Chapter One INVENTORY CHAPTER ONE INVENTORY The Terminal Area Plan for Grand Motor vehicle parking for the terminal Canyon National Park Airport (GCN) was area and terminal building, and undertaken by the Arizona Department of pedestrian access to the terminal Transportation Multimodal Planning building that minimizes walking distance. Division (ADOT/MPD) Aeronautics Group to evaluate and recommend a A development plan that supports the terminal area layout to meet anticipated airport’s goal of maximizing revenue terminal area demands. This plan is and maintaining the airport on a intended to include, but not be limited to: self-sustaining basis. Recommendations for the location of Recommendations for future uses and the terminal building and a general modifications, if needed, of the existing terminal building layout. terminal building. A motor vehicle circulation plan that Identification of potential problems in shows: 1) access to any new structures the development of the terminal area. in the southern portion of the terminal area; 2) motor vehicle parking for buses The inventory of existing conditions and and shuttles to the Grand Canyon facilities is the first step in any facility National Park; and 3) general aviation planning process. This infor- fixed base operator traffic flow.

1-1 mation was collected through on-site investigations, interviews with ADOT staff, air traffic control, tenants, and The airport’s commercial activity is others as well as online and literature currently dominated by commercial searches. tour operations. In fact, these air taxi operators comprised 95 percent of the airport’s operations (takeoffs and land- AIRPORT SETTING ings) in 2008. Some air tours origi- nate at GCN while others come to the Grand Canyon National Park Airport airport from locations such as Las Ve- is located immediately south of the un- gas and Phoenix. Some deplane and incorporated community of Tusayan in board buses and other vehicles for the Kaibab National Forest, and six land tours of the park as well. Exhi- miles south of the Grand Canyon Na- bit 1B depicts the area airspace and tional Park. The airport is accessible other area airports. from Arizona Highway 64 which con- tinues northward through Tusayan to the main gate of the park’s South Rim. AIRFIELD FACILITIES While the park hosts approximately 4.5 million visitors annually, this area Exhibit 1C and Table 1A depict the of Coconino County is uniquely remote existing airfield facilities at Grand from incorporated cities and popula- Canyon National Park Airport. GCN tion centers. The population of Tu- has a single Runway 3-21 that is 8,999 sayan is just over 600. The city of Wil- feet long and 150 feet wide. The liams is the closest incorporated city grooved asphalt runway has a pave- at 60 miles to the south, while the ment strength rating of 88,000 pounds county seat of Flagstaff is located 81 single wheel gear loading (SWL), miles southeast. Exhibit 1A depicts 108,000 pounds dual wheel gear load- the regional setting for GCN. ing (DWL), and 160,000 pounds dual tandem gear loading (DTL). GCN is owned by the State of Arizona and operated by ADOT. It is classified The runway has medium intensity in the Federal Aviation Administra- runway edge lighting (MIRL). Run- tion’s (FAA’s) National Plan of Inte- way 3 is equipped with an instrument grated Airport Systems (NPIAS) as a landing system (ILS) with minimums small hub commercial service airport. down to ¾-mile. Runway 3 also has Small hub airports are defined as several nonprecision approach proce- those commercial service airports en- dures available that are identified in planing between 0.05% and 0.25% of Table 1A. Runway 3 is equipped with the total U.S. enplanements. In 2008, a 1,400-foot medium intensity ap- the airport’s enplanement (commercial proach light system (MALS). Runway service boardings) totaled 366,890. 21 does not have any straight-in in- Pulliam Airport in Flagstaff is the strument approach procedures. Run- next closest commercial service air- way 21 is equipped with runway end port. The next closest general aviation identifier lights (REILs) as well as a airport is Valle Airport located 18 four-box visual approach slope indica- miles to the south. tor (VASI-4).

