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the long term planning horizon, when combined with C-III business jet operations, it is likely that the
500 operations threshold could be exceeded by the C-III family of aircraft. In fact, the Airport experi-
enced 458 operations by jet aircraft within ADG III in 2014. As a result, the future critical design air-
craft for Runway 16-34 at Arlington Municipal Airport is projected in RDC C-III.
TEXAS AIRPORT SYSTEM PLAN ROLE
The TASP classifies airports in the state by service level and role. The six classifications are: Commer-
cial Service, Reliever, Business/Corporate, Community Service, Basic Service, and Heliport. Arlington
Municipal Airport is classified as a reliever airport in the TASP.
As defined by the TASP, a reliever airport is located within a major metropolitan area and provides al-
ternative airport facilities for general aviation users to relieve congestion at the larger commercial ser-
vice airports. Furthermore, a reliever airport is capable of accommodating various classes of aircraft
from large business jets to smaller piston aircraft. A reliever airport has or must be forecast to have
100 based aircraft or 25,000 annual itinerant operations.
AIRPORT FUNCTION
In addition to the defined roles for Texas airports, the TASP further sub-divides airports into functional
categories specifically related to the type of use that the airport is expected to accommodate. These
functional categories include: Commercial, Reliever, Regional, Multipurpose, Industrial, Special Use,
Agricultural, Remote, and Access. Table 3B presents the definition of the airport functional categories,
including the reliever classification for Arlington Municipal Airport highlighted in bold text.
TABLE 3B
Texas Airports Functional Category
Category
Typical ARC
Access
A-I, B-I
Function
Small airports with minimal service.
Very remote facilities supporting oil production, ranching, and medical
Remote
A-I, B-I
access.
Agricultural
A-I, B-I
Located in areas of intense agricultural activity.
Special Use
A-I, B-I, B-II, C-II
Seasonal airports typically related to tourism or recreation.
Airports supporting aviation-related business and/or adjacent industrial
Industrial
B-II Through D-IV
activity.
Multi-Purpose A-I, B-I, B-II, C-II
Diversified airport activity.
Support higher performance aircraft. Support air taxi, commuter and
Regional
B-II, C-II, C-III
charter activity.
Reliever
B-II, C-II, C-III, D-II
Designated by the FAA to relieve congestion at commercial airports.
Scheduled passenger service with more than 2,500 annual enplane-
Commercial
C-II Through D-VI
ments.
Source: Texas Airport System Plan: Update 2010
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