Virginia Department of Aviation System Inventory

Introduction

The Mission of the Virginia Department of Aviation is to progressively develop and maintain a safe, technologically advanced, market driven air transportation system that provides the citizens of Virginia with convenient and efficient access to the expanding world community.

Source: http://www.doav.state.va.us/history_mission.htm

The Airport Services Division provides technical services to airport sponsors and the consulting firms serving them. Conducts and maintains the Virginia Air Transportation System Plan, provides airport sponsors with a full range of services from airport master planning and environmental assessment through engineering, design and construction of all components of airport facilities and navigational and weather equipment. Duties of the Airport Services Division are:

 Manages the delivery of services to airport sponsors, consultants, and other recipients.  Manages programs of financial assistance to localities for the planning, development, and enhancement of airports and aviation facilities in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

The Engineering Section’s duties consist of:

 Reviews and recommends approval of construction projects for conformance with regulations and guidelines.  Administers the Airport Capital Improvement Program (ACIP).  Maintenance Programs and Pavement Management Programs.  Ensures airport compliance and safety standards.  Assists local airport governing bodies with future development needs and requirements.  Maintains the Department's Runway Obstruction Identification Records (Photoslope) and Airport Information Management System (AIMS).  Coordinates project funding with federal and local authorities.  Responds to inquiries related to engineering and construction from airport sponsors, managers, pilots, and the general public.  Reviews plans, specifications, contracts, and correspondence relevant to ACIP and maintenance projects, along with other airport related matters.  Reviews ACIP pre-applications and makes recommendations for future airport projects.  Ensures safety standards are maintained at assigned airports.  Meets with airport sponsors and managers to help evaluate their needs for their facilities. The Facilities and Equipment Section tasks are to:

 Plan, coordinate, and administer airport navigational aid and lighting projects.  Coordinate with FAA and FCC on development of Standard Instrument Approach Procedures.  Administer contract with private contractor for scheduled inspections and repairs of Department-owned electronic navigational facilities in Virginia.

The Planning Section’s duties are:

 Develops and administers the Five-Year Airport Capital Improvement Program and Needs Assessment.  Certifies ACIP projects are in accordance with approved plans.  Coordinates the Virginia Continuous Airport System Planning Program and Virginia Air Transportation System Plan.  Coordinates federal grants to the agency and all planning projects.  Coordinates site selection studies; sensitive environmental and land-use studies; airspace/capacity studies and airport master plans.  Planning guidance for airports, local governments and others.  Recommends and administers grant-in-aid for aviation projects.  Reviews and approves airport master and layout plans, capital improvement plans, land-use and environmental studies.  Analyzes aviation policies and makes recommendations on federal, state, and local laws and regulations pertaining to aviation.

Source: http://www.doav.state.va.us/airport_services_division.htm

The Public Relations Division is responsible for promoting Virginia's airports, marketing aviation and projecting a positive image of the Department and the air transportation system throughout the Commonwealth. Financial and technical assistance is also provided to Virginia's airports to help support their public relations, advertising and marketing programs.

The Division develops market plans to increase aviation interests, writes press releases, produces publications and promotes aviation and Virginia's aviation programs through educational and aviation awareness programs, speaking engagements, briefing documents and trade shows. The Public Relations Division’s duties are:

 Administers grant-in-aid program providing financial assistance to localities for promotion of airports.  Directs comprehensive program promoting Virginia's air transportation system, aviation awareness, and economic benefits of airports.  Directs aircraft licensing and public information programs.

 Develops and coordinates the production of publications such as the state aeronautical chart, airport directory, aviation education newsletter, etc.  Designs, implements, and maintains the agency electronic media program (web site).  Plans and coordinates the Annual Virginia Aviation Conference.  Develops and conducts education and aviation awareness programs for the Department.  Agency liaison to organizations interested in aviation awareness, training, careers, and education.  Administers the FAA Aviation Education Resource Center and video lending library.

 Coordinates the agency's external public relations activities -- organizes the agency's participation in national and international trade shows, fly-in and air shows, receptions, conferences and programs.  Develops publications including the agency newsletter, press releases, brochures, etc.  Assists airport sponsors, aviation organizations and special interest groups in the development of public relations activities and annual events.  Agency liaison to editors, reporters and publishers of aviation publications and reporters of aviation and transportation related issues.  Assists aviation staff of the Economic Development Partnership in attracting aviation related businesses to the Commonwealth.

