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Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport 20 Year Master Plan - The Rhode Island Airport Corporation issued its most recent Master Plan in May 2021. The goal of a master plan is to provide guidelines for future airport development that will satisfy aviation demand in a financially feasible manner, while at the same time resolving the aviation, environmental, and socioeconomic issues existing in a community. The Master Plan covers a range of topics, including inventory, environmental impacts, forecast, aviation demand/capacity analysis and facility requirements, alternatives analysis, and implementation, financial, and airport layout plans.

FAA Airport Master Plan Guidance - Learn more about the primary focus of an airport Master Plan.

Record of Decision - On September 23, 2011 the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced a Record of Decision issued which approved the Preferred Alternative for the T. F. Green Airport Improvement Program. The FAA, in coordination with the Rhode Island Airport Corporation (RIAC), identified the preferred alternative as B4 in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement. This series of improvements would:

  • Extend the primary runway, Runway 5-23, to the south by 1,530 feet to a total length of 8,700 feet.
  • Construct new belly cargo and U.S. Postal Service facilities, new integrated cargo facilities and a new fuel farm.
  • Relocate Taxiway C to increase the spacing to 400 feet between the runway and taxiway.
  • Shift the secondary or crosswind runway, Runway 16-34, approximately 100 feet to the north so that an engineered materials arresting system (EMAS) can be installed at each end of the runway to create an enhanced runway protection zone.
  • Demolish Hangar 1 to remove an airspace obstruction.
  • Relocate roadways, build additional parking facilities and expand and modify the passenger terminal.

The ROD presents the FAA's determinations and environmental approvals for the federal actions necessary to implement the T.F. Green Airport Improvement Program. The FAA carefully considered all comments submitted prior to issuing its decision, which includes responses to comments received on the Final Environmental Impact Statement. Click here to read the Record of Decision in its entirety.

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) - Mitigation measures for acquisition, sound insulation and voluntary land acquisition for noise are detailed in the maps below.

  • Exhibit 1: North View
  • Exhibit 2: Central View
  • Exhibit 3: South View

For more information, contact W. D. Schock Land Acquisition Site Office at 401-732-8320.