Master plan: ALP and Forecast

PATCH Primary approach transitional conical horizonal primary apparch transitional conical horizontal

Types of planning: FFEEOS (Financial, facilities, economic, environmental, organizational, strategic) (facilities, financial, economic, environmental, organizational, strategic

Airspaces capacity: airfield, airspace, ground access, terminal airfield airspace ground access terminal

Portland rigid (better), asphalt flexible (shorter lifespan)

• Nonprimary airports are further categorized into National, Regional, Local, Basic, and Unclassified airports. (NRLBU) (BLUNR- basic, local, unclassified, national, regional)

• Primary: large, medium, small, non hub

LEVELS OF NPIAS Maintain, bring to standard, expand

Elements of a Master Plan

• Key elements include:

  • Inventory of current facilities.

  • Activity forecasts.

  • Demand/capacity analysis.

  • Facilities requirements.

  • Design alternatives.

  • Financial plans.

Chapter 11: Airport Planning

Types of Planning

• Facilities Planning: Focuses on anticipating future airport infrastructure needs.

• Financial Planning: Involves predicting future revenues and expenses to sustain airport operations.

• Economic Planning: Studies trade and commerce impacts related to airport activities, both on and off-site.

More Types of Planning

• Environmental Planning: Aims to maintain or improve existing environmental conditions around airports.

• Organizational Planning: Manages future labor force requirements and the structure of airport organizations.

• Strategic Planning: Focuses on maximizing the airport's potential benefits to the community.

Airport System Planning

• Involves coordination among a collection of airports on various levels (local, state, regional, national) to ensure they complement one another effectively as part of a coordinated air transportation system.

Planning at the National Level

• Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is responsible for national-level aviation planning.

National Level System Planning

• Development is set forth in the NPIAS

• NPIAS: National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems, entails a 20-year plan revised every 2 years, aligned with FAA’s capital investment strategies for air traffic and airway facilities.

  • Wishlist

NPIAS Details

• NPIAS acts as an inventory for airport development projects with a focus on federal funding interest

  • Provides state by state format indicating location, role, type of service, level of activity currently and for 5 and 10 years in the future

NPIAS Limitations

• NPIAS is not a complete inventory of airport needs rather airport development in which there is potential federal interest on which federal funds may be spent under AIP (Airport Improvement Program)

• Improvements not eligible for federal aid are not included.

  • Examples: hangars, parking areas, revenue producing terminal areas

Levels of Need in NPIAS

• Level I: Maintaining current condition of the airport system.

• Level II: Bringing systems up to current design standards.

• Level III: Expanding the airport system.

Regional Level System Planning

• Considers air transport dynamics across the region and addresses rivalries and jurisdictional disputes to optimize regional service and costs.

• Planner is concerned with air transport for the region as a whole

• Considers traffic at all regional airports large and small (example = OKC, PWA, OUN, SNL etc.)

• Seeks to overcome rivalries and jurisdictional overlaps (Norman & Moore)

• Goal is produce optimum service with regard to region wide benefits & costs.

• Critical issue is allocation of traffic in the region

• Greatly affects growth of airports involved (DFW, AFW & DAL)

• Impacts political, technical and economic issues

State Level System Planning

• NASAO (National Association of State Aviation Officials says all 50 State agencies carry out some form of State System Planning

• States usually take on a role of:

  • Preparation of State System Plans & CIP’s

  • Funding local Master Planning

  • Technical assistance for local planning

• State’s usually concerned with development of metropolitan and rural access

• Airports seen as essential for economic growth

• State plans usually encompass 20 to 30 years

• Short (5 yr), medium (10 yr) and long (20 yr) term planning compare current and projected traffic

• Detailed listing of planned actions:

  • land acquisition, pavement repair, installation of lighting and NAVAIDs and building construction

Airport Master Plan

• Master Plan: Outlines the airport’s future evolution, updating every 20 years, with larger airports typically following a more formalized process than smaller ones.

