PRELIMINARY DRAFT Canberra International Airport I 2008 Master Plan CAPITAL CITY AIRPORT OF THE YEAR 2007 This Master Plan has been prepared by Canberra International Airport Pty Limited as part of our internal strategic planning processes and in accordance with the provisions of Part 5 of the Airports Act 1996 (“the Act”) and the Regulations made under that Act, and should be read in that context only. The assumptions and forecasts in this Master Plan should not be used or relied upon by any person or entity for any other purpose. This Master Plan replaces the existing Master Plan approved by the Minister for Transport on 11 February 2005 (“2005 Master Plan”). Any reference to “us”, “we”, “our” in this Master Plan refers to Canberra International Airport Pty Limited. The words “include”, “including”, “for example” or “such as” and "in particular" are not used as, nor are they to be interpreted as, words of limitation and when introducing an example, do not limit the meaning of the words to which the example relates to that example or examples of a similar kind. Canberra International Airport Page 2 Preliminary Draft Master Plan 2008 Table of Contents Foreword .......................................................................................................................... 7 1. Introduction..................................................................................................................... 9 1.1 Vision ............................................................................................................... 9 1.2 Purpose of the Master Plan............................................................................. 10 1.3 Purpose and development objectives.............................................................. 11 1.4 Intended Uses................................................................................................. 14 1.5 Location.......................................................................................................... 14 1.6 History ............................................................................................................ 15 1.7 Existing facilities............................................................................................ 18 1.8 The Airport and high speed rail...................................................................... 19 2. Economic activity at Canberra International Airport ................................................... 21 2.1 Airport businesses .......................................................................................... 21 2.2 Conclusion...................................................................................................... 22 3. Consultation process..................................................................................................... 23 3.1 Ongoing Consultation..................................................................................... 23 3.2 Preparatory Consultation................................................................................ 23 3.3 Public consultation......................................................................................... 23 4. Integration with local planning strategies..................................................................... 25 4.1 National Capital Authority ............................................................................. 25 4.2 ACT Government ........................................................................................... 25 4.2.1 Economic White Paper................................................................................... 26 4.2.2 The Canberra Spatial Plan.............................................................................. 27 4.2.3 Territory Plan.................................................................................................. 29 5. Aviation Growth........................................................................................................... 31 5.1 Promotion of competition............................................................................... 32 5.2 International route growth .............................................................................. 33 5.3 Domestic and regional route growth .............................................................. 35 4 Passenger projections..................................................................................... 40 5.5 Aircraft movement projections....................................................................... 42 5.6 Air freight....................................................................................................... 44 6. Runways and airfield developments............................................................................. 46 6.1 Runway and taxiway system demand............................................................. 46 6.2 International services...................................................................................... 46 6.3 Terminal ......................................................................................................... 47 6.4 Apron capacity................................................................................................ 48 6.5 Ultimate capacity............................................................................................ 48 6.6 Augmentation of runway and taxiway system ............................................... 49 6.7 Airspace capacity............................................................................................ 50 6.8 Fog.................................................................................................................. 50 6.9 Public Safety Zones........................................................................................ 50 6.10 Enhanced flight procedures using GPS .......................................................... 51 6.11 Canberra Air Traffic Control Tower .............................................................. 51 6.12 VHST Implications......................................................................................... 51 6.13 Implementation............................................................................................... 52 7. Development concept and options................................................................................ 54 7.1 Intended uses of the Airport site..................................................................... 54 Canberra International Airport Page 3 Preliminary Draft Master Plan 2008 7.2 Indicative precinct planning vision ................................................................ 54 7.2.1 South West Precinct ....................................................................................... 55 7.2.1.1 Terminal ......................................................................................................... 55 7.2.1.2 Terminal support facilities.............................................................................. 55 7.2.1.3 Commercial development............................................................................... 56 7.2.1.4 Pialligo Precinct.............................................................................................. 56 7.2.2 North West Precinct ....................................................................................... 57 7.2.3 North East Precinct......................................................................................... 57 7.2.4 South-East Precinct........................................................................................ 59 7.3 Permitted land uses in the Airport precincts .................................................. 59 7.4 External planning context and potential conflicts .......................................... 59 7.5 Signage policy................................................................................................ 60 7.5.1 General and tenant signs................................................................................. 60 7.5.2 Advertising signs (billboards and other advertising signage and concepts)......................................................................................................... 61 8. Road access issues ........................................................................................................ 64 8.1 External Road Access..................................................................................... 64 8.2 Internal road access and parking .................................................................... 66 8.2.1 South West Precinct – Terminal..................................................................... 66 8.2.2 South West – other ......................................................................................... 67 8.2.3 North West Precinct ....................................................................................... 67 8.2.4 North East Precinct......................................................................................... 67 9. Engineering Services .................................................................................................... 68 9.1 Gas.................................................................................................................. 68 9.2 Sewerage......................................................................................................... 68 9.3 Stormwater ..................................................................................................... 69 9.4 Potable Water Supply ....................................................................................