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I     The initial step in the preparation of the Coolidge Municipal Airport’s role in the Airport Master Plan for Coolidge regional, state, and national aviation Municipal Airport is the collection of systems, and development that has taken information pertaining to the airport and the place recently at the airport. area it serves. The information summarized in this chapter will be used in subsequent Population and other significant analyses in this study. It includes: socioeconomic data which can provide an indication of future trends that could Physical inventories and descriptions of influence aviation activity at the airport. the facilities and services currently provided at the airport, including the A review of existing local and regional regional airspace, air traffic control, and plans and studies to determine their aircraft operating procedures. potential influence on the development and implementation of the Airport Background information pertaining to Master Plan. the City of Coolidge, Pinal County, and surrounding areas, including The information in this chapter was descriptions of the regional climate and obtained from several sources, including on-site surface transportation systems. inspections, interviews with City staff and airport tenants, airport records, related studies, the

1-1 Federal Aviation Administration population of 350,558 in 2008. Pinal (FAA), the Arizona Department of County contains part of the Tohono Transportation (ADOT) – Aeronautics O’odham National Native American Group, and a number of internet sites. Reservation, Gila River Indian Reser- A complete listing of the data sources vation, San Carlos Apache Indian is provided at the end of this chapter. Reservation, and Ak-Chin Indian Community. The geography and economy of the County can be divided AIRPORT into two regions. The eastern portion CHARACTERISTICS is inhabitated with mountainous ter- rain lending itself to mining and mil- The purpose of this section is to sum- ling. The western area, including the marize various studies and data col- City of Coolidge, is made up primarily lected to provide an understanding of of desert valleys and irrigated agricul- the characteristics of the airport and ture. the regional area. Within this section is a description of the airport setting, The City of Coolidge has a diversified airport ownership and management, economic base that includes manufac- the airport’s development and capital turing, trade, and services. It is also improvement history, the ground the commercial center of Arizona’s cot- access systems near the airport, land ton industry. The recent expansion use and zoning around the airport, the and diversification of the local area local climate, and the airport’s role. has been facilitated by its location in a major growth corridor between Phoe- nix and Tucson, near the junction of AIRPORT SETTING Interstate Highways 8 and 10. Coo- lidge is home to the Casa Grande As illustrated on Exhibit 1A, Coo- Ruins National Monument, which pre- serves an ancient Hohokam farming lidge Municipal Airport is located ap- community and “Great House.” proximately five miles southeast of Created as the nation’s first archeolog- downtown Coolidge. Situated on ap- ical reserve in 1892, the site was de- proximately 1,268 acres of land at clared a National Monument in 1918. 1,574 feet above mean sea level (MSL), the airport serves as one of five gener- al aviation public-use airport facilities in Pinal County. OWNERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT The City of Coolidge is located in west- central Pinal County. Pinal County Coolidge Municipal Airport is owned, encompasses approximately 5,374 operated, and maintained by the City square miles of land in south-central of Coolidge. The City’s Aviation Plan- Arizona. Coolidge, with an estimated ner is responsible for the day-to-day population of 12,311 residents, made administration and operation of the up 3.5 percent of the total County airport.

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87 Sun City Glendale Phoenix Scottsdale Avondale Mesa Buckeye Tempe 60 Chandler Superior 202 60

79 177 10 87 PINAL

Florence 387 Gila Bend CoolidgeCoolidge COOLIDGE Casa Grande 287 MUNICIPAL AIRPORT 87 Eloy 79

E Javelina COOLIDGE N Bellrose St 10 Coolidge Ave. E Kenilworth Rd N Nafziger Rd 79 N England Rd Marana

Southern Pacific

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Exhibit 1A LOCATION MAP AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT Today, Coolidge Municipal Airport has HISTORY a full service fixed base operator (FBO) that provides a wide range of Development of the present-day Coo- general aviation services. Coolidge lidge Municipal Airport began in the Municipal Airport has also become a early 1940s by the U.S. Department of base for aviation businesses that spe- the Army. Originally constructed as cialize in parachute training opera- an air transport command base, Coo- tions as well as aerial disaster relief. lidge Army Airfield served as an aux- iliary operating base for Williams Field during World War II. The origi- CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT nal airfield was constructed with three HISTORY runways in a triangular configuration. Of these three runways, two remain: To assist in funding capital improve- Runway 17-35 and Runway 5-23. ments at Coolidge Municipal Airport, Numerous support facilities were con- the FAA and ADOT – Aeronautics structed, of which a large conventional Group has provided funding assis- hangar still remains. On January 19, tance to the City of Coolidge through 1950, the airfield was transferred to the Airport Improvement Program Pinal County since the airfield was no (AIP) and the Arizona Aviation Fund. longer needed by the U.S. Department The AIP is funded through the Avia- of the Army. Pinal County owned and tion Trust Fund, which was estab- operated the airport until March 2, lished in 1970 to provide funding for 1959, when the City of Coolidge offi- aviation capital investment programs cially obtained ownership of the air- (aviation development, facilities and port from the County. equipment, and research and devel- opment). The Trust Fund also fin- From 1962 until July 1992, operations ances a portion of the operation of the at the airport were dominated by FAA. It is funded by user fees, taxes training activities of T-37 jet aircraft on airline tickets, aviation fuel, and at Williams Air Force Base. The Air various aircraft parts. The Arizona Force had a lease agreement with the Aviation Fund is supplied by taxes le- City of Coolidge for four parcels of vied by the state on aviation fuel, land and joint use of the main run- flight property, aircraft registration ways and taxiways in return for the tax, and registration fees. continued maintenance and upkeep of the main runway and taxiway. In ad- Table 1A summarizes more than $1.1 dition, they constructed several facili- million in capital improvement ties along the runway and apron to projects undertaken at Coolidge Mu- support their operations. The Air nicipal Airport since the completion of Force lease was terminated in July the previous Master Plan in 1997. 1992 and Williams Air Force Base was closed in 1993.

1-3 TABLE 1A Recent Capital Improvement Projects Coolidge Municipal Airport AIP Grant ADOT Grant Total Number Number Project Description Grant Funds Rehabilitate aircraft parking apron; Install 4 E6F52 PAPI; Miscellaneous airfield lighting; Demolition $969,424 of VASI. 5 E9F04 Airport master plan update. $156,377 Total Grant Funds $1,125,801 Source: Airport records

ACCESS AND CIRCULATION tion of Coolidge Airport Road are ul- timately planned to be widened to six The airport is located approximately lanes to accommodate increased traffic six miles south of the Coolidge- flows. The ultimate recommended Florence Highway (Arizona Highway functional road classifications in the 287), six miles east of Arizona High- region are depicted on Exhibit 1B. way 87, and seven miles west of Ari- According to this recommended road zona Highway 79. Interstate Highway classification plan, a proposed north- 10, which connects Phoenix and Tuc- south freeway corridor has been iden- son, can be accessed from the airport tified from Apache Junction to Coo- by heading south on Highway 87 or lidge. This proposed freeway is heading northwest on Highway 287 aligned immediately west of Coolidge and connecting with Highway 387. Municipal Airport. If this freeway alignment were to become reality, Coolidge Airport Road, a two-lane along with easier roadway access to roadway, provides vehicle access to the airport, it could bring significant the airport from the north, where it economic development to areas adja- intersects with Kenilworth Road. Ke- cent to the airport. nilworth Road is a two-lane roadway, which becomes Cactus Forest Road east of the intersection with Coolidge LAND USE Airport Road. Kenilworth Road pro- vides a transportation route to the The land surrounding Coolidge Munic- City of Coolidge going west, where it ipal Airport is currently owned by the turns into Coolidge Avenue and Arizo- Arizona State Land Department or the na Highway 79 to the east. Bureau of Land Management and is under the jurisdiction of Pinal County. According to the 2008 Coolidge- A land use plan, shown on Exhibit Florence Regional Transportation 1C, was prepared in the 2007 City of Study, the traffic flow along Kenil- Coolidge General Plan. This map worth Road is typically unrestricted. shows the airport and immediate sur- Due to the projected urban sprawl of rounding area designated for “Indus- the Phoenix Metropolitan area, Ke- trial” uses. Adjacent land uses include nilworth Road and a significant por- “Mixed Use,” “Commerce Park,” 1-4 06MP12-1B-8/19/09

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Exhibit 1B RECOMMENDED FUNCTIONAL ROAD CLASSIFICATION 06MP12-1C-8/19/09

COOLIDGE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT

Source: 2007 City of Coolidge General Plan

*Proposed freeways and arterials do not account for existing planned development, current roadway alignments, or vertical structures and should not be construed as centerline or roadway alignments.

