Airport Master Plan 2012 - City of Waterville

Table of Contents
Chapter 1 – Introduction and Baseline Conditions
Introduction to the Study .................................................................................................................... i
Baseline Conditions ....................................................................................................................... 1-1
1.1 Study Area ............................................................................................................................... 1-1
1.2 Airfield Conditions .................................................................................................................... 1-2
1.3 Airspace, Approaches and NAVAID’s ...................................................................................... 1-6
1.4 Airfield Aprons ......................................................................................................................... 1-9
1.5 Airport Buildings .................................................................................................................... 1-10
1.6 Environmental Conditions and Land Use ............................................................................... 1-15
1.7 Historical Based Aircraft and Airport Operations.................................................................... 1-23
1.8 Economic Conditions ............................................................................................................. 1-26
Chapter 2 – Airport Role and Forecasts
2.1 Forecast Methodologies and Data ........................................................................................... 2-1
2.2 General Aviation ...................................................................................................................... 2-5
2.3 Demand Factors ...................................................................................................................... 2-8
2.4 Airport Role ............................................................................................................................ 2-11
2.5 Activity Forecasts .................................................................................................................. 2-14
2.6 Summary ............................................................................................................................... 2-17
1.5 Airport Buildings .................................................................................................................... 1-10
Chapter 3 – Facility Requirements
3.1 Airfield System Analysis .......................................................................................................... 3-1
3.2 General Aviation and Support Facilities Analysis................................................................... 3-12
3.3 Access Road and Automobile Parking Analysis .................................................................... 3-19
3.4 Business Park Analysis ......................................................................................................... 3-19
Chapter 4 – Alternatives Analysis
4.1 Airport Runway System Alternatives ........................................................................................ 4-2
4.2 Airport Taxiway System Alternatives ....................................................................................... 4-3
4.3 Apron Area Alternatives ........................................................................................................... 4-6
4.4 Airport Terminal/FBO Alternatives ......................................................................................... 4-10
4.5 Aircraft Hangar Alternatives ................................................................................................... 4-12
4.6 Snow Removal Equipment Building Alternatives ................................................................... 4-17
4.7 Land Acquisition Alternatives ................................................................................................. 4-19
Chapter 5 – Environmental Review ......................................................................................................... 5-2
5.1 Noise Impacts .......................................................................................................................... 5-3
5.2 Land Use ................................................................................................................................. 5-3
5.3 Air Quality ................................................................................................................................ 5-3
5.4 Water Quality ........................................................................................................................... 5-3
5.5 USDOT Section 4(f) ................................................................................................................. 5-5
5.6 Historic, Architectural, Archaeological and Cultural Resources ............................................... 5-6
5.7 Biotic Communities .................................................................................................................. 5-6
The City of Waterville Maine
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Airport Solutions Group, LLC & The Louis Berger Group, Inc. December 2011