• Charts the proposed evolution of the airport to meet future needs

• Large airports - may be formal and complex process coordinating projects over 20 years

• Smaller airports – may be responsibility of a few staff members relying on consultants

• Typical Master Plan - planning horizon of 20 years and is updated every 20 (?) years

Airport Master Plan ALP,

Master Plan Objectives

• Provide guidelines for future development that satisfy aviation demand that are also compatible with environment, community development and other modes of transport

  • Provide graphic presentation of ultimate development

  • Establish a schedule of priorities and phasing

  • Present back-up information and data

  • Describe concepts and alternatives

  • Concise and descriptive report making recommendations clearly understood

Elements of a Master Plan

• Key elements include:

  • Inventory of current facilities.

  • Activity forecasts.

  • Demand/capacity analysis.

  • Facilities requirements.

  • Design alternatives.

  • Financial plans.

Inventory

• Collection of all types of data pertaining to the area the airport serves

  • Existing airport facilities

  • Area planning efforts

  • Historical information

Historical Review

• Traces community development and traffic served

• Describes airport, date of construction and major expansion

• A Base Map: Includes all air carrier, GA, and military airports in the area

Airspace Structure and NAVAIDs (Navigational Aids)

• Identifies how airspace is used

• All local NAVAIDs and aviation communication facilities

• Natural and man-made obstructions

• Airway and jet-route structures

• Dimensions of control zones and current use of IFR airspace

Airport-related Land Use

• Land-use inventory is essential to assure future expansion is compatible with surrounding land use activity

• Shows existing and planned highways, utilities, schools, hospitals etc.

• Surveys may be conducted on ground travel in/out of airport, including employees, suppliers and visitors

Aeronautical Data

• Current and historical traffic data (5010)

• Passenger and cargo data

• Aircraft movements and mix

• Statistical data is drawn from federal, state and local sources

Socioeconomic Factors

• Socioeconomic data helps answer questions regarding type, volume and concentration centers of future activity.

  • Helps answer:

    • Market size – growing/shrinking

    • Will there be people available in the future that possess income to make use of air service

Demography

• Size and structure of population and potential growth rate

• Existing population

• Changing age

• Educational and occupational distributions

Disposable Personal Income

• Purchasing power available to residents in any one period of time

• An indication of living standards and financial ability to travel

Economic Activity & Status of Industry

• Situations that generate activity in business aviation and freight traffic

• Manufacturing and service industry generate greater air transport activity than primary and resource industries such as mining

Geographic Considerations

• Distributions and distance between populations and commerce

• Physical characteristics of land and climate

• Vacation and tourism

Competitive Position

• Can you compete with other modes of transportation?

Political Influences

• Granting of new traffic rights and routes will influence volume of traffic at an airport

• Air transportation also depends on government actions that impose taxes and other fees

Community Values

• Altitude of community toward airport development

Airport Layout Plan (ALP)

• A scaled drawing detailing the layout of

  • Airport facilities and land uses

  • Clearance and dimensional information

  • Airport location

  • Clear zones

  • Approach areas

  • Environmental areas

• A graphical representation of the airport

• Runways, taxiways, aprons, blast pads, safety areas, buildings, NAVAIDs, lighting, fencing, segmented circle, wind indicators

• Prominent natural and man made features

• Outline of revenue producing non-aviation related property

• Areas reserved for future aviation development

• FBO’s, heliports, cargo areas, airport maintenance facilities

• Areas for non-aviation development – industrial, motels etc.

• Topographic contours

• Fuel facilities and Tie-down area

• Airport boundaries

• ARP with Lat Long

• Elevation of runway ends

• True azimuth of runways measured from true north

• North point (True & Magnetic)

• Dimensional data for runway and taxiway widths and lengths, clear zones

• —Location and vicinity maps

• Basic data table

  • Airport elevation

  • Runway identifications

  • Runway gradient

  • ILS

  • Normal and mean temperature

  • Pavement strength SW, DW, DTW

• Windrose method

  • A graphical procedure used to orient a runway based on prevailing wind data