AIRPORT MASTER PLAN UPDATE (May 2016 Addendum No. 1)
Avi Suquilla Airport Parker, Arizona
Prepared For The Colorado River Indian Tribes
May 2016 FAA ALP Drawing Approval
Prepared By
3302 East Harbor Drive Phoenix, Arizona 85034
“The contents of this plan do not necessarily reflect the official views or policy of the FAA or ADOT Multimodal Planning Division (MPD). Acceptance of this document by the FAA and ADOT MPD does not in any way constitute a commitment on the part of the United States or the State of Arizona to participate in any development depicted herein nor does it indicate that the proposed development is environmentally acceptable in accordance with applicable public laws.”
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A1. ADDENDUM No. 1 – FAA APPROVAL AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN DRAWINGS A1.1 INTRODUCTION Review comments from the FAA addressing the Final Draft of the Master Plan Update and the Airport Layout Plan (ALP) drawing set were received on December 10, 2015. No comments were received from the Arizona Department of Transportation.
The FAA did not have any comments on the Master Plan Narrative.
The FAA had 16 comments that suggested revisions to the ALP drawing set which were addressed by the Master Plan Team (Airport Management and Master Plan Consultant).
A1.2 ADDENDUM HISTORY
Addendum No. 1 revised the following in the Master Plan Update Report:
• Cover and Title Page – added Addendum No. 1 and date of addendum
• Revised Table of Contents – included Addendum No. 1, deleted “Draft #” from Chapter Titles, Added FAA ALP Approval Letter to Appendix and approved ALP drawings, and dated footer May 2016
• Chapters 1 – 7 removed “Draft # and Draft Date” from footer; dated all footers May 2016
• Attachment – Added May 20, 2016 FAA Airport Layout Plan Approval Letter and 11” x 17” set of FAA approved drawings
Full size drawings are available on the CDs provided to the FAA, ADOT Aeronautics and the Avi Suquilla Airport.
Addendum No. 1 does not update any of the Master Plan Chapters to current (2106) FAA criteria. The Chapters were last updated in February and March 2014.
The Airport Layout Plans that the FAA reviewed were current to April 2015 FAA criteria when submitted to the FAA for approval. The approved ALP drawings are current for FAA criteria in effect in December 2015.
Addendum #1 was issued on June 6, 2016 following receipt of the FAA ALP approval letter and as part of the Master Plan Update closeout process where one printed hard copy of the final Master Plan is provided to the FAA along with electronic (PDF) files on CDs.
ADOT Aeronautic will receive electronic files and the Sponsor both hard copies for the Airport files, CRIT Library and CRIT Planning.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS – Updated June 6, 2016
A1. ADDENDUM No. 1 – FAA APPROVAL AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN DRAWINGS ..... A1-1
1. INVENTORY OF EXISTING CONDITIONS ...... I-1 1.1 Introduction ...... I-1 1.2 Airport Management ...... I-1 1.3 Airport History ...... I-2 1.4 Airport Setting ...... I-4 1.5 Climate ...... I-7 1.6 Airport System Planning Role ...... I-7 1.7 Airport Facilities ...... I-7 1.8 Airside Facilities ...... I-11 1.9 Runway ...... I-11 1.10 Taxiways ...... I-13 1.11 Apron Areas ...... I-14 1.12 Pavement Conditions ...... I-15 1.13 Landside Facilities ...... I-21 1.14 Pilot’s Lounge/GA Terminal/Administration Office ...... I-21 1.15 Access and Parking ...... I-27 1.16 General Aviation Facilities ...... I-29 1.17 Support Facilities ...... I-30 1.18 On-Airport Utilities ...... I-31 1.19 FAR Part 77 Surfaces and Runway Protection Zones ...... I-32 1.20 Airspace ...... I-34 1.21 Air Traffic Control ...... I-34 1.22 Airport Traffic Patterns ...... I-34 1.23 VFR Operations ...... I-34 1.24 IFR Operations ...... I-34 1.25 Airspace Structure ...... I-34 1.26 Navigational Aids, Radio Communication, Weather Aids ...... I-38 1.27 Instrument Approach Procedures ...... I-38 1.28 Community Profile ...... I-39 1.28.1 Population ...... I-39 1.28.2 Employment ...... I-43 1.28.3 Income ...... I-50 1.29 Land Use ...... I-50 1.29.1 Existing Land Use...... I-50 1.29.2 Future Land Use ...... I-50
