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CopperString 2.0 Assessment of the impact to aviation Volume 3 Appendix Y July 2020 AVIATION IMPACT ASSESSMENT COPPERSTRING 2.0 PROJECT Prepared for GHD Pty Ltd DOCUMENT CONTROL Document Title: CopperString 2.0 Project - Aviation Impact Assessment Reference: 063702-01 Prepared by: G Holmes Reviewed by: P Davidyuk/ K Tonkin Released by: G Holmes Revision History Version Description Transmitted Reviewed by Date 0.1 First Draft 18 March 2020 N Govha, M Barnett, P Bradley 8 April 2020 0.2 Second Draft 09 April 2020 GHD 14 July 2020 1.0 Final 17 July 2020 COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMER NOTICE This document and the information contained herein should be treated as commercial-in-confidence. No part of this work may be reproduced or copied in any form or by any means (graphic, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or information retrieval system) or otherwise disclosed to any other party whatsoever, without the prior written consent of Aviation Projects Pty Ltd. This report has been prepared for the benefit solely of the Client, and is not to be relied upon by any other person or entity without the prior written consent of Aviation Projects Pty Ltd. © Aviation Projects Pty Ltd, 2020. All rights reserved 063702-01 COPPERSTRING 2.0 PROJECT – AVIATION IMPACT ASSESSMENT i TABLE OF CONTENTS Document Control ____________________________________________________________________________ i Copyright and Disclaimer Notice ________________________________________________________________ i Table of Contents ____________________________________________________________________________ ii List of Figures ______________________________________________________________________________ iv List of Tables ________________________________________________________________________________ v Glossary ___________________________________________________________________________________ vi Units of measurement _______________________________________________________________________ vi 1. INTRODUCTION _________________________________________________________________________ 1 Situation _____________________________________________________________________________ 1 Purpose and scope of task ______________________________________________________________ 1 Methodology _________________________________________________________________________ 1 Client material ________________________________________________________________________ 2 References ___________________________________________________________________________ 2 2. BACKGROUND __________________________________________________________________________ 4 Project history ________________________________________________________________________ 4 Project description ____________________________________________________________________ 5 Site overview _________________________________________________________________________ 7 3. PLANNING CONTEXT _____________________________________________________________________ 8 Airports (Protection of Airspace) Regulations 1996 _________________________________________ 8 CAAP 92-1(1) Guidelines for aeroplane landing areas _______________________________________ 9 QLD State Planning Policy 2017 _______________________________________________________ 10 National Airports Safeguarding Framework ______________________________________________ 11 Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 Part 139—Aerodromes ______________________________ 11 City of Mount Isa Planning Scheme 2020 _______________________________________________ 12 4. CONSULTATION _______________________________________________________________________ 14 5. AVIATION IMPACT STATEMENT __________________________________________________________ 17 Mount Isa Airport ____________________________________________________________________ 17 Minimum Safe Altitude - Mount Isa Airport ______________________________________________ 18 Instrument procedures Mount Isa Airport _______________________________________________ 18 Airline Operations Mount Isa Airport ____________________________________________________ 19 Mount Isa Airport obstacle limitation surface analysis ____________________________________ 19 Mount Isa Airport visual approaches ___________________________________________________ 22 Mount Isa Airport instrument flight procedures __________________________________________ 22 Trepell Airport ______________________________________________________________________ 22 Airline Operations at Trepell Airport ____________________________________________________ 23 Trepell Airport obstacle limitation surface analysis _______________________________________ 23 Trepell Airport instrument flight procedures _____________________________________________ 28 Minimum safe altitude - Trepell Airport _________________________________________________ 29 Circling areas at Trepell Airport ________________________________________________________ 29 Impact on other aircraft landing areas and airports _______________________________________ 31 063702-01 COPPERSTRING 2.0 PROJECT – AVIATION IMPACT ASSESSMENT ii Other aerial activities ________________________________________________________________ 35 Military operations __________________________________________________________________ 35 Air routes and LSALT _________________________________________________________________ 36 Airspace ___________________________________________________________________________ 37 Aviation facilities ____________________________________________________________________ 37 Radar _____________________________________________________________________________ 37 6. PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS ___________________________________________________________ 38 7. HAZARD LIGHTING AND MARKING _______________________________________________________ 39 Civil Aviation Safety Authority _________________________________________________________ 39 AAAA policy ________________________________________________________________________ 40 8. CONCLUSIONS ________________________________________________________________________ 41 9. RECOMMENDATIONS __________________________________________________________________ 43 063702-01 COPPERSTRING 2.0 PROJECT – AVIATION IMPACT ASSESSMENT iii LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1 Proposed Project _____________________________________________________________________ 6 Figure 2 Project site __________________________________________________________________________ 7 Figure 3 Aerodromes located in proximity to Project ________________________________________________ 7 Figure 4 CAAP 92-1(1) Figure 2A ______________________________________________________________ 10 Figure 5 Aerodrome Chart for Mount Isa Airport (YBMA) ___________________________________________ 17 Figure 6 Mount Isa Airport’s MSA______________________________________________________________ 18 Figure 7 Project in relation to Mount Isa Airport __________________________________________________ 20 Figure 8 Obstacle Limitation Surface - Mount Isa Airport ___________________________________________ 21 Figure 9 Aerodrome Chart for Trepell Airport (YTEE) _______________________________________________ 23 Figure 10 Project in proximity to Trepell Airport __________________________________________________ 24 Figure 11 Project with Trepell Airport's OLS overlay _______________________________________________ 24 Figure 12 Project ground elevation Trepell Airport ________________________________________________ 25 Figure 13 Ground elevation and conical surface at Trepell Airport ___________________________________ 25 Figure 14 Northern inner horizontal surface at Trepell Airport_______________________________________ 26 Figure 15 Southern inner horizontal surface at Trepell Airport ______________________________________ 26 Figure 16 Approach surface at Trepell Airport____________________________________________________ 27 Figure 17 Take-off surface at Trepell Airport _____________________________________________________ 28 Figure 18 Trepell Airport’s MSA _______________________________________________________________ 29 Figure 19 Category B and Category C circling areas - Trepell Airport __________________________________ 30 Figure 20 En Route Chart Low National in the vicinity of the Project site ______________________________ 36 063702-01 COPPERSTRING 2.0 PROJECT – AVIATION IMPACT ASSESSMENT iv LIST OF TABLES Table 1 Transmission tower physical description ___________________________________________________ 6 Table 2 Assessment benchmarks for Mount Isa Airport ____________________________________________ 13 Table 3 Stakeholder consultation details _______________________________________________________ 15 Table 4 Mount Isa Airport (YBMA) aerodrome and procedure charts _________________________________ 19 Table 5 Airline Operators at Mount Isa Airport ___________________________________________________ 19 Table 6 Airline Operations at Trepell Airport _____________________________________________________ 23 Table 7 Trepell Airport (YTEE) aerodrome and procedure charts _____________________________________ 29 Table 8 Aerodromes within proximity of the Project _______________________________________________ 32 Table 9 City of Mount Isa Acceptable Outcomes __________________________________________________ 38 063702-01 COPPERSTRING 2.0 PROJECT – AVIATION IMPACT ASSESSMENT v GLOSSARY AGL above ground level AHD Australian Height Datum AIP aeronautical information package (Airservices Australia) AMSL above mean sea level ARP aerodrome reference point CAAP Civil Aviation Advisory Publication CAR