Duttchessss Countty Airrporrtt Masstterr Plan Updatte Airport Master Plan Update Final Report Dutchess County Airport Town of Wappingers, New York C&S Engineers, Inc. 499 Col. Eileen Collins Blvd. Syracuse, New York 13212 October 2004 The preparation of this document was financed in part through a planning grant from the Federal Aviation Administration as provided in the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982, as amended. The contents of this of this report reflect the analysis and findings of C&S Engineers, Inc., who are responsible for the facts and accuracy of the data presented herein. The contents do not necessarily reflect the official views or policy of the FAA. Acceptance of this report by the FAA does not in any way constitute a commitment on the part of the United States to participate in any development depicted therein nor does it indicate that the proposed development is environmentally acceptable with applicable Public Laws.
Chapter 1- INTRODUCTION TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.01 General...1 1.02 Purpose and Scope of Study...1 1.03 The Planning Process...2 1.04 Related Regional Studies...2 Chapter 2 FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS 2.01 General...5 2.02 Funding Categories and Resources...6 2.03 Findings and Conclusions...8 Chapter 3 INVENTORY OF EXISTING FACILITIES 3.01 Study Area...11 3.02 Socioeconomic Conditions...11 3.03 Climate...14 3.04 Topography...14 3.05 Soils...14 3.06 Drainage...18 3.07 Airspace...18 3.08 Aircraft Fleet Mix...23 3.09 Airside Facilities...24 3.09-1 Critical Aircraft...24 3.09-2 Runways...25 3.09-3 Wind and Weather Data...25 3.09-4 Navigation Aids/Visual Landing Aids...27 3.09-5 Taxiways...28 i
3.09-6 Safety Areas...29 3.09-7 Object Free Areas (OFA)...30 3.09-8 Runway Separation Standards...30 3.09-9 Runway Protection Zone (RPZ)...31 3.09-10 Runway Design Standards...32 3.09-11 Airside Summary...33 3.10 Landside Facilities...35 3.10-1 Parking Apron...35 3.10-2 Terminal Building...37 3.10-3 Automobile Parking...40 3.10-4 Ground Access...41 3.10-5 Airport Maintenance Building and Equipment...43 3.10-6 Airport Rescue and Fire Fighting Building...45 3.10-7 Aircraft Fuel Storage Facilities...46 3.10-8 Deicing System...47 3.10-9 Weather Observations...48 Chapter 4 AVIATION DEMAND FORECASTS 4.01 General...49 4.02 Aviation Demand Elements...50 4.03 General Aviation Activity...50 4.03-1 Based Aircraft...50 4.03-2 Based Aircraft Fleet Mix...52 4.03-3 Annual General Aviation Operations...53 4.03-4 Peak Period Activity Forecasts...54 4.04 Instrument Approaches...55 ii
4.05 Demand Forecast Summary...55 Chapter 5 AIRFIELD CAPACITY ANALYSIS 5.01 General...57 5.02 Definition of Airfield Capacity...57 5.03 Methodology Used...57 5.04 Hourly Capacity...59 5.05 Annual Service Volume...60 Chapter 6 FACILITY REQUIREMENTS 6.01 Airfield Facilities...61 6.01-1 Runways and Taxiways...61 6.01-2 Airfield and Instrumentation...67 6.02 Landside Facilities...68 6.02-1 General Aviation Requirements...68 6.02-2 Fuel Storage Requirements...73 6.02-3 Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Requirements...73 6.03 Airside and Landside Facility Requirements Summary...74 Chapter 7- ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY 7.01 Background...77 7.02 Noise...77 7.03 Compatible Land Use...79 7.04 Social Impacts...86 7.05 Induced Socio-Economic Impacts...87 7.06 Air Quality...87 7.07 Water Quality...87 7.07-1 Ground Surface Waters...88 iii
7.08 Department of Transportation Act Section 4(f) Lands[Recodified 49 U.S.C. 303 (c)]...90 7.09 Historic and Cultural Resources...91 7.10 Biotic Communities/Endangered and Threatened Species of Flora and Fauna...91 7.11 Wetlands...92 7.12 Flood Plains...96 7.13 Coastal Zone Management...96 7.14 Coastal Barriers...96 7.15 Wild, Scenic and Recreational Rivers...97 7.16 Prime and Unique Farmland...97 7.17 Energy Supply and Natural Resources...97 7.18 Light Emissions...97 7.19 Solid Waste Impacts...97 7.20 Construction Impacts...98 7.21 Environmental Justice...99 7.22 Impacts to Children...99 7.23 Indirect, Secondary and Cumulative Impacts...100 7.24 Anticipated Permits and Approvals...103 Chapter 8 ALTERNATIVES OF AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT 8.01 General...104 8.02 Descriptions of Alternative Plans...104 8.03 Evaluation Criteria...107 8.03-1 Airport Design Standards...107 8.03-2 Environmental Impacts...111 8.03-3 Development Costs...111 8.03-4 Facility Requirements...111 iv