Exhibit 1C LAND USE PLAN “Parks, or Open Space,” and “Master height and hazard zoning, avigation Planned Community.” The “Master easements, or fee simple acquisition. Planned Community” is located east and south of the airport and is partial- ly encompassed by a “Protection CLIMATE Zone,” which would serve to protect the approach paths into the airport. Weather plays an important role in the operational capabilities of an air- port. Temperature is an important AIRPORT HEIGHT factor in determining runway length AND HAZARD ZONING required for aircraft operations. Tem- peratures typically range from 65 to Height and hazard zoning establishes 105 degrees Fahrenheit (F) during the height limits for new construction summer months. The hottest month near the airport and within the run- is typically July with an average high way approaches. It is based upon an of 105.5 degrees. August is the wet- approach plan which describes artifi- test month averaging 1.4 inches of cial surfaces defining the edges of air- precipitation annually. January is the space, which are to remain free of ob- coldest month with average minimum structions for the purpose of safe air temperatures around 37.3 degrees. A navigation. It requires that anyone summary of mean monthly tempera- who is proposing to construct or alter tures and precipitation is presented in an object that affects airspace must Table 1B. notify the FAA prior to its construc- tion. THE AIRPORT’S SYSTEM ROLE Height restrictions are necessary to ensure that objects will not impair Airport planning exists on many le- flight safety or decrease the opera- vels: local, regional, and national. tional capability of the airport. Title Each level has a different emphasis 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations and purpose. This Master Plan is the (CFR) Part 77, Objects Affecting Na- primary local airport planning docu- vigable Airspace, defines a series of ment. imaginary surfaces surrounding air- ports. The imaginary surfaces consist The previous Coolidge Municipal Air- of the approach zones, conical zones, port Master Plan was approved in transitional zones, and horizontal 1997. The previous Master Plan rec- zones. Objects such as trees, towers, ommended maintaining the existing buildings, or roads which penetrate runway system as-is, meeting design any of these surfaces are considered by standards to accommodate the most the FAA to be an obstruction to air common business turboprop and tur- navigation. The City of Coolidge bojet aircraft. It was recommended should adhere to and support the that the abandoned taxiway leading to height restriction guidelines as set the Runway 35 threshold be forth in 14 CFR Part 77. Height re- strictions can be accomplished through 1-5 reconstructed so that aircraft would Landside improvements recommended not be required to back-taxi on the included hangar developments and the runway. Precision approach path in- installation of a self-service fuel isl- dicator (PAPI) approach lighting sys- and. Since the previous Master Plan, tems were recommended to replace the several new hangars have been con- visual approach slope indicator lights structed and the self-service fuel facil- in place on the ends of Runway 5-23. ity was installed in 2003. This project was completed in 2006.

TABLE 1B Temperature and Precipitation Data Coolidge, AZ Temperature (Fahrenheit) Mean Maximum Mean Minimum Precipitation (Inches) January 66.4 37.3 1.0 February 70.9 39.9 1.0 March 76.5 43.5 1.0 April 85.2 49.0 0.4 May 94.3 56.4 0.2 June 103.5 65.2 0.1 July 105.5 74.9 1.2 August 103.1 73.4 1.4 September 99.7 67.2 0.9 October 89.0 54.9 0.7 November 76.1 43.6 0.8 December 67.2 37.8 1.3 Annual 86.5 53.6 10.0 Source: Western Regional Climate Center Note: Nearest weather data available from Florence, AZ

At the state level, Coolidge Municipal mary Commercial Service airports, Airport is included in the 2008 Arizo- three Commercial Service airports, na State Airports System Plan (SASP). eight Reliever airports, 38 General The purpose of the SASP is to provide Aviation airports, and 24 non-NPIAS a framework for the integrated plan- airports. Coolidge Municipal Airport ning, operation, and development of is included in the General Aviation Arizona’s aviation assets. The SASP airports category. defines the specific role of each airport in the state’s aviation system and es- At the national level, Coolidge Munic- tablishes funding needs. The SASP ipal Airport is a part of the FAA’s Na- provides policy guidelines that pro- tional Plan of Integrated Airport Sys- mote and maintain a safe aviation sys- tems (NPIAS). Inclusion within the tem in the state, assess the state’s air- NPIAS is required to be eligible for port capital improvement needs, and Federal Airport Improvement Pro- identify resources and strategies to gram (AIP) funding. Coolidge Munici- implement the plan. Coolidge Munici- pal Airport is classified as a general pal Airport is one of 83 airports in the aviation (GA) airport in the NPIAS. 2008 SASP, which includes nine Pri- There are 3,356 existing and 55 pro-

1-6 posed airports included in the NPIAS. Runway 5-23 is the longest at 5,562 Coolidge Municipal Airport is one of feet long and 150 feet wide. Runway 59 NPIAS Arizona airports, and one of 5-23 is oriented northeast-southwest 39 of the state airports with a GA and has a strength rating of 80,000 classification. pounds single wheel loading (SWL), 115,000 pounds dual wheel loading (DWL), and 210,000 pounds dual tan- AIRPORT FACILITIES dem wheel loading (DTWL). SWL re- fers to aircraft with a single wheel on Airport facilities can be functionally each main landing gear, DWL refers to classified into two broad categories: aircraft having dual wheels on each airside and landside. The airside cat- main landing gear, and DTWL refers egory includes those facilities directly to aircraft having two sets of dual associated with aircraft operations. wheels on each main landing gear. The landside category includes those The runway slopes from its low point facilities necessary to provide a safe of 1,548 feet MSL on the southwest transition from surface to air trans- end, to a high point of 1,574 feet MSL portation and support aircraft servic- on the northeast end. Thus, the run- ing, storage, maintenance, and opera- way gradient (elevation difference be- tional safety. tween runway high and low points di- vided by the length of the runway) is 0.5 percent. AIRSIDE FACILITIES Runway 17-35 is oriented north-south Airside facilities include runways, tax- and has a length of 3,871 feet and a iways, airfield lighting, and naviga- width of 75 feet. Runway 17-35 is tional aids. Airside facilities are iden- strength rated at 17,000 pounds SWL. tified on Exhibit 1D. Table 1C The slope of the runway rises from the summarizes airside facility data. north end to the south end resulting in a gradient of 0.3 percent.

Runways1 Taxiways Coolidge Municipal Airport is served by a dual asphalt runway system. The existing taxiway system (labeled Taxiways 1 through 5 for initial plan- ning purposes per the previous Airport 1 During this study, it was revealed that the pub- Layout Plan) at Coolidge Municipal lished runway lengths associated with Runway Airport is shown on Exhibit 1D. Tax- 5-23 and 17-35 vary depending on the particular iway 1, which has a pavement width of publication. An official survey of the airport was conducted as part of the Master Plan that estab- 40 feet, runs parallel to the north half lished primary and secondary airport controls. of Runway 17-35 at a runway/taxiway Based upon the survey results, Runway 5-23 is centerline separation distance of 525 5,562 feet long and Runway 17-35 is 3,871 feet feet. Taxiway 2 has a pavement width long. For the remainder of this study, these runway lengths are used to reflect the official of 50 feet and serves as a connector survey data gathered. 1-7 taxiway from Taxiway 1 to Runway addition to these taxiways, a portion of 17-35. Taxiway 3 has a width of 50 the closed northwest-southeast run- feet and connects Taxiway 1 to the in- way is utilized in order for aircraft to tersection of Runways 5-23 and 17-35. gain access to/from aviation-related Taxiway 4 has a width of 50 feet and landside facilities located on the is essentially the continuation of Tax- southeast portion of the airport to be iway 2 on the west side of Runway 17- discussed later in this chapter. It 35 extending to the Runway 5 thre- should also be noted that site prepara- shold. Taxiway 5 has a width of 40 tion has been completed for a proposed feet and serves as a connecting tax- taxiway extending east from Taxiway iway from Taxiway 1 to the Runway 2 that would provide aircraft access to 23 threshold. Taxiways 1, 3, and 5 existing landside development east of provide direct access to the main air- the terminal area. craft parking apron at the airport. In

TABLE 1C Airside Facility Data Coolidge Municipal Airport Runway 5-23 Runway 17-35 Length (ft.) 5,562 3,871 Width (ft.) 150 75 Surface Material Asphalt Asphalt Load Bearing Strength (lbs.) Single Wheel Loading (SWL) 80,000 17,000 Dual Wheel Loading (DWL) 115,000 N/A Dual Tandem Wheel Loading (DTWL) 210,000 N/A Instrument Approach Procedures VOR/DME (5), GPS (23) None Runway Edge Lighting Medium Intensity None Pavement Markings Non-Precision Visual Taxiway Edge Lighting Medium Intensity None Approach Aids Rwy 5 Rwy 23 Rwy 17 Rwy 35 Global Positioning System (GPS) No Yes No No Precision Approach Path Indicator (PAPI) Yes Yes No No Visual Approach Slope Indicators (VASI) No No No No Runway End Identifier Lights (REIL) No No No No Approach Lighting System (ALS) No No No No End Elevation (ft. MSL) 1,548 1,574 1,563 1,573 Fixed-Wing Aircraft Traffic Pattern Left Right Right Left Airport Traffic Pattern Altitude (ft. MSL) 2,574 Weather or Navigational Aids AWOS-III (at CGZ); Segmented Circle; Wind Cone; Rotating Beacon Source: ASIS Data Sheet Systems, 5010 Airport Master Record VOR/DME – Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range with Distance Measuring Equipment GPS – Global Positioning System AWOS – Automated Weather Observation System MSL – Mean Sea Level CGZ – Casa Grande Municipal Airport

