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Disadvantages: The runway would not
provide 7,000 feet for northerly take-offs
and landings; instead, 6,630 feet would
be declared.
PARALLEL RUNWAY
ALTERNATIVES
Annual operation projections, conducted
in Chapter Two - Aviation Forecasts,
indicated that the airport could
experience 166,500 annual aircraft
operations by the long term planning
horizon. Once annual operations reach
60 percent of the airfield’s annual
service volume (ASV), consideration
should be given to capacity
enhancement solutions. The current
ASV of Mesquite Metro Airport is
estimated at 210,000 annual operations;
thus, the projected long term operations
would reach approximately 80 percent
of the airfield’s ASV. By the
intermediate planning horizon, annual
operations are projected to be 67
percent of ASV.
Analysis in Chapter Three - Facility
Requirements presented an option of
constructing a parallel runway designed
to accommodate smaller aircraft the
majority of the time, which would
increase the total ASV to approximately
340,000. It would also be prudent for
this runway to be designed to
accommodate most of the airport
activity for periods when the existing
runway is closed. When single-runway
airports close for lengthy periods of time
(up to one year for a runway
reconstruct), the negative economic
impacts can be severe. As a result, the
parallel runway is recommended to be
4-14
considered at 5,000 feet in length so
that all smaller aircraft and many
business jet aircraft can still operate at
the airport. Exhibit 4E depicts two
parallel runway alternatives, one to the
east and the other to the west of the
existing runway.
Parallel Runway Alternative A
This alternative considers locating the
parallel runway to the west of Airport
Blvd. The proposed runway is designed
to be 5,000 feet long and 75 feet wide.
The safety areas are planned to meet
ARC B-II standards and the approaches
are considered to have visibility
minimums of one mile. The runway is
situated so that RPZs will not
encompass any populated areas. Only
a small portion of the south RPZ would
cross Berry Road, over a wooded area.
This portion of land would be
recommended to be purchased in fee
simple to prevent land uses
incompatible with the RPZ.
Approximately 153 acres, primarily
farmland (currently zoned industrial),
would need to be acquired in order to
implement this option. Also included in
this tract is one homestead to the north
of the proposed runway. It is estimated
that land to be acquired would cost
approximately $4.6 million. This option
would also require significant
earthwork and fill, in order to provide a
relatively flat area for the southern
portion of the runway. Site preparation
alone is estimated at $900,000, and the
runway/taxiway would cost
approximately $6.2 million, for a total
cost of $11.7 million.