2. AVIATION DEMAND FORECASTS ...... II-1 2.1 Introduction ...... II-1 2.2 National Aviation Trends ...... II-1 2.3 Airport Activity ...... II-2 2.4 Based Aircraft Forecasts ...... II-3 2.5 Operations Forecasts ...... II-7 2.6 Forecast Summary ...... II -11
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3. DEMAND / CAPACITY ASSESSMENT AND FACILITY REQUIREMENTS ...... III-1 3.1 Introduction ...... III-1 3.2 Demand / Capacity Analysis ...... III-1 3.3 Airfield Requirements ...... III-3 3.4 Runway Requirements ...... III-7 3.4.1 Runway Length ...... III-7 3.4.2 Runway Orientation Additional Runways ...... III-9 3.4.3 Runway Width ...... III -10 3.4.4 Runway Pavement Strength ...... III -10 3.5 Taxiway Requirements...... III -11 3.6 FAA Design Standards...... III -11 3.7 Design Criteria ...... III -13 3.8 Airfield Marking Lighting and Signage ...... III -14 3.9 Navigational and Approach Aids ...... III -15 3.10 Existing Instrument Approaches ...... III -16 3.11 Approach Lighting ...... III -16 3.12 Landside Facility Requirements ...... III -18 3.12.1 Terminal Area ...... III -18 3.12.2 Hangars ...... III -20 3.13 Aircraft Parking Apron ...... III -22 3.14 Fuel Storage ...... III -23 3.15 Security ...... III -25 3.16 Summary ...... III -25
4. AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT ALTERNATIVES ...... IV-1 4.1 Introduction ...... IV-1 4.2 Development Considerations ...... IV-2 4.3 Safety and Investment Preservation...... IV-3 4.4 Airfield Alternatives ...... IV-5 4.4.1 Alternative ...... IV-5 4.4.2 Alternative 2 ...... IV-11 4.4.3 Alternative 3 ...... IV-15 4.4.4 Preferred Alternative ...... IV-22 4.5 Summary ...... IV-23
5. AIRPORT LAND USE ...... V-1 5.1 Existing Off Airport Land Use ...... V-1 5.2 Schools and other Public Facilities ...... V-4 5.3 Zoning & Planned Land Use ...... V-9 5.4 Noise Compatibility ...... V-9 5.5 Operational Protection ...... V-18
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6. FINANCIAL ANALYSIS ...... VI-1 6.1 Introduction ...... VI-1 6.2 Airport Improvement Schedule and Cost Summaries ...... VI-2 6.3 Airport Improvement Funding Sources ...... VI-8 6.3.1 FAA Grants...... VI-9 6.3.2 FAA Facilities & Equipment Program ...... VI-9
6.3.3 AZ State Aid to Airports ...... VI-10 6.3.4 Other Grant Funding Sources ...... VI-11 6.4 Federal Grants ...... VI-11 6.4.1 Existing & Potential Direct Avi Suquilla Airport Income ...... VI-13 6.4.2 Existing CRIT Indirect Avi Suquilla Airport Income...... VI-15 6.4.3 Summary-Benefits of Continued Support ...... VI-18 6.5 Return on Investment and Cost Benefit Analysis ...... VI-18 6.6 Plan Implementation ...... VI-23
7. ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS ...... VII-1
APPENDIX
Resolution Colorado River Tribal Council Adopting Master Plan Update and Airport Layout Plan FAA Letter Approving Aviation Activity Forecast
ATTACHMENT – AIRPORT PLANS
FAA Letter Approving Airport Layout Plan Drawing Set 01 Title Sheet 02 Airport Data Sheet 03 Airport Layout Plan Drawing 04 Part 77 Airspace Drawing Plan 05 Part 77 Airspace Drawing Plan Profile View 06 Runway 19 Inner Portion of Approach Surface 07 Runway I Inner Portion of Approach Surface 08 Runway 1-19 Profile 09 Runway 19 and Runway 1 Departure Surface Drawing 10 Terminal Area Drawing 11 Land Use Drawing and Noise Contour Drawing 12 Exhibit A – Property Map
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1-1 Location Map ...... I-6 Figure 1-2 Airport Layout ...... I-9 Figure 1-3 Pavement Strength ...... I-17 Figure 1-4 Pavement Age ...... I-18 Figure 1-5 Pavement Condition ...... I-19 Figure 1-6 Terminal Area ...... I-23 I-3 May 2016 Avi Suquilla Airport Master Plan Update
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Figure 1-7 GA Terminal Floor Plan...... I-27 Figure 1-8 FAR Part && Imaginary Airspace Surfaces ...... I-33 Figure 1-9 Airspace Classification ...... I-36 Figure 1-10 Sectional Chart ...... I-37 Figure 1-11 Generalized Existing Land Use ...... I-51 Figure 1-12 Generalized Existing Land Use (Parker City Limits) ...... I-52 Figure 1-13 Conceptual Land Use ...... I-53
Figure 2-1 U.S. General Aviation Aircraft Forecasts ...... II-2
Figure 3-1 Runway Design Group ...... III-5 Figure 3-2 Airfield Facility Requirements ...... III -17
