{"id":36293,"date":"2026-08-23T13:46:50","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T13:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=36293"},"modified":"2026-08-23T13:47:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T13:47:30","slug":"adot-releases-draft-2026-arizona-state-aviation-system-plan-update-for-public-comment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/arizona\/adot-releases-draft-2026-arizona-state-aviation-system-plan-update-for-public-comment\/%20","title":{"rendered":"ADOT Releases Draft 2026 Arizona State Aviation System Plan Update for Public Comment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) has released the draft <a href=\"https:\/\/azdot.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-08\/2026-AZ-SASP-Technical-Report_Draft-for-Public-Comment_508.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/azdot.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-08\/2026-AZ-SASP-Technical-Report_Draft-for-Public-Comment_508.pdf\">2026 Arizona State Aviation System Plan<\/a> for public review and comment.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"712\" src=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-AZ-SASP-Technical-Report-Draft-edit.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36294\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7725006559958016;width:200px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-AZ-SASP-Technical-Report-Draft-edit.png 550w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-AZ-SASP-Technical-Report-Draft-edit-232x300.png 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The State Aviation System Plan serves as Arizona\u2019s long-term roadmap for the state\u2019s public airport system. The plan looks ahead for 20 years and helps identify the improvements, investments and priorities needed to keep Arizona\u2019s airports safe, reliable and prepared for future growth. The plan also evaluates how Arizona\u2019s airport system supports economic development, emergency services, business, tourism and community access throughout the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Key updates to the plan include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Forecasts of future demand for commercial airline, general aviation and air cargo activities in Arizona through 2044.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alignment of the aviation system goals with the goals identified in the 2050 Arizona Long Range Transportation Plan.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Estimates of systemwide project costs to meet system goals and fulfill airport needs over a 20-year planning period.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Comments on the plan can be made through <strong>Sept. 1<\/strong> in the following ways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Online comment form at: <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1KoBPkdf-2zhFOO1gkLVywmRx1fQjtoGsaCXIgJUU-ds\/viewform?edit_requested=true\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1KoBPkdf-2zhFOO1gkLVywmRx1fQjtoGsaCXIgJUU-ds\/viewform?edit_requested=true\">azdot.gov\/SASPcomments<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Email to: ngbecerra@azdot.gov<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Phone: 855.712.8530<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mail: Nancy Becerra, ADOT Community Relations, 1655 W. Jackson St., MD126F, Phoenix, AZ 85007<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The draft Arizona State Aviation System Plan Update and additional details are available for review on the Airport Development and Planning webpage at <a href=\"https:\/\/azdot.gov\/planning\/airport-development\/arizona-state-aviation-system-plan-sasp-update\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/azdot.gov\/planning\/airport-development\/arizona-state-aviation-system-plan-sasp-update\">azdot.gov\/SASP<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) has released the draft 2026 Arizona State Aviation System Plan for public review and comment. The State Aviation System Plan serves as Arizona\u2019s long-term roadmap for the state\u2019s public airport system. The plan looks ahead for 20 years and helps identify the improvements, investments and priorities needed to keep [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arizona"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36293"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36295,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36293\/revisions\/36295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}