Central Region - Planning & Capacity

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Links to information on airport design and airport planning, Airport Improvement Program (AIP) guidance, airport funding, airport documents and forms, and other Central Region Airports Division Planning and Airport Capacity information.

• Contact Central Region Planner
• Overview
• Guidance
• Resources
• Applications

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Contact Central Region Planner

• Send E-mail to a Central Region Planner - Iowa
• Send E-mail to a Central Region Planner - Kansas
• Send E-mail to a Central Region Planner - Missouri
• Send E-mail to a Central Region Planner - Nebraska

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Overview

• Overview of Airport Planning and Programming

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Guidance

• AIP Sponsor Guide - Relevant sections of the Central Retion AIP Sponsor Guide pertaining to airport and project formulation.
• 0500 - Planning (PDF, 216 KB)
• 0510 - NPIAS
• 0520 - Airport Layout Plans (ALP)
• 0530 - Environmental Review
• 0540 - Airport Site Investigations
• 0550 - Runway Protection Zones
• 0560 - Airport Property Interests
• 0570 - Apron Design


• 0600 - Project Formulation (PDF, 110 KB)
• 0610 - Requesting Aid: ACIP
• 0620 - Benefit/Cost Analysis


• Airport Design - Advisory Circular 150/5300-13
• Master Planning Guide - Advisory Circular 150/5070-6 provides FAA guidance for the preparation of airport master plans.
• Airport System Planning Process - Advisory Circular 150/5070-7 provides FAA guidance for the preparation of airport system plans
• FAA Orders, Advisory Circulars, and Other Federal Directives Referring to Airport Planning Grants (PDF, 33 KB)
• Project Planning Brochure (PDF, 796 KB)
• Agricultural Leases - Advisory Circular 150/5200-33 "Hazardous Wildlife Attractants on or near Airports"
• Airport Design Dimensions Summary Sheet (PDF, 32 KB) - Spreadsheet summarizing dimensional and separation standards
• Design Standards Quick Reference
• Unpaved (Turf) Runway Guidance (PDF)- Presentation on turf runway design given at the 1997 Central Region Airports Conference

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Resources

• Advisory Circulars

• AC 150/5300-13 - Airport Design Advisory Circular
• AC 150/5070-6 - Master Planning Guide Advisory Circular
• All 150 Series Advisory Circulars

• Capacity Data

• National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS)
  
• Aviation Forecasts
  - Aerospace Forecasts
  - Terminal Area Forecasts
• Enplanement and Cargo Data -Enplanement and cargo data extracted from the Air Carrier Activity Information System

• Forms

• ACIP Data Sheet: MS Word (220 KB), PDF (35 KB)
• ALP Design Checklist: MS Word (307 KB), PDF (69 KB)

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Applications

FAA Applications:

• GA Apron Design Spreadsheet (MS Excel, 42 KB) - Spreadsheet to assist in the sizing of aprons for itinerant aircraft - 8/28/01
• Snow Removal Equipment Spreadsheet (MS Excel, 92 KB) - Sizing of rotary plow capacity and snow plow blade length. This calculator automates the worksheet from the Advisory Circular AC 150/5220-20 Airport Snow & Ice Control Equipment.

NOAA Applications:

• Geodetic Calculators - Applications provided by NOAA to calculate geodetic positions and azimuths/li>
• Magnetic Declination - Application provided by NOAA to determine magnetic declination for a specific geodetic position