Master Plan Update (pdf) - Lansing/Capital City Airport

Capital Region Airport Authority
Capital City Airport Master Plan Update
of 1,000 miles currently served with non-stop flights from Capital City Airport is Las Vegas (1,690
miles). Additional markets in these areas that are potential destinations include:
• Los Angeles – 1,970 miles
• Phoenix - 1,660 miles
• San Francisco – 2,070 miles
• Seattle – 1,910 miles
These markets are likely to be served by charter flights related to Michigan State University sports
teams and fan charters. Future international charter service to Mexico and the Caribbean are also
possibilities. The distances to a sampling of these potential charter markets include:
• Cancun – 1,425 miles
• Grand Cayman – 1,560 miles
• Mexico City – 1,800 miles
• Nassau – 1,215 miles
• Puerto Vallarta – 1,900 miles
• San Juan – 1,910 miles
For runway length planning purposes, a stage length of 2,000 miles would be the maximum and
1,700 miles would be the minimum. As most of these markets are expected to be charter markets,
full passenger loads would be expected.
Runway Length Factors
The existing conditions important to runway length calculations include the following:
• Runway Operations - The primary runway at Capital City Airport is Runway 10R/28L. The
predominate direction of operation for arrivals and departures is to the west.
• Runway Length - The length of Runway 10R/28L is 7,251 feet.
• Obstructions - There are no known obstructions in the departure area that affect departure
performance.
• Airport Elevation - The airport field elevation is 861 feet above mean sea level (MSL).
• Runway Slope - The runway end elevations are 10R = 861 feet MSL and 28L = 852 feet MSL.
The elevation differential results in a 0.12 percent slope, which is considered negligible for the
purposes of runway length calculations.
• Temperature - The average maximum high temperature in each month of the year is shown in
Table 3-9. (Absolute high temperature can reach 100 o F.)
Facility Requirements 3-12 Final