NEW SMYRNA BEACH MUNICIPAL AIRPORT INVENTORY AIRPORT MASTER PLAN UPDATE CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER ONE – INVENTORY 1.0 GENERAL The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Advisory Circular 150/5070-6A, “Airport Master Plans” and the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) “Guidebook for Airport Master Plans” outline the necessary steps in the development of an Airport Master Plan. The initial step, Inventory, is the collection of data pertinent to the Airport and the area it serves. The objective of the inventory task at New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport is to provide background information for subsequent phases of analyses. The development of a Master Plan for New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport requires the collection and evaluation of data relating to the Airport and surrounding area and was obtained through on-site investigations of the Airport; interviews with Airport management, fixed based operators, air traffic control, and representatives of various City offices; and collection and analysis of previous reports and studies. A survey of tenant’s facilities and future plans was conducted through on-site interviews. The inventory includes an analysis of the following: • Airport Setting • Airside Facilities • Landside Facilities • Airspace Structure • On-Airport Land Use • Community Inventory • Socioeconomic Data • Climate 1.1 AIRPORT SETTING The City of New Smyrna Beach owns and operates New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport. Through a six-member Airport Advisory Board, recommendations regarding the development, use, and operation of the Airport are made to the City Commission. The Public Works Director (also acting as Airport Manager) reports to the City Manager regarding operational matters. Airport Advisory Board members serve three-year terms with a two consecutive term limit unless approved by the City Commission. Additional staffing needs at the Airport are fulfilled by City staff on an as needed basis. Information pertaining to New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport is found on the Florida Aviation Database (www.florida-aviation-database.com), finding New Smyrna Beach, Florida reference documents under “Facility Information Directory”. Databases for these documents are organized alphabetically by the Airport’s closest located city. Subsequent paragraphs in this section describe the Airport’s role and type, location, Airport access, and Airport history. 1.1.1 ROLE AND TYPE New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport is included within the National Plan of Integrated Airport System (NPIAS), which is published by the U.S. Department of Transportation. In the NPIAS, the HOYLE, TANNER & ASSOCIATES, INC. 1-1 NEW SMYRNA BEACH MUNICIPAL AIRPORT INVENTORY AIRPORT MASTER PLAN UPDATE CHAPTER 1 FAA establishes the role of those public Airports defined as essential to meet the needs of civil aviation and to support the Department of Defense and Postal Service. In the NPIAS, the role for each Airport identifies one of five basic service levels. These levels describe the type of service that the Airport is expected to provide the community during the NPIAS five-year planning period. It also represents the funding categories set up by Congress to assist in Airport development. New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport is a General Aviation Airport categorized as a Reliever Airport for the Daytona Beach metropolitan area, based on data collected and transmitted to Congress by the Secretary of Transportation for the 2001-2005 planning period. 1.1.2 LOCATION The City of New Smyrna Beach is located on the East Coast of North Central Florida. The City is situated approximately 105 miles south-southeast of Jacksonville and fifteen miles south of Daytona Beach. The City of New Smyrna Beach encompasses approximately 30.5 square miles, and lies within Volusia County, which encompasses approximately 1,432 square miles. New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport is located three miles northwest of the City of New Smyrna Beach. The Airport Vicinity Map, Exhibit 1.1, depicts the location of the Airport in its regional setting. The Airport elevation is 12 feet above Mean Sea Level (MSL) and the Airport Reference Point (ARP) is located at latitude of 29° 03’ 21” North and a longitude of 80° 56’ 56” West. The ARP is defined as the approximate geometric center of all useable runway surfaces. The Airport, which is comprised of nearly 718 acres of land, is located approximately three miles east of Interstate 95, between the North Dixie Freeway (US 1) and Turnbull Bay Road. The Airport’s property lines are reflected in the Airport Layout Plan (ALP) set. 1.1.3 ACCESS ROADWAYS AND AIRPORT BUSINESSES Major arterial roadways serving the area include Interstate 95 and Highway US 1. Interstate 95 passes north and south through Volusia County to the west of the Airport, and US 1 runs north and south through Volusia County to the east of the Airport. Both arterial roadways follow the general direction of the Atlantic