Document Information

Number

150/5300-13B

Title

Airport Design - Change 1

Status

Active

Date issued

2024-08-16

Office of Primary Responsibility

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

Description

This AC 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.

AC 150/5300-13B cancelled 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

Change 1 cancels the following Engineering Briefs (EBs):

1. EB 65A - Use of 150-Foot (45-M) Wide Runways for Airbus A380 Operations
2. EB 74A - Use of 150-foot (45-M) Wide Runways and Blast Pads for Boeing 747-8 Operations

Content

• AC 150/5300-13B Change 1 (with errata changes as of 4/3/2025) (PDF)
• Errata Sheet for AC 150/5300-13B Change 1 (as of 4/3/2025) (PDF)
• Runway Design Matrix Tool
• Airport Design Tools, Videos and Drawings for Advisory Circular 150/5300-13B

Cancels

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.	2012-09-28