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From page 25... ... 25 The project team, with guidance and advice from the study panel, developed a survey questionnaire to explore issues and challenges related to airline upgauging at airports of various sizes and types throughout the United States. With careful consultation and guidance from the ACRP topic panel, the team sought to identify and preselect a group of airports that have experienced upgauging and/or loss of service in recent years and ask them to participate in the survey. Read the entire page →
From page 26... ... 26 How Airports Plan for Changing Aircraft Capacity: The Effects of Upgauging experience. The project team assumed that the response "no" was intended to indicate that the changes of aviation activity at their airports were not as recent as at the other airports. Read the entire page →
From page 27... ... Airport Survey Responses 27 # ID Airport Name State NPIAS Category (Hub Size) 2016 Enplanements 2016 Scheduled Departures High-Level Overview of Upgauging/Downgauging 1 BLV MidAmerica St. Read the entire page →
From page 28... ... 28 How Airports Plan for Changing Aircraft Capacity: The Effects of Upgauging Fifteen of the 18 respondents confirmed having recently experienced a significant increase in passenger volume. Two of these 15 airports also experienced a significant increase in cargo volume (Seattle-Tacoma International Airport [SEA] Read the entire page →
From page 29... ... Airport Survey Responses 29 Finally, the "larger" medium-hub airports, as well as large hubs, have been experiencing significant traffic growth for the past 5 to 6 years, mainly due to positive economic performance nationwide. The growth experienced at these airports generally follows the economic trend at the national level, with some more aggressive growth observed at airports that benefit from a particularly dynamic local environment, like the cities of Austin and Dallas, Texas; and Seattle, Washington (ranked respectively first, third, and fourth as fastest growing cities in the country in 2016 by Forbes) Read the entire page →
From page 30... ... 30 How Airports Plan for Changing Aircraft Capacity: The Effects of Upgauging Drivers of Airline Upgauging (Cargo) : Three Cases Three of the surveyed airports indicated that they faced challenges regarding cargo traffic increases (SDF, LCK, and SEA) Read the entire page →
From page 31... ... Airport Survey Responses 31 Table 3. Airport survey results -- summary. Read the entire page →
From page 32... ... 32 How Airports Plan for Changing Aircraft Capacity: The Effects of Upgauging Although the survey provided the airports with the opportunity to rank each one of the categories by significance of impact, two surveyed airports noted that all of these aspects have constituted a challenge for their operations: • MidAmerica St. Louis Airport (BLV) Read the entire page →
From page 33... ... Airport Survey Responses 33 Overall, compared with the terminal and landside, airline upgauging seemed to have limited impact on the airside. The most significant impacts occurred primarily at airports that have to accommodate aircraft larger than their airport design code (for instance ADG-VI upgrade) Read the entire page →
From page 34... ... 34 How Airports Plan for Changing Aircraft Capacity: The Effects of Upgauging • Hardstand positions and RON parking: The availability of additional hardstand positions and RON parking space to support the day-to-day gate operations was the critical challenge reported the second-most times by the surveyed airports. • Issues related to fueling operations and ground support equipment (GSE) Read the entire page →
From page 35... ... Airport Survey Responses 35 In addition to airports that had already completed construction at the time of the survey, some airports were engaged in the planning phase for the building of a new terminal or for a major expansion of their existing facility. Because each airport and, more particularly, each terminal is unique, the survey featured a large variety of responses with respect to terminal developments that were needed to manage airline upgauging effects. Read the entire page →
From page 36... ... 36 How Airports Plan for Changing Aircraft Capacity: The Effects of Upgauging Figure 19 reflects the diversity of terminal building interior modifications that were required to accommodate airline upgauging. Additional details are provided in Chapter 4 of this report. Read the entire page →
From page 37... ... Airport Survey Responses 37 The surveyed airports also identified the following additional issues and challenges on the landside: • BLV: "Additional rental car parking" • SEA: "Increased airline signage needs (more carriers = more infrastructure to support signage) " • SDF: "Roadway relocation for new taxiway construction" Use of Temporary Facilities As a mitigation measure, the use of temporary facilities generally provided an adequate means for airports to respond immediately to short-term needs resulting from airline upgauging. Read the entire page →
From page 38... ... 38 How Airports Plan for Changing Aircraft Capacity: The Effects of Upgauging • PDX: "Currently considering options for temporary ticket counter and other airport support programs (police, TSA, emergency operations center, etc.) " • SEA: "Hardstand operations including 6+ gate temporary holdroom at 34,000 sq. Read the entire page →
From page 39... ... Airport Survey Responses 39 Financial Risks Associated with the Costs and Investments: Airline Agreements Five out of 18 surveyed airports reported that they structured and operated under specific agreements with airline partners to share the financial risks associated with the upgauging costs and investments. The following examples were given: • Columbus Regional Airport Authority (LCK) Read the entire page →
From page 40... ... 40 How Airports Plan for Changing Aircraft Capacity: The Effects of Upgauging Note: NEPA = National Environmental Policy Act; EA = environmental assessment; EIS = environmental impact statement. Figure 21. Read the entire page →

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... 25 The project team, with guidance and advice from the study panel, developed a survey questionnaire to explore issues and challenges related to airline upgauging at airports of various sizes and types throughout the United States. With careful consultation and guidance from the ACRP topic panel, the team sought to identify and preselect a group of airports that have experienced upgauging and/or loss of service in recent years and ask them to participate in the survey.