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Exhibit 1C AIRFIELD FACILITIES TABLE 1A Airfield Facilities Grand Canyon National Park Airport Runway 3-21 Length (feet) 8,999 Width (feet) 150 Surface Material Asphalt/Grooved Load Bearing Strength Single Wheel Loading (SWL) 88,000 lbs. Dual Wheel Loading (DWL) 108,000 lbs. Dual Tandem Loading (DTL) 160,000 lbs. Instrument Approach Procedures ILS; LOC/DME; RNAV(GPS); VOR (all Runway 3) Approach Aids RW 3 RW 21 MALS VASI-4L REILS Pavement Markings Precision Non-Precision Runway Lighting MIRL Weather Reporting ASOS Air Traffic Control Tower FAA 0600-2000, Oct.-May 0700-1900, Jan. Sep. Abbreviations: ASOS: Automated Surface Observation Station MALS: Medium Intensity Approach Lighting System DME: Distance Measuring Equipment REILs: Runway End Identifier Lights GPS: Global Positioning System RNAV: Area Navigation ILS: Instrument Landing System VASI-4: Visual Approach Slope Indicators – 4-box LOC: Localizer VOR: Very High Frequency Omni-Directional Range

The runway is accessed by a full areas. The northern 14,600 square length parallel taxiway on its east side yards is utilized for general aviation. along with five exit taxiways. A large The airport’s FBO facilities are located apron and all terminal area facilities in this area along the east side. The are located along the east side of the next 30,000 square yards to the south northern half of the runway. The fol- are used for commercial service opera- lowing sections discuss the terminal tions associated with the airport ter- area facilities. minal building. The southernmost 51,000 square yards is currently des- ignated as transient apron. There are TERMINAL AREA currently no buildings along this sec- FACILITIES tion of ramp.

Exhibit 1D depicts the existing ter- Immediately to the east of the general minal area facilities at Grand Canyon aviation facilities and the terminal are National Park Airport. The large the terminal access road and an apron noted previously encompasses 83,000 square foot vehicle parking lot. approximately 65,600 square yards There are also three separate helicop- and fronts most of the terminal area. ter facilities located north and east of It is essentially subdivided into three the general aviation facilities and the 1-3 terminal. Each has its own buildings, Three tour operators, Vision Airlines, apron, vehicle parking, and touchdown Westwind Air Service, and Grand and lift-off (TLOF) facilities. Canyon Airlines currently operate out of the airline terminal. South of the parking lot are the air- port administration and maintenance Vision Airlines specializes in on- facilities. There is an airport housing demand charter and tour operations. area immediately to the east of this Through its subsidiary, Vision Holi- area. Further south is the airport days, it offers scenic flights from Las traffic control tower (ATCT) as well as Vegas to the Grand Canyon on 30-seat the new airport rescue and firefighting Dornier 328 and 19-seat Dornier 228 (ARFF) building. At the far southern turboprop aircraft. Upon landing at end of the terminal area is a hangar GCN, passengers are loaded on Vision used by the National Park Service. Motor Coach tour buses for a ground The following subsections discuss each tour of the south rim. of these areas more specifically. Westwind Air Service operates a fleet of nine-passenger Cessna Grand Ca- AIRLINE TERMINAL ravans and six-passenger Cessna 207s. Westwind provides air tours Exhibit 1E depicts the general floor from GCN, as well as Grand Canyon plan of the main airline terminal tours that begin in Phoenix, Page, or building at Grand Canyon National Monument Valley and either stop or Park Airport. The building was con- terminate at GCN. Some packages structed in 1968 and expanded to its provide ground bus tours of the south current footprint in 1972. The ter- rim as well. minal building encompasses approx- imately 8,500 square feet. The build- Grand Canyon Airlines has merged ing is approximately 220 feet long and with Scenic Airlines and Air Grand 38 feet deep. There are five gates dis- Canyon in the last two years. They tributed along this linear terminal. primarily operate the 17-passenger Gate Two is in the north wing, Gates Dehavilland Twin Otter “Vistaliners,” Three and Four operate out of the cen- as well as single engine Cessna 207 tral foyer, while Gates Five and Six and 182 aircraft on their Grand Can- are in the south wing. yon air tours. Various tour packages are available from the GCN terminal. The area included in the terminal In addition, flights are available from square footage does not include the Las Vegas with stops at GCN. Now airport’s utility building which is at- under the same ownership, Grand tached at the north end and a garage Canyon Airlines/Scenic Airlines and at the south end. The utility building Papillon also provide tour packages includes the main electrical vault, ge- that include both fixed wing and heli- nerator, water treatment, and water copter flights. pump.

