Advance Terminal Planning Study Program Criteria Document

KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
ADVANCE TERMINAL PLANNING STUDY
PROGRAM CRITERIA DOCUMENT
DRAFT
Peak fuel rate calculations are based on the assumed number and type of aircraft
fueling at any one peak period. The estimated peak fuel flow is 8,000 gpm
(Group III), plus 1,200 gpm (Group V) which equals 9,200 gpm. The New Terminal
design will use this estimate to calculate the components necessary to deliver that
demand. As a check and balance, the highest recorded Peak Fuel Flow Rate during
busiest operations was 15,000 gpm based on information provided by Allied
Aviation.
One 18-inch line is recommended to serve Terminals B and C during the
construction of the New Terminal based on the current peak demand on Terminals
B and C equal to 5,340 gpm. In addition, two 16-inch lines are recommended to
serve the proposed New Terminal based on an estimated peak demand equal to
7,560 gpm.
2.6.4 EXPAND EXISTING FUEL FARM
The KCI Fuel Farm is currently adequate with the estimated net reserve being
6.1 days, based on a 222,567 GPD fuel consumption rate. Fuel reserves of less
than four days create an undue risk for meeting airport fueling demands as a result
of planned and/or unplanned events. To determine when reserves fall below four
days, the existing Fuel Farm net days shortage was calculated for the following
three growth scenarios:
A. 300,000 Gallons per Day (GPD)
B. 300,000 GPD + 10% = 330,000 GPD
C. 300,000 + 20% = 360,000 GPD
DRAFT
Scenario A: (90% * 36,000 bbls * 42 gal/bbl)/300,000 GPD = 4.5 days
Scenario B: (90% * 36,000 bbls * 42 gal/bbl)/330,000 GPD = 4.1 days
Scenario C: (90% * 36,000 bbls * 42 gal/bbl)/360,000 GPD = 3.8 days
Daily fuel consumption would need to increase 161 percent before the current fuel
farm reserves would fall below four days. However, other risks, listed below,
should be considered when planning fuel storage and may have a significant impact
on the decision to add tanks.
2.6.5 PLANNED PIPELINE SHUTDOWNS
Consideration should be given to how reliable the pipeline supply is to the Airport.
If deemed unreliable, fuel tanks could be added in order to maintain operations
during an extended pipeline shutdown. Currently, a single six-inch pipeline
provides over 90 percent of the fuel demands to the KCI Fuel Farm. So, while a
single tanker offload island can supply between 1,600 and 2,000 gpm into tank
storage that would not be practical to meet the demands of the fuel farm when the
pipeline provides 220,000 GDP.
Landrum & Brown Page 33
April 2013