Aviation Planning course work questions 1 through 8
Calculate Hourly Capacity for intersecting runways given the following airport information. You will need to reference the Aviation Planning Textbook Chapter 5 and/or FAA AC 150-5060-5 for the methodology and FAA figures.
· In the typical busy hour, the following operations occur in 1 hour (VFR)
· 10 single engine aircraft (Class A)
· 10 light twin engine aircraft (Class B)
· 29 transport type (Class C)
· 2 wide-body (Class D)
· arrivals = 55%, including 2 touch & gos
· During IFR conditions, operations in 1 hour are:
· 2 single engine aircraft (Class A)
· 5 light twin engine aircraft (Class B)
· 29 transport (Class C)
· 2 wide-body (Class D)
· arrivals = 45%, no touch and gos
· Departures are on one runway, arrivals and departures on the other as shown in the diagram on the next page.
1. Complete the worksheet below. Type in your answers in each blank square.
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CAPACITY FIGURE NO. |
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MIX INDEX %(C+3D) |
ARRIVALS % |
TOUCH AND GO % |
RUNWAY EXITS |
HOURLY CAPACITY BASE C* |
T & G FACTOR T |
EXIT FACTOR E |
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