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Exhibit 1D AIRSIDE FACILITIES Pavement Condition Runway 17-35 was described as being in “relatively good condition” with a As a condition of receiving federal PCI rating of 78. Moderate amounts funds for the development of the air- of weathering and raveling were re- port, the FAA requires the airport ported along with small amounts of sponsor receiving and/or requesting longitudinal and transverse cracking. federal funds for pavement improve- ment projects to implement a pave- Taxiways 2, 4, and the southernmost ment maintenance management pro- portion of Taxiway 1 were found to be gram. in “very good condition” receiving a PCI rating of 82. Taxiways 3, 5, and Part of the pavement maintenance the northernmost portion of Taxiway 1 management program is to develop a received a PCI rating of 42 and were Pavement Condition Index (PCI) rat- described as being in “poor condition” ing. The rating is based on the guide- with extensive amounts of block crack- lines contained in FAA Advisory Cir- ing, moderate amounts of raveling and cular 150/5380-6, Guidelines and Pro- weathering, and small amounts of cedures for Maintenance of Airport patching and shoving. The apron was Pavements. described as being in “fair condition” with large amounts of longitudinal, The PCI procedure was developed to transverse, and diagonal cracking re- collect data that would provide engi- ceiving a PCI rating of 66. The han- neers and managers with a numerical gar apron located northeast of the value indicating overall pavement FBO facilities had recently been con- conditions. It would also reflect both structed and was described as being in pavement structural integrity and op- “excellent condition” receiving a PCI erational surface condition. A PCI rating of 100. survey is performed by measuring the amount and severity of certain dis- The Arizona Pavement Preservation tresses (defects) observed within a Program (APPP), which provides pavement sample unit. pavement repair recommendations, lists the following projects: In March 2006, a pavement inspection was conducted at Coolidge Municipal  Mill/replace PFC Runway 17-35 Airport by the Arizona Department of  PCC reseal/spall apron Transportation. The center portion of  Seal coat Runway 5-23 Runway 5-23 was found to be in “good”  Seal coat hangar apron condition with a PCI rating of 90 out  Seal coat portions of active of a possible 100. The outer portion of taxiways the runway was in “fair” condition and received a PCI rating of 64 with large It should be noted that during the amounts of low-severity block cracking consultant’s inventory trip to the air- reported. port, several portions of existing run-

1-9 way and taxiway pavement at the air- Pilot-Controlled Lighting: Airfield port contained large cracks with for- lighting systems can be controlled eign object debris (FOD) that will need through a pilot-controlled lighting sys- to be addressed in the future. tem (PCL). PCL allows pilots to turn on or increase the intensity of the air- field lighting systems from the aircraft Airfield Lighting with the use of the aircraft’s radio transmitter. The Runway 5-23 MIRL Airfield lighting systems extend an and available taxiway lighting are airport’s usefulness into periods of connected to the PCL system at Coo- darkness and/or poor visibility. A va- lidge Municipal Airport. This PCL riety of lighting systems are installed system can be activated using the air- at the airport and summarized as fol- port’s common traffic advisory fre- lows. quency (CTAF) 123.075 MHz.

Identification Lighting: The loca- Visual Approach Lighting: Two- tion of an airport at night is universal- unit precision approach path indica- ly identified by a rotating beacon. A tors (PAPI-2s) are available on each rotating beacon projects two beams of end of Runway 5-23. The PAPIs pro- light, one white and one green, 180 vide approach path guidance by giving degrees apart. Coolidge Municipal the pilot an indication of whether their Airport’s beacon is located atop the approach is above, below, or on-path, original World War II conventional through a pattern of red and white hangar as shown on Exhibit 1D. lights visible from the light units.

Pavement Edge Lighting: Pave- Airfield Signs: Airfield identification ment edge lighting utilizes light fix- signs assist pilots in identifying their tures placed to define the lateral lim- location on the airfield and directing its of the pavement. This lighting is them to their desired location. The essential for safe operations at night airfield is not currently equipped with and/or times of low visibility in order airfield signage. to maintain safe and efficient access to and from the runway and aircraft parking areas. Runway 5-23 is Pavement Markings equipped with medium intensity run- way lighting (MIRL). Runway 17-35 Pavement markings aid in the move- is not currently equipped with runway ment of aircraft along airport surfaces lighting. and identify closed or hazardous areas on the airport. Runway 5-23 is Taxiways 3 and 5 are equipped with equipped with non-precision instru- medium intensity taxiway lighting ment runway markings that identify (MITL). The remainder of the taxiway the runway centerline, threshold, de- system is not equipped with any type signation, touchdown point, and air- of lighting or reflective markings. craft holding positions. Runway 17-35

1-10 is equipped with visual markings, sure), and density altitude (airfield which identify the runway centerline, elevation corrected for temperature). designation, and aircraft holding posi- tions. Coolidge Municipal Airport is equipped with a wind cone and seg- Taxiway and apron taxilane centerline mented circle. The wind cone provides markings are provided to assist air- wind direction and speed information craft using these airport surfaces. to pilots. The segmented circle pro- Centerline markings assist pilots in vides aircraft traffic pattern informa- maintaining proper clearance from tion. This equipment is located pavement edges and objects near the southwest of the intersection of Run- taxilane/taxiway edges. Pavement ways 5-23 and 17-35. Two additional markings also identify aircraft park- wind cones are located at the approach ing positions. ends of Runway 5-23 and another wind cone is located on top of the Aircraft hold positions are marked at World War II conventional hangar. each runway/taxiway intersection. All hold position markings for Runway 5- 23 are located 250 feet from the run- LANDSIDE FACILITIES way centerline. Hold position mark- ings for Runway 17-35 are located 125 Landside facilities are the ground- feet from the runway centerline. based facilities that support the air- craft and pilot/passenger handling functions. These facilities typically Weather Reporting include aircraft storage/maintenance hangars, aircraft parking aprons, and Coolidge Municipal Airport is not cur- support facilities such as fuel storage, rently equipped with a weather re- automobile parking, and roadway porting system. Pilots are recom- access. Landside facilities are identi- mended to receive weather briefings fied on Exhibit 1E. utilizing the automated weather ob- servation system (AWOS) at Casa Grande Municipal Airport, which is Fixed Base Operator (FBO) located approximately 17 nautical miles to the west. The AWOS-III at Coolidge Aviation currently operates Casa Grande Municipal Airport pro- as the airport’s lone full-service FBO vides automated aviation weather ob- operator providing aircraft storage servations 24 hours per day. The sys- and fuel services. Coolidge Aviation’s tem updates weather observations offices are located in a 2,000 square- every minute, continuously reporting foot facility along the eastern edge of significant weather changes as they the aircraft parking apron and south occur. The AWOS system reports of the conventional hangar as identi- cloud ceiling, visibility, temperature, fied on Exhibit 1E. Coolidge Aviation dew point, wind direction, wind speed, leases the 12,000 square-foot conven- altimeter setting (barometric pres-

1-11 tional hangar adjacent to the office International Air Response (IAR) building. This conventional hangar is – provides aerial disaster relief and original to the airport and provides contracts with the U.S. government to aircraft maintenance and shop hangar conduct research and development area. Coolidge Aviation also owns 17 projects. IAR employs 35 people and individual aircraft storage hangars operates seven Lockheed C-130s, two ranging in size from 3,600 square feet Douglas DC-8s, and one Douglas DC-7 to 7,200 square feet, which are located aircraft. IAR’s 24,000 square-foot northeast of the conventional hangar hangar facility is located at the south facility. Space within each of these end of the apron and includes space aircraft storage hangars are leased to for 18,000 square feet for maintenance private aircraft owners. and shop hangar area and 6,000 square feet for office space.

Specialty Operators It should be noted that a third special- ty operator is planning to relocate to There are two specialty operators at Coolidge Municipal Airport in the near the airport that provide a variety of future. Air Response has leased services. Each of these specialty oper- property at the airport in order to con- ators is located on airport property struct a building complex that will and is identified on Exhibit 1E. Each provide approximately 25,000 square specialty operator and a brief descrip- feet of hangar and office space to sup- tion of the business are listed below. port its business. It will provide maintenance, repair, restoration, and Complete Parachute Solutions overhaul services to warbird aircraft (CPS) – provides military parachute to include the B-17 and B-25, among training. Complete Parachute Solu- others. The company is currently lo- tions conducts approximately 4,000 cated at Mesa-Falcon Field Airport operations annually utilizing an EADS and employs approximately 10 to 12 Casa C-212 Aviocar, a Shorts Skyvan, people. a Shorts Sherpa, and a Lockheed C- 130. Complete Parachute Solutions employs 12 full-time and six part-time Aircraft Hangar Facilities employees. It operates out of two sep- arate facilities totaling approximately Aircraft storage hangar facilities at 20,000 square feet that are located at Coolidge Municipal Airport are made the south end of the airport adjacent up of two multi-aircraft storage con- to the closed northwest-southeast ventional hangars and 17 individual runway. These facilities provide space aircraft storage hangars. Coolidge for parachute equipment maintenance Aviation utilizes a 12,000 square-foot and storage, training and staging, conventional hangar for aircraft sto- classrooms, sleeping quarters, office rage purposes. IAR utilizes 18,000 space, and lobby. square feet of its facility for aircraft

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RunwayRunway(3,871’(3,871’ 17-35 17-35 75’) 75’) x x Airport Property Line Property Airport Landing Area Landing Area Parachute Parachute -August 2009 Airport Merged Aerial Dates: 0 Parachute Parachute Complete Complete Solutions Solutions SCALE INFEET LANDSIDE FACILITIES Surrounding Area -2007 500 NORTH 5 Exhibit 1E 1000 Leased from State maintenance. This equates to 30,000 chute landing area has a radius of 300 square feet of total conventional han- feet and is utilized by both CPS and gar storage space. Coolidge Aviation IAR. also leases out 13 single aircraft sto- rage hangars totaling approximately 61,200 square feet of hangar space. Fuel Farm Facilities

