. What is an Airport Master Plan? Please name and describe each step in the process

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Part 1:

Using Chapter 1 of the text, Please select 3 of the questions below and answer in your own words.

1. What is an Airport Master Plan? Please name and describe each step in the process.

2. Name and describe three disciplines of planning.

3. What is the NPIAS? (Description should include responsibility for development, time frame of plan and frequency of update, and use of the document)

4. Name and Describe the three major categories/types of NPIAS airports.

5. When should citizen participation be initiated in an Airport Master Plan process? Why is this participation important?

6. What is the goal of an Airport Master Plan?

Part 2:

Use AC 150/5060-5 to calculate the following Long Term Capacity problem. You can download the powerpoint containing problem materials here:

Assignment-Long-Range-Capacity-Calculations

Herbert Newman Regional Airport has two diverging runways (non-intersecting). Estimate using the methodology for long-range planning:

1. VFR and IFR Hourly Capacity in year 2010
2. ASV in year 2010 and the ratio of annual demand to ASV. What do you recommend for this airport?
3. Annual minutes of delay in year 2010
4. The ratio of peak hour demand to IFR Hourly Capacity
5. ASV in year 2018, if the airport adds a third parallel runway at a parallel runway centerline-to-centerline separation of 1,200 feet