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<strong>Potsdam</strong> Municipal Airport - Master Plan – Phase 1 Report<br />
4.03-1 Based Aircraft Parking Apron<br />
The based aircraft parking area is planned to ensure adequate tie-down space for<br />
those based aircraft that do not require hangar storage. Due to persistent poor winter<br />
weather conditions in the region, tie-downs for based aircraft are not a popular option<br />
among aircraft owners. Three out of the five currently tied-down based aircraft are<br />
only at the Airport seasonally, which is mainly during the summer months. There are<br />
currently 13 tie-down spaces for general aviation aircraft on the combined based and<br />
itinerant apron that is approximately 39,196 square yards. Due to the low demand for<br />
based aircraft tie-downs at the Airport, additional tie-downs are not recommended<br />
during the planning period.<br />
4.03-2 Itinerant Aircraft Parking Apron<br />
Areas designated for the parking of transient (visiting) aircraft are called “itinerant<br />
aprons.” The itinerant apron areas are also <strong>us</strong>ed by based aircraft for loading, fuel,<br />
and other activities. The size of such an apron required to meet itinerant demand was<br />
estimated <strong>us</strong>ing the following methodology:<br />
• Calculate the average daily itinerant operations for the most active month.<br />
• Assume the average b<strong>us</strong>y itinerant day is ten percent more active than the<br />
average day of the peak month.<br />
• Assume that a certain portion of the itinerant airplanes will be on the apron<br />
during the b<strong>us</strong>y day (FAA AC 150/5300-13 <strong>us</strong>es 50 percent). Since 50 percent<br />
of the itinerant operations are departures, only 25 percent of the daily itinerant<br />
operations will represent aircraft on the ground in need of parking area.<br />
• Calculate the apron needed <strong>us</strong>ing 400 square yards per itinerant aircraft.<br />
Applying this approach to the general aviation operations forecast yields the<br />
demand for apron area shown in Table 4-7.<br />
TABLE 4-7<br />
GENERAL AVIATION ITINERANT APRON REQUIREMENTS<br />
Year B<strong>us</strong>y Day Itinerant<br />
Operations<br />
Itinerant Aircraft<br />
on Apron<br />
Required Apron<br />
(SY)<br />
2009 24 6 2,400<br />
2014 30 8 3,200<br />
2019 35 9 3,600<br />
2029 47 12 4,800<br />
<strong>Source</strong>: C&S Companies., 2009<br />
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