Beverly Municipal Airport Airport Master Plan Update TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION Planning Process ..............................................................................................................1-2 Overview of Airport Issues ..............................................................................................1-3 CHAPTER TWO: INVENTORY OF EXISTING FACILITIES 2.1 Airport Location and Role....................................................................................2-1 2.2 Airport Facilities ..................................................................................................2-7 2.2.1 Runways and Taxiways.........................................................................2-7 2.2.2 Approach and Navigational Aids ..........................................................2-9 2.2.3 Fixed-Base Operators..........................................................................2-15 2.2.4 Hangars................................................................................................2-17 2.2.5 Aprons and Tiedowns..........................................................................2-18 2.2.6 Fuel Facilities......................................................................................2-19 2.2.7 Airport Maintenance, Management, and Snow Removal ...................2-19 2.2.8 On-Airport Ground Access and Automobile Parking.........................2-20 2.2.9 Nonaviation Facilities .........................................................................2-21 2.2.10 Utilities................................................................................................2-21 2.3 Airspace..............................................................................................................2-22 2.4 FAR Part 77 Obstruction Analysis.....................................................................2-25 2.4.1 Primary Surface...................................................................................2-25 2.4.2 Approach Surface................................................................................2-28 2.4.3 Transitional Surfaces...........................................................................2-29 2.4.4 Horizontal Surface...............................................................................2-29 2.4.5 Conical Surface...................................................................................2-29 2.5 Pavement Analysis .............................................................................................2-29 2.6 Meteorological Information ...............................................................................2-32 2.6.1 Wind....................................................................................................2-32 2.6.2 Temperature and Precipitation ............................................................2-36 2.6.3 Visual Flight Rules and IFR Conditions .............................................2-36 2.7 Airports and Aviation in the Region ..................................................................2-37 2.8 Historical Aviation Activity...............................................................................2-38 2.9 Airport Reference Code and Existing Nonconforming Conditions ...................2-45 CHAPTER THREE: FORECASTS OF AVIATION ACTIVITY 3.1 National Aviation Trends.....................................................................................3-2 3.2 Airport Objectives and Service Area ...................................................................3-7 3.3 Economic Indicators.............................................................................................3-8 3.4 Aviation Forecasts..........................................................................................................3-12 FINAL i Dufresne-Henry, Inc. Beverly Municipal Airport Airport Master Plan Update 3.4.1 Establishment of Base Year ................................................................3-12 3.4.2 Based-Aircraft Projections ..................................................................3-13 3.4.3 Aircraft Operations Projections...........................................................3-17 3.4.4 Instrument Operations Projections......................................................3-22 3.4.5 Pilot and Passenger Projections...........................................................3-23 3.4.6 Peak-Period Activity Projections ........................................................3-24 3.5 Airport Reference Code .....................................................................................3-27 3.6 Summary of Forecasts........................................................................................3-29 CHAPTER FOUR: FACILITY REQUIREMENTS 4.1 Demand/Capacity Analysis..................................................................................4-1 4.1.1 Airfield ..................................................................................................4-1 4.1.2 Runways................................................................................................4-3 4.1.3 Taxiways ...............................................................................................4-7 4.1.4 Aircraft Parking Hangars ......................................................................4-7 4.1.5 Aircraft Tiedowns/Aprons.....................................................................4-8 4.1.6 Automobile Parking............................................................................4-11 4.1.7 Other Capacity-Related Facilities .......................................................4-12 4.2 Noncapacity Facilities........................................................................................4-13 4.2.1 FAA Standards ....................................................................................4-13 4.2.2 Pavement Rehabilitation.....................................................................4-17 4.2.3 NAVAIDs............................................................................................4-18 4.2.4 Airport Security and Fencing ..............................................................4-19 4.2.5 Airport Lighting, Signage, and Pavement Marking ............................4-19 4.2.6 Airport Rescue and Firefighting..........................................................4-19 4.2.7 Airport Snow-Removal and Maintenance Equipment ........................4-20 4.2.8 Nonaeronautical Uses..........................................................................4-20 4.3 Summary of Facility Requirements....................................................................4-22 CHAPTER FIVE: ALTERNATIVE DEVELOPMENT ANALYSIS 5.1 Description of Runway Alternatives....................................................................5-1 5.1.1 Runway Alternative 1............................................................................5-2 5.1.2 Runway Alternative 2............................................................................5-6 5.1.3 Runway Alternative 3............................................................................5-7 5.1.4 Runway Alternative 4............................................................................5-9 5.1.5 Runway Alternative 5............................................................................5-9 5.2 Taxiway and Apron/Hangar (Landside) Area Alternatives ...............................5-11 5.2.1 Taxiway Alternative 1.........................................................................5-11 5.2.2 Taxiway Alternative 2.........................................................................5-12 5.2.3 Taxiway Alternative 3.........................................................................5-12 5.2.4 Taxiway Alternative 4.........................................................................5-12 FINAL ii Dufresne-Henry, Inc. Beverly Municipal Airport Airport Master Plan Update 5.2.5 Taxiway Alternative 5.........................................................................5-12 5.2.6 Landside Alternative 1 ........................................................................5-13 5.2.7 Landside Alternative 2 ........................................................................5-13 5.2.8 Landside Alternative 3 ........................................................................5-15 5.2.9 Landside Alternative 4 ........................................................................5-15 5.2.10 Nonaeronautical Use...........................................................................5-15 5.3 Improvements Common to All Alternatives ......................................................5-16 5.4 Analysis of Alternatives.....................................................................................5-17 5.4.1 Runway Alternative 1..........................................................................5-17 5.4.2 Runway Alternative 2..........................................................................5-19 5.4.3 Runway Alternative 3..........................................................................5-21 5.4.4 Runway Alternative 4..........................................................................5-22 5.4.5 Runway Alternative 5..........................................................................5-23 5.4.6 Taxiway Alternative 1.........................................................................5-26 5.4.7 Taxiway Alternative 2.........................................................................5-27 5.4.8 Taxiway Alternative 3.........................................................................5-28