Figure 4-1 Avi Suquilla Alternative Development Considerations ...... IV-3 Figure 4-2 Safety / Investment Preservation Project ...... IV-4 Figure 4-3 Airport Development Alternative ...... IV-9 Figure 4-4 Airport Development Alternative 2 ...... IV-13 Figure 4-5 Airport Development Alternative 3 ...... IV-17 Figure 4-6 Potential Aircraft Storage Layout 1 ...... IV-19 Figure 4-7 Potential Aircraft Storage Layout 2 ...... IV-20 Figure 4-8 Potential Aircraft Storage Layout 3 ...... IV-21 Figure 4-9 Preferred Alternative ...... IV-25 Figure 4-10 Aircraft Storage Concept 1 ...... IV-27 Figure 4-11 Aircraft Storage Concept 2 ...... IV-28 Figure 4-12 Aircraft Storage Concept 3 ...... IV-29 Figure 4-13 Tie Down Layout ...... IV-31 Figure 4-14 Self-Serve Fueling Pad ...... IV-32
Figure 5-1 Generalized Existing Land Use ...... V-3 Figure 5-2 Public Facilities – Located Near Avi Suquilla Airport ...... V-7 Figure 5-3 Central Parker Zoning Map ...... V-10 Figure 5-4 Conceptual Land Use ...... V-11 Figure 5-5 Land Use Compatibility Guidelines ...... V-12 Figure 5-6 Avi Suquilla Airport 2025 Noise Contours ...... V-15 Figure 5-7 FAR Part 77 Imaginary Airspace Surfaces Avi Suquilla Airport ...... V-21
Figure 6-1 Capital Improvement Program Short Term ...... VI-3 Figure 6-2 Capital Improvement Program Intermediate Term ...... VI-4 Figure 6-3 Capital Improvement Program Long Term ...... VI-5
LIST OF TABLES
Table 1-1 Capital Improvement Projects 1982-2012 ...... I-3 Table 1-2 Parker, AZ Climate Data ...... I-7 Table 1-3 Runway Characteristics ...... I-12 Table 1-4 Existing Taxiway Data ...... I-13 Table 1-5 Apron Area (Square Yards) ...... I-14 I-4 May 2016 Avi Suquilla Airport Master Plan Update
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Table 1-6 Historic Fuel Sales ...... I-29 Table 1-7 Instrument Approach Data, Avi Suquilla Airport ...... I-39 Table 1-8 Population Trends for the Years 1990-2035 ...... I-40 Table 1-9 Arizona Department of Commerce La Paz County Population Projections ...... I-41 Table 1-10 Age Distribution within La Paz and San Bernardino Counties ...... I-42 Table 1-11 Population Composition of La Paz and San Bernardino Counties ...... I-42 Table 1-12 Civilian Labor Force and Unemployment Rate ...... I-44 Table 1-13 Employment by Sector ...... I-44 Table 1-14 Major Employers in La Paz County ...... I-45 Table 1-15 Major Employers in San Bernardino County ...... I-46 Table 1-16 Effective Buying Income per Median Household $ ...... I-50
Table 2-1 Avi Suquilla Airport Based Aircraft ...... II-4 Table 2-2 Based Aircraft Projections Based on Population Trends ...... II-5 Table 2-3 Based Aircraft Scenario 1: Low Forecast ...... II-6 Table 2-4 Based Aircraft Scenario 2: Mid-Range Forecast...... II-6 Table 2-5 Based Aircraft Scenario 3: High Forecast ...... II-6 Table 2-6 Operations Scenario 1: Low Forecast ...... II-9 Table 2-7 Operations Scenario 2: Mid-Range Forecast ...... II-9 Table 2-8 Operations Scenario 3: High Forecast ...... II-9 Table 2-9 Comparison of Aircraft Operations Forecasts ...... II -10 Table 2-10 Comparison of Based Aircraft Forecasts ...... II -10 Table 2-11 Aviation Demand Forecast Summary ...... II -11
Table 3-1 Facility Classifications ...... III-7 Table 3-2 FAA Runway Lengths, FAA Design Software ...... III-9 Table 3-3 Wind Coverage Summary Avi Suquilla Airport ...... III -10 Table 3-4 Airfield Pavement Maintenance ...... III -11 Table 3-5 FAA Design Standards...... III -12 Table 3-6 General Aviation Terminal Area Facilities ...... III -18 Table 3-7 Based Aircraft Storage Distribution ...... III -21 Table 3-8 Hangar Requirements ...... III -22 Table 3-9 Aircraft Parking Apron Requirements ...... III -23 Table 3-10 Fuel Storage Requirements ...... III -24
Table 5-1 Public Facilities – Avi Suquilla Vicinity ...... V-4
Table 6-1 Planning Horizons Avi Suquilla Airport ...... VI-2 Table 6-2 Capital Improvement FAA/ADOT Grant Program Avi Suquilla Airport ...... VI-7 Table 6-3 Revenue Enhancement Projects ...... VI-8 Table 6-4 Comparison of Hangar Construction/Management vs Land Lease ...... VI-20
Table 7-1 Environmental Evaluations ...... VII-2
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