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TABLE 2T
Annual Instrument Approaches
Arlington Municipal Airport
AIAs
2019
1,360
2024
1,475
Source: Coffman Associates analysis
Itinerant Operations
45,360
47,985
Ratio
3.0%
3.0%
COMPARISON TO THE FAA TAF
Table 2U presents a direct comparison of the 2014 FAA TAF to the forecasts in this Development Plan.
Regarding based aircraft, the forecast for the five‐year timeframe is 0.4 percent higher than the TAF
and the forecast for the 10‐year timeframe is 3.1 percent higher than the TAF. The Development Plan
exhibits a slightly higher annual growth rate (1.68 percent) versus the TAF (1.29 percent).
The total annual operations forecast in the Development Plan is 10.6 percent higher than the TAF in
the five‐year timeframe. The 10‐year forecast is 20.2 percent higher than the TAF. The primary reason
for this is that the TAF has a lower 2014 operations number than what is being projected, according to
ATCT records over the 12‐month period from July 2013 through June 2014. Furthermore, the TAF ac‐
tually presents a decline in operations through the planning period of this study. The Development
Plan accounts for modest growth in aircraft operations through 2032.
TABLE 2U
Development Plan Forecast Comparison to the Terminal Area Forecast
Arlington Municipal Airport
Year
Airport Activity
FAA TAF
BASED AIRCRAFT
2014
254
256
2019
275
274
2024
300
291
AAGR
1.68%
1.29%
ANNUAL OPERATIONS
2014
74,645*
73,363
2019
81,060
73,278
2024
87,990
73,176
AAGR
1.60%
‐0.03%
* ATCT records for 12‐month period from July 2013 through June 2014
Source: FAA TAF (2014); Coffman Associates analysis
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Percent Difference
‐0.8%
0.4%
3.1%
1.7%
10.6%
20.2%