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General Aviation Terminal Services
Aircraft Hangars
Aircraft Parking Aprons
Airport Support Facilities
Once deficiencies in a component are identified, alternatives for meeting existing or proposed needs
and/or proper design standards will be evaluated in Chapter Four. The alternative analysis will deter-
mine the most practical, cost-effective, and efficient direction for future airport development.
The facility requirements at Arlington Municipal Airport were evaluated using guidance contained in
several Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Texas Department of Transportation – Aviation Divi-
sion (TxDOT) publications, including the following:
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Advisory Circular (AC) 150/5300-13A, Change 1, Airport Design
AC 150/5060-5, Airport Capacity and Delay
AC 150/5325-4C, Runway Length Requirements for Airport Design
Federal Aviation Regulation (FAR) Part 77, Objects Affecting Navigable Airspace
FAA Order 5090.3C Field Formulation of the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS).
Texas Airport System Plan: Update 2010 (TASP)
PLANNING HORIZONS
An updated set of aviation demand forecasts for Arlington Municipal Airport has been established.
These activity forecasts include annual operations, based aircraft, fleet mix, and peaking characteris-
tics. With this information, specific components of the airfield and landside system can be evaluated
to determine their capacity to accommodate future demand.
Cost-effective, efficient, and orderly development of an airport should rely more upon actual demand
at an airport than on a time-based forecast figure. In order
to create a Development Plan that is demand-based rather
Cost-effective, efficient, and
than time-based, a series of planning horizon milestones
orderly development of an
have been established that take into consideration the rea-
airport should rely more upon
sonable range of aviation demand projections. The plan-
actual demand at an airport
ning horizons for the Development Plan are the short term
(years 1-5) and the long term (years 6-10).
than on a time-based forecast
figure.
It is important to consider that the actual activity at the Air-
port will not follow a linear curve as presented in the fore-
cast projections. More commonly, aviation activity will be higher or lower than what the annualized
forecast portrays. By planning according to activity milestones, the resultant plan can accommodate
unexpected shifts or changes in the area’s aviation demand by allowing airport management the flexi-
bility to make decisions and develop facilities according to need generated by actual demand levels.
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