Fueling facilities at Coolidge Munici- Apron and Aircraft Parking pal Airport are located adjacent to the eastern edge of the main aircraft park- Coolidge Municipal Airport has a ing apron between the Coolidge Avia- 50,000 square-yard concrete apron tion conventional hangar and FBO of- with approximately five aircraft tie- fice. Fuel storage capabilities consist down positions, which are used by lo- of two underground 10,000-gallon sto- cal and transient aircraft for parking, rage tanks, one each for Jet A and as well as for activities related to Coo- 100LL Avgas storage. The fuel farm lidge Aviation and IAR. Self-service facility is owned by the City of Coo- fueling facilities are located on the lidge, but leased to and operated by eastern edge of the apron adjacent to Coolidge Aviation. The Jet A tank is the south side of the World War II made of fiberglass while the 100LL conventional hangar. The apron is not Avgas tank is made of steel. Self- equipped with pavement edge lighting; service fueling facilities to include a however, street-lamp style fixtures credit card machine and receipt prin- provide lighting to the eastern portion ter were installed in 2003. of apron pavement.

CPS has four designated aircraft park- Maintenance and Aircraft ing positions adjacent to its facility at Rescue and Firefighting the southeast end of the closed run- way. These parking positions are used Maintenance at Coolidge Municipal exclusively by CPS aircraft, which Airport is performed by the City of utilize the closed runway to access the Coolidge personnel. City-owned parking spaces. equipment is transported to the air- port and used to perform maintenance when needed. This equipment is Parachute Landing Area stored at an off-airport location. There are no aircraft rescue and fire- Due to the high level of parachuting fighting (ARFF) facilities located on activities conducted at the airport, a the airport. The Coolidge Fire De- designated parachute landing area partment, located approximately nine has been established. This landing driving miles northwest of the airport area, located south of the core landside in the City of Coolidge, would respond facilities on vacant airport land, is to on-airport emergencies. identified on Exhibit 1E. The para-

1-13 Utilities previously mentioned, however, a tax- iway extending east and north from The airport is equipped with on-site the airfield operations area is pro- utilities including electricity, water, posed that would provide aircraft telephone, and internet services. Elec- access to this area. tric utilities are provided by the Bu- reau of Indian Affairs. Arizona Water Company is the airport’s water pro- Automobile Parking vider. The water system at the airport consists of two wells located on the Paved parking lots are provided at eastern edge of the airport with the each on-airport business. Interna- capacity to provide 160 gallons of wa- tional Air Response has ten marked ter per minute. Telephone and inter- spaces, while the parking lots for Coo- net services are provided by Qwest. A lidge Aviation and Complete Para- 15-inch sewer line and septic tank chute Solutions are unmarked. These serve the airport’s sanitary sewer parking lots are accessible via Coo- needs. lidge Airport Road and other access roads on airport property.

Security Fencing and Gates AREA AIRSPACE AND Airport perimeter security fencing AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL provides a physical and psychological deterrent to prevent access of airfield The Federal Aviation Administration and landside facilities to unauthorized (FAA) Act of 1958 established the FAA individuals who might cause property as the responsible agency for the con- damage or create safety issues on ac- trol and use of navigable airspace tive airfield movement areas. Coo- within the United States. The FAA lidge Municipal Airport is not current- has established the National Airspace ly equipped with perimeter security System (NAS) to protect persons and fencing. property on the ground and to estab- lish a safe and efficient airspace envi- ronment for civil, commercial, and mil- Other Facilities itary aviation. The NAS covers the common network of U.S. airspace, in- The City of Coolidge leases an 8.8-acre cluding air navigation facilities; air- parcel of land east of the FBO facili- ports and landing areas; aeronautical ties to a private entity. This parcel of charts; associated rules, regulations, land is occupied by four warehouse fa- and procedures; technical information; cilities, which total approximately and personnel and material. The sys- 120,000 square feet. It should be tem also includes components shared noted that there is currently no air- jointly with the military. craft access afforded to this area. As

1-14 AIRSPACE STRUCTURE high-performance, passenger-carrying aircraft at major airports. This air- Airspace within the United States is space is the most restrictive controlled broadly classified as either “con- airspace routinely encountered by pi- trolled” or “uncontrolled.” The differ- lots operating under visual flight rules ence between controlled and uncon- (VFR) in an uncontrolled environment. trolled airspace relates primarily to The nearest Class B airspace to Coo- requirements for pilot qualifications, lidge Municipal Airport is located at ground-to-air communications, navi- Phoenix Sky Harbor International gation and air traffic services, and Airport. weather conditions. Six classes of air- space have been designated in the In order to fly within Class B airspace, United States as shown on Exhibit an aircraft must be equipped with 1F. Airspace designated as Class A, special radio and navigational equip- B, C, D, or E is considered controlled ment and must obtain clearance from airspace. Aircraft operating within air traffic control. To operate within controlled airspace are subject to vary- the Class B airspace of Phoenix Sky ing requirements for positive air traf- Harbor International Airport, a pilot fic control. must have at least a private pilot’s certificate or be a student pilot who Class A Airspace: Class A airspace has met the requirements of F.A.R. includes all airspace from 18,000 feet Part 61.95, which requires special mean sea level (MSL) to flight level ground and flight training for Class B (FL) 600 (approximately 60,000 feet airspace. Helicopters do not need spe- MSL). This airspace is designated in cial navigation equipment or a trans- Federal Aviation Regulation (F.A.R.) ponder if they operate at or below Part 71.193 for positive control of air- 1,000 feet and have made prior ar- craft. The Positive Control Area rangements in the form of a Letter of (PCA) allows flights governed only Agreement with the FAA controlling under IFR operations. The aircraft agency. Aircraft are also required to must have special radio and naviga- have and utilize a Mode C transpond- tion equipment, and the pilot must ob- er within a 30-nautical-mile range of tain clearance from an air traffic con- the center of the Class B airspace. A trol (ATC) facility to enter Class A air- Mode C transponder allows the airport space. In addition, the pilot must pos- traffic control tower (ATCT) to track sess an instrument rating. the location of the aircraft.

Class B Airspace: Class B airspace The Phoenix Terminal Radar Ap- has been designated around some of proach Control Facility (TRACON) the country’s major airports to sepa- controls all aircraft operating within rate arriving and departing aircraft. the Phoenix Class B airspace. The Class B airspace is designed to regu- TRACON operates 24 hours per day. late the flow of uncontrolled traffic, above, around, and below the arrival Class C Airspace: The FAA has es- and departure airspace required for tablished Class C airspace at 120 air-

1-15 ports around the country as a means nix-Mesa Gateway Airport, located 25 of regulating air traffic in these areas. nautical miles northwest of the air- Class C airspace is designed to regu- port. late the flow of uncontrolled traffic above, around, and below the arrival Class E Airspace: Class E airspace and departure airspace required for consists of controlled airspace de- high-performance, passenger-carrying signed to contain instrument flight aircraft at major airports. In order to rule (IFR) operations near an airport fly inside Class C airspace, the aircraft and while aircraft are transitioning must have a two-way radio, an encod- between the airport and enroute envi- ing transponder, and have established ronments. Unless otherwise specified, communication with ATC. Aircraft Class E airspace terminates at the may fly below the floor of the Class C base of the overlying airspace. Only airspace or above the Class C airspace aircraft operating under IFR are re- ceiling without establishing communi- quired to be in contact with air traffic cation with ATC. Davis Monthan Air control when operating in Class E air- Force Base and Tucson International space. While aircraft conducting visu- Airport are the nearest airports to al flights in Class E airspace are not Coolidge Municipal Airport with Class required to be in radio communication C airspace. with air traffic control facilities, visual flight can only be conducted if mini- Class D Airspace: Class D airspace mum visibility and cloud ceilings ex- is controlled airspace surrounding air- ist. ports with an ATCT. The Class D air- space typically constitutes a cylinder Class G Airspace: Airspace not des- with a horizontal radius of four or five ignated as Class A, B, C, D, or E is nautical miles from the airport, ex- considered uncontrolled, or Class G, tending from the surface up to a des- airspace. Air traffic control does not ignated vertical limit, typically set at have the authority or responsibility to approximately 2,500 feet above the exercise control over air traffic within airport elevation. If an airport has an this airspace. Class G airspace lies instrument approach or departure, the between the surface and the overlying Class D airspace sometimes extends Class E airspace (700 to 1,200 feet along the approach or departure path. above ground level [AGL]). Class G airspace extends below the floor of the The Phoenix metropolitan area has Class E airspace transition area at seven public-use airports in Class D Coolidge Municipal Airport. airspace including: Chandler Munici- pal Airport, Phoenix-Mesa Gateway While aircraft may technically operate Airport, Mesa-Falcon Field Airport, within Class G airspace without any Scottsdale Municipal Airport, Phoenix contact with ATC, it is unlikely that Deer Valley Airport, Glendale Munici- many aircraft will operate this low to pal Airport, and Phoenix Goodyear the ground. Furthermore, federal Airport. The closest of these airports regulations specify minimum altitudes to Coolidge Municipal Airport is Phoe- for flight. F.A.R. Part 91.119, Mini-

1-16 FL 600 06MP12-1F-8/19/09

18,000 MSL KEY

14,500 MSL AGL - Above Ground Level FL - Flight Level in Hundreds of Feet MSL - Mean Sea Level NOT TO SCALE

40 n.m.

