Airport Master Plan 2012 - City of Waterville

The Terminal hangar (approximately 12,800 square feet), located adjacent to the GA terminal;
The Blue Sky Hangar (approximately 8,000 square feet), located at the end of Taxiway “D”;
The North Hangar (approximately 5,400 square feet), located adjacent to the old terminal apron.
This hangar currently serves as the airport maintenance and snow removal equipment (SRE)
storage building; and
Private Conventional Hangars (1,764 square feet each). There are currently 8 hangars of this type
that provide a total of 14,112 square feet of hangar space.
Total hangar space at WVL is 40,312 square feet.
Using the results of the user survey, combined with experience at other airports, the number of aircraft
that will use hangars was estimated. It is assumed that larger higher value aircraft are more likely to be
stored in a hangar, as well as 100% of the based multi-engine aircraft fleet.
Determining the needs for Itinerant aircraft storage can be difficult at most airports, since conditions can
vary drastically from one airport to the next. It is hard to establish a realistic relationship between itinerant
operations and the need for hangar space. Considering an IFR fleet mix established for WVL that includes
high priced sophisticated aircraft, along with severe winter conditions in the form of heavy ice or snow
that the airport experiences, requirements for hangar storage throughout the forecast period were
estimated and provide 7,500 square feet of itinerant storage by 2017.
As was the case with existing apron area, the existing hangar area includes hangar space on the airport
that is not currently used to store aircraft, i.e.; the North Hangar. The following table shows the
deficiencies or surplus of hangar space as it relates to the forecast based and itinerant aircraft numbers.
Table 3.17
WVL Based and Itinerant Aircraft Hangar Requirements
2007 2012 2017 2027
Based Aircraft Hangar Requirements
- single-engine (sq. ft)
14,400 18,000 19,200 22,800
Based Aircraft Hangar Requirements
- multi-engine
7,000 8,400 9,800 11,200
Itinerant Hangar Requirements 3,500 5,000 7,500 7,500
Sub-total 24,900 31,400 36,500 41,500
Existing Area 40,312 40,312 40,312 40,312
Surplus(+)/Deficiency(-) + 15,412 + 8,912 + 3,812 -1,188
Source: The Louis Berger Group, Inc. Calculations
The City of Waterville Maine
Facility Requirements – Page 3-16
Airport Solutions Group, LLC & The Louis Berger Group, Inc. December 2011