AIRPORT MASTER PLAN UPDATE Avi Suquilla Airport the Colorado
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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.” Avi Suquilla Master Plan-TOC Title Page This page intentionally left blank. Avi Suquilla Master Plan-TOC Title Page Avi Suquilla Airport Master Plan Update 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. AI-1 MAY, 2016 Avi Suquilla Airport Master Plan Update This page intentionally left blank. AI-2 MAY, 2016 Avi Suquilla Airport Master Plan Update 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 I-1 May 2016 Avi Suquilla Airport Master Plan Update TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued) 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