 Provides support for agency's participation at trade shows, fly-ins and air shows, receptions, conferences and programs.  Coordinates the agency's advertising activities.  Conducts research and analysis in support of agency special projects.  Develops copy for agency publications.

 Licenses aircraft based in the State of Virginia.  Issues Permits for Contract Carriers, License for Commercial Fleet Operators and Non-Commercial Dealers.  Maintains list of Private Use Airports, Private Heliports, and Hospital Heliports.

Source: http://www.doav.state.va.us/public_relations_division.htm

The Flight Operations and Safety Division is responsible for implementing a continuous safety program to include monitoring and reporting aviation related accidents to the Virginia Aviation Board.

Administers, maintains and schedules state-owned aircraft to provide safe, secure and cost-effective transportation for emergency services, economic development prospects, and the Administration for the conduct of its business. The Flight Operations and Safety Division’s tasks are:  Responsible overall flight operations and safety, including the state hangar, aircraft for transporting state personnel, and the aviation safety program for pilots, mechanics, and flight instructors.  Command Pilot flying the Citation and King Air aircraft.

 Schedules aircraft.  Coordinates the charter of commercial aircraft when required.  Calculates, verifies, and processes interagency transfer invoices for air transportation charges.  Maintains records of aircraft utilization and operating costs.

 Safety Program Administrator for General Aviation public.

 Command pilot for the Turbo Commander aircraft.  Serves as coordinator in responding to the aviation needs of the Department of Emergency Services.  Assists Division Manager for several programs.

 Chief Pilot for the Division  Internal safety program and flight standards administrator.  In charge of SOP for operation.  Training Coordinator for the Division.  Coordinates and oversees outside maintenance for the King Air aircraft.

 Command Pilot for the Citation and Turbo Commander aircraft  Evaluates obstruction clearances for public use airports.  Coordinates aerial photography  Coordinates and oversees outside maintenance for the Citation aircraft.

 Command pilot for the Citation and Turbo Commander aircraft.  Coordinator for registration of private airport and helicopter landing sites.  Coordinates and oversees outside maintenance for the Commander Turboprop.

 Supervising authority for all aircraft maintenance.  Repairs and makes required inspections on the state aircraft.  Maintains aircraft log books.  Orders aircraft parts.

Source: http://www.doav.state.va.us/flight_operations_division.htm

The Finance and Administration Division is responsible for providing financial and administrative support to the Department. Includes development and execution of the Department's budget; maintenance of official accounting records; procurement of and contracting for goods and services; and coordination of communication and information technology. The Finance and Administration Division’s tasks are to manage financial and administrative functions of the Department to ensure that agency goals and objectives are accomplished. Functional responsibilities include:

 Financial management.  Budget development and execution.  Data processing.  Accounting operations.  Telecommunications.  Department of Aviation facility management.

 Procures goods and services.  Manages all facets of a contract to assure the contractor performs under the terms and conditions specified in the contract.

 Supervises all fiscal and accounting functions.  Reviews and coordinates all financial activities related to the financial assistance to airports programs.

 Maintains accounting records in compliance with financial policies and procedures.  Department payroll.  Fixed asset accounting.  Expenditure transactions.  Accounts receivable.  Surplus property.

 Prepares invoices for payment.  Responds to airport managers/sponsors regarding payment requests.

 Inspect airport lighting and visual aid systems.  Provide technical support to airport sponsors.  Promote DOAV's appearance at air shows, trade shows, and conferences.  Provide DOAV facility support.

 Manage the agency's information technology network.  Manage development and maintenance of automated applications.

Source: http://www.doav.state.va.us/finance%20and%20administration.htm

The Director's Office provides timely information to the Governor, Secretary of Transportation, the Virginia Aviation Board and citizens of Virginia. Responsible for policy, air service development and human resources. Special staff evaluates commercial airline service patterns, service levels, and demand data in coordination with airport sponsors and local jurisdictions in an effort to enhance domestic and international air service; monitors the impact of federal regulatory activity on Virginia's airports and aviation system; and serves as the legislative liaison for the Department. The Director’s Office is responsible for:

 Programs and Policy  Federal and State Aviation Issues  Intermodal Issues  Problem Solving  Suggestion Box  Direct line to Secretary of Transportation and Virginia Aviation Board

 Administers all functions of the Human Resource Program  Serves as agency EEO/AA Officer  Administers recruitment procedures

 Assists airport sponsors with commercial airline and air cargo service.  Manages statewide commercial air service research.  Serves the Director as agency legislative liaison.  Responsible for administering Virginia Aviation Regulations.  Program Manager for Virginia SATSLab.

