Pinal Airpark Master Plan Update Existing Conditions and Needs [THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK] Pinal Airpark Master Plan Update Existing Conditions and Needs Airport Master Plan Update Existing Conditions and Needs Prepared for Pinal Airpark By C&S Engineers, Inc. 2020 Camino del Rio North, Suite 1000 San Diego, CA 92108 June 2014 ADOT No. E3S3R Pinal Airpark Master Plan Update Existing Conditions and Needs [THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK] Pinal Airpark Master Plan Update Existing Conditions and Needs TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION ............................................................... 1-1 1.01 PLANNING SCOPE AND GUIDELINES 1-2 1.02 THE PLANNING PROCESS 1-3 CHAPTER 2 - EXISTING CONDITIONS ................................................... 2-1 2.01 BACKGROUND 2-1 2.01-1 Airport System Planning Role 2-1 2.01-2 Airport History 2-6 2.01-3 Airport Setting 2-8 2.01-4 Ownership and Key Tenants 2-13 2.01-5 Airport Economic Impact 2-14 2.02 INVENTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF EXISTING FACILITIES 2-14 2.02-2 Airspace 2-17 2.02-3 Airside Facilities 2-22 2.02-4 Landside Facilities 2-28 2.02-5 Access, Circulation and Parking 2-31 2.02-6 Utilities/Energy 2-32 2.02-7 Equipment 2-32 2.03 REGIONAL SETTING, LAND USE AND ZONING 2-32 2.03-1 Climate 2-32 2.03-2 Land Use and Zoning 2-32 2.04 AIRPORT DESIGN STANDARDS 2-41 2.04-1 Design Aircraft 2-41 2.04-2 Runway Design Code 2-43 2.04-3 Taxiway Design Group (TDG) 2-47 2.05 POLICIES AND PLANS 2-49 2.06 FINANCIAL DATA 2-49 2.06-1 Operating Revenues and Expenses 2-49 2.06-2 Capital Funding 2-49 2.07 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS 2-51 2.07-2 Categories with No Significant Impacts 2-55 2.07-3 Potentially Impacted Resources 2-59 2.08 STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK 2-74 2.08-1 Steering Committee 2-74 2.08-2 Public Meeting 2-75 2.09 KEY ISSUES 2-76 2.09-1 General 2-76 2.09-2 Airside 2-77 2.09-3 Landside 2-77 CHAPTER 3 - FORECAST OF AVIATION ACTIVITY ................................ 3-1 3.01 AVIATION DEMAND ELEMENTS 3-1 3.02 HISTORICAL AND EXISTING AVIATION ACTIVITY 3-2 i Pinal Airpark Master Plan Update Existing Conditions and Needs 3.03 REVIEW OF PREVIOUS AIRPORT FORECASTS 3-3 3.03-1 General Aviation Forecasts 3-5 3.03-2 Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul Forecasts 3-5 3.04 COLLECTION OF DATA 3-6 3.04-1 Socioeconomics 3-6 3.05 FORECAST FRAMEWORK 3-8 3.05-1 General Aviation Activity 3-8 3.05-2 MRO-Related Activity 3-9 3.05-3 Military Aircraft Operations 3-9 3.06 FORECASTS FOR PINAL AIRPARK 3-9 3.06-1 General Aviation Activity 3-9 3.06-2 MRO-Related Activity 3-14 3.06-3 Military Aircraft Operations 3-15 3.06-4 Peak Period Activity Forecast 3-17 3.07 DEMAND FORECAST SUMMARY 3-18 3.08 COMPARISON WITH FAA TERMINAL AREA FORECAST 3-19 CHAPTER 4 - FACILITY REQUIREMENTS ................................................. 4-1 4.01 AIRFIELD CAPACITY 4-1 4.01-1 AIRFIELD LAYOUT AND RUNWAY USE 4-1 4.01-2 METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS 4-1 4.01-3 NAVIGATIONAL AIDS 4-2 4.01-4 AIRCRAFT OPERATIONAL FLEET MIX 4-2 4.01-5 TOUCH AND GO OPERATIONS 4-3 4.01-6 Hourly Capacity 4-3 4.01-7 Annual Service Volume 4-3 4.02 AIRFIELD REQUIREMENTS 4-4 4.02-1 Airport Design Standards and Critical Aircraft 4-4 4.02-2 Runway Orientation 4-7 4.02-3 Runway Length Analysis 4-11 4.02-4 Runway Width Analysis 4-12 4.02-5 Pavement Strength and Condition 4-13 4.02-6 Taxiway System 4-13 4.02-7 Instrumentation and Lighting 4-14 4.02-8 Land Requirements 4-14 4.02-9 Obstruction Removal 4-15 4.03 LANDSIDE REQUIREMENTS 4-17 4.03-1 General Aviation Requirements 4-18 4.03-2 MRO Requirements 4-22 4.03-3 Support Area Requirements 4-23 4.04 SUMMARY 4-24 4.04-1 Capital Projects 4-24 ii Pinal Airpark Master Plan Update Existing Conditions and Needs TABLES TABLE 2-1 ENTITIES OPERATING AT AIRPORT ...................................... 2-13 TABLE 2-2 NEIGHBORING AIRPORTS ................................................... 2-19 TABLE 2-3 RUNWAY CHARACTERISTICS .............................................. 2-23 TABLE 2-4 TAXIWAY CHARACTERISTICS .............................................. 2-24 TABLE 2-5 BASED AIRCRAFT CHARACTERISTICS ................................ 2-41 TABLE 2-6 STORED AIRCRAFT CHARACTERISTICS .............................. 2-42 TABLE 2-7 TRANSIENT AIRCRAFT CHARACTERISTICS ......................... 2-42 TABLE 2-8 AIRCRAFT APPROACH CATEGORY DEFINITIONS ............. 2-44 TABLE 2-9 AIRPLANE DESIGN GROUP DEFINITIONS ........................... 2-44 TABLE 2-10 AIRPORT DESIGN STANDARDS FOR AIRCRAFT ....................... APPROACH CATEGORY D AND AIRPLANE DESIGN .............. GROUP V (FOR VISUAL RUNWAYS) ................................... 2-46 TABLE 2-11 AIRPORT DESIGN STANDARDS FOR AIRPLANE ....................... DESIGN GROUP V AND TAXIWAY DESIGN GROUP 6....... 