Mechanisms to Address Off-Airport Obstructions (2026)
Chapter: Appendix A: Survey
APPENDIX A
Survey
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Q1 Please provide us with your contact information. This data will remain confidential and will be used to contact you only with regard to this survey.
Name: (1)
Airport: (2)
City or Town: (3)
State: (4)
Position Title: (5)
Email: (6)
Q2 Which category of airport do you represent?
Large Hub (1)
Medium Hub (2)
Small Hub (3)
Non-Hub Primary (4)
General Aviation – Public Use (5)
General Aviation – Private Use (6)
Other (Please elaborate) (7).
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Q3 Does your state authorize local governments to adopt airspace protection?
Yes (1)
No (2)
Do not know (3)
Q4 Does your state require local governments to adopt airspace protection (height and or land use protection)?
Yes (1)
No (2)
Do not know (3)
Q5 Does your state aviation agency offer services or support to help your airport address obstruction issues (such as site visits, GIS tools, web portals, or similar resources)?
Yes (1)
No (2)
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If your state aviation agency offers services or support to help your airport address obstruction equals Yes
Q5-1 What services or support for your airport to address obstruction issues are provided by the state?
Check all that apply.
GIS (1)
State software system (2)
Site visits (3)
Other, please describe (4).
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Q6 Does your airport leverage FAA resources for support of obstruction removal or mitigation management (such as OE slash AAA database, RAM tool, A slash Cs, FAA contacts)?
Yes (1)
No (2)
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If your airport leverage FAA resources for support of obstruction removal or mitigation management, equals Yes.
Q6 part 1 Yes, your airport leverages FAA resources for support of obstruction removal or mitigation management. What resources are used? Check all that apply.
OE slash AAA database (1)
FAA Runway Airspace Management (RAM) tool (2)
OE slash AAA website tools (3)
Advisory circulars (4)
Other regulatory documents (5)
FAA region personnel, division personnel, or other FAA contacts (6)
Other, please describe (7)
Q7 Does the airport engage in formal outreach efforts to inform stakeholders and landowners around the airport about items such as zoning, obstructions, construction, vegetation growth, alterations, etc.?
Yes (1)
No (2).
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Does the airport engage in formal outreach efforts to inform stakeholders and landowners around the airport equals Yes
Q7 part 1. What methods of formal outreach efforts are used? Check all that apply.
Website (1)
Regular meetings (2)
Emails (3)
Task forces (4)
Workshops or Meetings with local planning and zoning officials (5)
Other, please describe (6).
Q8 In the past year, approximately how many off-airport obstruction issues has the airport actively addressed?
0 (1)
1 to 5 (2)
5 to 10 (3)
10 plus (4)
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In the past year, approximately how many off-airport obstruction issues has the airport actively addressed equals 1 to 5.
Or in the past year, approximately how many off-airport obstruction issues has the airport actively addressed equals 5 to 10.
Or in the past year, approximately how many off-airport obstruction issues has the airport actively addressed equals 10 plus.
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Q8-1 What types of obstructions in the past year has the airpoert actively addressed? Check all that apply. Vegetation (trees) 1, Buildings (2), Towers 3, Other structures, 4, Other, please describe, 5.
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In the past year, approximately how many off-airport issues has the airport actively equals 1 to 5.
Or in the past year, approximately how many off-airport obstruction issues has the airport actively equals 5 to 10.
Or in the past year, approximately how many off-airport obstruction issues has the airport actively equals 10 or more.
Question 8 part 2. What costs has your airport incurred in the past year dealing with off-airport obstructions? Check all that apply.
None (1)
NEPA compliance (2)
Engineering/Design (3)
Construction (4)
Removal (5)
Mitigation (6)
Other, please describe (7)
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What costs has your airport incurred in the past year dealing with off-airport obstructions? Check equals NEPA compliance.
Or what costs has your airport incurred in the past year dealing with off-airport obstructions? Check equals Engineering or Design.
Or what costs has your airport incurred in the past year dealing with off-airport obstructions? Check equals Construction.
Or what costs has your airport incurred in the past year dealing with off-airport obstructions? Check equals Removal.
Or what costs has your airport incurred in the past year dealing with off-airport obstructions? Check equals Mitigation.
Or what costs has your airport incurred in the past year dealing with off-airport obstructions? Check equals Other, please describe.
Q8 part 3 How has your airport funded the costs identified in the previous question? Check all that apply.
Local funds (1)
State funds (2)
Passenger facility charges (3)
Federal funds to AIP (4)
Federal funds to Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (5)
Other, please describe (6)
Q9 Over the past 5 years, approximately how many off-airport obstruction issues PER YEAR has the airport actively addressed?
0 (1)
1 to 5 (2)
5 to 10 (3)
10 plus (4).
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Over the past 5 years, approximately how many off-airport obstructions issues PER YEAR has the airport equals 1 to 5.
