CHAPTER ONE - INVENTORY Taxiways, Airfi Eld Lighting and Marking Aids, and Navigational Aids
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Dallas Executive Airport Airport Master Plan - Draft Final City of Dallas Dallas Executive Airport into two distinct categories: airside and landside. Airside facilities include those directly associated with aircraft operation such as runways, taxiways, lighting and marking, and navigational aids. Landside facilities include those necessary to provide a safe transition from surface to air transportation and support aircraft servicing, storage, maintenance, and operational safety on the ground. AIRSIDE FACILITIES Airside facilities are depicted on Exhibit 1A. These facilities include runways, CHAPTER ONE - INVENTORY taxiways, airfi eld lighting and marking aids, and navigational aids. Airside facility data is discussed in detail in the The inventory of existing conditions agencies. Additional information and following sections. is the initial step in the preparation of documents were provided by the the Dallas Executive Airport Master Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Plan Update. Information has been Texas Department of Transportation – Runways gathered for the airport as well as Aviation Division (TxDOT), and the City the region it serves. The inventory of of Dallas – Aviation Department. Dallas Executive Airport is served by existing conditions at Dallas Executive two active runways: Runway 13-31 and Airport will serve as an overview of This chapter will begin with an Runway 17-35. Primary Runway 13- the airport, its facilities, its role in the overview of the existing conditions 31 is 6,451 feet long by 150 feet wide regional and national aviation systems, at Dallas Executive Airport consisting and orientated northwest to southeast. and the relationship to development of descriptions of the airport facilities, Crosswind Runway 17-35 measures which has occurred around the airport regional airspace, air traffi c activity, and 3,800 feet long by 150 feet wide and is in the past. the airport’s role in regional, state, and orientated north to south. national aviation systems. This will be The update of this Master Plan requires followed by background information a comprehensive collection and regarding the airport and surrounding evaluation of information relating to area including airport location, history, the airport including airport history, regional climate, and adjacent land physical inventories of facilities and use. Finally, information regarding the services currently provided at the area’s socioeconomic profi le and an airport, as well as a review of regional inventory of environmental conditions airspace, air traffi c control, and airport will be presented. operating procedures. The information outlined in this chapter was obtained through AIRPORT FACILITIES on-site inspections of the airport, including interviews with airport This section provides a description of management, airport tenants, and the existing facilities at Dallas Executive representatives of various government Airport. These facilities can be divided Chapter One - Inventory / 1-1 City of Dallas Dallas Executive Airport 1 Localizer 2 VASI-4 1 LLocalizerocalizer WWasteaste TTransferransfer StationStation RREILsEILs B HHoldold AApronpron 3 Segmented Circle / Lighted 4 PAPI-4 Wind Cone RREILsEILs 2 A VVASI-4ASI-4 B-3 Runway 13-31 (6,451’x150’) e v ri PPAPI-4API-4 D r e B-2 4 g n e e B ll v i a 5 ATCT 6 Rotating Beacon r h CChallenger Drive D . r e d A-5 e v g R i C r a n y B-1 D o o t r Voyager Drive V Voyager e p n i A m r a a H 3 MMariner Drive Rotating SSaturn Drive SS Hampton Rd. SSegmentedegmented CCircleircle / a tu BeaconBeacon rn LightedLighted WWindconeindcone D Runway 17-35 (3,800’x150’) 17-35 Runway 6 r d iv a A-4 e o R d n a l e r R 7 8 o ILS Glideslope Antenna / LDIN m A-3 . t r ASOS s D e o ll Westmoreland Road WWestmoreland AATCTTCT o A p 5 AApollo Dr. RRemoteemote TTransmitterransmitter & Helipads ReceiverReceiver AntennaAntenna VVASI-4ASI-4 D 1 A-1 AASOSSOS A-2 HHoldold AApronpron A ILS Glideslopee ) y RREILsEILs AntennaAntenna a LEGEND w e 7 e r Airport Property Line F e v o L LDINN . D KEY 8 in v r ATCT - Airport Traffic Control Tower a M ( ASOS - Automated Surface Observation System 7 6 y ILS - Instrument Landing System a w LDIN - Lead-In Lights h 0 800 ig 16000 H PAPI - Precision Approach Path Indicator . .S VASI - Visual Approach Slope Indicator UU.S. Highway 67 (Marvin D. Love Freeway) NORTH SCALE IN FEET REIL - Runway End Identification Light ed Bird Lane DATE OF AERIAL: RRed Bird Lane May - 2011 Exhibit 1A: EXISTING AIRSIDE FACILITIES Dallas Executive Airport Airport Master Plan - Draft Final Exhibit 1B presents data specifi c gear loading (SWL) refers to having identify closed or hazardous areas to each runway. Other than the one wheel per landing gear strut. on the airport. Runway