Great Lakes Region - Planning & Capacity

Advisory Circulars (ACs)

• Series 150 AC Library
  • ACs - Airport Planning
  • AC 150/5070-7: Airport System Planning Process

Airports GIS & Electronic Airport Layout Plan (eALP)

• Airports GIS and eALP Guidance and Training
• Airports-GIS Website
• Airports GIS at the Threshold Online Newsletter

Airport Master Planning

• AC 150/5070-6: Master Planning Guide, Change 1
• Airport Sustainability

Aviation Forecasts

• Terminal Area Forecast (TAF)
• Forecasting Aviation Activity by Airport (MS Word)
• Guidance on Review & Approval of Local Aviation Forecasts (6/2008) (PDF)
  • Request for Review & Approval of Local Aviation Forecasts (5/2008) (PDF)

Guidance & Policy

• ACC/FAA Best Practices, 2008 (PDF)
• Bulletin 1: Best Practices-Surface Access To Airports (PDF)
  • Appendix: Notice of Policy Regarding the Eligibility of Airport Ground Access Transportation Projects for Funding Under the Passenger Facility Charge Program (PDF)
• Interim Guidance on Land Uses Within a Runway Protection Zone (PDF)
• Interim Guidance on Proposed Commercial Space Facilities and Operations at Federally Obligated or Part 139 Airports (PDF) (added 11/3/2014)
• Order 5090.3: Field Formulation of the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS)

NextGen for Airports

• Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) for Airports
  • Core 30 Airports
  • NextGen
  • NextGen Resources

Passenger, Cargo, & Operations Data

• Air Traffic Activity Data System (Historic Airport Operations)
• Airport Data (5010) & Contact Information
• Bureau of Transportation Statistics
• Passenger and Cargo Data
  • Airport Activity Survey
  • All-Cargo Reporting

Publications& Forms

• Forms
• Orders
• Reports
  • GAO Report on Regional Airport Planning (December 2009)
• WAAS Brochure: Maximizing Airport Operations Using the Wide Area Augmentation System (PDF)

Tools & Resources

• Airport Categories
• Airport Diagrams
• Airport and Air Carrier Addresses
• Design and Engineering Standards
• Instrument Flight Procedures Gateway
• NAS Data
  • Historic NAS Data Release to Airports (PDF) (added 2/18/2015)
  • Real-time NAS Data Release to Airports (PDF) (added 2/18/2015)
• Navigation Programs - Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS)
• runwaySimulator Airport Capacity Model (added 12/29/2014)