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TABLE 3J
Runway Length Requirements (Max Take-off/Landing Weights)
Mesquite Metro Airport
Runway Length Required (in feet) for:
Landings on Dry
Landing on
Aircraft Type Take-off @ 95 F
Runway
Contaminated Runway
Beechjet 400 5,900 4,500 6,000
Challenger CL600 6,900 5,500 7,000
Cessna 550 5,500 2,900 6,000
Cessna 650 6,000 5,300 6,100
Gulfstream IV 7,000 5,400 6,200
Gulfstream V 7,000 4,500 5,500
Hawker 800 8,000 4,000 6,000
Hawker 1000 7,500 5,000 5,600
IAI Westwind 7,300 3,500 7,000
IAI Astra 7,000 5,000 5,000
Lear 35 6,000 3,400 7,000
Lear 55 7,300 3,200 6,400
Source: Aircraft Operating Manuals
Parallel Runway Length
As indicated previously, the forecast
operations at Mesquite Metro Airport
could exceed 60 percent of the airfield’s
capacity by the intermediate term of
this master plan. One option for
increasing airfield capacity is to
construct a parallel runway. A parallel
runway has the added benefit of
allowing the airport to remain open
when the primary runway is closed for
maintenance.
Consideration must be given to the
length of a potential parallel runway.
The length of a parallel runway can at
times be critical to the operation of the
airport. Times when the primary
runway is down for maintenance could,
in essence, close the airport to large
aircraft due to inadequate runway
lengths. Thus, ultimate plans for the
parallel runway should include the
length necessary to accommodate, at a
minimum, ARC B-II aircraft. Planning
should also consider use for ARC C-II
3-18
aircraft. Table 3G indicates that a
4,900-foot runway would be necessary
to accommodate most of these aircraft.
Another option for planing the parallel
runway would be providing only for
training operations and for small
aircraft exclusively up to ARC B-II. In
order to accommodate aircraft up to B-
II, the potential parallel runway should
be a minimum of 4,000 feet long. This
would meet the runway length
requirements for all small aircraft.
Analysis conducted in the next chapter
will consider the potential for providing
a parallel runway up to 4,900 feet long.
Runway Length Summary
Many factors are considered when
determining appropriate runway length
for the safe and efficient operation of
aircraft at Mesquite Metro Airport. The
starting point for analysis begins with
running the FAA Airport Design
Computer Program. This program is