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TABLE 1B
Climate Summary
Mesquite, Texas
Jan Feb Mar April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
Days with Precip. 7 7 8 8 9 7 5 5 6 6 6 7
Wind Speed (mph) 11 11.7 12.6 12.4 11.2 10.7 9.9 9 9.4 9.8 10.7 10.8
Sunshine (%) 52 54 58 61 57 67 75 73 67 63 57 52
Days clear of clouds 10 10 10 9 8 11 15 15 13 14 12 11
Partly cloudy days 6 6 8 8 10 12 10 10 9 7 6 6
Cloudy days 16 13 14 13 13 8 6 6 9 10 12 14
Precipitation (in) 2.1 2.5 3.3 3.6 5.4 3.9 2.4 2.1 2.9 4.6 3.1 3
Average High Temp 56 61 68 76 83 91 96 96 89 79 66 58
Average Low Temp
Source: City-Data.com
33 38 45 53 62 69 72 71 66 55 44 36
THE AIRPORT’S
SYSTEM ROLE
At the national level, the airport is
included in the FAA’s National Plan of
Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS).
The NPIAS includes a total of 3,344
existing airports that are significant to
national air transportation and are
therefore eligible to receive grants
under the FAA Airport Improvement
Program (AIP). The NPIAS supports
the FAA’s strategic goals for safety,
system efficiency, and environmental
compatibility by identifying specific
airport improvements. An airport must
be included in the NPIAS to be eligible
for federal grant-in-aid assistance from
the FAA. As Texas is one of eight
“block-grant” states, the distribution of
these funds is administered by TxDOT -
Aviation Division.
The 2005-2009 NPIAS identifies $39.5
billion for airport development across
the country. Of that, approximately
seven percent is designated for the 278
reliever airports. Reliever airports are
located in major metropolitan areas and
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serve to provide pilots with an
attractive alternative to using
congested primary and commercial
service airports. Mesquite Metro
Airport is one of 21 designated reliever
airports in the State of Texas and one of
11 located in the Dallas/Fort Worth
Metroplex region. According to the
NPIAS, reliever airports across the
country have an average of 219 based
aircraft and account for 29 percent of
the nation’s total active aircraft fleet.
The Texas Airport System Plan (TASP)
further classifies Mesquite Metro
Airport in its system plan as a
Transport Airport. Transport airports
are designed to provide access to
turboprop and turbojet business
aircraft, in addition to most single- and
twin-engine piston powered-aircraft.
The TASP provides for specific
minimum design standards for runway
length, a parallel taxiway, apron size,
approaches, airfield lighting, visual
approach aids and services such as
restrooms, vending machines, aircraft
fuel, and hours of operation.