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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTOC AIRPORT MASTER PLAN UPDATE GEORGETOWN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT TABLE OF CONTENTS GEORGETOWN, TEXAS PAGE SECTION ONE – INVENTORY 1.1 BACKGROUND.................................................................................................................1.1 1.2 AIRPORT HISTORY AND ROLE..........................................................................................1.5 1.2.1 Airport History...................................................................................................1.5 1.2.2 Airport Role.......................................................................................................1.7 1.3 AIRPORT FACILITIES..........................................................................................................1.8 1.3.1 Runways.........................................................................................................1.10 1.3.2 Taxiways/Taxilanes..........................................................................................1.11 1.3.3 Airfield Lighting System...................................................................................1.13 1.3.4 Airport Navigational Aids................................................................................1.13 1.3.5 Weather Observation Station..........................................................................1.14 1.3.6 Aircraft Parking Apron.....................................................................................1.14 1.3.7 Terminal Building...........................................................................................1.14 1.3.8 Aircraft Tie-Downs..........................................................................................1.15 1.3.9 Hangars..........................................................................................................1.15 1.3.10 Fuel Facilities..................................................................................................1.15 1.3.11 Airport Perimeter Fencing...............................................................................1.16 1.3.12 Airport Roadways............................................................................................1.16 1.3.13 Stormwater Pollution Prevention Control Facility............................................1.17 1.4 AIRPORT SERVICES.........................................................................................................1.17 1.5 AIRSPACE ISSUE..............................................................................................................1.18 1.6 FLY FRIENDLY PROGRAM..............................................................................................1.19 SECTION TWO – ACTIVITY FORECASTS 2.1 AIRPORT SERVICE AREA DEFINITION...............................................................................2.1 2.2 AIRCRAFT OWNER AND PILOT SURVEY...........................................................................2.2 2.3 SOCIO-ECONOMIC TRENDS............................................................................................2.5 2.3.1 Population.........................................................................................................2.5 2.3.2 Employment......................................................................................................2.7 2.3.3 Per Capita Income.............................................................................................2.8 2.4 GENERAL AVIATION AIRCRAFT ACTIVITY FORECASTS.....................................................2.8 2.4.1 Registered Aircraft...........................................................................................2.10 2.4.2 Based Aircraft.................................................................................................2.11 2.4.3 Based Aircraft Mix...........................................................................................2.14 2.4.4 Aircraft Operations Forecasts..........................................................................2.15 2.4.5 Fleet Mix Forecasts.........................................................................................2.16 2.4.6 Local and Itinerant Aircraft Operations Forecasts.............................................2.17 2.4.7 Peak Hour Traffic............................................................................................2.19 City of Georgetown TOC-1 Airport Master Plan Update TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) PAGE SECTION TWO – ACTIVITY FORECASTS (Continued) 2.4.8 Business Aircraft Operations............................................................................2.20 2.4.9 Instrument Approaches...................................................................................2.21 2.4.10 Terminal Area Activity.....................................................................................2.22 2.4.11 Automobile Parking Projections......................................................................2.23 2.4.12 Vehicular Activity............................................................................................2.24 2.4.13 Forecast Summary..........................................................................................2.25 SECTION THREE – FUTURE FACILITY REQUIREMENTS 3.1 RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY SYSTEM....................................................................................3.1 3.1.1 Runway Capacity...............................................................................................3.4 3.1.2 Runway Length .................................................................................................3.4 3.1.3 Runway Pavement Strength...............................................................................3.6 3.1.4 Runway and Taxiway Object Free Areas (OFA)..................................................3.7 3.1.5 Runway Protection Zone (RPZ)..........................................................................3.9 3.1.6 Runway Approach Visibility Minimum............................................................3.10 3.1.7 Taxiways.........................................................................................................3.10 3.2 NAVIGATIONAL AND VISUAL AID FACILITIES...............................................................3.11 3.3 AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER (ATCT)........................................................................3.13 3.4 GENERAL AVIATION LANDSIDE FACILITY REQUIREMENTS..........................................3.13 3.4.1 Hangars and Tie-Downs for Based Aircraft......................................................3.14 3.4.2 Tie-Down Spaces for Itinerant Aircraft.............................................................3.16 3.4.3 Aircraft Apron.................................................................................................3.17 3.4.4 Office and Storage Spaces...............................................................................3.18 3.4.5 Automobile Parking........................................................................................3.19 3.4.6 Fueling Facilities..............................................................................................3.20 3.4.7 Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Facility...........................................................3.20 3.4.8 Other Support Functions and Facilities............................................................3.21 SECTION FOUR – AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT PLANS 4.1 SHORT-TERM DEVELOPMENT PLAN................................................................................4.2 4.2 INTERMEDIATE-TERM DEVELOPMENT PLAN...................................................................4.5 4.3 LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT PLAN..................................................................................4.8 4.4 OTHER PROJECTS WITH NO CURRENT PLANS TO BE IMPLEMENTED...........................4.9 4.5 PROJECTS TO PROVIDE AIRCRAFT STORAGE, MAINTENACE AND PARKING TO BE IMPLEMENTED WITH PRIVATE FUNDS........................................4.11 4.6 OTHER DEVELOPMENT CONSIDERATIONS..................................................................4.12 4.6.1 Airport Emergency Road.................................................................................4.12 4.6.2 Impervious Coverage......................................................................................4.12 City of Georgetown TOC-2 Airport Master Plan Update TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) PAGE SECTION FOUR – AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT PLANS (Continued) 4.6.3 Stormwater Surface Runoff.............................................................................4.13 4.6.4 Runway and Taxiway Object Free Area (OFA) Encroachments........................4.13 4.6.5 Runway Protection Zone (RPZ) Encroachments...............................................4.15 4.6.6 Obstructions to FAR Part 77 Primary and Approach Surfaces..........................4.15 4.6.7 Obstructions to Obstacle Free Zone (OFZ)......................................................4.17 4.6.8 Obstruction to Threshold Siting Surface (TSS)..................................................4.17 4.6.9 Glideslope Qualification Surface (GQS) – Obstruction Remediation Measure................................................................................4.19 4.4.10 Visual Glideslope Indicator (VGSI) Obstacle Clearance Surface-Obstruction Remediation..............................................................4.19 4.7 AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN (APPENDIX “C”)......................................................................4.20 4.7.1 Airport Layout Drawing...................................................................................4.20 4.7.2 Terminal Area Plan.........................................................................................4.20 4.7.3 Airspace Plan and Approach Plans..................................................................4.22 4.7.4 Obstruction Survey Drawings..........................................................................4.23 4.7.5 Property Map..................................................................................................4.23 4.8 AIRPORT LAND USE PLAN.............................................................................................4.23 SECTION FIVE – RULES & REGULATIONS and MINIMUM STANDARDS....................................5.1 SECTION SIX – NOISE STRATEGIES 6.1 REPRESENTATIVE AIRCRAFT..............................................................................................6.1 6.2 DAYTIME and NIGHTTIME OPERATIONS..........................................................................6.1 6.3 RUNWAY UTILIZATION....................................................................................................6.2 6.4 TOUCH-AND-GO OPERATIONS.......................................................................................6.3 6.5 FLIGHT TRACKS.................................................................................................................6.4 6.6 NOISE EXPOSURE MAPS...................................................................................................6.8 6.6.1 2004 Existing Conditions....................................................................................6.8 6.6.2 W/O NCTA & W/ATCT Scenario.......................................................................6.8 6.6.3 W/NCTA & W/ATCT Scenario.........................................................................6.12 6.7 NOISE ABATEMENT ALTERNATIVES...............................................................................6.17 6.7.1 Alternative 1 – Reallocate Runway Utilization.................................................6.17 6.7.2 Alternative 2 – Designating Runway 11-29 as Preferential Nighttime and Touch-and-Go Runway.......................................................................6.19 6.7.3 Alternative 3 – Upgrading Runway 11-29 to a C-II Runway.............................6.29 6.8 OTHER CONSIDERATION – MODIFY RUNWAY TRAFFIC PATTERN.............................6.33 6.9 ENGINE RUN-UP NOISE.................................................................................................6.38 6.10 REMEDIES .......................................................................................................................6.39 City of Georgetown TOC-3 Airport Master Plan Update TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) PAGE APPENDICES APPENDIX “A” SUMMARY OF AIRCRAFT OWNERS/PILOTS SURVEY APPENDIX “B” 1994 AND 1998 WATER QUALITY CONTROL PLANS APPENDIX “C” AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN APPENDIX “D” INM NOISE ECHO REPORTS APPENDIX “E” ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS APPENDIX “F” TxDOT ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY AND A LIST OF SURVEYED FIRMS City of Georgetown TOC-4 Airport Master Plan Update