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Exhibit 1E PASSENGER TERMINAL Vision Airlines and Westwind Air Ser- GENERAL AVIATION vice are located in the north wing of FACILITIES the building. The area includes ticket counters as well as a waiting area There is currently one fixed base oper- with 49 seats. Space in the north ator (FBO) on the airport. Grand wing next to the central foyer has pre- Canyon Airlines (GCA) is located at viously been utilized for concessio- the north end of the ramp on the east naires, but is currently unoccupied. side of the general aviation apron area. The services provided include: The central foyer provides a large waiting area with vaulted ceiling and  Aerial sightseeing tours a wood-burning fireplace located in  Aircraft charter flights the center. There are 51 seats in the  Aircraft tie-downs central foyer, as well as vending ma-  Fueling and line services chines and advertising along the  Aircraft service/repair walls.  Airframe maintenance  Ground transportation Grand Canyon Airlines/Scenic Air- line’s ticket counter is located in the Their facilities front the general avia- south wing ticket counter space im- tion ramp and include the 5,473 mediately adjacent to the central foy- square foot GCA terminal building er. There is additional counter space that houses the company’s administra- across the hall from the ticket counter tive offices, ticket counter, waiting that is currently unoccupied. The area, and concessions for aerial tour restrooms are located at the south end operations. of the hall and next to Gates Five and Six. The gate area includes addition- Immediately to the north of the GCA al ticket counter space that is current- terminal building is a 10,000 square ly unoccupied as well as seating for 32. foot hangar that houses their FBO and Table 1B summarizes the current maintenance operations. The 14,600 terminal space. square yard general aviation apron includes 21 marked tie-downs. TABLE 1B Existing Passenger Terminal Further to the north is the FBO’s fuel Grand Canyon National Park Airport farm. This includes two 20,000 gallon Area (s.f.) Leasable Tenant Areas 2,823 tanks, one each for Avgas and Jet A, Lobby & Waiting Area 990 plus a 6,000 gallon tank for diesel fuel Baggage Claim Area 972 and a 2,000 gallon tank for unleaded Open Corridor Space 2,026 mogas. Fuel is available daily from 7 Public Restrooms 668 a.m. to 7 p.m. with on-call service Management/Admin. Area 594 Mechanical/Equipment Area 413 available during off-hours. Total Building Area 8,486

1-5 HELICOPTER FACILITIES Directly east of the main passenger terminal and parking lot are the heli- There are three separate helicopter copter facilities of Grand Canyon Heli- facilities located on the airport. They copters. This facility includes six heli- are all located east of the terminal and pads on the west edge of a 400-foot by airport access road, and are operated 150-foot ramp that serves as the by helicopter tour operators. Each has TLOF. Immediately to the west of the its own touchdown and lift-off area as ramp are the private terminal and two well as helicopter parking and private vehicle parking lots. An above ground terminal facilities. They are depicted fuel storage tank is located at the on Exhibit 1D. north end of the north parking lot.

Papillon Helicopters operates from the Grand Canyon Helicopters operates northernmost helicopter facility. seven passenger Eco-Star helicopters There are three TLOFs as well as 12 on its tours of the Grand Canyon, and helicopter pads for loading passengers offers several packages from both in front of their terminal facility. GCN and Las Vegas. There are eight additional pads for parking on the east side of the lease- Maverick Helicopters is located near hold. the south airport entrance. Their leasehold includes three helipads and At the terminal building, there is a private terminal with an adjacent parking for approximately 60 autos maintenance hangar. An above and nine tour buses. There is a cov- ground fuel storage tank is located ered, drive-up entrance to the termin- north of the hangar. Auto parking is al as well. Besides the terminal facili- provided to the east and is shared ty, Papillon has a large maintenance with a gift shop building that is cur- and storage hangar; a second, smaller rently unoccupied. hangar; and an above ground fuel tank. Maverick Helicopters is a part of the Maverick Aviation Group. Tour pack- Papillon offers a variety of tour pack- ages are available from GCN as well ages as well as helicopter charters as Las Vegas and Phoenix. Some from GCN. They also offer flights packages include a flight from Las Ve- from Vegas with stops at GCN with gas to GCN on Maverick Airlines 19- transfer to buses for ground tours of seat Beech 1900B aircraft, then a heli- the South Rim. Their association with copter tour on Maverick Helicopters Grand Canyon Airlines also provides seven-seat Eco-Star. options for combined fixed wing and helicopter tour packages. They oper- ate six-to-seven passenger AStar, Eco- OTHER TERMINAL Star, and Bell Long Ranger helicop- AREA FACILITIES ters. Other facilities in the terminal area include the National Park Service

