spensley and Dick Saunders
January 7, 2009
Statement to the Metropolitan Airports Commission
6 January 2009
SMAAC Forum to Hear Public Concerns about MSP - November 26, 2008 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT - November 13, 2008 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The SMAAC Board of Directors today released a statement about testimony at the House Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs Committee Hearing on the Delta/NWA merger.
SMAAC TO STAGE 40th ANNIVERSARY PARTY AUG. 20
21 June 2008
Local Watchdog Group:
FAA Budget Stalemate Threatens MSP
SMAAC is investigating how Northwest Airlines' announced flight and capacity reductions will impact rates and schedules at MSP, physically the smallest airport supporting a major hub. We suspect that peak-hour rates will be increased and peak-hours extended. A merger with Delta is likely to add traffic during busy periods and further decrease safety or increase delays or both if the hub remains here.
Since 2000, the MSP Air Traffic Control Tower has allowed higher rates here and at Chicago O'Hare than at other hubs. Some delays are the result of maintaining safe aircraft separations and closing rates around MSP, but various changes, such as dispersed departures, increase noise and pollution. Fewer Planes
House Commerce Committee Hearings on the NWA/Delta merger April 29, 2008
Remarks by James R. Spensley
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