ROCK HILL - YORK COUNTY AIRPORT AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN TALBERT, BRIGHT & ELLINGTON June 2016 ROCK HILL − YORK COUNTY AIRPORT AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN Prepared for: Rock Hill – York County Airport Commission, Federal Aviation Administration, and South Carolina Aeronautics Commission Prepared by TALBERT, BRIGHT & ELLINGTON, INC. June 2016 ROCK HILL – YORK COUNTY AIRPORT AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN SECTIONS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................................ I E.1 Forecast Summary ................................................................................................................................ I E.2 Facility Requirements Summary ........................................................................................................ II E.3 Airport Develoment Program ........................................................................................................... II INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Goals and Objectives ........................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Purpose of the Rock Hill – York County Airport ALP Update ................................................... 1 1.2.1 Key Issues ..................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2.2 Airport Layout Plans ................................................................................................................... 1 EXISTING FACILITIES .......................................................................................................... 2 2.1 Airport Setting ...................................................................................................................................... 2 2.1.1 Airport Location .......................................................................................................................... 2 2.1.2 Existing Facilities ......................................................................................................................... 2 AVIATION FORECASTS ...................................................................................................... 10 3.1 Existing Airport Activity Levels ....................................................................................................... 10 3.2 Forecast of Based Aircraft ................................................................................................................ 11 3.3 Forecast of Aircraft Operations ....................................................................................................... 12 3.3.1 Operations by Aircraft Type .................................................................................................... 13 3.3.2 Local/Itinerant Operations Forecast ...................................................................................... 14 3.4 Critical Aircraft Forecast ................................................................................................................... 15 3.5 Forecast of Airport Peaking Characteristics ................................................................................... 16 3.6 Instrument Operations Forecast ...................................................................................................... 18 3.7 Summary .............................................................................................................................................. 18 FACILITY REQUIREMENTS .............................................................................................. 20 4.1 Airport Capacity ................................................................................................................................. 20 4.2 Runway 02/20 ..................................................................................................................................... 22 4.2.1 Runway Design Code ................................................................................................................ 22 4.2.2 Critical Aircraft ........................................................................................................................... 23 4.2.3 Runway Length Evaluation ...................................................................................................... 23 4.2.3.1 Procedure to Determine Runway Length ..................................................................... 24 4.2.3.2 Runway Length Determination ...................................................................................... 33 4.2.4 Runway Facility Requirements .................................................................................................36 4.2.4.1 Visibility Minimums ......................................................................................................... 36 4.2.4.2 Runway Width .................................................................................................................. 36 4.2.4.3 Runway Protection Zone ................................................................................................ 36 4.2.4.4 Runway Safety Area ......................................................................................................... 38 4.2.4.5 Runway Obstacle Free Zone .......................................................................................... 39 4.2.4.6 Runway Object Free Area ............................................................................................... 40 Table of Contents TALBERT, BRIGHT & ELLINGTON i ROCK HILL – YORK COUNTY AIRPORT AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN 4.2.4.7 Runway Line of Sight ...................................................................................................... 40 4.2.4.8 Runway Edge Lighting and Signage .............................................................................. 40 4.3 Taxiway Requirements ....................................................................................................................... 41 4.3.1 Taxiway and Taxilane Object Free Areas ............................................................................... 41 4.3.2 Parallel Taxiways ........................................................................................................................ 41 4.3.3 Taxiway Edge Lighting and Signage ....................................................................................... 42 4.3.4 Runway to Taxiway Separation ................................................................................................ 42 4.3.5 Taxilane System .......................................................................................................................... 42 4.4 Airfield Design Standards ................................................................................................................. 43 4.5 Airside Facility Requirements ........................................................................................................... 43 4.5.1 Aircraft Storage .......................................................................................................................... 43 4.5.2 T-Hangar Storage ....................................................................................................................... 44 4.5.3 Conventional Hangar Storage .................................................................................................. 45 4.5.4 Apron Area ................................................................................................................................. 45 4.5.5 Transient Aircraft Storage ........................................................................................................ 47 4.5.6 Fueling Facilities ........................................................................................................................ 48 4.6 Landside Facility Requirements ....................................................................................................... 48 4.6.1 Terminal ...................................................................................................................................... 48 4.6.1.1 Terminal Addition Concept ............................................................................................ 49 4.6.2 Automobile Parking Requirements ......................................................................................... 49 4.6.3 Access/Perimeter Roadway .....................................................................................................51 4.6.3.1 West Side Access .............................................................................................................. 51 4.6.3.2 North Side Access ............................................................................................................ 51 4.6.3.3 East Side Access ............................................................................................................... 51 4.6.3.4 South Side Access ............................................................................................................ 51 4.6.3.5 Perimeter Roadway .......................................................................................................... 51 4.7 Navigational Aids ............................................................................................................................... 51 4.7.1 Existing Navigational