AIRPORT MASTER PLAN UPDATE For The Alamogordo-White Sands Regional Airport PREPARED FOR THE City of Alamogordo SUBMITTED BY URS Corporation TECHNICAL REPORT ALAMOGORDO-WHITE SANDS REGIONAL AIRPORT, AIRPORT MASTER PLAN UPDATE Prepared for: City of Alamogordo Jim Talbert, Airport Coordinator City of Alamogordo 3500 AIRPORT ROAD ALAMOGORDO, NM 88310 Telephone: (575) 439-4110 http://ci.alamogordo.nm.us/coa/communityservices/Airport.htm Prepared by: URS Corporation Bill Griffin - Principal-in-Charge Andy Herman - Senior Airport Planner Amy Davis - Airport Civil Engineer July 2014 Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Federal Highway Administration, and the Aviation Division, New Mexico Department of Transportation. The contents of this report reflect the views of the author who is responsible for the facts and accuracy of the data presented herein. The contents of this report do not necessarily reflect the official views or policies of the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Federal Highway Administration, and the Aviation Division, New Mexico Department of Transportation. TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE - INVentorY ......................................................................................................1-1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE .....................................................................................................................1-1 BACKGROUND ..............................................................................................................................1-2 AIRPORT LOCATION ........................................................................................................................ 1-2 ALAMOGORDO’S HISTORY ................................................................................................................ 1-4 AIRPORT HISTORY .......................................................................................................................... 1-4 TYPES OF AIRPORTS ....................................................................................................................... 1-7 AIRPORT MANAGEMENT .................................................................................................................1-9 PREVIOUS STUDIES ........................................................................................................................1-9 EXISTING AIRPORT FACILITIES ...........................................................................................................1-9 AIRFIELD FACILITIES ....................................................................................................................... 1-11 RUNWAYS .................................................................................................................................. 1-11 DECLARED DISTANCES ................................................................................................................... 1-11 TAXIWAYS/TAXILANES ..................................................................................................................... 1-12 APRONS .................................................................................................................................... 1-12 AIRFIELD LIGHTING ....................................................................................................................... 1-12 NAVAIDS/VISUAL APPROACH AIDS ................................................................................................ 1-12 LANDSIDE FACILITIES ....................................................................................................................1-14 TERMINAL BUILDING AND AIRPORT ADMINISTRATION ............................................................................ 1-14 AUTOMOBILE PARKING AND ACCESS ................................................................................................. 1-15 FIXED BASE OPERATOR FACILITIES ..................................................................................................... 1-15 AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE FACILITIES .................................................................................................. 1-16 AIRCRAFT STORAGE....................................................................................................................... 1-16 AIRCRAFT FUELING FACILITIES .......................................................................................................... 1-16 OTHER AIRPORT FACILITIES ...........................................................................................................1-16 USFS AIR TANKER BASE ............................................................................................................... 1-16 BASED AIRCRAFT .........................................................................................................................1-17 AIRSPACE AND AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL .............................................................................................1-17 AIRSPACE ................................................................................................................................... 1-17 CONTROLLED AIRSPACE ................................................................................................................. 1-17 14 CFR PART 77 IMAGINARY SURfaCES ..........................................................................................1-21 CURRENT FAA DESIGN STANDARDS ................................................................................................1-23 RUNWAY DESIGN CODE/AIRPORT REFERENCE CODE ............................................................................. 1-23 METEOROLOGY ..........................................................................................................................1-25 TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION .................................................................................................... 1-25 WIND DATA ............................................................................................................................... 1-25 PLANNING CONTEXT ....................................................................................................................1-29 THE NATIONAL PLAN OF INTEGRATED AIRPORT SYSTEMS ........................................................................ 1-29 SERVICE LEVEL CLASSIFICATION ........................................................................................................ 1-29 URS Corporation Page i AIRPORT ROLE ............................................................................................................................ 1-30 NEW MEXICO AIRPORT SYSTEM PLAN ............................................................................................... 1-30 EXISTING LAND USE ....................................................................................................................1-31 SURfaCE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK .............................................................................................1-31 HIGHWAYS ................................................................................................................................. 1-31 RAIL ......................................................................................................................................... 1-31 AIR FREIGHT ............................................................................................................................... 1-31 INDUSTRIAL PARKS AND FOREIGN TRADE ZONES .................................................................................. 1-31 CHAPTER TWO - AVIATION DEMAND FORECASTS ....................................................................2-1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................2-1 INDUSTRY TRENDS .......................................................................................................................2-1 NATIONAL GENERAL AVIATION ACTIVITY TRENDS .................................................................................. 2-2 AIRCRAFT SHIPMENTS ...................................................................................................................... 2-2 ACTIVE PILOTS .............................................................................................................................. 2-4 U. S. GENERAL AVIATION AIRCRAFT FLEET .......................................................................................... 2-4 NEW MEXICO AND ALAMOGORDO AREA TRENDS ............................................................................... 2-10 FORECAST ASSUMPTIONS ..............................................................................................................2-11 SOCIOECONOMIC REVIEW .............................................................................................................2-12 POPULATION ............................................................................................................................... 2-13 INCOME ..................................................................................................................................... 2-14 EMPLOYMENT .............................................................................................................................. 2-14 SUMMARY .................................................................................................................................
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