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aircraft at 60 percent useful load (5,800 feet) and to accommodate future business jets with a 1,000 mile service area, 6,000 feet of runway would be needed. With a view to available land and additional safety margins, the plan depicted here calls for 1,002 feet of extension to an ultimate 6,000 feet in length. TABLE 5A Airfield Planning Design Standards (Ultimate) Mid Valley Airport Runway 13-31 DESIGN STANDARDS Airport Reference Code (ARC) Runways Length (ft.) Width (ft.) Pavement Strength (lbs.) Single Wheel (SWL) Shoulder Width (ft.) Runway Safety Area Width (feet) Length Beyond Runway End (ft.) Object Free Area Width (ft.) Length Beyond Runway End (ft.) Obstacle Free Zone Width (ft.) Length Beyond Runway End (ft.) Taxiways Width (ft.) OFA (ft.) Centerline to Fixed or Movable Object (ft.) Runway Centerline to: Parallel Taxiway Centerline (ft.) Aircraft Parking Area (ft.) Building Restriction Line (ft.) 20 ft. Height Clearance 33 ft. Height Clearance B-II 6,000 100 30,000 10 150 300 500 300 400 200 35 131 66 240 250 390 495 Runway Protection Zones Inner Width (ft.) Outer Width (ft.) Length (ft.) Approach Slope Runway 13 500 700 1,000 20:1 Runway 31 500 700 1,000 20:1 5-3
Given the national trends toward increased production, acquisition, and use of larger corporate aircraft, it is forecast that the airport will experience operations by these aircraft in the near future. Also the rates of growth in population and industry in the mid valley region are forecast to continue their upward trends. Both the McAllen and Harlingen airports will be impacted, increasing all operations. As commercial passenger and air cargo operations increase, general aviation functions become difficult and increasingly expensive to access. According to the FAA a reliever airport is encouraged as a high capacity general aviation airport, relieving congestion in major population centers. As mentioned earlier for the reasons stated above, the Mid Valley Airport seems poised to serve the region in the role of reliever to the two commercial airports. Thus, the 1,002-foot runway extension to an ultimate 6,000-foot will better enable the airport to transition into its future role. As seen earlier in Table 3A, virtually all business jet aircraft that can be expected to use Mid Valley Airport, weigh over 12,500 pounds. Strengthening the runway to 30,000 pounds SWL is needed. The current runway width of 70 feet is, likewise, proposed to be upgraded to a 100-foot standard to better serve corporate aircraft. AIRPORT LAYOUT PLANS The planning effort culminates in the articulation of the airport needs within the set of drawings required by the FAA and TxDOT and known as the Airport Layout Plans. This section describes the Airport Layout Plan set for the Mid Valley Airport and includes the aforementioned seven drawings. AIRPORT LAYOUT DRAWING The Airport Layout Drawing (ALD) graphically presents the existing and ultimate airport layout. It depicts the recommended improvements which will enable the airport to meet forecast aviation demand. The Airport Layout Plan (ALP) additionally shows areas of land acquisition to meet development standards and other requirements. The detailed airport and runway data are provided on the ALD to facilitate the interpretation of the master planning recommendation. The Airport Layout Drawing (Drawing No. 1) for Mid Valley Airport shows a number of airport improvements associated with both the airfield and terminal area. The improvements in the terminal area are illustrated in more detail and in a larger scale on the Terminal Area Plan drawing and are discussed later in this chapter. The existing conditions depicted on the drawing include recent improvements to Runway 13-31, including extension and widening to accommodate aircraft in ARC B-II, small aircraft (GU-II). The depiction on the ALD of ultimate runway conditions establishes three upgrades to Runway 13-31. The relocation of Mile Nine North Road to the north along the irrigation canal, will allow the existing runway to be extended 1,002 feet, while providing 5-4
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Chapter One (Continued) Local Air T
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Chapter Five (Continued) Airport Pr
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Chapter One INVENTORY
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! Population and socioeconomic info
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Mexico, for the conveyance of goods
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flying DC-3s and Fleetwood Airways
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period, most high wind activity ori
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ased aircraft, 26 were single engin
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facility data for the airport, espe
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Airfield Lighting Airport lighting
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00MP04-1D-8/28/00 VEHICULAR PARKING
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UTILITIES A critical element of lan
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three letter identifier HRL. The Vi
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The VOR/DME-A circling approach uti
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airport. Aviation forecasts are nor
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City of Weslaco The City of Weslaco
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TABLE 1H Employment by Sector Hidal
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The following Web pages were also v
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Chapter Two FORECASTS The purpose o
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2000. Over the thirty year time per
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FORECASTING APPROACH The developmen
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Both the number of active pilots an
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treated as private owners in foreig
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Weslaco Mid Valley Airport, some le
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Improvements were ranked by the res
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00-MP-04-2B-8/29/00 200 Historical
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Aircraft Projections presents histo
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serve the level of activity and the
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TABLE 2F General Aviation Operation
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NAFTA trade in the Valley, air carg
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TABLE 2G Peak Operations Forecasts
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00-MP-04-2C-8/30/00 CATEGORY FORECA
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Page 88 and 89: space offered by fixed base operato
Page 90 and 91: square feet of parking. The majorit
Page 92 and 93: 00MP04-3C-3/21/01 RUNWAYS AVAILABLE
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Page 98 and 99: airport has not been reached. Howev
Page 100 and 101: aircraft (ARC C-II aircraft), FAA r
Page 102 and 103: As depicted on Exhibit 4B, the airp
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Page 116 and 117: Chapter Five AIRPORT PLANS
Page 118 and 119: RECOMMENDED CONCEPT The recommended
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Page 124 and 125: length of the approach surface are
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Page 138 and 139: Chapter Six FINANCIAL PLAN The anal
Page 140 and 141: Runway 13-31: the widening of the r
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Page 152 and 153: Appendix A ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION
Page 154 and 155: PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT As a result of
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Outer marker (OM): an ILS navigatio
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ABBREVIATIONS AGL: ALS: ARTCC: ATCT
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Appendix C GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATI
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