Valdez Pioneer Field Airport Master Plan Update State Program No. NFAPT00291 December 2020 Valdez Pioneer Field Airport Master Plan Update December 2020 State Program Number NFAPT00291 DRAFT Alternatives Prepared for: State of Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities, Northern Region 2301 Peger Road Fairbanks, Alaska 99709 Prepared by: Stantec Consulting Services Inc. 725 E Fireweed Lane, Suite 200 Anchorage, AK 99503 Valdez Pioneer Field Airport Master Plan Update State Program No. NFAPT00291 December 2020 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS .......................................................................................................................................... 8-II LIST OF FIGURES ................................................................................................................................................... 8-II LIST OF TABLES..................................................................................................................................................... 8-II LIST OF ACRONYMS ............................................................................................................................................8-III 8 ALTERNATIVES ........................................................................................................................................8-4 8.1 ALTERNATIVES OVERVIEW ..................................................................................................................8-4 8.2 RUNWAY ALTERNATIVES .....................................................................................................................8-4 8.3 TAXIWAY ALTERNATIVES ..................................................................................................................8-16 8.4 AIRFIELD IMPROVEMENTS .................................................................................................................8-19 8.5 LAND USE ................................................................................................................................................8-21 8.6 ROBE LAKE..............................................................................................................................................8-23 8.7 THOMPSON PASS AIRPORT .................................................................................................................8-23 8.8 VDZ INSTRUMENT APPROACH ...........................................................................................................8-24 8.9 EVALUATION CRITERIA .......................................................................................................................8-24 8.10 PUBLIC COMMENTS ..............................................................................................................................8-26 8.11 PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE .................................................................................................................8-26 9 REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................................9-1 10 ATTACHMENT B: INSTRUMENT APPROACH BRIEFING ................................................................10-1 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 8.1-1 Runway and Taxiway No Action ...........................................................................................................8-5 Figure 8.1-2 Existing Parallel Taxiway to Remain .....................................................................................................8-7 Figure 8.1-3 Taxiway Alternative 5: Realign Parallel Taxiway .................................................................................8-9 Figure 8.1-4 Other Airport Improvement Options ....................................................................................................8-11 Figure 8.3-1 Existing Runway 6/24 and Taxiway Layout ............................................................................8-16 Figure 8.4.2-1 Sand and Urea Storage .............................................................................................................8-20 Figure 8.4.4-1 Current Jersey Barrier tie down system used during the Fly In ................................................8-21 Figure 8.5.2-1 Lease Lots East of the Terminal ...............................................................................................8-22 Figure 8.5.3-1 Aleutian Village, separated from the main airport by Pipe Creek (blue)..................................8-23 LIST OF TABLES Table 8.2-1. Runway Design Standards Comparison. ..................................................................................8-13 Table 8.3-1. Taxiway Design Standards Comparison. ..................................................................................8-17 Table 8.9-1. Alternative Evaluation ..............................................................................................................8-25 8-2 Valdez Pioneer Field Airport Master Plan Update State Program No. NFAPT00291 December 2020 LIST OF ACRONYMS AC ...................................................................................................................................................... Advisory Circular ADG ............................................................................................................................................. Airport Design Group ALP ................................................................................................................................................. Airport Layout Plan ARC ........................................................................................................................................... Airport Reference Code ARFF .......................................................................................................................... Airport Rescue and Fire Fighting AWOS ............................................................................................................ Automated Weather Observation System DOT&PF ............................................................................... Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities FAA ............................................................................................................................. Federal Aviation Administration IFR ............................................................................................................................................. Instrument Flight Rules PFAS ...................................................................................................................... Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances PCI ........................................................................................................................................ Pavement Condition Index RNAV ................................................................................................................................................... Area Navigation ROFA .................................................................................................................................... Runway Object Free Area ROFZ ..................................................................................................................................... Runway Object Free Zone RPZ .......................................................................................................................................... Runway Protection Zone RSA ................................................................................................................................................ Runway Safety Area RW ...................................................................................................................................................................... Runway SREB ..................................................................................................................... Snow Removal Equipment Building STOL .................................................................................................................................. Short Take Off and Landing TDG ............................................................................................................................................Taxiway Design Group TOFA ..................................................................................................................................... Taxiway Object Free Area TSA ............................................................................................................................................... Taxiway Safety Area VDZ ................................................................................................................................... Valdez Pioneer Field Airport VHF .............................................................................................................................................. Very High Frequency VOR .................................................................................................................................VHF Omni-Directional Range 8-3 Valdez Pioneer Field Airport Master Plan Update State Program No. NFAPT00291 December 2020 8 ALTERNATIVES To facilitate decision making for future development at Valdez Pioneer Field Airport (VDZ), several potential development alternatives were identified and evaluated for implementation. The alternatives were developed by identifying issues, facility requirements, and