Source: http://www.doav.state.va.us/directors%20office.htm

Assets

Exhibits A1 and A2 below gives usage statistics for Virginian airports. Commercial Service Airports Airport Associated City Region Enplanements 2001 National Ranking Washington Dulles Chantilly #3 8,484,112 27 Reagan National Arlington #3 7,517,811 32 Norfolk International Norfolk #7 1,478,687 73 Richmond International Richmond #4 1,187,681 81 Roanoke Regional Roanoke #2 304,265 142 Newport News/Wmbg. Newport News #7 206,750 168 Charlottesville/Albemarle Charlottesville #5 155,863 186 Lynchburg Regional Lynchburg #5 65,120 244 Shenandoah Regional Staunton #2 18,947 not ranked

General Aviation Airports - Reliever Airports Airport Associated City Region Annual Operations (Avg.) Based Aircraft Manassas Regional Manassas #3 150,015 375 Leesburg Executive Leesburg #3 91,980 219 Chesterfield County Chesterfield #6 75,555 115 Hampton Roads Exec. Portsmouth #7 73,730 146 Hanover County Ashland #4 59,495 77 Chesapeake Regional Chesapeake #7 42,340 68 Warrenton-Fauquier Warrenton #3 34,310 105 Stafford Regional Stafford #3 new airport 0

General Aviation Airports - Regional Airports Airport Associated City Region Annual Operations (Avg.) Based Aircraft Winchester Regional Winchester #3 60,590 81 Dinwiddie County Petersburg #6 35,040 69 Culpeper County Culpeper #3 24,820 88 Blue Ridge Airport Martinsville #2 22,630 60 Shannon Airport Fredericksburg #4 22,265 161 Danville Regional Danville #5 15,330 43 William M. Tuck Airport South Boston #5 14,965 20 Virginia Highlands Abingdon #1 14,965 55 New River Valley Regional Dublin #1 13,140 21 Suffolk Municipal Suffolk #7 10,585 48 Middle Reninsula Regional West Point #4 7,665 29 Farmville Regional Farmville #6 7,300 23 Emporia-Greensville Emporia #6 7,300 4 Accomack County Melfa #7 6,708 25 Lonesome Pine Wise #1 6,240 18 Ingalls Field Hot Springs #2 4,992 6 Tazewell County Richlands #1 3,450 12 Mecklenburg-Brunswick South Hill #6 996 10 Exhibit A1. Airport Usage Statistics Source: Information on the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Aviation Programs…An Overview. Brochure distributed by the Virginia Department of Aviation. Community Airports Airport Associated City Region Annual Operations (Avg.) Based Aircraft Blacksburg/Montgomery Co. Blacksburg #1 34,310 28 Blackstone AAF Blackstone #6 21,900 8 Orange Co. Orange #3 20,075 22 New Kent Co. Quinton #4 18,250 38 Williamsburg-Jamestown Williamsburg #7 17,885 52 Twin Co. Galax #1 16,790 12 Mountain Empire Marion #1 15,695 26 Luray Caverns Luray #3 10,222 9 Front Royal-Warren Co. Front Royal #3 8,395 32 Wakefield Municipal Wakefield #6 8,030 13 Marks Municipal Clarksville #5 7,020 4 Tangier Island Tangier #7 6,968 5 Franklin Municipal Franklin #7 6,864 12 Louisa Co-Freeman Field Louisa #4 6,240 32 Brookneal-Campbell Co. Brookneal #5 4,784 3 Lee Co. Pennington Gap #1 3,016 6

Local Service Airports Airport Associated City Region Annual Operations (Avg.) Based Aircraft Hummel Field Saluda #4 27,010 25 Tappahannock Muni. Tappahannock #4 13,140 13 New Market Airport New Markey #3 10,950 46 Eagle's Nest Airport Waynesboro #2 10,585 52 New London Forest #5 8,395 55 Smith Mountain Lake Moneta #2 8,030 12 Lawrenceville-Bruns. Lawrenceville #6 8,030 3 Falwell Airport Lynchburg #5 5,980 15 Crewe Municipal Crewe #6 5,824 10 Hartwood Airport Someville #3 4,784 10 Lunenburg Co. Kenbridge #6 4,420 2 Grundy Municipal Grundy #1 4,368 14 Gordonsville Muni. Gordonsville #3 4,316 11 Lake Ana Airport Bumpass #4 3,640 2 Chase City Muni. Chase City #5 3,224 5 Bridgewater Air Park Bridgewater #2 2,184 29 Exhibit A2. Airport Usage Statistics. Source: Information on the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Aviation Programs…An Overview. Brochure distributed by the Virginia Department of Aviation.