1-6 (NPS) hangar, air traffic control tower in a 3,264 square foot modular facility (ATCT), airport rescue and firefighting southeast of the passenger terminal. (ARFF) facility, the airport adminis- The building includes offices for man- tration building, the airport mainten- agement and operations, conference ance facilities, and airport housing. room, restrooms, and the FAA field offices. There is unmarked gravel National Park Service Hangar - parking for approximately 30 vehicles. The NPS maintains a hangar at the south end of the terminal area. The Airport Maintenance Facilities – 60-foot by 60-foot hangar has access to The airport maintenance facilities are the airfield via a loop taxiway. located immediately south of the ad- Ground access is currently controlled ministration building. The facility within the airport security gate. houses snow removal equipment (SRE) as well as maintenance equip- ATCT - The airfield is served by an ment. There are four buildings in the ATCT located approximately midfield maintenance complex totaling approx- on a hill on the east side of the air- imately 5,000 square feet. field. Classified as a Level 5 ATC fa- cility, the tower is owned and operated Airport Housing – To the immediate by the FAA. The tower’s hours of op- east of the administration building is eration are 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. from the airport employee residential hous- June 1 through September 30, and ing area. The airport currently has 14 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. the remainder of employees, most of which are housed the year. in this area. The houses are currently being replaced with more modern The tower extends 121 feet above modular facilities. When the renova- ground level (AGL) with a 530 square tion is complete, there will be 20 resi- foot cab at the top. A 5,000 square dential units on the airport. foot base building houses office, utili- ty, and conference room space. There is parking for 30 vehicles. The ATCT AIRPORT ACCESS complex has its own gated security. AND PARKING

ARFF Facility - The airport ARFF Besides the airport, Tusayan and the equipment has been located in a 2,150 South Rim of Grand Canyon can be square foot building northeast of the accessed by both rail and highway. airline terminal. The airport is classi- The Grand Canyon Railways track fied as an Index A facility, but has the runs 65 miles from Williams to its sta- capability to respond to Index B stan- tion in the Grand Canyon Village near dards. A new ARFF facility is cur- the South Rim. The line passes ap- rently under construction near mid- proximately 1.5 miles west and field, just west of the ATCT. southwest of the airport. The historic railroad has been in operation since Airport Administration - The air- 1901 and runs twice daily between the port administration offices are housed

1-7 Village and its headquarters in Wil- in front of the terminal. A curb lane liams. provides access for passengers to both facilities. Just south of the terminal, Exhibit 1A depicts the major road- the north access road intersects with ways serving the airport and the the south access road at a four-way Grand Canyon. Arizona Highway 64 stop. The road continues as a two- is the main access to the area. The way two-lane road south past the air- two-lane highway extends from Inter- port administration and maintenance state 40 near Williams to the south buildings to the security gate at the gate of Grand Canyon National Park. ATCT complex. A second security gate It provides direct access to the airport to the right protects access to the air- as well as the main arterial route field, the new ARFF, and the NPS through Tusayan. Besides rental cars hangar. and private vehicles, tour and shuttle buses provide ground access between Vehicles wishing to return to the ter- the airport, Tusayan, and the Grand minal or the south entrance turn left Canyon. at the four-way stop, then left again onto the two-lane, one-way road on the As depicted on Exhibit 1D, on-airport east side of the terminal parking lot. access is provided via an interior road There are two access points to the system. There are two entrances to parking lot from this roadway as well the airport from Highway 64. The as a return to the southbound lanes at north entrance is a four-lane, divided the north end of the parking lot. The median roadway. Proceeding south roadway continues north to become into the airport, it provides access to the northbound lanes of the divided Papillon Helicopters on the left. access road. Another intersection slightly further south connects with a two-lane access The south entrance is a two-lane road that proceeds south and east past roadway that provides access to Mave- Grand Canyon Helicopters. rick Helicopters on the right and the airport housing and administration At this point, the north and south- offices on the left. The road then in- bound lanes split to opposite sides of tersects with virtually every other the terminal parking lot. There is roadway on the airport before termi- parking lot access from the eastern- nating at the security fence along the most southbound lane. The roadway aircraft apron south of the passenger then continues south to pass in front terminal. of the general aviation area as well as

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