Cover Photographs (from top to bottom) Chicago O’Hare International Airport, August 11, 2007. Photo courtesy of Marcin Sordyl. Boeing 737-900ER, the newest member of the Next-Generation 737 airplane family. Photo courtesy of Boeing. NPIAS 2009 – 2013 Illustrated by GRA, Incorporated Federal Aviation Administration U.S. Department of Transportation National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) (2009-2013) Report of the Secretary of Transportation to the United States Congress Pursuant to Section 47103 of Title 49, United States Code The NPIAS 2009-2013 report will be available online at http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/airports/planning_capacity/ Table of Contents FORWARD .........................................................................................................................................V EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .............................................................................................................VII Status of the Industry .............................................................................................................. vii Development Estimates ......................................................................................................... viii Estimates by Airport Type........................................................................................... ix Estimates by Type of Development............................................................................. xi CHAPTER 1: SYSTEM COMPOSITION.......................................................................................1 Overview....................................................................................................................................1 U.S. Department of Transportation................................................................................2 Federal Aviation Administration ...................................................................................2 FAA’s Office of the Associate Administrator for Airports ...........................................3 Guiding Principles for the National Airport System..................................................................3 Airports Included in NPIAS.......................................................................................................5 Commercial Service Airports ....................................................................................................5 Large Hubs.....................................................................................................................6 Medium Hubs.................................................................................................................7 Small Hubs.....................................................................................................................7 Nonhub Primary.............................................................................................................7 Nonprimary Commercial Service ..................................................................................8 Reliever Airports........................................................................................................................8 General Aviation Airports..........................................................................................................9 New Airports............................................................................................................................10 Airports Not Included in NPIAS..............................................................................................10 State System Plans Include More Airports ..............................................................................10 Number of Airports Included in NPIAS - Historical...............................................................11 CHAPTER 2: SYSTEM PERFORMANCE...................................................................................13 Overview..................................................................................................................................13 Airport Research ..........................................................................................................13 A National Look − Airport Capacity ...........................................................................14 Operational Evolution Plan Evolves into Next Generation Air Transportation System..............................................................................................................14 Factors Indicating System Performance ..................................................................................16 Capacity .......................................................................................................................17 Alternative Capacity Enhancement Methods...............................................................24 Safety ..........................................................................................................................29 Environment.................................................................................................................35 Runway Pavement Condition ......................................................................................40 Surface Accessibility ...................................................................................................42 Financial Performance .................................................................................................45 CHAPTER 3: ACTIVITY FORECASTS.......................................................................................51 National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (2009-2013) i Overview..................................................................................................................................51 Activity Forecasts ...................................................................................................................51 Implications of Forecasts .........................................................................................................52 Other Factors............................................................................................................................53 Cargo 54 New Large Aircraft......................................................................................................55 Fractional Ownership...................................................................................................56 Very Light Jets or Microjets ........................................................................................56 Conversion of Military Surplus Airfields ....................................................................57 Other Innovations.........................................................................................................58 Commercial Spaceports ...............................................................................................58 Airport Privatization ....................................................................................................58 CHAPTER 4: DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS ..................................................................61 Overview..................................................................................................................................61 Process .....................................................................................................................................61 Development Costs ..................................................................................................................62 Development Categories..........................................................................................................66 Safety and Security ......................................................................................................66 Reconstruction .............................................................................................................67 Standards......................................................................................................................67 Environment.................................................................................................................67 Terminal Building........................................................................................................68 Surface Access.............................................................................................................68 Airfield Capacity..........................................................................................................68 New Airports................................................................................................................69 Other ..........................................................................................................................69 Anticipated Sources of Funding...............................................................................................69 Additional Costs Not Included in the NPIAS..........................................................................70 ii National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (2009-2013) List of Figures and Tables FIGURES Figure 1: 5-Year Development Estimates from Published NPIAS Reports to Congress .................. ix Figure 2: NPIAS Cost by Airport Type ................................................................................................x Figure 3: Change in Development from Last NPIAS Report...............................................................x Figure 4: NPIAS