150/5300-13B - Airport Design

Date Issued

March 31, 2022

Responsible Office

AAS-100,  Office of Airport Safety & Standards - Airport Engineering Division

Description

Contains the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) standards and recommendations for the geometric layout and engineering design of runways, taxiways, aprons, and other facilities at civil airports. This substantial revision fully incorporates all previous changes to AC 150/5300-13A as well as new standards and technical requirements.

This AC version cancels the following Engineering Briefs (EBs):

1. EB 63B – Taxiways for Airbus A380 Taxiing Operations
2. EB 73 - Use of Non-Standard 75-Foot- (23-M) Wide Straight Taxiway Sections for Boeing 747-8 Taxiing Operations
3. EB 78 - Linear Equations for Evaluating the Separation of Airplane Design Groups on Parallel Taxiways and Taxiways to Fixed/Movable Objects
4. EB 99A - Changes to Tables 3-2 and 3-4 of Advisory Circular 150/5300-13A, Airport Design

• 150/5300-13B (PDF, 16.4 MB)
• Errata Sheet for AC 150/5300-13B (PDF, 178 KB)
• Runway Design Matrix Tool
• Interim Guidance on Land Uses Within a Runway Protection Zone (PDF, 970 KB)
• Airport Design Tools, Videos and Drawings for Advisory Circular 150/5300-13B
• Crosswalk between ACs 150/5300-13A and 13B (PDF, 371 KB)

Cancels

Number	Title	Date
150/5300-13A	Airport Design Contains the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) standards and recommendations for the geometric layout and engineering design of runways, taxiways, aprons, and other facilities at civil airports.This substantial revision fully incorporates all previous changes to AC 150/5300-13 as well as new standards and technical requirements. See also Interim Guidance on Land Uses Within a Runway Protection Zone.	09/28/2012