30 n.m. 20 n.m.

20 n.m. Nontowered Nontowered 700 AGL 1,200 AGL 10 n.m. 10 n.m. Airport 12 n.m. Airport

CLASSIFICATION DEFINITION

CLASS A Generally airspace above 18,000 feet MSL up to and including FL 600. CLASS B Generally multi-layered airspace from the surface up to 10,000 feet MSL surrounding the nation's busiest airports.

CLASS C Generally airspace from the surface to 4,000 feet AGL surrounding towered airports with service by radar approach control.

CLASS D Generally airspace from the surface to 2,500 feet AGL surrounding towered airports. CLASS E Generally controlled airspace that is not Class A, Class B, Class C, or Class D. CLASS G Generally uncontrolled airspace that is not Class A, Class B, Class C, Class D, or Class E.

Source: "Airspace Reclassification and Charting Changes for VFR Products," National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service. Chart adapted by Coffman Associates from AOPA Pilot, January 1993.

Exhibit 1F AIRSPACE CLASSIFICATION mum Safe Altitudes, generally states areas are depicted on Exhibit 1G by that except when necessary for takeoff yellow and purple-hatched lines, as or landing, pilots must not operate an well as with the use of green shading. aircraft over any congested area of a city, town, or settlement, or over any Military Operating Areas (MOAs): open air assembly of persons, at an MOAs are designated areas of air- altitude of less than 1,000 feet above space established outside of Class A the highest obstacle within a horizon- airspace area to separate or segregate tal radius of 2,000 feet of the aircraft. certain military activities from in- Over less congested areas, pilots must strument flight rule (IFR) traffic and maintain an altitude of 500 feet above to identify for visual flight rule (VFR) the surface, except over open water or traffic where these activities are con- sparsely populated areas. In those ducted. While the FAA does not pro- cases, the aircraft may not be operated hibit civilian VFR traffic from transit- closer than 500 feet to any person, ing an active MOA, it is strongly dis- vessel, vehicle, or structure. Finally, couraged. Published times of use do this section states that helicopters not mean that an MOA is active dur- may be operated at less than the mi- ing this entire time. Every effort is nimums prescribed above if the opera- made to return the airspace to the tion is conducted without hazard to controlling agency when not being uti- persons or property on the surface. In lized for military training. The status addition, each person operating a heli- of an MOA may be obtained from the copter shall comply with any routes or appropriate FAA Contract Flight Ser- altitudes specifically prescribed for vice Station (FSS) or en-route air traf- helicopters by the FAA. fic facility. Most MOAs have an ac- companying airspace overlying the Airspace in the vicinity of Coolidge MOA. This airspace is Air Traffic Municipal Airport is depicted on Ex- Control Assigned Airspace (ATCAA) hibit 1G. Coolidge Municipal Airport and starts at 18,000 feet MSL. is in Class E airspace. This area of controlled airspace has a floor of 700 MOAs are depicted in Exhibit 1G feet above the surface and extends to with purple-hatched lines. MOAs in Class A airspace. This transition area the vicinity of Coolidge Municipal Air- is intended to provide protection for port include the Outlaw MOA to the aircraft transitioning from enroute east and the Sells 1 and Sells Low flights to the airport for landing. MOAs to the southwest.

The Outlaw MOA is under scheduling SPECIAL USE AIRSPACE and operational control by the 162nd Fighter Wing of the Tucson Air Na- Special use airspace is defined as air- tional Guard. This MOA airspace ex- space where activities must be con- tends from an altitude of 8,000 feet fined because of their nature or where MSL or 3,000 AGL, whichever is high- limitations are imposed on aircraft not er up to flight level (FL) 180 (18,000 taking part in those activities. These feet MSL). The ATCAA extends from

1-17 FL 180 to FL 510. Its scheduled use vigation and tactical training under can fluctuate from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 VFR below 10,000 feet MSL at air- p.m., and 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. (noti- speeds in excess of 250 knots indicated fication by Notice to Airmen [NOTAM] air speed (IAS). Military training Monday through Friday, with inter- routes near Coolidge Municipal Air- mittent weekend use (notification by port are identified with the letters VR NOTAM). Operational activity within and a four-digit number or with IR the Outlaw MOA includes subsonic and a three-digit number. The arrows basic flight maneuvers, air combat on the route show the direction of tra- tactics, formation training, instrument vel. training, intercept training, low alti- tude tactical navigation training, and Wilderness Areas: As depicted on night vision lights-out training. Ac- Exhibit 1G, several wilderness areas tive aircraft within the Outlaw MOA exist around the Coolidge area. Air- include primarily the F-16, F-18, F-15, craft are requested to maintain a min- and A-10. imum altitude of 2,000 feet above the surface of designated National Park The Sells MOAs scheduling and opera- areas, which includes wilderness areas tions are controlled by the 56th Figh- and designated breeding grounds. ter Wing based at Luke Air Force FAA Advisory Circular (AC) 91-36C Base. Sells 1 MOA is used at 10,000 defines the "surface" as the highest feet MSL from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., terrain within 2,000 feet laterally of Monday through Friday. The Sells the route of flight or the uppermost Low MOA is used at 3,000 feet AGL rim of a canyon or valley. up to but not including 10,000 feet MSL from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Victor Airways: For aircraft arriv- Monday through Friday. The ATCAA ing or departing the regional area us- extends from FL 180 to FL 510. Activ- ing very high frequency omnidirec- ity within the Sells MOAs include su- tional range (VOR) facilities, a system personic operations above 10,000 feet of Federal Airways, referred to as Vic- MSL, intensive F-16 and A-10 student tor Airways, has been established. training, air combat tactics, air- Victor Airways are corridors of air- refueling, formation training, inter- space eight miles wide that extend cept training, and instrument train- upward from 1,200 feet AGL to 18,000 ing. Other aircraft utilizing this air- feet MSL and extend between VOR space includes the F-5, C-130, navigational facilities. Victor Airways UH/HH-60, KC-135, and F-18. The air are shown with solid blue lines on refueling operations occur from 10,000 Exhibit 1G. feet MSL up to 29,000 feet MSL. Restricted/Alert Areas: Restricted Military Training Routes: Military and alert areas are depicted on Exhi- training routes are used by the De- bit 1G with yellow-hatched lines. Re- partment of Defense and associated stricted airspace is off-limits for pub- Reserve and Air Guard units for the lic-use unless granted permission from purpose of conducting low-altitude na- the controlling agency. The restricted

1-18 90 VR 244 Phoenix 80 V 105 90 V 190 Deer Valley 70 V 95 Salt River ALERT AREA V 257 90 North Mcdowell Bald Eagle A-231 60 Bald Eagle Four Peaks Breeding Area 90 Breeding Area Wilderness Area 60 06MP12-1G-8/19/09 Scottsdale Luke AFB 90 V 528 40 Glendale Municipal Phoenix Falcon Field NDB Superstition Sky Harbor Int’l 90 Wilderness Area V 16 Falcon Field 50 San Carlos Phoenix 90 Phoenix Municipal Apache Goodyear 30 VORTAC 90 40 90 60 Stellar Phoenix-Mesa 90 Airpark Chandler 50 Gateway Airport NDB OUTLAW MOA RESTRICTED 90 Chandler Sierra Estrella Memorial R-2310A Wilderness Area 60 Municipal

90 White Canyon 70 Wilderness Area V 16 Estrella V 105 VR 267-268-269 Sailport V 95 90

80 VR 241-244 Kearny VR 267-269 South Maricopa Mountain Phoenix COOLIDGE Wilderness Area Regional V 94 Casa Grande MUNICIPAL AIRPORT Stanfield VORTAC Eloy

Table Top V 94 Wilderness Area

VR223 V 105 VR 239-244 San Manuel V 66

R-2304

Pinal

VR241 Marana

SELLS 1 MOA SELLS LOW MOA

LEGEND

Airport with other than hard-surfaced Wilderness Areas runways Mode C Airport with hard-surfaced runways 1,500' to 8,069' in length Military Training Routes NORTH

Airports with hard-surfaced runways Victor Airways greater than 8,069' or some multiple runways less than 8,069' Class B Airspace NOT TO SCALE

VORTAC Class C Airspace

Non-Directional Radiobeacon (NDB) Class D Airspace

Compass Rose Class E Airspace with floor 700' above surface Military Operations Area (MOA) Source: Prohibited, Restricted, Warning Phoenix Sectional Charts, and Alert Areas US Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 7/03/08