2-48 TABLE 2-12 FEDERALLY LISTED SPECIES WITH POTENTIAL TO EXIST ............ ON OR AROUND AIRPORT ................................................. 2-60 TABLE 2-13 DRAFT NOISE STUDY FORECAST ......................................... 2-68 TABLE 2-14 LAND USE COMPATIBILITY WITH YEARLY DAY- ........................ NIGHT AVERAGE SOUND LEVELS ....................................... 2-69 TABLE 3-1 HISTORICAL AND CURRENT OPERATIONS .......................... 3-2 TABLE 3-2 MRO PROJECTIONS .............................................................. 3-6 TABLE 3-3 HISTORICAL SOCIOECONIMC TRENDS – PINAL COUNTY ..... AND PIMA COUNTY .............................................................. 3-7 TABLE 3-4 FORECAST OF BASED AIRCRAFT ........................................ 3-11 TABLE 3-5 FLEET MIX OF BASED AIRCRAFT .......................................... 3-12 TABLE 3-6 FORECAST OF GA OPERATIONS ........................................ 3-13 TABLE 3-7 FORECAST OF MRO ACTIVITY ............................................ 3-14 TABLE 3-8 ITINERANT/LOCAL BREAKDOWN ....................................... 3-15 TABLE 3-9 FORECAST OF MILITARY ACTIVITY ...................................... 3-16 TABLE 3-10 PEAKING FORECAST ........................................................... 3-17 TABLE 3-11 PINAL AIRPARK DEMAND FORECAST SUMMARY ............. 3-18 TABLE 3-12 COMPARISON WITH FAA TAF ............................................. 3-19 TABLE 4-1 ACDM AIRCRAFT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM ....................... 4-2 TABLE 4-2 HOURLY CAPACITY SUMMARY ............................................ 4-3 TABLE 4-3 ANNUAL SERVICE VOLUME SUMMARY ............................... 4-4 TABLE 4-4 EXISTING INSTRUMENTATION AND LIGHTING ................... 4-14 TABLE 4-5 GENERAL AVIATION BUILDING AREA REQUIREMENTS .... 4-18 TABLE 4-6 VEHICLE PARKING AREA REQUIREMENTS ......................... 4-22 TABLE 4-7 FORECAST OF FUEL FLOWAGE .......................................... 4-23 iii Pinal Airpark Master Plan Update Existing Conditions and Needs FIGURES FIGURE 2-1 LOCATION MAP ................................................................... 2-9 FIGURE 2-2 VICINITY MAP ..................................................................... 2-11 FIGURE 2-3 EXISTING AIRPORT LAYOUT ............................................... 2-15 FIGURE 2-4 LAND USE ............................................................................ 2-37 FIGURE 2-5 ZONING ............................................................................... 2-39 FIGURE 2-6 BOEING 747-400 ................................................................. 2-43 FIGURE 2-7 ENVIRONMENTAL OVERVIEW MAP ................................. 2-53 FIGURE 2-8 SOILS MAP ........................................................................... 2-57 FIGURE 2-9 FLOODZONES ..................................................................... 2-63 FIGURE 3-1 PREVIOUS BASED AIRCRAFT FORECASTS .......................... 3-3 FIGURE 3-2 PREVIOUS ACTIVITY FORECASTS ........................................ 3-4 FIGURE 3-3 FORECASTED POPULATION GROWTH ............................... 3-7 FIGURE 4-1 WIND ROSE DATA ................................................................ 4-9 FIGURE 4-2 TERMINAL BUILDING REQUIREMENTS ............................... 4-19 APPENDICES APPENDIX A AIRPORT MASTER PLAN UPDATE OUTREACH EFFORTS APPENDIX B BACKGROUND DOCUMENTATION APPENDIX C DRAFT INFRASTRUCTURE ASSESSMENT APPENDIX D AVIATION ACTIVITY DATA APPENDIX E DRAFT NOISE CONTOURS EXCERPTED FROM 2009 NOISE STUDY WORKING PAPER #1 APPENDIX F AIRSPACE ANALYSIS iv Pinal Airpark Master Plan Update Existing Conditions and Needs CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION Pinal Airpark (MZJ or Airport), owned and operated by Pinal County, is a public-use, General Aviation (GA) facility. The current Airport Layout Plan (ALP) was approved by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in 1992. The sponsor of the facility initiated this Airport Master Plan Update in 2013 in order to determine the current and future potential of the Airport, and to identify specific opportunities for improving airport facilities. The study was funded jointly by the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) and Pinal County. This Airport Master Plan Update will assist in addressing the findings of the FAA report, General Aviation Airports: A National Asset (ASSET Report), and the recently published, follow-up report, ASSET 2 – In Depth Review of 497 Unclassified Airports as they relate to Pinal Airpark. The reports evaluated the GA airports included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) and classified them among four new categories (national, regional, local and basic) based on existing activity measures. According to the results, Pinal Airpark was one of several hundred across the country that could not be categorized