Advance Terminal Planning Study Program Criteria Document

KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
ADVANCE TERMINAL PLANNING STUDY
PROGRAM CRITERIA DOCUMENT
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Table 2.2-1
NARROWBODY EQUIVALENT GATE (NBEG) INDEX
FAA TAXIWAY DESIGN
GROUP
MAXIMUM
WINGSPAN
TYPICAL AIRCRAFT
NBEG
INDEX
I Small Commuter 49’ Cessna 0.4
II Medium Commuter 79’ SF340/CRJ 0.7
III
Narrowbody/Large
Commuter
118’ A320/B737/MD-80/ATR 1.0
IIIa B757 125’ B757 1.1
IV Widebody 171’ DC-10/MD-11/B767 1.5
V Jumbo 214’ B747/A330,340/B777/B787 1.9
VI NLA 262’ A380 2.3
Source:
FAA AC 150/5300-13 and Hirsh & Associates
Physical location and proximity to the gate are important factors to consider when
estimating the spatial requirements of gate holdrooms. The available holdroom
area needs to be in close proximity to the gate being used. There is an advantage
to having a configuration that locates holdroom seating in an open and contiguous
manner since it allows the potential overflow of one holdroom into the adjacent
holdroom, particularly if the adjacent holdroom does not have passengers at that
moment awaiting a near term aircraft departure. These factors were taken into
consideration when evaluating the future KCI requirements. The majority of the
future KCI aircraft fleet mix is envisioned as narrowbody aircraft, however, select
aircraft contact positions have the flexibility to accommodate widebody aircraft.
For these infrequent occurrences it is assumed that the additional holdroom seating
capacity needed for these infrequent widebody operations will be accommodated
with a shared holdroom philosophy and nearby food and beverage seating capacity.
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2.2.2 CURRENT CONDITIONS
Currently, KCI operates out of its three separate terminals. The original terminals
opened in 1972 with the capability of 30 gate doors on each terminal for a total of
90 loading positions. The signage at the gates still reflects this original numbering
system from 1 through 90. In actuality, KCI is only using 30 gates today out of a
total of 62 available gates from all three terminals. There are 66 aircraft parking
positions in total immediately adjacent to the three terminals but four of these
positions are loaded from ground level. KCI has one international gate located at
Terminal C. Narrowbody aircraft were 56 percent of passenger operations in 2012
with less than one percent B757s, and the remaining 43 percent regional jets.
The use of multiple terminals has become inefficient due to the number of unused
gates (32 gates).
Holdroom space within the KCI terminals is limited in size due to narrow overall
depth of all three terminals at roughly 75 feet. The narrow depth comes from the
original narrow curvilinear design of the Drive-to-Gate concept which attempted to
minimize the walking distances between the vehicle curb and the gates.
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April 2013