Exhibit 1G VICINITY AIRSPACE areas in the vicinity of Coolidge Mu- Municipal Airport is located approx- nicipal Airport are used by the mili- imately one mile east of an IFR arrival tary for training purposes. The con- route into the Phoenix metropolitan trolling agency for each of these re- area, which is heavily used by jet and stricted areas is the Albuquerque Air turboprop aircraft. These inbound Route Traffic Control Center aircraft typically fly over Coolidge (ARTCC). Municipal Airport from 9,000 feet MSL to 14,000 feet MSL. The letter of Restricted area R-2304, located agreement standardizes the proce- southwest of Coolidge, is used up to dures and coordination for both con- FL 240 from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. trollers and pilots to enhance safety. daily. Restricted area R-2310A, lo- cated north of Coolidge, is used up to 10,000 feet MSL intermittently by NAVIGATIONAL AIDS (Notice to Airmen) NOTAM 48 hours in advance of use. Alert area A-231 is Navigational aids are electronic de- located around Luke Air Force Base vices that transmit radio frequencies northwest of Coolidge. It is in use which pilots of properly equipped air- from 500 feet AGL to 6,500 feet MSL craft translate into point-to-point continuously. guidance and position information. The types of electronic navigational aids available for aircraft flying to or AIRSPACE CONTROL from Coolidge Municipal Airport in- clude the VOR, Loran-C, and global The FAA is responsible for the control positioning system (GPS). of aircraft within the Class A, Class C, Class D, and Class E airspace de- The VOR provides azimuth readings scribed above. The Albuquerque to pilots of properly equipped aircraft ARTCC controls aircraft operating in by transmitting a radio signal at every Class A airspace. The Albuquerque degree to provide 360 individual navi- ARTCC, located in Albuquerque, New gational courses. Frequently, distance Mexico, controls IFR aircraft entering measuring equipment (DME) is com- or leaving the Coolidge Municipal Air- bined with a VOR facility to provide port area. The area of jurisdiction for distance as well as direction informa- the Albuquerque center includes most tion to the pilot. Military tactical air of the states of New Mexico and Ari- navigation aids (TACANs) and civil zona, and portions of Texas, Colorado, VORs are commonly combined to form and Oklahoma. a VORTAC. A VORTAC provides dis- tance and direction information to civ- A letter of agreement between the Al- il and military pilots. The Stanfield buquerque ARTCC and Complete Pa- VORTAC, located approximately 24.5 rachute Solutions has been estab- nautical miles west of the airfield, lished to simplify and standardize serves Coolidge Municipal Airport. coordination between the jump air- This facility is identified on Exhibit craft and air traffic control. Coolidge 1G.

1-19 Loran-C is a ground-based enroute The capability of an instrument ap- navigational aid which utilizes a sys- proach is defined by the visibility and tem of transmitters located in various cloud ceiling minimums associated locations across the continental Unit- with the approach. Visibility mini- ed States. Loran-C allows pilots to mums define the horizontal distance navigate without using a specific facil- the pilot must be able to see in order ity. With a properly equipped aircraft, to complete the approach. Cloud ceil- pilots can navigate to any airport in ings define the lowest level a cloud the United States using Loran-C. layer (defined in feet above the ground) can be situated for the pilot to GPS was initially developed by the complete the approach. If the ob- United States Department of Defense served visibility or cloud ceilings are for military navigation around the below the minimums prescribed for world. However, GPS is now used ex- the approach, the pilot cannot com- tensively for a wide variety of civilian plete the instrument approach. Table uses, including civil aircraft naviga- 1D summarizes instrument approach tion. minima for Coolidge Municipal Air- port. GPS uses satellites placed in orbit around the globe to transmit electron- ic signals, which pilots of properly VISUAL FLIGHT PROCEDURES equipped aircraft use to determine al- titude, speed, and navigational infor- Many flights into and out of Coolidge mation. This provides more freedom Municipal Airport are currently con- in flight planning and allows for more ducted under VFR. Under VFR flight, direct routing to the final destination. the pilot is responsible for collision avoidance. Typically, the pilot will make radio calls announcing his/her INSTRUMENT APPROACH intentions and the position of the air- PROCEDURES craft relative to the airport.

Instrument approach procedures are a In most situations, under VFR and ba- series of predetermined maneuvers sic radar services, the pilot is respon- established by the FAA, using elec- sible for navigation and choosing the tronic navigational aids that assist pi- arrival and departure flight paths to lots in locating and landing at an air- and from the airport. The results of port, especially during instrument individual pilot navigation for se- flight conditions. Coolidge Municipal quencing and collision avoidance are Airport has two published non- that aircraft do not fly a precise flight precision instrument approaches path to and from the airport. There- which provide course guidance to the fore, aircraft can be found flying over a designated runway. wide area around the airport for se- quencing and safety reasons.

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TABLE 1D Instrument Approach Data Coolidge Municipal Airport WEATHER MINIMUMS BY AIRCRAFT TYPE Category A Category B Category C Category D CH VIS CH VIS CH VIS CH VIS GPS RWY 23 Straight-In 486 1.0 486 1.0 N/A N/A N/A N/A Circling 526 1.0 526 1.0 N/A N/A N/A N/A VOR/DME RWY 5 Straight-In 452 1.0 452 1.25 N/A N/A N/A N/A Circling 526 1.0 526 1.25 N/A N/A N/A N/A Aircraft categories are based on the approach speed of aircraft, which is determined by 1.3 times the stall speed in landing configuration. The approach categories are as follows: Category A 0-90 knots (Cessna 172) Category B 91-120 knots (Beechcraft KingAir) Category C 121-140 knots (Canadair Challenger) Category D 141-165 knots (Gulfstream IV)

Abbreviations: CH: Cloud Height (in feet above ground level) DME: Distance Measuring Equipment GPS: Global Positioning System VIS: Visibility (in statute miles) VOR: Very-high Frequency Omnidirectional Range Source: U.S. Terminal Procedures, Southwest Volume 4 of 4, March 12, 2009.

While aircraft can be expected to op- c. Downwind Leg - A flight path pa- erate over most areas of the airport, rallel to the landing runway, in the the density of aircraft operations is direction opposite to landing. The higher near the airport. This is the downwind leg normally extends be- result of aircraft following the estab- tween the crosswind leg and the lished traffic patterns for the airport. base leg. The traffic pattern is the traffic flow that is prescribed for aircraft landing d. Base Leg - A flight path at right or taking off from an airport. The angles to the landing runway off its components of a typical traffic pattern approach end. The base leg nor- are upwind leg, crosswind leg, down- mally extends from the downwind wind leg, base leg, and final approach. leg to the intersection of the ex- tended runway centerline. a. Upwind Leg - A flight path parallel to the landing runway in the direc- e. Final Approach - A flight path in tion of landing. the direction of landing along the extended runway centerline. The b. Crosswind Leg - A flight path at final approach normally extends right angles to the landing runway from the base leg to the runway. off its upwind end.

1-21 Essentially, the traffic pattern defines TPA is established so that aircraft the side of the runway on which air- have a predictable descent profile on craft will operate. For example, at base leg to final for landing. Coolidge Municipal Airport, Runways 5 and 35 have established left-hand traffic patterns. For these runways, AREA AIRPORTS aircraft make a left turn from base leg to final for landing. Runways 17 and A review of public-use airports within 23 have established right-hand traffic the vicinity of Coolidge Municipal Air- patterns. Therefore, the established port has been made to identify and traffic pattern for both runways keeps distinguish the type of air service pro- aircraft to the north and west of the vided in the area surrounding the air- landside facilities and the parachute port. Information pertaining to each landing area at the southeast end of airport was obtained from FAA the airport. records.

While the traffic pattern defines the Eloy Municipal Airport (E60), lo- direction of turns that an aircraft will cated approximately 11 nautical miles follow on landing or departure, it does southwest of Coolidge Municipal Air- not define how far from the runway an port, is owned and managed by the aircraft will operate. The distance City of Eloy. E60 is equipped with a laterally from the runway centerline single asphalt runway that measures that an aircraft operates, or the dis- 3,900 feet long and 75 feet wide. E60 tance from the end of the runway, is at experiences approximately 19,800 op- the discretion of the pilot, based on the erations annually and has 42 based operating characteristics of the air- aircraft. E60 has both 100LL Avgas craft, number of aircraft in the traffic and Jet A fuel available for purchase. pattern, and meteorological condi- Other general aviation services offered tions. The actual ground location of include transient hangar and tiedown each leg of the traffic pattern varies storage. from operation to operation for rea- sons of safety, navigation, and se- Casa Grande Municipal Airport quencing, as described above. The dis- (CGZ), located approximately 17 tance that the downwind leg is located nautical miles west of Coolidge Munic- laterally from the runway will vary ipal Airport, is owned and managed by based mostly on the speed of the air- the City of Casa Grande. CGZ is craft. Slower aircraft can operate equipped with a single asphalt runway closer to the runway as their turn ra- system. Runway 5-23 has a length of dius is smaller. 5,200 feet and a width of 100 feet. CGZ currently experiences approx- The traffic pattern altitude (TPA) for imately 119,000 operations annually the airport has been established at and has 114 aircraft based at the air- 2,574 feet MSL or 1,000 feet AGL. port. 100LL Avgas and Jet A fuel are The TPA is the altitude at which air- available for purchase at the airport. craft operating in the traffic pattern Transient tiedown storage is available fly when on the downwind leg. The 1-22 as well as major airframe and power- airframe and powerplant aircraft plant maintenance services. maintenance services.

Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport Chandler Municipal Airport (IWA), located approximately 25 naut- (CHD), located approximately 28 ical miles northwest of Coolidge Mu- nautical miles northwest of Coolidge nicipal Airport, is owned and managed Municipal Airport, is owned and ma- by the Williams Gateway Airport Au- naged by the City of Chandler. CHD thority. IWA is equipped with three has a parallel asphalt runway system, parallel runways. The concrete Run- the longest of which, Runway 4R-22L, way 12R-30L is the longest at 10,401 measures 4,870 feet in length and 75 feet long and 150 feet wide. IWA has feet in width. CHD is also equipped 96 based aircraft and experiences ap- with a concrete helipad. CHD has 362 proximately 296,700 operations an- based aircraft and experiences approx- nually. General aviation services in- imately 265,400 operations annually. clude: 100LL Avgas, Jet A, transient A full range of general aviation servic- hangar and tie-down storage, minor es are available at CHD including: airframe service, bottled oxygen, and 100LL Avgas, Jet A, transient tie- aircraft charters and rentals. downs, major airframe and power- plant services, bottled oxygen, and Phoenix Regional Airport (A39), aircraft charters and rentals. located approximately 25 nautical miles west of Coolidge Municipal Air- Stellar Airpark (P19), located ap- port, is privately owned and operated proximately 33 nautical miles north- by the Ak Chin Indian Community. west of Coolidge Municipal Airport, is A39 has a single asphalt runway mea- open to public-use but privately owned suring 5,000 feet in length and 50 feet and operated by the Stellar Runway wide. There are 12 based aircraft at Utilizers Association, Inc. P19 has a A39 with most activity limited to ul- single asphalt runway that measures tra-light aircraft operations. Current- 3,913 feet in length and 60 feet in ly, no general aviation services are width. P19 currently experiences ap- provided at A39. proximately 39,000 annual operations and has 161 based aircraft. 100LL Kearney Airport (E67), located ap- Avgas and Jet A fuel is available for proximately 27 nautical miles east of purchase. Other general aviation ser- Coolidge Municipal Airport, is owned vices available include transient tie- and operated by the Town of Kearney. down spaces, minor airframe and po- E67 has a single concrete runway with werplant service, and aircraft rentals. a length of 3,400 feet and a width of 60 feet. E67 experiences approximately Phoenix Sky Harbor International 2,400 operations annually and has Airport (PHX), located approximate- four based aircraft. 100LL Avgas is ly 42 nautical miles northwest of Coo- available at the airport in emergency lidge Municipal Airport, is owned and situations only. Transient parking managed by the City of Phoenix. PHX spaces are available as well as major is equipped with three parallel con-

1-23 crete runways, the longest, Runway 8- population growth since 1960 for the 26, measures 11,498 feet in length and State of Arizona, Pinal County, and 150 feet in width. PHX was the 9th bu- the City of Coolidge. Since 2000, the siest airport in the United States in population growth rate for both the 2008 with 19.4 million enplanements. County and the City has accelerated to PHX has 109 based aircraft and expe- its fastest pace during the represented riences approximately 539,200 opera- time period. Since 2000, the State of tions annually. PHX offers a full Arizona has grown at a slower annual range of commercial airline services as average rate (3.3 percent) than Pinal well as general aviation services. County and the City of Coolidge (8.7 and 5.9 percent, respectively). Much of this growth can be attributed to the SOCIOECONOMIC PROFILE urban sprawl of the Phoenix metropol- itan area. Continued growth of the The socioeconomic profile provides a metropolitan area into Pinal County general look at the socioeconomic and the Coolidge area is expected to makeup of the community that utilizes continue into the future. Coolidge Municipal Airport. It also provides an understanding of the dy- Population forecasts for the state and namics for growth and the potential county have been prepared by the Ari- changes that may affect aviation de- zona Department of Commerce. These mand. Aviation demand forecasts are forecasts show population growth ul- often directly related to the population timately slowing over the course of the base, economic strength of the region, next 22 years. It is evident from these and the ability of the region to sustain figures that population growth in the a strong economic base over an ex- Coolidge area is anticipated to be tended period of time. Current demo- greater than at the county and state graphic and economic information was levels. Local population growth could collected from Pinal County, the Ari- create more jobs, housing, and avia- zona Department of Commerce, the tion activity. Arizona Department of Economic Se- curity, the U.S. Department of Com- merce, and the U.S. Census Bureau. EMPLOYMENT

Employment opportunities affect mi- POPULATION gration to the area and population growth. As shown in Table 1F, the Population is a basic demographic City of Coolidge has been hit hard by element to consider when planning for the recent economic conditions with its future needs of the airport. The State unemployment rate reaching 17.9 per- of Arizona has been one of the fastest cent. If employment conditions in growing states in the country in recent Coolidge do not improve, migration to history. Table 1E shows the total the local area will likely be affected.

1-24 TABLE 1E Coolidge Area Population Trends State of Avg. Annual Pinal Avg. Annual City of Avg. Annual Year Arizona % Change County % Change Coolidge % Change 1960 1,302,161 -- 62,673 -- 4,946 -- 1970 1,770,900 3.1% 67,916 0.8% 4,651 -0.6% 1980 2,718,215 4.4% 90,918 3.0% 6,851 4.0% 1990 3,665,228 3.0% 116,379 2.5% 6,927 0.1% 2000 5,130,632 3.4% 179,727 4.4% 7,786 1.2% 2008 6,629,455 3.3% 350,558 8.7% 12,311 5.9% Forecast 2015 7,915,629 2.6% 486,363 4.8% 18,558 6.0% 2020 8,779,567 2.1% 609,720 4.6% 24,949 6.1% 2025 9,588,745 1.8% 732,282 3.7% 31,332 4.7% 2030 10,347,543 1.5% 852,463 3.1% 37,609 3.7% Sources: Historical - U.S. Census Bureau (1960-2000) Arizona Department of Commerce (2008) Forecast - Arizona Department of Commerce Population Projections, 2006

TABLE 1F Historical Unemployment Rate United States, State of Arizona, Pinal County, City of Coolidge Year United States State of Arizona Pinal County Coolidge 2000 4.0% 4.0% 4.6% 8.4% 2001 4.7% 4.7% 5.3% 9.7% 2002 5.8% 6.0% 7.2% 13.0% 2003 6.0% 5.7% 7.0% 12.4% 2004 5.5% 4.9% 5.9% 10.7% 2005 5.1% 4.6% 5.5% 10.0% 2006 4.6% 4.1% 5.0% 8.8% 2007 4.6% 3.8% 4.8% 8.3% 2008 5.8% 5.5% 6.8% 12.2% 2009* 8.7% 7.8% 10.3% 17.9% Source: Arizona Department of Economic Security * Average through June.

Table 1G summarizes total employ- growth were the “Services” sector (5.6 ment by sector for Pinal County from percent); the “Finance, Insurance and 1970 to 2008. As shown in the table, Real Estate” sector (4.8 percent); and total employment in the County has the “Wholesale Trade” sector (5.0 per- experienced steady growth over this cent). The “Farm Employment” and timeframe with an average annual “Mining” sectors both experienced growth rate of 3.4 percent. The sec- negative growth rates at -0.6 and -4.5 tors that experienced the greatest percent, respectively.

1-25 TABLE 1G Pinal County Employment by Sector Avg. Annual Sector 1970 1980 1990 2000 2008 % Growth Farm Employment 3,430 2,250 2,090 2,110 2,678 -0.6% Agricultural Services, Other 550 890 1,350 1,070 735 0.8% Mining 6,090 6,200 4,110 1,410 1,043 -4.5% Construction 2,120 790 1,370 2,050 3,818 1.6% Manufacturing 1,480 2,720 3,680 3,420 3,924 2.6% Trans., Comm., Util. 590 980 1,520 1,070 1,461 2.4% Wholesale Trade 210 600 850 1,350 1,022 4.3% Retail Trade 3,080 4,070 6,100 7,920 7,681 2.4% Finance, Ins. & Real Estate 680 1,400 1,900 2,480 4,036 4.8% Services 2,510 3,450 6,790 11,240 19,947 5.6% Government 5,260 8,560 11,820 16,160 18,731 3.4% Total 25,980 31,900 41,580 50,260 65,076 2.4% Source: Woods & Poole CEDDS 2008

PER CAPITA growth. As shown in the table, PCPI PERSONAL INCOME average annual growth in Pinal Coun- ty (0.9 percent) has been outpaced by Per capita personal income (PCPI) for PCPI growth in the state (1.3 percent) the United States, the State of Arizo- and nationally (1.6 percent) since na, and Pinal County is summarized 1970. Historic PCPI figures for Pinal in Table 1H. PCPI is determined by County have also been considerably dividing total income by population. lower than the state and national le- For PCPI to grow significantly, income vels. growth must outpace population

TABLE 1H Historical Per Capita Personal Income (2004 $) United States, State of Arizona, Pinal County Year United States Arizona Pinal County 1970 $19,888 $18,671 $15,238 1980 $23,186 $21,834 $17,622 1990 $28,150 $24,577 $17,621 2000 $32,742 $28,144 $19,382 2008 $35,180 $29,913 $20,931 Average Annual Growth Rate 1.6% 1.3% 0.9% Source: United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis

