Florida Institute of Technology
BISK
Florida Institute of Technology
BISK
Coursework 5
Herbert Newman Regional Airport has two diverging runways (non-intersecting). Given the following operations and using the methodology for long-range planning, estimate hourly capacity, ASV, and minutes of annual delay in Year 10. You will need to reference the Aviation Planning textbook Chapter 5 and/or FAA AC 150-5060-5 for the methodology and FAA figures.
Herbert Newman Regional Airport
Year 10
Number of Total Annual Operations
135,000
Number of Class A Operations
50,000
Number of Class B Operations
50,000
Number of Class C Operations
35,000
Number of Class D Operations
0
Answer Questions 1 and 2 below.
Complete the worksheet below.
Aircraft
Mix
Mix Index %(C+3D)
Configuration
Capacity (Ops/Hour)
ASV (000)
Annual
Demand
(000)
Annual
Demand
ASV
Average Delay per
Aircraft (Minutes)
Minutes of Annual Delay (000)
%A
%B
%C
%D
No
Sketch
VFR
IFR
Low
High
Low
High
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
What is the ASV in Year 20 if the airport adds a third parallel runway at a parallel runway centerline-to-centerline separation of 1,200 feet? Assume the mix index in Year 20 is the same as the mix index in Year 10.
