Wind Analysis & Runway Orientation
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Assignment3-RunwayOrientation.pdf
CEE 494/598: Assignment 3 - 1
CEE 494/598 Airport Design
Spring 2019
Wind Analysis & Runway Orientation
Max Points: 50
Team Project: 2 engineers per team
Airport Location: Prickly Pear Airport, Middle of the Desert, Arizona
Due: February 7, 2019 in Canvas at 4:30pm
Important Data
Nearest weather station: Big Bear – In the Desert, Arizona
Dates: 2007-2014
Number of Observations: 63,264
Wind data was collected, summarized and provided in the attached table.
Design Requirements
1. Develop a wind rose chart for Prickly Pear Airport based on the provided wind data. When analyzing
your data, be sure to round your percentages to the nearest tenth of a percent.
2. Using CAD or Microstation, draw your completed wind rose chart showing degrees, compass
directions and wind speed categories (ie 0-6 knots). Hint: You must draw your wind rose chart to scale
for it to be correct.
3. Based on the expected aircraft fleet mix, analysis should be done for 10.5, 13 and 16 knot allowable
cross winds. Determine the optimal runway(s) bearing (true) and create a table of wind coverage for
these three cross wind categories. Hint: You will need to determine if a crosswind runway is required.
4. Use a magnetic declination of N 11°E in 2017 when naming the proposed runway for Prickly Pear
Airport.
CEE 494/598: Assignment 3 - 2
Direction
Number of Hourly Observations
0-6
knots
6-10
knots
10-16
knots
16-21
knots
21-27
knots
>27
knots
1 56 130 37 0 0 0
2 49 106 18 0 0 0
3 37 81 12 0 0 0
4 31 31 6 0 0 0
5 31 31 6 0 0 0
6 24 24 6 0 0 0
7 18 43 24 12 0 0
8 37 68 37 32 0 0
9 947 118 106 36 0 0
10 1153 249 187 39 0 0
11 1926 455 342 68 124 0
12 2026 667 455 68 124 0
13 1777 679 318 37 124 0
14 1303 417 149 12 0 0
15 692 243 62 0 0 0
16 461 124 18 0 0 0
17 386 93 12 0 0 0
18 261 49 6 0 0 0
19 199 37 12 0 0 0
20 236 37 6 0 0 0
21 268 37 12 0 0 0
22 305 68 24 0 0 0
23 598 168 93 6 0 0
24 1184 293 218 37 6 0
25 1932 586 554 137 31 0
26 2519 1078 1035 249 49 0
27 2568 1527 1378 286 37 0
28 2419 1727 1103 143 36 0
29 2375 1390 710 74 33 0
30 1590 978 467 37 17 0
31 1197 636 293 24 0 0
32 567 436 205 18 0 0
33 311 399 149 12 0 0
34 268 318 99 6 0 0
35 174 274 62 0 0 0
36 93 187 43 0 0 0
Calms 9284 - - - - -
Totals 39302 13784 8264 1333 581 0