ENVIRONMENTAL rived from internet resources, agency INVENTORY maps, and existing literature. The in- tent of this task is to inventory poten- Available information about the exist- tial environmental sensitivities that ing environmental conditions at Coo- might affect future improvements at lidge Municipal Airport has been de- the airport. 1-26 AIR QUALITY projects to determine if a significant impact to these protected species will The U.S. Environmental Protection result with implementation of a pro- Agency (EPA) has adopted air quality posed project. Significant impacts oc- standards that specify the maximum cur when the proposed action could permissible short-term and long-term jeopardize the continued existence of a concentrations of various air contami- protected species, or would result in nants. The National Ambient Air the destruction or adverse modifica- Quality Standards (NAAQS) consist of tion of federally designated critical primary and secondary standards for habitat in the area. six criteria pollutants which include:

Ozone (O3), Carbon Monoxide (CO), In a similar manner, states are al- Nitrogen Oxide (NO), Particulate mat- lowed to prepare statewide wildlife ter (PM10 and PM2.5), and Lead (Pb). conservation plans through authoriza- Various levels of review apply within tions contained within the Sikes Act. both NEPA and permitting require- Airport improvement projects should ments. Potentially significant air be checked for consistency with the quality impacts, associated with an State or Department of Defense (DOD) FAA project or action, would be dem- Wildlife Conservation Plans where onstrated by the project or action ex- such plans exist. ceeding one or more of the NAAQS for any of the time periods analyzed. The native vegetation in the area is described as Lower Colorado Sonoran The airport is located in Pinal County Desert Scrub. A search of the Arizona which has been classified by the EPA Heritage Data Management System as being in non-attainment for 8-hour online environmental review tool did ozone, Particulate Matter (PM10), and not indicate any occurrences of special

Sulfur Dioxides (SO2). A nonattain- status species or critical habitat with- ment classification indicates that the in two miles of the airport. area has pollution levels which consis- tently exceed the NAAQS. According to the U.S. Fish and Wild- life Service, numerous threatened, en- dangered, and candidate species have FISH, WILDLIFE, AND PLANTS suitable habitat within Pinal County. These species are identified in Table The Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) 1J. and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) are charged with overseeing the requirements contained FLOODPLAINS within Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act. This Act was put into Floodplains are defined in Executive place to protect animal or plant spe- Order 11988, Floodplain Management, cies whose populations are threatened as “the lowland and relatively flat by human activities. Along with the areas adjoining inland and coastal wa- FAA, the FWS and the NFMS review ters…including at a minimum, that

1-27 area subject to a one percent or great- plains.” According to the Federal er chance of flooding in any given Emergency Management System year” (i.e., that area would be inun- (FEMA), Federal Insurance Rate Map dated by a 100-year flood). Federal (FIRM), panel number 04021C1250E, agencies, including the FAA, are di- the airport is not located within a 100- rected to “reduce the risk of loss, to year floodplain. Flood zones and minimize the impact of floods on hu- washes in the immediate vicinity of man safety, health, and welfare, and Coolidge Municipal Airport are identi- to restore and preserve the natural fied on Exhibit 1H. and beneficial values served by flood-

TABLE 1J Federally Listed Threatened, Endangered, and Candidate Species with Habitat in Pinal County COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME HABITAT STATUS Arizona Echinocereus triglochi- Ecotone between interior chapparal Endangered Hedgehog Cactus diatus var. arizonicus and madrean evergreen woodland. Desert Pupfish Cyprinodon macularius Shallow springs, small streams, and Endangered marshes. Tolerates saline and warm water. Gila Chub Gila intermedia Pools, springs, cienegas, and streams. Endangered Lesser Leptonycteris curasoae Desert scrub habitat with agave and Endangered Long-nosed Bat yerbabuenae columnar cacti present as food plants. Loach Minnow Tiaroga cobitis Small to large perennial streams with Threatened swift shallow water over cobble and gravel. Mexican Spotted Strix occidentalis lucida Nests in canyons and dense forests Threatened Owl with multilayered foliage structure. Nichol Turk’s Echinocactus horizon- Sonoran desert scrub. Endangered Head Cactus thalonius var. nicholii Razorback Sucker Xyrauchen texanus Riverine and lacustrine areas, gener- Endangered ally not in fast moving water and may use backwaters. Southwestern Empidonax traillii exti- Cottonwood/willow and tasmarisk ve- Endangered Willow mus getation communities along rivers and Flycatcher streams. Spikedance Meda fulgida Moderate to large perennial streams- Threatened with gravel substrates and moderate to swift velocities over sand and gra- vel substitutes. Yuma Clapper Rallus longirostris yu- Fresh water and brackish marshes. Endangered Rail manensis Acuna Cactus Echinomastus erectocen- Well drained knolls and gravel ridges Candidate trus var. acunensis in Sonoran desertscrub. Northern Mex- Thamnophis eques me- Found in source-area wetlands, large Candidate ican Garter snake galops river riparian woodlands and forests, and streamside gallery forests. Yellow-billed Coccyzus americanus Large blocks of riparian woodlands Candidate Cuckoo (cottonwood, willow, or tamarisk gal- leries). Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Pinal County Species List, December 2007

1-28 FLOOD ZONE MAP 06MP12-1H-8/19/09 for Coolidge, Arizona Gila River North Side Canal

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Florence Casa Grande Canal Central Arizona Project

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Florence Canal Kleck Road Lateral

Central Arizona Project

Florence Casa Casa Grande Canal Grande Canal

Exhibit 1H FLOOD ZONE MAP WETLANDS AND made in compliance with the National WATERS OF THE U.S. Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) of 1966, as amended for federal under- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers re- takings. Two state acts also require gulates the discharge of dredged consideration of cultural resources. and/or fill material into waters of the The NHPA requires that an initial re- United States, including adjacent wet- view be made of an undertaking’s Area lands, under Section 404 of the Clean of Potential Effect (APE) to determine Water Act. Wetlands are defined in if any properties in, or eligible for in- Executive Order 11990, Protection of clusion in, the National Register of Wetlands, as “those areas that are in- Historic Places are present in the undated by surface or groundwater area. with a frequency sufficient to support and under normal circumstances does Arizona State Parks indicated in the or would support a prevalence of vege- Coolidge Municipal Airport Master tation or aquatic life that requires sa- Plan Environmental Assessment, con- turated or seasonably saturated soil ducted in 1987, that the likelihood is conditions for growth and reproduc- good that cultural resources may be tion.” Categories of wetlands include located within the project area and swamps, marshes, bogs, sloughs, po- that archaeological sites are present in tholes, wet meadows, river overflows, nearby areas. Surveys of previously mud flats, natural ponds, estuarine undisturbed areas are recommended areas, tidal overflows, and shallow to locate and evaluate any existing lakes and ponds with emergent vege- cultural remains. tation. Wetlands exhibit three charac- teristics: hydrology, hydrophytes (plants able to tolerate various degrees DEPARTMENT OF of flooding or frequent saturation), and TRANSPORTATION ACT: poorly drained soils. SECTION 4(f)

Several canals are located immediate- Section 4(f) properties include publicly ly west of Coolidge Municipal Airport owned land from a public park, recrea- including the Central Arizona Project tional area, or wildlife and waterfowl canal, the Florence Casa Grande can- refuge of national, state, or local signi- al, and the Florence canal. These can- ficance; or any land from a historic als along with the location of washes site of national, state, or local signific- in the vicinity of the airport are identi- ance. There are no Section 4(f) re- fied on Exhibit 1H. sources located on airport property.

HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL, SUMMARY AND CULTURAL RESOURCES The information discussed on the pre- Determination of a project’s impact to vious pages provides a foundation historical and cultural resources is upon which the remaining elements of

1-29 the planning process will be con- ASIS Datasheet Systems, retrieved structed. Information on current air- from: port facilities and utilization will serve http://avnwww.jccbi.gov/datasheet/ as a basis, with additional analysis and data collection, for the develop- Coolidge Municipal Airport Master ment of forecasts of aviation activity Plan, 1997 and facility requirement determina- tions. The inventory of existing condi- Coolidge-Florence Regional Transpor- tions is the first step in the process of tation Plan, April 2008 determining those factors which will meet projected aviation demand in the City of Coolidge General Plan, 2007 community and the region. Department of the Air Force, 56th Range Management Office (AETC), DOCUMENT SOURCES Luke Air Force Base, Arizona

A variety of sources were used in the FAA 5010 Form, Airport Master inventory of existing facilities. The Record; 3/12/2009 following listing presents a partial list of reference documents. The list does National Plan of Integrated Airport not reflect some information collected Systems (NPIAS), U.S. Department of by airport staff or through interviews Transportation, Federal Aviation Ad- with airport personnel. ministration, 2009-2013

AirNAV Airport information, website: U.S. Census Bureau http://www.airnav.com U.S. Department of Commerce, Bu- Airport/Facility Directory, Southwest reau of Economic Analysis U.S., U.S. Department of Transporta- tion, Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Pinal National Aeronautical Charting Of- County Species List, July 2009 fice, July 2, 2009 Edition U.S. Terminal Procedures, Volume 4 of Arizona Department of Commerce 4, Department of Transportation, Fed- eral Aviation Administration, March Arizona Department of Economic Se- 12, 2009 Edition. curity; 2009 Western Regional Climate Center; Arizona Department of Transportation 2009

Arizona Online Environmental Review Woods & Poole Economics, The Com- Tool, 8/7/2009 plete Economic and Demographic Data Source, 2008

1-30 Chapter Two FORECASTS