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Airport Design ‐ Advisory Circular (AC) 150/5300‐13A
This document provides the basic standards and recommendations for airport design. Topics include
various runway and taxiway safety areas, runway protection zones, threshold siting surfaces, runway
length, and facility separation standards.
Grant Assurances
Pursuant to the provisions of Title 49, U.S.C., subtitle VII, as amended, assurances are required to be
submitted as part of a project application by sponsors requesting funds. Upon acceptance of the grant
offer by the sponsor, these assurances are incorporated in, and become part of, the grant agreement.
There are 39 grant assurances, several of which address airport planning. The following are the prima‐
ry land use compatibility grant assurances:
• Grant Assurance 21 requires, in part, that the sponsor:
“…take appropriate action, to the extent reasonable, including the adoption of zoning laws, to re‐
strict the use of land adjacent to or in the immediate vicinity of the airport to activities and purpos‐
es compatible with normal airport operations, including landing and takeoff of aircraft.”
• Grant Assurance 20 relates to an airport sponsor’s obligation for hazard removal and mitigation to
address potential obstructions to the airspace around the airport. Grant Assurance 20 states that
the airport sponsor will:
“…take appropriate action to assure that such terminal airspace as is required to protect instru‐
ment and visual operations to the airport (including established minimum flight altitudes) will be
adequately cleared and protected by removing, lowering, relocating, marking, or lighting or other‐
wise mitigating existing airport hazards and by preventing the establishment or creation of future
airport hazards.”
EXISTING LAND USE AND ZONING
The land surrounding Arlington Municipal Airport is under the jurisdiction of the City of Arlington. Ex‐
hibit 1L shows the existing land uses superimposed on aerial photography of the Airport and surround‐
ing area. The Airport is primarily surrounded by commercial and industrial land uses as well as vacant
properties. Sparse commercial and industrial development is located adjacent to the east side of South
Collins Street on the east side of the Airport. Areas of residential development are located farther east
of the Airport. On the west side of the Airport, an area of residential development borders airport
property but is provided separation from the immediate airfield by a wooded area that runs along the
west airport property boundary. Immediately south of the Airport is a wooded park area adjacent to
Southeast Green Oaks Boulevard. Residential, commercial, and institutional (church) development is
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