TA-73 Brief Description

4.48.1 Site Description TA-73 [Table 4-30 and Figure 4-48 (index map of TA-73)], the Los Alamos Airport, consists of 83.2 acres (33.7 ha) along the northern boundary of the Laboratory adjacent to Highway 502 (East Road). DOE owns the airport, and the County of Los Alamos manages, operates, and maintains it under a leasing arrangement with the DOE. Use of the airport by private individuals is permitted with special restrictions. The airport is required to comply with Federal Aviation Administration requirements governing security, airspace, and aircraft safety. TA-73 also includes DOE-controlled land that is not part of the airport. 4.48.2 Facilities Description The airport (Figure 4-48, Sheet 1) has a single runway and several partial parallel taxiways, connectors, and parking aprons. There are 72 aircraft parking positions, including T-hangars, one two-aircraft hangar, aprons, and tie-down positions. A one-story terminal building contains offices, a service counter, dispatch area, car rental counter, and a waiting area. Other structures include a government storage building not associated with the airport and a fuel pump and storage tank owned by a pilots’ cooperative. All aviation-related buildings and aircraft storage hangars are located on the north side of the airport. Building 4 is the airport fire station. Although fire protection is provided by the Los Alamos County Fire Department, the building is owned by the DOE. The rest of the TA is more or less vacant land (Figure 4-48, Sheet 2), except for some physical support facilities that are part of the Laboratory and county water system.   ©2004 lasg.org