Exhibit A3 below summarizes the roles of Virginia airports.

Role Number of Facilities Commercial Service 9 Reliever 8 General Aviation - Regional 17 General Aviation - Community 17 Local Services 17 Exhibit A3. Role of Virginia airports. Source: The Virginia Air Transportation System Plan Update, 2003 Executive Summary  Fourteen commercial airports serve Virginia, including two of the nation's busiest: Washington Dulles International and Ronald Reagan Washington National.

Source: http://www.yesvirginia.org/corporate_location/vatrans.aspx

Exhibit A4 describes the economic impacts for Virginia Public-Use Airports.

Type of Impact Jobs Wages Economic Activity Total Economic Impacts 39092 $927,279,000 $2,415,286,000 Airport Dependent Business 23606 $773,179,000 $2,268,056,000 Sub-total of All Airports except Ronald Reagan Washington 62698 $1,700,458,000 $4,683,342,000 National and Dulles International Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (Virginia 35779 $1,026,891,000 $1,715,653,000 Impact) Dulles International Airport (Virginia Impact) 65961 $2,122,560,000 $4,368,960,000 Total Economic Impact for All VA Airports 227136 $6,550,367,000 $15,451,297,000

Exhibit A4 Total Economic Impact for Virginia Public-Use Airports. Source: 2003 Virginia Public-Use Airport Economic Impact Study.

Exhibits A5 and A6 below describe the economic impacts of each Virginian Airport. Exhibit A5 Total Airport Impacts. Source: 2003 Virginia Public-Use Airport Economic Impact Study. Exhibit A6 Total Airport Impacts. Source: 2003 Virginia Public-Use Airport Economic Impact Study.

Exhibits A7 and A8 show the runway characteristics of GA Airports in Virginia Exhibit A7 Primary Runway Length – GA Airports. Source: Virginia Air Transportation System Plan Update, 2003 Technical Report

Exhibit A8 Primary Runway Length – GA Airports. Source: Virginia Air Transportation System Plan Update, 2003 Technical Report Exhibits A9 and A10 display the auto parking characteristics of Virginia airports.

Exhibit A9 Unconstrained GA Auto Parking Requirements Forecast. Source: Virginia Air Transportation System Plan Update, 2003 Technical Report

Exhibit A10 Unconstrained GA Auto Parking Requirements Forecast. Source: Virginia Air Transportation System Plan Update, 2003 Technical Report Exhibit A11 displays the locations of airports in Virginia relative to the populations they serve.

Exhibit A11 Virginia Airport Service Areas. Source: Virginia Air Transportation System Plan Update, 2003 Technical Report

Source: Pavement Consultants, Inc., Commonwealth of Virginia Aviation Pavement Management Program, Final Report (January 2002). Prepared for Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Aviation by Pavement Consultants, Inc. 7530 Roosevelt Way, N.E., Seattle, Washington.

The following material addressing the condition of airport pavements across the Commonwealth is excerpted from Pavement Consultants, Inc. (2002).

The Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Aviation provides information to airport owners and operators throughout the Commonwealth that assists them in maintaining and operating their airports. The Department of Aviation has determined that having information on existing pavement condition would be beneficial. Each airport owner or operator makes frequent decisions about when pavement maintenance and rehabilitation activities should be completed so their pavements have an acceptable surface operational condition and adequate load-carrying capacity. To develop information to assist in making these decisions, Department of Aviation staff elected in the early 1990s to implement an Aviation Pavement Management Program for the Commonwealth's public use airports. Pavement evaluations were completed when developing this program and the MicroPAVER pavement maintenance management software was implemented. MicroPAVER uses the evaluation results to efficiently identify pavements requiring maintenance and repair, and to establish project priorities. The software also allows the user to assess overall pavement network condition, to prepare and forecast the budgets required to maintain the network at an acceptable condition level, and to identify required maintenance and repair activities.

