Advance Terminal Planning Study Program Criteria Document

KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
ADVANCE TERMINAL PLANNING STUDY
PROGRAM CRITERIA DOCUMENT
DRAFT
Remain Overnight (RON) Requirements
Based on the 2030 forecast, 31 RON aircraft parking positions will be needed to
stage access to the 41 contact gates at the New Terminal during the morning peak.
For 2025 the number of RONs drops to 28. RON operations will require aircraft
movement to an open contact gate for passenger loading and unloading
Summary of Future Aircraft Parking Positions
As shown in Table 2.2-2, Summary of Future Aircraft Parking Positions, a
total of 41 contact gates and 31 RON aircraft parking positions will be necessary at
KCI to handle the forecast 14 Million Annual Passengers (MAP) in 2030. All contact
gates need to be capable of handling the majority of narrowbody aircraft types
designated by the 2030 forecast in order to maximize flexibility of a common use
operation. In 2025 a total of 37 contact gate parking positions and 28 RON parking
positions are needed. Four out of the initial 37 gates will need to be capable of
accommodating international operations. The passenger loading bridges on these
four international-capable aircraft parking positions will also be configured to allow
two of the gates to be used by a potential ADG V aircraft, the largest of which is
anticipated to be a B787-800 aircraft.
Table 2.2-2
SUMMARY OF FUTURE AIRCRAFT PARKING POSITIONS
Aircraft Parking Positions
Forecast Year
2025 2030
Terminal Contact Gates 37 41
Remote Overnight Stands (RONs) 28 31
Source:
Landrum & Brown
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2.2.4 PASSENGER LOADING BRIDGE REQUIREMENTS
The pathway to and from the contact gate door to the parked aircraft must meet
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements. This means that any fixed
section and the passenger loading bridge at any of the contact gate positions may
not exceed a 1-in-12 (8.33 percent) slope along its pathway. With ADG III aircraft
(B737s) and smaller as the predominant aircraft through 2030, a finished floor
height for gates of approximately 13 feet 6 inches above the apron has been
assumed in order to minimize the length of the loading bridge required to reach the
lowest and highest door sill height of the primary passenger loading of the aircraft
types serving the Airport. Door sill heights for forecast aircraft range from five feet
(CRJ-200) to 15 feet 2 inches (B787-800). Currently, used Jetbridge models,
predominantly the A3-58/110, would be able to accommodate these sill heights
with a maximum extension of 102 feet. Currently, 30 contact gates are used but
by 2025 37 gates will be required and 41 contact gates are projected for 2030, all
of which will require passenger loading bridges. Currently, there are no bussing
operations to remote aircraft parking positions for commercial passenger operations
and none are anticipated over the forecast horizon.
Landrum & Brown Page 21
April 2013