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Chapter One MESA-FALCONMESA-FALCON FIELDFIELD AIRPORTAIRPORT INVENTORY Chapter One The inventory of existing conditions at The information outlined in this chapter Mesa-Falcon Field Airport (FFZ) will was obtained through on-site inspections serve as an overview of the airport, its of the airport, including interviews with facilities, its role in regional and national airport management, airport tenants, and aviation systems, and the relationship to representatives of various government development which has occurred around agencies. Information was also obtained the airport in the past. The information from existing studies, including the City delineated in this chapter provides a of Mesa Transportation Plan (2003), City foundation, or starting point, for all of Mesa General Plan (2002), Mesa-Falcon subsequent evaluations. Field Airport Master Plan (1992), and Falcon Field Sub-Area Plan (2007). The update of this Master Plan required a Additional information and documents comprehensive collection and evaluation were provided by the Federal Aviation of information relating to the airport Administration (FAA), Maricopa including airport history, physical Association of Governments (MAG), inventories of facilities and services Arizona Department of Transportation – currently provided by the airport, as well Aeronautics Division (ADOT), and the as a review of regional airspace, air traffic City of Mesa – Development and control, and aircraft operating procedures. Sustainability Division. 1-1 BACKGROUND East McKellips Road, and to the west by North Greenfield Road. Immediate Any comprehensive master planning access to the airport terminal area is effort must factor all influences on an provided by Falcon Drive, which is ac- airport. Many of these factors are not cessed directly from East McKellips directly aviation-related in nature, but Road. Fighter Aces Drive also con- do play a key role in the overall nects to Falcon Drive and provides growth potential of the airport. Before access to other airport businesses and the airport and its facilities are dis- hangars in the southwest area of the cussed, these outside influences airport. To the east, off of North Hig- should be identified. The following ley Road, Falcon Drive provides access sections will discuss the factors which to several aviation-related businesses. will influence the development poten- Eagle Drive provides access to the tial at Mesa-Falcon Field Airport. U.S. Post Office, and Roadrunner Drive provides access to other avia- tion-related businesses. Additional AIRPORT LOCATION roadways extend off East McDowell Road and North Greenfield Road pro- As depicted on Exhibit 1A, Mesa- viding vehicle access to specific areas Falcon Field Airport sits on approx- of the airport. Both east and west imately 784 acres of property on the bound traffic on East McKellips Road north side of the City of Mesa, Arizo- have universal green airport direc- na. This includes 575 acres with air- tional signs indicating the main en- field access and 209 acres to the south trance to the airport. and west currently segregated from the airfield by major roadways. The The City of Mesa has excellent access airport is approximately five miles to to regional highway infrastructure the northeast of the City of Mesa’s linking it to the entire Phoenix metro- central business district. The City of politan area and points beyond. Loop Mesa is part of the greater Phoenix 202 (Santan Freeway) is a newer metropolitan area within Maricopa roadway system located north of the County. It is located in eastern Mari- airport. It creates a bypass around copa County, and lies adjacent to Pin- the downtown Mesa area and provides al County just a few miles east. direct access to Tempe and Phoenix to Neighboring communities include the west and connects to Loop 101 Apache Junction to the east, Queen providing service to Scottsdale north Creek, Gilbert, and Chandler to the and west. Loop 202 also connects to south, and Tempe to the west. The U.S. Highway 60, which leads to Gil- Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian bert and Chandler farther south and Community lies to the north and con- west. Known as Superstition Free- sists of a less-populated and less- way, U.S. Highway 60 runs in an congested land use area. east/west direction on the south side of Mesa and provides access to U.S. In- The airport is bounded on the north by terstates 10 and 17 farther west. I-10 East McDowell Road, to the east by directly links the Phoenix metropoli- North Higley Road, to the south by tan area to cities such as Tucson to the 1-2 MESA-FALCON FIELD AIRPORT Loop ThomasThomas RRd.d. 06MP17-1A-1/21/09 202 DYNAMITEDYNAMITE BLVDBLVD . JOMAX RD d R y e l TATUM BLVD TATUM g i CAVE CREEK RD Higley Rd. H Higley Rd. McDowellMcDowell RRd.d. PINNACLE PEAK RD . d R d l e i Phoenix f n e e Falcon Dr. r Greenfield Rd. Greenfield G Greenfield Rd. Greenfield UNIONUNION HILLSHILLS DRDR McKellipsMcKellips RRd.d. d R y BELLBELL RDRD . r a s D d a t n . 51 i s GGREENWAYREENWAY PPKWYKWY d i d Lindsay Rd. Lindsay L R V R l r Fountain r a e e Val Vista Val V Dr. Val Vista Val Dr. k w THUNERBIRDTHUNERBIRD RDRD HHillsills c o e Power Rd. Power P SSCOTTSDALECOTTSDALE Rd. Power ReckerR Rd. BrownBrown RRd.d. Recker Rd. 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Also, proposed to start MODES with the completion of the light rail project in 2008, the Bus Rapid Transit Union Pacific rail lines extend through (BRT) system is planned to boost ri- the City of Mesa approximately six dership of light-rail while taking cars miles to the southwest of the airport. off the road. Adjacent to the downtown Mesa area, the rail lines make up the Union Pa- cific Business Corridor providing a di- REGIONAL CLIMATE verse employment center with a wide range of retail centers, manufacturing, Weather conditions must be consi- and technology companies. There are dered in the planning and develop- no rail spurs extending in the vicinity ment of an airport, as daily operations of the airport. The City of Mesa has are affected by local weather. Tem- partnered with the cities of Phoenix perature is a significant factor in de- and Tempe to develop a light rail sys- termining runway length needs, while tem providing service to the region. local wind patterns (both direction and The system utilizes high-capacity speed) can affect the operation and ca- trains with the ability to carry 5,000 pabilities of the runway. passengers each direction per hour during peak periods. The Light Rail The regional climate is typical of the Transit (LRT) will initially serve the desert southwest; warm and dry. The downtown Mesa area. There are no normal daily minimum temperature plans showing the LRT extending into ranges from 40 degrees in December areas near the airport. Greyhound to 77 degrees in July. The normal dai- Bus Lines provides a depot in the City ly maximum temperature ranges from of Mesa, approximately eight miles to 67 degrees in December and January the southwest on South Country Club to 106 degrees in July. The region av- Drive. erages approximately 9 inches of pre- cipitation annually. On average, Mesa Local transportation includes two ser- experiences sunshine 85 percent of the vices that serve the general public. year. The monthly average wind The City-funded fixed-route bus ser- speed is 6.2 mph, and the predomi- vice operates six days a week, for ap- nant wind direction is from the proximately 16 hours per day. There southwest to northeast. A summary of are nine local routes and four express climatic data is presented in Table routes to downtown Phoenix. The 1A. 1-3 TABLE 1A Climate Summary Mesa, Arizona Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug.