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hancements that may be appropriate. As shown in the table, the Arlington Municipal Airport’s ranking
on this scale is 42. Points are assessed for the Airport being located in a mass population area and near
sensitive areas, including military installations and major centers of government. Points are also as-
sessed for a based aircraft count of 254, some of which are over 12,500 pounds, and having a runway
greater than 5,001 feet in length made of concrete. The ATCT has historically reported well over
50,000 annual operations, and Title 14 CFR Part 135 charter operations, flight training operations, air-
craft rental, and maintenance on larger aircraft are all offered at the Airport, thus enhancing the need
for adequate security. It should be noted that the Airport occasionally falls within temporary flight re-
strictions (TFRs) associated with special events (i.e., Super Bowl) at the AT&T Stadium located a rela-
tively short distance north of the Airport.
TABLE 3N
General Aviation Airport Security Measurement Tool
Transportation Security Administration
Security Characteristic
Public Use
Airport
Assessment Scale
Arlington Municipal
Airport
Airport Location
Within 20nm of mass population areas¹
5
5
Within 30nm of a sensitive site²
4
4
Falls within outer perimeter of Class B airspace
3
3
Falls within boundaries of restricted airspace
3
0
Based Aircraft
Greater than 101 based aircraft
3
3
26-100 based aircraft
2
0
11-25 based aircraft
1
0
10 or fewer based aircraft
0
0
Based aircraft over 12,500 pounds
3
3
Runways
Runway length greater than 5,001 feet
5
5
Runways less than 5,000 feet and greater than 2,001 feet
4
0
Runway length less than 2,000 feet
2
0
Asphalt or concrete runway
1
1
Operations
Over 50,000 annual operations
4
4
Part 135 operations (Air taxi and fractionals)
3
3
Part 137 operations (Agricultural aircraft)
3
0
Part 125 operations (20 or more passenger seats)
3
0
Flight training
3
3
Flight training in aircraft over 12,500 pounds
4
0
Rental aircraft
4
4
Maintenance, repair, and overhaul facilities conducting long-term
4
4
storage of aircraft over 12,500 pounds
Totals
64
42
¹ An area with a population over 100,000
² Sensitive sites include military installations, nuclear and chemical plants, centers of government, national monuments,
and/or international ports
Source: Security Guidelines for General Aviation Airports (TSA 2004)
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