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AIRCRAFT PARKING APRONS
The aircraft parking apron is an expanse of paved area intended for aircraft parking and circulation.
Typically, a main apron is centrally located near the airside entry point, such as the terminal building or
FBO facility. Ideally, the main apron is large enough to accommodate transient airport users as well as
a portion of locally based aircraft. Often, smaller aprons are available adjacent to FBO hangars and at
other locations around the airport. The apron layout at Arlington Municipal Airport follows this typical
pattern.
The total aircraft parking apron area at Arlington Municipal Airport is approximately 50,500 square
yards and includes those spaces on the east side of Runway 16-34. A planning criterion of 800 square
yards was used for single and multi-engine itinerant aircraft, while a planning criterion of 1,600 square
yards was used to determine the area for transient turboprop and jet aircraft.
A parking apron should also provide space for the number of locally based aircraft that are not stored
in hangars. Locally based tiedowns typically will be utilized by smaller single engine aircraft; thus, a
planning standard of 360 square yards per position is utilized. For local tiedown needs, an additional
25 spaces are identified for maintenance activities. Maintenance activities would include the move-
ment of aircraft into and out of hangar facilities and temporary storage of aircraft on the apron.
The total apron parking requirements are presented in Table 3L. Currently, there are approximately
135 marked positions available for based and itinerant aircraft at Arlington Municipal Airport on the
east side of the Airport. As shown in the table, it appears that there are adequate marked tiedown po-
sitions available through the planning period of this study; however, there will be a need for additional
aircraft parking apron space, especially in the form of large aircraft parking to accommodate jet air-
craft. It should be noted that over 20,000 square yards of aircraft parking apron space located on the
south side of the Airport is currently leased for development. This further reduces the amount of
apron space and tiedowns available for general aviation aircraft, creating a need for additional apron
space at the Airport in the future.
TABLE 3L
Aircraft Parking Apron Requirements
Arlington Municipal Airport
Currently
Available
Transient Single/Multi-Engine Aircraft Positions
Apron Area (s.y.)
Transient Turboprop/Jet Positions
Apron Area (s.y.)
Locally-Based Aircraft Positions
Apron Area (s.y.)
Total Marked Positions
Total Apron Area (s.y.)
*Factors an additional 25 positions for aircraft maintenance
Source: Coffman Associates analysis
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N/A
N/A
N/A
135
50,500
Short Term Need
24
19,200
24
38,300
47*
16,900
95
74,400
Long Term
Need
27
21,900
27
43,800
43*
15,500
93
81,200