markings lengths and widths of each surface, Dual wheel loading (DWL) and provide pilots with designation the following items are included as dual tandem wheel loading (DTWL) and centerline stripes in basic detailed. include the design of aircraft form, while precision markings add landing gear with additional wheels threshold bars, edges, touchdown • Pavement type – Indicates the on each landing gear strut, which zone, and aiming points. surface material type. distributes the aircraft weight across • Lighting – Runway lighting is placed • Pavement condition – FAA’s current more of the pavement surface; near the pavement edge to defi ne rating of runway pavement material. thus, the surface itself can support the lateral limits of the pavement • Pavement strength – Based on the a greater total aircraft weight. surface. Medium intensity runway construction of the pavement, a • Pavement markings – Pavement lighting (MIRL) is typical of general runway can provide diff ering load markings aid in the movement of aviation airports. Runway end lights bearing capacities. Single wheel aircraft along airport surfaces and also demark end of pavements. Exhibit 1B: ACTIVE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY DATA RUNWAY 13-31 RUNWAY 17-35 TAXIWAYS DATA DATA DATA Taxiway Length Width Length: 6,451’ Length: 3,800’ A 5,130’ 60’ Width: 150’ Width: 150’ A-1 530’ 60’ Pavement Type: Asphalt/Concrete Pavement Type: Asphalt/Concrete A-2 700’ 60’ Pavement Condition: Good Pavement Condition: Good A-3 530’ 60’ Pavement Strength: 35,000 lbs SWL Pavement Strength: 35,000 lbs SWL A-4 300’ 60’ 60,000 lbs DWL 60,000 lbs DWL A-5 300’ 60’ 110,000 lbs DTWL 110,000 lbs DTWL B 3,900’ 60’ Markings: Precision - Runway 31 Markings: Non-Precision B-1 300’ 60’ Non-Precision - Runway 13 Lighting: MIRL B-2 300’ 60’ Lighting: MIRL Elevation: 651’ MSL (17), 659’ MSL (35) B-3 300’ 60’ Elevation: 655’ MSL (13), 646’ MSL (31) Gradient: 0.2% C 700’ 60’ Gradient: 0.1% Traffic Pattern: Standard Left D 1,200’ 60’ Traffic Pattern: Standard Left R 900’ 60’ KEY SWL - Single Wheel Loading DTWL - Dual Tandem Wheel Loading MSL - Mean Sea Level DWL - Dual Wheel Loading MIRL - Medium Intensity Runway Lighting 1-2 / Chapter One - Inventory Dallas Executive Airport Airport Master Plan - Draft Final City of Dallas Dallas Executive Airport • Elevation – Each runway end is a terminal area access taxiway as it runs Helipads situated at a specifi c point above along the outer edge of the primary mean sea level (MSL). Those listed terminal apron. Taxiway A-2 is located Four helipads are located on the east on the exhibit identify the MSL at the southeast end of the runway and side of the airport approximately location of each runway end. serves as a by-pass taxiway connecting 1,800 feet northeast of the Runway 31 • Gradient – Runway gradient Taxiways A and A-1. It is located 300 threshold. The helipads are utilized by describes the eff ective slope of a feet northeast of the runway centerline. the City of Dallas Police Department’s runway surface. Runway pavement helicopter operations. Transient civilian should be moderately sloped to Taxiway D serves as a partial parallel helicopters operate from the aircraft allow for eff ective drainage, but not taxiway for the southern portion of parking aprons farther north and so as to reduce visibility from end to Runway 17-35 and is separated from west adjacent to the airport terminal end. the runway by 300 feet. There are four building and other aviation-related • Traffi c Pattern – Runway traffi c entrance/exit taxiways on the east side facilities. patterns are established to control of Runway 17-35 designated as A, A-5, movements in the immediate A-4, and D moving north to south. vicinity of the airport area. Left- Taxiways B and C connect to the west hand patterns are standard and side of Runway 17-35, providing access allow the pilot to make left-hand to the Runway 13 threshold located on turns throughout the traffi c pattern. the northwest side of the airport. All active taxiways with their associated Taxiways dimensions are listed on Exhibit 1B. There are several other taxiways and The taxiway system at Dallas Executive taxilanes that serve more remote Airport includes parallel taxiways areas of the airfi eld such as hangar serving both runways as well as complexes and aircraft parking aprons. entrance/exit, access, and connector In addition, hold aprons are available at taxiways. each end of Runway 13-31. The hold Airfi eld Lighting and Marking aprons allow pilots to perform fl ight Taxiway B serves as the partial parallel checks, including engine run-ups and Airfi eld lighting systems extend an taxiway serving primary Runway 13- a location where airport traffi c control airport’s usefulness into periods of 31 from the Runway 13 threshold to tower (ATCT) personnel can instruct darkness and/or poor visibility. A its intersection with Runway 17-35.