San Manuel Airport Layout Plan Update and Narrative Report
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Draft Working Paper No. 1 INVENTORY OF EXISTING CONDITIONS AND FORECASTS OF AVIATION ACTIVITY San Manuel Airport Layout Plan PREPARED BY: Update & Narrative Report SAN MANUEL, ARIZONA | AUGUST 2020 DRAFT Airport Layout Plan Update Narrative Report - Working Paper No.1 Prepared for: San Manuel Airport (E77) San Manuel, Pinal County, Arizona August 2020 Prepared by: 7878 North 16th Street Suite 300 Phoenix, Arizona 85020 P. 602.957.1155 F. 602.957.2838 www.dibblecorp.com Dibble Project No. 1016114.02 SAN MANUEL AIRPORT | AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN UPDATE NARRATIVE REPORT Table of Contents Section 1— Introduction ___________________________________________________ 1–1 1.1 Background __________________________________________________________ 1–1 1.2 ALP Update Narrative Report Objective ____________________________________ 1–3 Section 2— Inventory of Existing Conditions _________________________________ 2–1 2.1 Airport Service Level and Role ___________________________________________ 2–1 2.2 Federal and State Grant Histories _________________________________________ 2–2 2.3 Airport Design Standards _______________________________________________ 2–2 2.4 Airside Inventory ______________________________________________________ 2–7 2.5 Landside Inventory ___________________________________________________ 2–11 2.6 Airport Environs _____________________________________________________ 2–16 2.7 Summary of Non-Standard Conditions ____________________________________ 2–19 Section 3— Forecasts of Aviation Activity_____________________________________ 3–1 3.1 Review of Current Activity ______________________________________________ 3–1 3.2 Summary of Existing Forecasts ___________________________________________ 3–3 3.3 ALP Update Recommended Forecast ______________________________________ 3–8 3.4 Based Aircraft Forecast _________________________________________________ 3–8 3.5 Annual Operations Forecast ____________________________________________ 3–10 3.6 Peak Activity ________________________________________________________ 3–11 3.7 Summary of Preferred Forecasts _________________________________________ 3–12 3.8 Critical Aircraft Determination __________________________________________ 3–14 ii SAN MANUEL AIRPORT | AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN UPDATE NARRATIVE REPORT List of Tables Table 2-1 FAA and ADOT 5-year Grant Histories ................................................................................. 2–2 Table 2-2 FAA AAC/ADG Characteristics .............................................................................................. 2–3 Table 2-3 Runway Design Code Components .......................................................................................... 2–4 Table 2-4 Existing Runway Dimensional Standards ................................................................................ 2–7 Table 2-5 Existing Runway Data Table ...................................................................................................... 2–8 Table 2-6 Existing Taxiway Data Table ..................................................................................................... 2–9 Table 2-7 Visual NAVAIDs ....................................................................................................................... 2–10 Table 2-8 Existing 14 CFR Part 77 Imaginary Surfaces ........................................................................ 2–16 Table 2-9 Non-Standard Conditions – 2015 Airport Master Plan ...................................................... 2–19 Table 3-1 Existing Based Aircraft and Annual Operations (Baseline) .................................................. 3–3 Table 3-2 Based Aircraft Forecast .............................................................................................................. 3–8 Table 3-3 Based Aircraft Fleet Mix Forecast .......................................................................................... 3–10 Table 3-4 Annual GA Operations Forecast ............................................................................................ 3–11 Table 3-5 San Manuel Airport Peak Activity Forecast .......................................................................... 3–12 Table 3-6 Preferred Forecasts (PF)/TAF Forecast Comparison (2020-2040) ................................... 3–13 List of Figures Figure 1-1 Airport Location and Vicinity Map......................................................................................... 1–2 Figure 2-1 Northwest Taxiway A Pavement Cracks ................................................................................ 2–9 Figure 2-2 Airport Inventory Map ........................................................................................................... 