Revision Flashcards
What are the different categories/format for a airport master plan?
Introduction Inventory Constraints Demand Forecast Critical Aircraft Airfield planning parameters Airfield infrastructure requirements Terminal Support facilities Nav Aids Commercial Sites Landside roads and parking Utility services Master plan Obstacle limitation surfaces Environmental constraints Development Staging Budget Costs
What is in the introduction for the master plan?
- Background/whats driving the change (i.e. mining boom)
- Matters for discussing in the document
- Considers previous studies
- Relevant issues (e.g. it’s a mine, tourist resort etc)
- Consultation programs undertaken
What is in the inventory for the master plan?
- Description of existing infrastructures and facilities
- Usually has image/schematic or layout and brief description
- Condition and suitability of use
What is in the constraints section for the master plan?
Physical (e.g. buildings, roads etc)
Environmental (rivers, mountains etc.
Generally a good idea to break them up into three categories.
Level 1 Facilities that have highest priorities in staying where they are and receiving upgrades
Level 2 can be replaced but still essential
Level 3 can be demolished so other things can be put in place
What is in the demand forecasts section for the master plan?
Aviation forecasts and non aviation forecasts
What is in aviation forecasts and what are they used for?
Annual passenger movements (provides indication of size of airport)
Annual freight movements (determines size of freight facilities)
Annual aircraft movements (runways/taxiways, indicator of scale, financial modeling, noise modeling)
Peak hour passenger movements (terminal design)
Peak hour aircraft movements (runway and taxiway planning/design)
Peak stand demand (aprons planning/design)
What are non aviation forecasts and what are they used for?
Peak flow time for traffic (internal airport roads, input to external road planning)
Parking (size of facilities, short term/long term, taxi, coaches, limos, rental, commercial)
What is in the critical aircraft section for the master plan?
- List of current and future aircraft types
- Identify critical aircraft (there may be more than one for different points of the airport)
- Identify aerodrome codes for airport
- ICAO gradings
What is in the airfield planning parameters section for the master plan?
- Uses Annex 14 and MOS 139 to identify key dimensions from standards (runway width, clearance between taxiways, shoulder width etc)
- Other parameters include runway length and aircraft length
What is in the airfield infrastructure section for the master plan?
- Runway (whether we need to lengthen it or widen it)
- Taxiways (whether we need to lengthen or widen it or parallel runway)
- Apron (expansion to allow for larger aircraft)
What is in the terminal section for the master plan?
- Do we need to expand it?
- Terminal is designed to cater to the maximum flow of passengers that is forecast
What is in the support facilities section for the master plan?
- RFF
- Tower
- Aircraft maintenance facilities
- Catering
- Freight
- Ground servicing equipment (parking and maintenance)
- Fuel
What is in the navigation aids section for the master plan?
- Must be located so that the radio waves are preserved. You must consider the nav aids with any runway changes.
- NDB and clearance around it
- VOR
- DME
- ILS
- Lighting (PAPI, T VAISIS)
What is in the commercial sites section for the master plan?
- Facilities on site not required for aviation use
- Another way for developing revenue
- Methods to achieve maximum passenger spending include designing airport so passengers are ‘forced’ to walk from gate through shops and getting passengers through security quickly so they have the most amount of time to view shops.
- High levels of foot fall (how many people walk past)
- Site density (how many shops you can see from on spot)
- Dwell time (allowing people to sit and relax/spend time shopping
What is in the landside roads section of the master plan?
- Airport is responsible for internal roads
- External roads, airport liaises with government authorities
- Must have primary and secondary route
- Divert private and passenger traffic as early as possible
- Parking (short term roughly 300-500m away, long term having shuttle to airport, rental, coaches, taxis, commercial)