PENSACOLA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MASTER PLAN UPDATE WORKING PAPER 2 INVENTORY OF EXISTING CONDITIONS FEBRUARY 2017 Inventory of Existing Conditions TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 2 Inventory of Existing Conditions ....................................................................................................................... 2-1 2.1 Airport Background .................................................................................................................................................... 2-1 2.1.1 Airport Location and Geography ..................................................................................................................... 2-1 2.1.2 History of the Airport ........................................................................................................................................... 2-3 2.1.3 Airport Ownership and Organization ............................................................................................................. 2-7 2.1.4 Airport Role and Classification ......................................................................................................................... 2-9 2.2 Airport Environs ......................................................................................................................................................... 2-11 2.2.1 Metro Area Demographics ............................................................................................................................... 2-11 2.2.2 Regional Setting and Land Use ...................................................................................................................... 2-14 2.2.3 Surface Transportation ...................................................................................................................................... 2-17 2.2.4 Area Climate ........................................................................................................................................................... 2-20 2.3 Airport Activity Data ................................................................................................................................................ 2-22 2.3.1 Enplaned Passengers .......................................................................................................................................... 2-22 2.3.2 Aircraft Operations and Fleet Mix ................................................................................................................. 2-22 2.3.3 Air Cargo Tonnage .............................................................................................................................................. 2-23 2.3.4 General Aviation Based Aircraft...................................................................................................................... 2-24 2.4 Airside ............................................................................................................................................................................ 2-25 2.4.1 Runways ................................................................................................................................................................... 2-27 2.4.2 Taxiways ................................................................................................................................................................... 2-29 2.4.3 Airside Pavement Conditions .......................................................................................................................... 2-30 2.4.4 Special Operational Procedures ..................................................................................................................... 2-34 2.4.5 Navigational Aids and Air Traffic Control Facilities ................................................................................ 2-34 2.4.6 Airspace ................................................................................................................................................................... 2-39 2.4.7 Airside Vehicle Service Road ........................................................................................................................... 2-45 2.5 Landside Facilities ..................................................................................................................................................... 2-46 2.6 Passenger Terminal .................................................................................................................................................. 2-52 2.6.1 Passenger Terminal Building ........................................................................................................................... 2-52 2.6.2 Passenger Terminal Apron ............................................................................................................................... 2-59 2.7 Air Cargo....................................................................................................................................................................... 2-60 2.7.2 Air Cargo Building................................................................................................................................................ 2-62 2.7.3 Air Cargo Apron .................................................................................................................................................... 2-62 2.7.4 Air Cargo Landside .............................................................................................................................................. 2-63 2.8 General Aviation ........................................................................................................................................................ 2-64 Pensacola International Airport Master Plan Update – Working Paper 2 i Inventory of Existing Conditions 2.8.1 Fixed Base Operator ............................................................................................................................................ 2-64 2.8.2 Other General Aviation ...................................................................................................................................... 2-65 2.9 Aircraft Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul .................................................................................................. 2-68 2.10 Aeronautical Support .............................................................................................................................................. 2-69 2.10.1 U.S. Customs and Border Protection ....................................................................................................... 2-69 2.10.2 Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting ................................................................................................................ 2-70 2.10.3 Fuel Storage Facility ....................................................................................................................................... 2-72 2.10.4 Airport Maintenance ...................................................................................................................................... 2-72 2.11 Nonaeronautical Support ...................................................................................................................................... 2-73 2.11.1 Abandoned TRACON Building................................................................................................................... 2-73 2.11.2 Hyatt Place Pensacola Airport Hotel ....................................................................................................... 2-73 2.11.3 General Daniel "Chappie" James Jr. Aviation Discovery Park ........................................................ 2-73 2.11.4 Utilities ................................................................................................................................................................ 2-74 2.11.5 Well Houses ...................................................................................................................................................... 2-76 2.12 Facility Inventory Assessment .............................................................................................................................. 2-76 2.13 Environmental Overview ........................................................................................................................................ 2-83 2.13.1 Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................... 2-83 2.13.2 Air Quality .......................................................................................................................................................... 2-83 2.13.3 Biological Resources ...................................................................................................................................... 2-84 2.13.4 Climate ................................................................................................................................................................ 2-86 2.13.5 Coastal Resources ........................................................................................................................................... 2-87 2.13.6 Department of Transportation Act, Section 4(f) Resources ........................................................... 2-88 2.13.7 Farmlands 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