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92d Air Refueling Wing

Environmental Impact &

Community RelationshipsMr. Jeff Johnson

Deputy, 92 Mission Support GroupDirector, FAFB Encroachment Management Team

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Environmental Impact &Community Relationships

Fairchild AFB has positive working relationship withplanning elements of:

Spokane County

City of Spokane

City of Airway Heights

Spokane International Airport (SIA)

2009 Joint Land Use Study

Cooperation balanced zoning heights adjacent to basebetween Fairchild mission and community dev.

Base involvement in SIA proposed second runway

USAF Cooperating Agency participation with Spokane

Tribe Casino Environmental Impact Statement

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Fairchild AFB/SpokaneInternational Class C Airspace

Surface to and including

6400 MSL within a 5 NMradius

3700 MSL up to andincluding 6400 MSLwithin a 10 NM radius

Excludes SpokaneInternational AirportClass C Airspace

Spokane Approach iscontrolling agency forboth Class C Airspaces

Fairchild Towermaintains control over itsairspace

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Fairchild Tower & Spokane Tower Airspace

.9 NM

NM

5 NM Radius

4500Surface

3500SurfaceSKA

GEG

Fairchild aircraftmust turn north(over the proposedsite) to avoidSpokaneInternational

Airportapproaches

Note: Runway 23 is the designated calm wind Runway (

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LOCAL

VFR Pattern(3,000 MSL)

(539 above R/W)

Radar Pattern(4,000 MSL)

(1,539 above R/W)

VFR Pattern(3,700 MSL)

(1,239 above R/W)

Circling

Approach(3,020 MSL)

(558 above R/W)

Radar Pattern(5,000 MSL)

(2,539 above R/W)

VFR Pattern(3,700 MSL)

(1,239 above R/W)

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Spokane Tribe Casino

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Spokane Tribe Economic Project(STEP)

AF Position = Neutral AF Concerns vetted through EIS Process

Aircraft flights below 1000 ft over the Project Site Noise Complaints

Light Pollution from the Site (Pilots Night Vision) Proximity to FAFB Aircraft Traffic Patterns

Under the VFR Final Turn to Rwy 23 (600-650 AGL)

Under Ground Track for Departures for Rwy 05 (700-850 AGL)

Under the Circling Approach Track for Rwy 23 (558 AGL) Large Concentration of People in Proposed Buildings Potential for Aircraft Crash/Mishap

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