Proposed Development

The Proposed North Airfield private jet hangar development would:

  • Add over 522,000 sf of infrastructure on nearly 50 acres (increase of 27,000 sf from original plans), thus doubling the current private jet hangar capacity with this single facility)

  • Add 17 new hangars for private luxury jets, plus a large old Navy hangar (to be renovated)

  • Add potentially 66-79 private luxury jets to the airfield*

  • Add approximately 6,000 additional private jet flights annually*

  • Emit an additional ~150,000 tons of CO2 annually*

  • Add 4 new underground aviation fuel tanks, 80,000 gal total & 2 daily fuel truck deliveries (20,000 gal total)

  • Add 33 acres of impervious area (pavement)

  • Clearcut nearly 20 acres of mature trees (destroying much needed CO2 sequestration and wildlife buffer)

  • Expand the Airport Layout Plan (ALP), i.e., the airport footprint

  • Represent the single largest private jet hangar expansion at Hanscom, which would add as much hangar capacity as was built at Hanscom incrementally over the prior 60 years.*

Source: The developers’ DEIR (Draft Environmental Impact Report) March 2024

*Source: Independent analysis conducted by Industrial Economics Inc. (IEc) April 2024

Next Step: SDEIR (Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Report) expected to be filed late summer/early fall 2025

This proposed development pertains to Massport-owned Hanscom Field, not the adjacent Hanscom Air Force Base which has no airfield.

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