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Instructor Information:
Khalil Elias Kodsi, P.E. PMP
Rick Marinelli, P.E.
E.C. Hunnicutt, P.E.
Course Length: 1.5 Hours
This webinar was co-sponsored by ASCE's Transportation and Development Institute and ASCE Continuing Education.
Purpose and Background
This webinar will highlight principal changes to the first comprehensive update of “Airport Design”, AC 150/5300-13A since 1989.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is charged to act on behalf of the public interest to promote safety standards for civil aeronautics in the United States. The FAA’s objective is to develop and maintain a safe and efficient airport system. The use of the standards and recommendations in this Advisory Circular (AC) enables the Airport Owners, Planners, Engineers, and Architects to design and construct facilities that meet the FAA objective in maintaining a first class system of airports.
The principal changes to be covered in this webinar are:
- A new Taxiway Design Group Concept to Improve Fillet Design
- Improved Taxiway Design to Mitigate Runway Incursions
- New Language on Runway Protection Zones
- Intersecting and Non-intersecting Runway Geometry
- Runway Design Codes
- Wind Rose and Aircraft Characteristics Database
This webinar will present rationale and insight to the revision process for the changes contained in the revised AC.
Learning Outcomes
This AC is the design reference to the industry and it is critical that Aviation Professionals using the AC have the full range of knowledge of the revised design information.
The learning outcomes are to understand the rationale behind the changes and to develop a good understanding of the material provided.
Webinar Benefits
- Find out the latest changes to Airport Design Standards and their impacts on existing and future airport development projects
- Find out about new geometric standards to reduce Airfield Confusion and Hot Spots
- Learn about the mitigation for wrong runway takeoffs and landing on taxiways
- Find out about the “3-Node” taxiway intersection criteria
- Learn new design methods for Taxiway Fillets based on a new Taxiway Design Group classification
- Learn new criteria for Runway Intersections to further prevent incursions and “wrong runway” takeoffs or landings
- Find out about new criteria for Runway Protection Zones and what is permissible without further evaluation
- Ask questions of the FAA AC 150/5300- 13A team
Intended Audience
All professionals designing, planning, and managing airports will benefit from this webinar.
Webinar Outline
- Introduction
- Purpose of the change
- General overview of the new AC format
- Taxiway design and Airfield safety
- Taxiway fillet design
- Runway protection zones
- Wind rose
- Aircraft data base
- Runway design code
- Intersecting runway geometry
Detailed Description
Airport owners, consultants, designers and architects are encouraged to attend this “Airport Design Update” webinar. The webinar will highlight airport design safety concepts critical to consultants and designers to reduce runway incursion incidents.
Airport geometry at numerous airports is contributing to pilot confusion. Those confusing geometries have been evaluated by the FAA and labeled as “Hot Spots” (HS). Much of the proposed updates in the AC are geared to “design out” confusing taxiway to taxiway intersections. The topics to be covered are:
- New TDG Concept: Current taxiway design standards are based on the Aircraft Design Group (ADG). ADG classification is based on the critical aircraft wings span and tail height. For efficient fillet, taxiway to taxiway and runway to taxiway intersections the FAA developed a new taxiway design concept based on the critical aircraft main gear width and the distance from the Main Gear to the cockpit.
- Improved taxiway design chapter: The FAA conducted studies to mitigate runway incursions. The results were captured in our published Engineering Brief No. 75 http://www.faa.gov/airports/ engineering/engineering_briefs/. The new chapter is designed to “design-out” confusing geometry and to minimize runway incursions.
- Runway Protection Zone (RPZ) concept has not changed. However, the FAA is cognizant of the need to improve the guidelines when interpreted by planners and designers. The proposed language will be free of confusion to what is permitted on the ground within the RPZ limits.
- Intersecting and non-intersecting runway geometry in many cases is contributing to HS. The proposed geometry in the updated AC will better guide planners and designers to avoid future runway extension which may lead to HS situations.
- Runway Design Code (RDC) is a new nomenclature similar to the current Airport Reference Code (ADC) but at the runway level.
- Wind Rose analysis will be discussed. Access to the Wind Rose program is currently residing within the airport GIS web site. Aircraft data base will be discussed. The FAA will share the proposed format and encourage feedback during the review process from industry.