Or Over the past 5 years, approximately how many off-airport obstruction issues PER YEAR has the airport equals 5 to 10.
Or Over the past 5 years, approximately how many off-airport obstruction issues PER YEAR has the airport equals 10 plus.
Q9 part 1 In the past 5 years, what types of obstructions has the airport actively addressed? Check all that apply.
Vegetation (trees) (1)
Buildings (2)
Towers (3)
Other structures (4)
Other, please describe (5)
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Over the past 5 years, approximately how many off-airport obstruction issues PER YEAR has the airport equals 1 to 5.
Or Over the past 5 years, approximately how many off-airport obstruction issues PER YEAR has the airport equals 5 to 10.
Or Over the past 5 years, approximately how many off-airport obstructions issues PER YEAR has the airport equals 10 plus.
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Q9 part 2 In the past 5 years, what costs has your airport incurred in dealing with off-airport obstructions? Check all that apply.
None (1)
NEPA compliance (2)
Engineering and Design (3)
Construction (4)
Removal (5)
Mitigation (6)
Other, please describe (7)
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If in the past 5 years, what costs has your airport incurred in dealing with off-airport obstruction, equals N E P A compliance?
Or in the past 5 years, what costs has your airport incurred in dealing with off-airport obstruction equals Engineering or Design?
Or in the past 5 years, what costs has your airport incurred in dealing with off-airport obstruction equals Construction.
Or in the past 5 years, what costs has your airport incurred in dealing with off-airport obstruction equals Removal?
Or in the past 5 years, what costs has your airport incurred in dealing with off-airport obstruction, equal to mitigation?
Or in the past 5 years, what costs has your airport incurred in dealing with off-airport obstruction equals Other, please describe.
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Q9 part 3 How has your airport funded the costs identified above? Check all that apply.
Local funds (1)
State funds (2)
Passenger facility charges (3)
Federal funds – AIP (4)
Federal funds – Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (5)
Other, please describe (6)
Q10 Currently or in the past 5 years, does the airport have any off-airport obstruction issues that create concerns?
No concerns (1)
Minor concerns (2)
Moderate concerns (3)
Extensive concerns (4)
Skip To: 11. If currently or in the past 5 years, does the airport have any off-airport obstruction issues that create concerns? equals No concerns
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Q10 part 1 On average, what length of time from identification to conclusion does dealing with an individual off-airport obstruction take?
Less than 1 month (1)
1 to 3 months (2)
3 to 6 months (3)
6 to 12 months (4)
12 plus months (5).
Note: Question 10 part 2 was removed by the study team prior to publicly releasing the survey and subsequent questions retained their numbering.
Q10 part 3 What solutions were devised to address the obstruction issues? Check all that apply.
Remove obstruction (1)
Modify obstruction (2)
Raise approach minimum (3)
Loss of approach (4)
Increased climb gradients for departure procedures (5)
Displaced threshold (6)
Runway closure (7)
Impact to the precision approach path indicator (8)
Other, please describe (9)
Q 10 part 4 Have any obstructions resulted in restrictions on the airport, operations, or aircraft?
Yes, please describe the restrictions (1)
No (2)
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Q10 part 5 The synthesis study will also include case examples demonstrating airport practices for off-airport obstructions. Your answers above indicate there could be examples to highlight for other airports. The estimated time commitment for your agency for the case example is 30 minutes for the follow-up interview and any additional time to review the write-up. Would your airport be interested in participating in a case example?
Yes. Briefly detail examples of off-airport obstructions and their impact on airport operations using the box below. (1)
No (2).
11 Does the airport have agreements in place with external entities (such as city, county, private landowners) to address obstructions, such as aviation easements, zoning ordinances, or mitigation plans?
Yes (1)
No (2)
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If the airport has agreements in place with external entities (such as city, county, private landowners) equals Yes.
11 part 1 What type of agreements are in place with those entities? Check all that apply.
Legal (such as aviation easements) (1)
Regulatory (such as zoning ordinances) (2)
Mitigation (3)
Monitoring (4)
Other, please describe (5)
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12 In the past 5 years, has your airport encountered any legal cases (such as court decisions, agreements, issuance of abatement orders) related to off-airport obstructions?
Yes (1)
No (2)
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If in the past 5 years, has your airport encountered any legal cases (such as court decisions, agreements) equals Yes.
12 part 1 What type of resolution resulted? Check all that apply.
MOU (or similar) between airport and owner (1)
Court decision (2)
Revision of off-airport plans (3)
Maintenance agreement (4)
Airport or runway alterations (5)
Other, please describe (6)
13 Are there formal open lines of communication between the airport and surrounding municipalities?
Yes (1)
No (2)
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Are there formal open lines of communication between the airport and surrounding municipalities? equals Yes.
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13 part 1 How influential are the formal lines of communication for notifying your airport about obstructions (planned construction, vegetation growth, and so on)?
