The Wickenburg Municipal Airport Master Plan and
subsequent Environmental Assessment focused on extending Runway 5-23 to
6,100 feet, relocating the parallel taxiway to meet federal design
standards, improving the runway safety area (RSA), obstruction clearance,
and adding global positioning system (GPS) instrument approach capability.
The landside plan focused on replacing apron areas lost to the taxiway
relocation, adding additional hangar areas, and a helipad. Due to the
limited size of the existing Wickenburg Municipal Airport site and
encroaching residential land uses, the Master Plan recommended that the
Town secure the Forepaugh Airport (located 15 miles west of the Town of
Wickenburg) from the United States Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to serve
the long term aviation demand for the Town and regional area.
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