2–15 Figure 2-3 14 CFR Part 77 Imaginary Surfaces ...................................................................................... 2–17 Figure 2-4 Existing Zoning and Land Use .............................................................................................. 2–18 Figure 3-1 2015 AMP Forecast Summary ................................................................................................. 3–4 Figure 3-2 Based Aircraft Forecasts for San Manuel Airport (2020-2040) .......................................... 3–6 Figure 3-3 Annual Operations Forecasts for San Manuel Airport (2020-2040) .................................. 3–6 Figure 3-4 Existing Based Aircraft Fleet Mix ........................................................................................... 3–9 Appendices Appendix A Reserved Appendix B San Manuel Airport Peak Activity Calculations iii SAN MANUEL AIRPORT | AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN UPDATE NARRATIVE REPORT Section 1— Introduction 1.1 Background The rural community of San Manuel is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pinal County, Arizona located 45 miles northeast of Tucson on State Highway 76 (south of Highway 77 between Mammoth and Oracle). The community itself dates to 1881 when the first copper mines were opened. However, it wasn’t until the Magma Copper Company began operation in 1944 that the need for employee housing and other services in the near vicinity developed. After completion of the master-planned community constructed by Del E. Webb Construction Co., the town was officially founded in 1953. All mining and smelter operations ceased in 2003. According to the 2010 Census, the town’s population was 3,551 at that time. Today the area is enjoyed for its local recreational activities, such as hunting, hiking, and off-roading; the area is also a popular retirement community. The San Manuel Airport (E77) is located two miles north of the community of San Manuel at the intersection of Highway 76 and Avenida de Aviacion. The Airport is a general aviation (GA), public- use facility owned and operated by the Pinal County Airport Economic Development Department. It is one of two airports owned and operated by Pinal County; they also oversee Pinal Airpark approximately 40 miles to the southwest. The Airport property encompasses approximately 176acres. Figure 1-1 depicts the Airport’s location within Arizona and its vicinity to San Manuel within Pinal County. 1–1 SAN MANUEL AIRPORT | AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN UPDATE NARRATIVE REPORT Figure 1-1 Airport Location and Vicinity Map Source: Dibble Engineering, June 2020 1–2 SAN MANUEL AIRPORT | AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN UPDATE NARRATIVE REPORT 1.2 ALP Update Narrative Report Objective The San Manuel Airport (the Airport or E77) underwent a comprehensive airport master planning process that began in 2014 and ended in April 2015 with the final publication of the San Manuel Airport Master Plan. As a part of the Airport Master Plan (AMP), an updated Airport Layout Plan (ALP) depicting proposed future development was included within the report. The future development shown in the ALP was based upon the forecasted need and existing facilities and services that were available at the Airport at that time. A typical master plan outlines the future development of an airport, and includes several components: identification of existing conditions, forecasting, determining facility requirements, development alternatives analysis, recommended improvements, and capital improvement schedules and funding mechanisms and can also include a significant public involvement program. Airport master plans are typically updated by airport sponsors every 10-12 years, and because of their complexity can often take up to two years to complete. An ALP documents the Master Plan’s recommended improvements over time, and as such, is used as a planning and funding tool by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to prioritize and plan for funding of airport capital improvement projects at airports over a 20-year planning horizon. Thus, any airport that uses FAA Airport Capital Improvement (AIP) funding are bound by Federal Grant Assurance 29 under the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 which requires an airport keep its ALP updated at all times. For example, recently completed construction projects that change the geometry of the airfield, the addition of a new facility, or the acquisition of land into airport property, would warrant an update to the ALP. Other instances that may facilitate a change on the ALP include proposed development depicted on the plan that either is no longer considered necessary to meet the forecasted aviation demand or no longer meets updated FAA design criteria. Six years have passed since the AMP’s aviation demand forecasts for the Airport were under development, and in that time the Airport has not