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NextGEN Airspace Optimization Study Puget Sound Regional Council NextGEN Airspace Optimization Study BridgeNet International Team BridgeNet International Tetra Tech AMT Mead & Hunt Synergy Consultants Thales Puget Sound Regional Council Funding for this document provided in part by member jurisdictions, grants from U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, Federal Highway Administration and Washington State Department of Transportation. PSRC fully com- plies with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and related statutes and regulations in all programs and activities. For more information, or to obtain a Title VI Complaint Form, see http://www.psrc.org/about/public/titlevi or call 206-587-4819. 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Additional copies of this document may be obtained by contacting: Puget Sound Regional Council Information Center 1011 Western Avenue, Suite 500 Seattle, Washington 98104-1035 206-464-7532 • [email protected] • psrc.org • MAY 2016 NextGen Airspace Optimization Study ______________________________________________ Table of Contents Executive Summary ……………………………………………………………………………….………………………………….…………….v Introduction …………………………………………………………..………………………………………………….…………………………. xii How to Use This Report ………………………………….…………………………………………………………………………………... xiii Chapter 1 Key Issues for General Aviation Airports ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 1.1 1.1 NextGen Overview ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 1.1 1.1.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 1.1 1.1.2 Next Gen Programs .................................................................................................................... 1.2 ADS‐B Services ........................................................................................................................... 1.2 WAAS Progress .......................................................................................................................... 1.5 PBN Navigation .......................................................................................................................... 1.7 Data Communications ............................................................................................................... 1.8 1.2 Project Study Area .......................................................................................................................... 1.9 1.3 Heliports with Instrument Procedures ......................................................................................... 1.10 1.4 Key Airspace Issues in the Puget Sound Region ........................................................................... 1.14 1.5 Causes of Airspace Issues ............................................................................................................. 1.15 1.6 Resource Guide…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..……………1.16 Chapter 2 Inventory of Existing Information ……………………………………………..……………………………………………………… 2.1 2.1 Existing Activity Levels .................................................................................................................... 2.1 2.2 Historic Radar Data .................................................................................................................. 2.4 2.3 Determine Traffic Segregation by Operation ................................................................................. 2.4 2.4 Assess General Aviation Flight Tracks ....................................................................................... 2.5 2.5 Define Airspace Interaction ............................................................................................................ 2.6 2.6 Military Operating Areas .............................................................................................................. 2.12 2.7 Inventory Weather ....................................................................................................................... 2.14 2.8 Inventory Existing Airspace Facilities ............................................................................................ 2.15 2.9 Existing Procedures ................................................................................................................. 2.19 2.10 Avionics Equipage ......................................................................................................................... 2.25 2.11 Preliminary Identified Airspace Constraints ................................................................................. 2.27 i | Page NextGen Airspace Optimization Study ______________________________________________ Chapter 3 Evaluate Airspace Actions .......................................................................................................................... 3.1 3.1 Airspace Constraints ....................................................................................................................... 3.1 3.2 Potential Actions............................................................................................................................. 3.2 3.3 Puget Sound Regional Airspace - GA Airports ................................................................................ 3.4 3.3.1 T Routes over Cascades, East and West Bound ......................................................................... 3.4 3.3.2 RNAV Standard Instrument Departures (SID) for General Aviation Airports ............................ 3.7 3.4 King County Airport ...................................................................................................................... 3.13 3.4.1 RNAV (GPS) Approach during Plan C ....................................................................................... 3.13 3.5 Renton Municipal Airport ............................................................................................................. 3.16 3.5.1 RNAV (GPS) Approach, Runway 34 .......................................................................................... 3.16 3.5.2 RNP-AR Approach, Runway 16 ................................................................................................ 3.19 3.6 Paine Field .................................................................................................................................... 3.22 3.6.1T or Y Transitions for RNAV (GPS) Arrival, Runway 34R .............................................................. 3.22 Chapter 4 Evaluate Airspace Actions …………………………………………………………………….…………………………………...………..4.1 4.1 Obstacle Sources & Terminology ………………….………………………………………………………………….....……4.3 4.2 Runway Threshold Siting Surface (TSS) Evaluation ........................................................................ 4.4 4.2.1 Auburn Municipal Airport (S50) ................................................................................................. 4.8 4.2.2 Boeing Field – King County International Airport (KBFI) ........................................................... 4.8 4.2.3 Bremerton National Airport (KPWT) ........................................................................................ 4.10 4.2.4 Crest Airpark (S36) ................................................................................................................... 4.10 4.2.5 Harvey Field (S43) .................................................................................................................... 4.11 4.2.6 Renton Municipal Airport (RNT) .............................................................................................. 4.11 4.2.7 Snohomish County Airport – Paine Field (PAE) ....................................................................... 4.13 4.2.8 Tacoma Narrows (TIW) ............................................................................................................ 4.14 4.2.9 Pierce County Airport – Thun Field (PLU) ................................................................................ 4.14 Chapter 5 Next Steps ………………………………………………………………………………………………………..………………………..……... 5.1 5.1 Implementation One: Airport Approach Surfaces .......................................................................... 5.1 5.2 Implementation Two: Promote NextGen and GA in Puget Sound ................................................. 5.1 5.3 Implementation Three: NextGen Enhancements for Implementation Package to the FAA .......... 5.2 5.4 Implementation Four: Promote Other Available Options .............................................................. 5.2 List of Tables 1.1 Study Area Airports ………………………………………………………………………………………….……………………… 1.9 1.2 Heliports Located in the Study Area ……………………………….…………………………………………………….. 1.13 1.3 Airspace Issues…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………1.14 1.4 Causes of Airspace Issues…………………………………………………………………………………………………………1.15 2.1 Aircraft Activity Levels for 2013 by Airport……………………………….……………………….………..…………… 2.2 2.2 Towered Airport Operations for 2013 ………………………………..……………………………………….……...….. 2.3 ii | P a g e NextGen Airspace Optimization Study ______________________________________________ 2.3