8.03-5 Implementation Feasibility...112 8.04 Evaluation of Alternatives...112 8.04-1 Airport Design Standards...112 8.04-2 Environmental Impacts...114 8.04-3 Development Costs...115 8.04-4 Facility Requirements...117 8.04-5 Implementation Feasibility...118 8.04-6 Evaluation Summary...119 8.05 Preferred Alternative...120 Chapter 9 AIRPORT SYSTEM DESIGN 9.01 Preferred Alternative...122 9.02 Facility Requirements...122 9.03 Airport Layout Plan...128 9.04 Obstruction Plan and Profile...129 9.05 Land Use and Ground Access...134 Chapter 10 FINANCIAL PLAN 10.01 General...137 10.02 Capitol Improvements...137 10.03 Financing Capitol Improvements...139 10.04 Airport Operating and Capitol Improvement Expenses...144 10.05 Airport Revenues...146 10.06 Conclusions...148 v
LIST OF FIGURES 1-1 Work Flow Diagram...4 3-1 Vicinity Map...12 3-2 Soils Map...17 3-3 Drainage Plan...20 3-4 Airspace Environment and Adjacent Airports...22 3-5 Existing Airport Layout...26 3-6 Terminal Floor Plan...39 7-1 Existing Noise Contours...82 7-2 Future Noise Contours (2020)...83 7-3 National Wetland Inventory Map...94 7-4 NYSDEC Freshwater Wetland Map...95 8-1 Alternative 1...105 8-2 Alternative 2...108 8-3 Alternative 3...109 8-4 Approach Surface Dimensions...110 9-1 Airport Layout Plan...126 9-2 Terminal Area Plan...127 9-3 Obstruction Plan...131 9-4 Obstruction Plan and Profile Runway 15-33 & Runway 6-24...132 9-5 Land Use and Ground Access Plan...136 vi
LIST OF TABLES 3-1 History and Projection of Population...13 3-2 Employment by Sector...13 3-3 Dutchess County Airport Soils Types...13 3-4 Victor Airways...15 3-5 Jet Airways...19 3-6 Neighboring Airports...21 3-7 Based Aircraft Characteristics...23 3-8 Transient (Visiting) Aircraft Characteristics...24 3-9 Annual Operations...24 3-10 Runway System Characteristics...25 3-11 Navigational Aids...27 3-12 Runway Marking and Lighting...28 3-13 Published Approaches...26 3-14 Taxiways...28 3-15 Runway Protection Zone Dimensional Standards...32 3-16 Runway System Design Standards and Existing Conditions...33 3-17 Existing Dutchess County Airport Airfield Facilities Data...34 3-18 Landside Characteristics...35 3-19 Aircraft Parking Apron Characteristics...36 3-20 Terminal Building...38 3-21 Automobile Parking Spaces...40 3-22 Maintenance Equipment...44 3-23 Aviation Fuel Storage...46 3-24 Storage Tanks...47 4-1 Based Aircraft History and Forecast...51 4-2 Based Aircraft Fleet Mix Percentage Forecast...52 vii
4-3 Fleet Mix Forecast...53 4-4 Annual General Aviation Operations Forecast...54 4-5 General Aviation Operational Peaking Forecast...55 4-6 Forecast Instrument Approaches...55 4-7 Demand Forecast Summary...56 5-1 ACDM Aircraft Classification System...59 5-2 Hourly Capacity Summary...60 5-3 Annual Service Volume...60 6-1 Airport and Runway Data...63 6-2 Design Standards...64 6-3 Airfield Instrument and Lighting...67 6-4 General Aviation Building Requirements...68 6-5 General Aviation Terminal Building Requirements...69 6-6 Itinerant Aircraft Apron Requirements...70 6-7 Hangar Area Demand...72 6-8 Auto Parking Requirements...73 6-9 General Aviation Fuel Storage Requirements...73 6-10 Airside Facilities Summary...75 6-11 Landside Facilities Summary...76 7-1 Land Use Compatibility with Yearly Day-Night Sound Levels...84 7-2 NYSDOT Land Use Compatibility...86 8-1 Design Standards...111 8-2 Unit Costs for Airport Development...116 8-3 Opinion of Probable Costs...117 viii
8-4 Alternative Ratings...120 9-1 Airside Facilities Summary...123 9-2 Landside Facilities Summary...124 10-1 Unit Costs for Development...138 10-2 Total Anticipated Development Costs...140 10-3 Phase I Capitol Improvement Program (2000-2005)...141 10-4 Phase II Capitol Improvement Program (2006-2010)...142 10-5 Phase III Capitol Improvement Program (2011-2020)...143 10-6 Summary Capitol Improvement Program...143 10-7 Anticipated Operating Costs...145 10-8 Airport Operating Costs...146 10-9 Airport Operating Revenue...147 10-10 Projected Annual Cash Flow...149 LIST OF PHOTOS 3-1 Front entrance to the Terminal...37 3-2 Parking area at ARFF/Maintenance Bldg./T-hangar...41 3-3 ARFF/Maintenance Building (Rear)...43 3-4 Line Services Office...43 ix
APPENDICES Appendix A Technical Advisory Committee Appendix B Survey Results Appendix C Environmental Correspondence Appendix D Noise Data Appendix E Hangar Configuration Appendix F Engineering Costs and Estimates Appendix G Landing Fee Schedules of Other Airports Appendix H Glossary of Acronyms and Definitions x