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Wiscasset Municipal Airport Wiscasset, Maine Airport Master Plan Update AIP No. 3-23-0049-15-2010 October 2014 FINAL Wiscasset Municipal Airport Master Plan Update October 2014 Table of Contents [Type text] TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION 1 ‐ INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................. 1 TERMS, ABBREVIATIONS, AND DEFINITIONS .................................................................................................................................. 1 AIRPORT MASTER PLANNING PROCESS .............................................................................................................................................. 1 PROJECT FOCUS ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 PRODUCT OF THE MASTER PLANNING PROCESS ........................................................................................................................... 2 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN .............................................................................................................................................................................. 3 SECTION 2 – EXISTING CONDITIONS ............................................................................................................................... 5 GENERAL............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 5 HISTORIC ACTIVITY ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 5 AIRPORT SETTING .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 6 AIRPORT LAYOUT ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 7 LAND OWNERSHIP ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 7 ACTIVITY ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 9 Based Aircraft .................................................................................................................................................................................. 9 Fleet Mix Based Aircraft ............................................................................................................................................................. 9 Operations 11 PEAK OPERATIONS ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 13 AIRPORT DESIGN STANDARDS .............................................................................................................................................................. 13 Design Aircraft .............................................................................................................................................................................. 13 Runway Design Code.................................................................................................................................................................. 15 Airport Reference Code ............................................................................................................................................................ 15 AIRSIDE FACILITIES .................................................................................................................................................................................... 15 Runway ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 5 Taxiways ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 15 Aircraft Parking Apron .............................................................................................................................................................. 16 LANDSIDE FACILITIES ................................................................................................................................................................................ 16 Terminal Building ........................................................................................................................................................................ 16 Automobile Parking and Access ............................................................................................................................................ 17 Hangars ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 17 SUPPORT FACILITIES .................................................................................................................................................................................. 19 Fixed Base Operator ................................................................................................................................................................... 19 Navigation Aids (NAVAIDS) .................................................................................................................................................... 19 Communications .......................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Fueling Facilities and Sales ..................................................................................................................................................... 20 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW .............................................................................................................................................................................. 20 AIRPORT SERVICE AREA ........................................................................................................................................................................... 21 INSTRUMENT PROCEDURES ................................................................................................................................................................... 21 SOCIOECONOMIC DATA ............................................................................................................................................................................. 25 i Wiscasset Municipal Airport Master Plan Update October 2014 Table of Contents [Type text] ENVIRONMENTAL OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................................................................... 25 Airport Environment ................................................................................................................................................................. 25 Wetlands ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 26 Water Resources .......................................................................................................................................................................... 26 Wildlife ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 26 Land Use ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 27 PROTECTED AIRSPACE .............................................................................................................................................................................. 27 FAR Part 77 ...................................................................................................................................................................................