Important (1)
Somewhat important (2)
Somewhat not important (3)
Not important (4).
14 Does the airport get informed by surrounding municipalities or political jurisdictions about planned construction or land use changes?
Yes (1)
No (2)
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If the airport gets informed by surrounding municipalities or political jurisdictions about the plan, equals Yes
14 part 1. Please describe how the airport gets informed about construction or land use changes. Space is given for open-ended answers.
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15 Has your airport identified obstructions off airport that could not be mitigated?
Yes (1)
No (2)
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Has your airport identified obstructions off airport that could not be mitigated? equals Yes.
15 part 1. Why canʼt they be mitigated? Check all that apply.
Lack of local regulatory authority (1)
Lack of state regulatory authority (2)
Political considerations (3)
Funding constraints (4)
Other, please describe (5)
16 Does the airport regularly engage with landowners in the vicinity of the airport regarding potential obstructions or other airport-related issues?
Yes, regularly (1)
Occasionally (2)
No, never (3)
Not sure (4)
Skip To: 17. Does the airport regularly engage with landowners in the vicinity of the airport regarding potential issues? equals Not sure.
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Does the airport regularly engage with landowners in the vicinity of the airport regarding potential issues? equals No, never.
16 part 1 Why doesn’t the airport engage with landowners? Please select all that apply.
No perceived need (1)
Handled through other agencies. Explain which agencies: (2)
Lack of personnel (3)
Lack of understanding of regulations (4)
Lack of local or state support (5)
Lack of federal support (6)
Other, please explain (7)
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Does the airport regularly engage with landowners in the vicinity of the airport regarding potential. Equals Yes, regularly.
Or does the airport regularly engage with landowners in the vicinity of the airport regarding potential. Equals Occasionally
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16 part 2 What techniques do you use to reach out? Please select all that apply.
Direct contact (phone, email, visit) (1)
Generic group email (2)
Town hall type forum (3)
Workshops or Meetings with local planning and zoning officials (4)
Working group (5)
Other, please describe (6).
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Does the airport regularly engage with landowners in the vicinity of the airport regarding potential. Equals Yes, regularly.
Or does the airport regularly engage with landowners in the vicinity of the airport regarding potential. Equals Occasionally.
16 part 3 Which of the following resources has the airport developed to support interaction with surrounding landowners? Please select all that apply.
Database of locations (1)
Design guides (2)
Maintenance guides (3)
Policies for construction or alterations (4)
Public outreach materials (5)
Website information (6)
Other, please describe (7)
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Does the airport regularly engage with landowners in the vicinity of the airport regarding potential. Equals Yes, regularly.
Or does the airport regularly engage with landowners in the vicinity of the airport regarding potential. Equals Occasionally
16 part 4 How often do you communicate with the landowners?
Monthly or more frequently (1)
Quarterly (2)
Yearly (3)
Other, please describe (4).
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Does the airport regularly engage with landowners in the vicinity of the airport regarding potential. Equals Yes, regularly.
Or does the airport regularly engage with landowners in the vicinity of the airport regarding potential. Equals Occasionally
Q 16 part 4 2 What internal airport departments are involved or engaged with community outreach?
None (1)
List all airport departments (2)
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Does the airport regularly engage with landowners in the vicinity of the airport regarding potential. Equals Yes, regularly
Or does the airport regularly engage with landowners in the vicinity of the airport regarding potential. Equals Occasionally
16 part 5 The synthesis study will also include case examples demonstrating airport practices for off-airport obstructions. Your answers indicate potential outreach practices that could be beneficial to other airports. The estimated time commitment for your agency for the case example is 30 minutes for the follow-up
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interview and the time to review the write-up. Would your agency be interested in participating in a case example?
Yes (1)
No (2)
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If the synthesis study will also include case examples demonstrating airport practices for off-airport. Equals Yes.
16 part 5 1. Please provide any additional information on airport interactions with surrounding land owners using the box below.
17 If construction activity were to take place near your airport, how would the airport find out about potential temporary or permanent obstructions? Check all that apply.
OE dash AAA website search (1)
Automated OE dash AAA notification (2)
FAA Runway Airspace Management (RAM) tool (3)
Local agencies contact the airport (4)
Land owner (5)
Contractor (6)
Other, please explain (7)
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18 In the past 5 years, have off-airport obstructions or potential obstructions caused delays for airport projects?
Yes, please describe (1)
No (2)
19 In the past 5 years, have off-airport obstructions or potential obstructions caused additional costs to the airport?
Yes, please describe (1)
No (2).
20 In the past 5 years, has the airport's legal staff (or equivalent) been involved in off-airport obstruction issues?
Yes (1)
No (2)
21 In the past 5 years, have off-airport obstructions caused alterations to the airport (approaches, physical changes, operations, and so on)?
Yes, please describe alterations (1)
No (2).