Implementing an Aviation Pavement Management program for the public use airports in the Commonwealth allows the DOAV and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to assess overall airport pavement condition throughout the Commonwealth, and to determine pavement deterioration rates, both at individual airports and globally for the entire aviation system. The implemented Aviation Pavement Management Program assists the DOAV and the FAA in identifying feasible maintenance and repair strategies based on varying funding levels. This program enables the DOAV to best use the funds available for pavement maintenance and repair, and identifies projects that optimize overall pavement condition throughout the Commonwealth.

The objective of this project is to develop a planning tool for the Virginia Department of Aviation that uses a rational basis for making decisions about pavement condition and funding allocations for pavement improvement projects. This objective was accomplished by evaluating current pavement condition at 50 of the 61 public use airports located throughout the Commonwealth. The primary tasks undertaken to evaluation current pavement condition at each airport were: network identification, pavement condition survey, and MicroPAVER pavement maintenance management software implementation.

Secondarily, the Program is to serve airport sponsors and the FAA in meeting pavement management compliance requirements. As a result of Public Law 103-305, which amends Title 49, section 47105, of the United States Code, the FAA incorporated into all Airport Improvement Program (AIP) grants an additional grant assurance. This assurance, Number 11, requires that any airport sponsor receiving or requesting a grant for a pavement improvement project must have a pavement maintenance-management program. To provide airport sponsors with guidance on developing a pavement maintenance-management program the FAA issued Program Guidance Letter (PGL) 95- 2. This PGL identified four main components required to make up a satisfactory pavement maintenance-management program. These four components are: pavement inventory, inspection schedule, record keeping, information retrieval. A recent report (Pavement Consultants, Inc. 2002) presents the results of the pavement evaluations conducted for the airports. A pavement condition index (PCI) survey was performed to provide engineers and managers with a numerical value indicating overall pavement condition, and that reflects both pavement structural integrity and operational surface condition. The PCI survey is performed by quantifying the amount and severity of certain defined distresses observed within a sample unit. Various nature of distresses (e.g., alligator cracking, block cracking, corrugation, depression, rutting shoving, swell) are attributed to loading, climate/durability, and other (e.g., fuel spills) causes. Exhibit A12 summarizes the pavement condition results by facility type and rank. The PCI is interpreted as follows: Maximum 100, Excellent > 85, Very good > 70, Good > 55, Fair > 40, Poor > 25, Very poor > 10, Fail > 0.

Exhibit A12. Commonwealth of Virginia airport pavement condition survey results (Pavement Consultants Inc. 2002) Use Rank Area- Area (1000sf) # Sections weighted PCI* All All 70 63,022 1,042 Primary 72 58,189 958 Secondary 54 3, 892 72 Tertiary 20 940 12 Apron All 67 14,545 265 Primary 68 14,196 261 Secondary 36 348 4 Tertiary -- -- 0 Runway All 71 34,304 243 Primary 74 30,477 206 Secondary 56 2,916 27 Tertiary 18 910 10 Taxiway All 71 14,172 534 Primary 72 3,515 491 Secondary 54 627 41 Tertiary 78 30 2

Small Aircraft Transportation System and SATSLab

"The SATS vision calls for safe, affordable, fast and easy to operate aircraft constructed with strong, light weight composites; powered by reliable and inexpensive to operate engines; and guided by high tech instrumentation and controls. Requirements for airports include accessibility, the availability of reliable aeronautical services, and intermodal connectivity."

The National Institute for Aviation Research is conducting a NASA sponsored survey about the Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS).

Source: http://www.doav.state.va.us/projects.htm More pertinent information is available from the Virginia Air Transportation System Plan Update, 2003 Technical Report, which can be included in future efforts for a more comprehensive evaluation of aviation assets. This includes, but is not limited to:

Based Aircraft Fleet Mix Primary Taxiway Requirements Aircraft Storage Distribution T-Hangers Conventional Hangar Space (sf) Apron Area (sf) GA Terminal Space (sf) Precision Approach Capability Requirements Runway Lighting RTR/GCO/RCO Vertical Guidance Visual Aids Runway End Identification Lights AWOS/ASOS Corporate Jet Airports

These items have been identified through usage of the Virginia Air Transportation System Plan Update, Technical Report.