airport/documents/Mesquite Master Plan Final.pdf - The City of ...

Airport drainage is again an important
consideration. This alternative
considers the potential to pave over
drainage piping with apron space or
roads as necessary. As there may be
times when access to the drainage
piping is necessary, construction of
hangars on top of the piping is not
considered.
Landside Alternative B considers
locating the ATCT on the north end of
the airport. The site considered is
currently occupied by a public parking
lot. As necessary, this parking lot can
be expanded to meet the needs of tower
employees. This location is further
discussed later in this chapter.
Advantages: The airport would have
ownership of the entire westside flight
line. More land is available for
development. Separation of activity
levels is improved.
Disadvantages: The airport may run
out of land available for development in
the distant future. This likely would
not happen within the next 20 years,
but it could sometime thereafter. This
circumstance should be avoided as
experience at other busy reliever
airports has shown.
LANDSIDE ALTERNATIVE C
Landside Alternative C considers a
more unrestricted development plan. It
provides for property acquisition to the
west of Airport Boulevard. This area
encompasses approximately 88 acres.
The previously discussed 11 acres to the
southwest of the runway along the
4-23
flight line is also considered. As
depicted on Exhibit 4K, this allows for
optimal separation of activity levels and
it allows for the development of
commercial/industrial parcels which
would generate revenue in the form of
land leases for the airport.
A main feature of this alternative is the
relocation of Airport Boulevard and the
creation of a grand entrance to the
airport that links directly with the
terminal building area. The relocation
of Airport Boulevard also creates space
for additional aviation-related parcels
with taxiway access, as well as nonaviation
related business development
parcels.
Utilization of the land will easily allow
for the separation of activity levels. The
existing executive hangar apron
immediately to the south of the
terminal building is continued to the
west, allowing for the development of
more hangars. To the west of the new
south end T-hangars, a T-hangar
complex is developed. Continued
development along the flight line
includes a large apron area fronted by
large FBO/conventional hangars. The
remaining flight line is considered for
aviation-related hangar development.
This alternative considers locating the
ATCT immediately to the south of the
terminal building. This location is
further discussed later in this chapter.
Advantages: This alternative provides
the airport with a development plan
that will meet aviation needs well
beyond the 20-year scope of this plan.
As revenue-generating commercial/