Ocean shoreline. There are two entrances to the Airport property, one from US 1 on Skyline Drive and the other from Turnbull Bay Road via United Drive or Industrial Park Boulevard. Additionally, Airway Circle and South Street offer access to the southern and northern sides of the Airport, respectively. There are no on-airport roadways offering access from one quadrant of the airfield to another. HOYLE, TANNER & ASSOCIATES, INC. 1-2 NEW SMYRNA BEACH MUNICIPAL AIRPORT INVENTORY AIRPORT MASTER PLAN UPDATE CHAPTER 1 ***INSERT EXHIBIT 1.1 – AIRPORT VICINITY MAP*** HOYLE, TANNER & ASSOCIATES, INC. 1-3 NEW SMYRNA BEACH MUNICIPAL AIRPORT INVENTORY AIRPORT MASTER PLAN UPDATE CHAPTER 1 The following businesses are located on or adjacent to Airport property: American Aero Services George Baker Aviation IJT, Inc. Civil Air Patrol 378th CTS Vintage Props and Jets Epic Aviation Volusia County Mosquito Control Four Winds Aircraft, LLC Small Airport parcels were released to aviation related businesses in the 1970’s and 1980’s, and continue to operate with through-the fence airfield access agreements with the City of New Smyrna Beach. The City is also in the process of re-acquiring some of the parcels back into its control. On the south side of the Airport there are several released parcels for non-aviation businesses, separated from the airfield, and constructed upon land previously utilized as a landfill. 1.1.4 NEW SMYRNA BEACH HISTORY There is evidence that aboriginal populations were living in the area of New Smyrna Beach as early as 2000 BC. Native Timucuan populations left shell middens in the vicinity of New Smyrna Beach, approximately eight miles to the south, some of which contained as many as 33,000 cubic yards of oyster shells. In 1769, Dr. Andrew Turnbull, a Scottish physician and entrepreneur, recruited 1500 Greeks, Italians, and Minorcans to settle and homestead his Royal land grant of 101,000 acres. He named his land New Smyrna in honor of his wife, whose birthplace was Smyrna, Asia Minor, near present- day Izmir, Turkey. New Smyrna, through Dr. Turnbull’s land grant, was Britain’s largest attempt at colonization in the New World, and Dr. Turnbull declared New Smyrna Britain’s 14th Crown Colony. However, ten short years later, almost the entire population had been taken by disease and shortages. For a short time the area was controlled by the Spanish, and the New Smyrna Beach area was developed and destroyed at least three times between the War of 1812 and the Civil War. Throughout the wartimes, however, roadways were built in the area because of military necessity. This further enabled the development of the area. Between 1900 and 1920, the town grew over 400 percent and in 1903 was incorporated as a City. Early industries included sugar plantations and processing, as well as orange crops, though the Depression and stock market crash of 1929 took its toll on local residents and industries. During the two World Wars, the City grew because of an increase in domestic travel, and New Smyrna Beach offered a quieter alternative to the bustle of Daytona Beach. Today New Smyrna Beach’s beach and attractive and quiet City atmosphere make it a popular place for tourism as well as residence. The Airport at New Smyrna Beach began as a grass strip in the middle of an orange grove. In 1942, the strip was acquired by the United States Navy and was immediately developed into a military airfield. Navy operations began in 1944. After World War II, the Airport was given to the City of New Smyrna Beach by the US Government’s War Assets Administration on April 10, 1947, becoming New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport. The last Airport Master Plan Update for New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport was prepared in December 1994. The FAA and FDOT recommend that Master Plans be updated approximately HOYLE, TANNER & ASSOCIATES, INC. 1-4 NEW SMYRNA BEACH MUNICIPAL AIRPORT INVENTORY AIRPORT MASTER PLAN UPDATE CHAPTER 1 every five to ten years, which significantly increases the potential for State and Federal funding in capital improvement projects. As such, the next Airport Master Plan Update for New Smyrna Beach Municipal should be produced between 2009-2013. Since the previous Master Plan Update in 1994, the following projects have been completed at the Airport: Year Completed Description of Development 1995 Refurbish Shade Hangars 1996 T-hangar Development, Phase I (16 units) Ultra-thin Apron Overlay 2000 T-hangar Development, Phase II (16 units) Commercial Hangar Development, Phase I 2002 Taxiway B & C Overlay 2003 Runway 29 PAPI Installation Perimeter Security Fencing Project 2004 Airport Traffic Control Tower Rotating Beacon Installation Commercial Hangar Development, Phase II 1.2 AIRSIDE FACILITIES Airside facilities at New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport include runways, taxiways, aprons, lighting, and navigational aids. Drawing 2 – Existing Facilities, depicts an overview of the existing airfield facilities. This section describes the Airport’s existing airfield facilities in terms of location, configuration, size, and use characteristics.