ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT Richard Lesniak, Airport Manager
ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT RUNWAY 7/25 PROJECT – ABM PRESENTATION ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT • LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN ST. PETERSBURG • PROPERTY USED AN AIRFIELD SINCE 1917; NAMED IN 1928 • GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORT • ±90,000 OPERATIONS; ±185 BASED AIRCRAFT • ±$52M ANNUAL ECOMONIC IMPACT (FDOT 2014) • OWNED BY THE CITY OF ST. PETERSBURG
ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT ABM PRESENTATION Starting an Airport Master Plan (Nov/Dec 2018) – retaining ESA An FAA-prescribed planning process that provides a 20-year plan for the airport facility. Done about every 10 years; AWA was last done in 2005 ±18 – 24 months to complete An Airport Layout Plan (“ALP”) document is created
ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT ABM PRESENTATION Goals of today’s presentation : Awareness of improvements that will be studied as part of the MP process Feedback from the ABM.
ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT ABM PRESENTATION Recently completed a Feasibility Study and Economic Impact Analysis of potential improvements to Runway 7/25. The Study is preliminary in nature. It was not completed through any formal Federal and/or State process. FAA will not consider anything recommended within the study until it is vetted through a full master plan process. Results recently presented to City Council PS&I Committee
ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT RUNWAY 7/25 FEASIBILITY STUDY RUNWAY 7/25 (current): • 3,674 ft x 75 ft • NE/SW oriented runway • Longest runway at AWA • Designated as the “Primary” runway • Handles ±70% of the air traffic
ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT RUNWAY 7/25 FEASIBILITY STUDY WHY SHOULD WE PURSUE RUNWAY IMPROVEMENTS? 1. SAFETY ENHANCEMENTS 2. OPERATIONAL ENHANCEMENTS 3. ECONOMIC IMPACT
ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT RUNWAY 7/25 FEASIBILITY STUDY THE CASE FOR ALBERT WHITTED: 1. SAFETY ENHANCEMENT – Airport is safe, but continued risk reduction is always a goal 2. OPERATIONAL ENHANCEMENT – Airport is limited for the corporate aircraft fleet 3. ECONOMIC IMPACT – Increase revenues/self- sufficiency; Job creation; Competitive advantage
ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT RUNWAY 7/25 FEASIBILITY STUDY LIMITATIONS 1. AIRPORT VISION 2. NEIGHBORHOOD COMPATIBILITY 3. SPACE LIMITATIONS
ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT RUNWAY 7/25 FEASIBILITY STUDY STUDY GOALS: 1. Explore the ability to enhance the runway configuration 2. Identify potential environmental implications 3. Determine costs
ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT RUNWAY 7/25 FEASIBILITY STUDY STUDY COLLABORATION Albert Whitted Airport Advisory Committee
ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT RUNWAY 7/25 FEASIBILITY STUDY *PRIMARY RECOMMENDATION - SHIFT THE RUNWAY TO THE EAST *Determined by: • Two (2) sub-recommendations from the study • Using standard FAA polices and design methodologies
ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT RUNWAY 7/25 FEASIBILITY STUDY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS: Shift/Extension into Tampa Bay • Bay Impacts: Tampa Bay Estuary?; Benthic Habitat?, etc. • NEPA Process Triggered – Environmental Assessment • Permits required – FDEP being delegated primary permitting • authority
ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT RUNWAY 7/25 FEASIBILITY STUDY FUNDING PLAN: FAA (90%) $11,340,000 FDOT (8%) $ 1,008,000 City (2%) $ 252,000 Total $12,600,000
ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT RUNWAY 7/25 FEASIBILITY STUDY Realized Growth Opportunities: • On the Airport (Section 1) • Revenue Generation • Job Creation • Competitive Advantage • Off the Airport • Runway 7 Landing Threshold shifted eastward • Opportunity for vertical development
ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT RUNWAY 7/25 FEASIBILITY STUDY ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS (February 2018): • One-time economic impacts from construction • On-going operational impacts to Airport • On-going economic impacts through enhanced development opportunities
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ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT RUNWAY 7/25 FEASIBILITY STUDY • Feasibility Study is a preliminary analysis. • Results must be vetted through the full Airport Master Plan process. • The Airport Layout Plan (“ALP”) must include any future changes and be approved by the FAA. • A full environmental assessment would have to be done.
ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT RUNWAY 7/25 FEASIBILITY STUDY NEXT STEPS: • Master Plan Study (up to 2 years) • Environmental Assessment (up to 2 years) • Design/Permitting (1-2 years) • Construction (1-2 years)
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EXTRA SLIDES FROM ORIGINAL COUNCIL PRESENTATION FOLLOW…..
ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT RUNWAY 7/25 FEASIBILITY STUDY SECTION 1: BACKGROUND SECTION 2: FEASIBILITY STUDY SECTION 3: ANCILLARY BENEFITS SECTION 4: NEXT STEPS
ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT RUNWAY 7/25 FEASIBILITY STUDY SECTION 1: BACKGROUND
ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT RUNWAY 7/25 FEASIBILITY STUDY TIMELINE • 1960s+ Runway improvement concepts have been around for decades • 1990s Small runway improvement was completed • 1999 Master Plan • 2003 Airport Referendum • 2004 Blue Ribbon Task Force Recommendations • 2005 Master Plan Update • (Since then have completed $18M in capital improvements + $9M in process) • 2016 Runway Feasibility Study (Pre-cursor) • 2018 Master Plan Update
ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT RUNWAY 7/25 FEASIBILITY STUDY Target Fleet Mix • No vision of having large aircraft start using AWA (i.e. B-757s, B-737s, Gulfstream Vs, etc.) • Implications of significantly changing the aircraft fleet mix • Small/medium sized corporate aircraft • Many currently already use the Airport. • Accounts for ±4% of the transient traffic (3% large twin/1% jet) • Corporate aircraft m ust operate with restrictions (i.e. short runways): Reduced loads/fuel Air Taxi/Part 135 restrictions Insurance requirements
ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT RUNWAY 7/25 FEASIBILITY STUDY Competitive Advantage & Corporate Opportunity Potential Expand Revenues Create Jobs (Grow Smarter Strategy) ECONOMIC IMPACT
ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT RUNWAY 7/25 FEASIBILITY STUDY $ =
Citation 525 Citation 560XL Citation 650 Mustang
Learjet 31 Cheyenne III Hawker 400 King Air 350
ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT RUNWAY 7/25 FEASIBILITY STUDY SHORT RUNWAYS AT AWA HAS RESULTED IN LOSS OF USE/SERVICE: 1. Air Medical Transport 2. State Jet 3. Lost opportunities? 4. Runway Length Comparison
ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT RUNWAY 7/25 FEASIBILITY STUDY TAMPA BAY AREA AIRPORTS *Runway Airport City/County Type Length Tampa Int'l Tampa/Hillsborough Commercial 11,002 St. Pete-Clearwater Int'l Clearwater/Pinellas Commercial 9,730 Brooksville-Tampa Bay Regional Brooksville/Hernando General Aviation 7,002 Zephyrhills Zephyrhills/Pasco General Aviation 5,000 (6,500) Tampa Executive Tampa/Hillsborough General Aviation 5,000 Clearwater Airpark Clearwater/Pinellas General Aviation 4,108 Plant City Plant City/Hillsborough General Aviation 3,948 Albert Whitted St. Petersburg/Pinellas General Aviation 3,674 Peter O'Knight Tampa/Hillsborough General Aviation 3,580 Note: *Longest runway available
ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT RUNWAY 7/25 FEASIBILITY STUDY SECTION 2: FEASIBILITY STUDY
ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT RUNWAY 7/25 FEASIBILITY STUDY STUDY STRATEGY • Took a more global perspective • Conscientious of aligning the focus with Federal/State priorities • Put the local motivations (i.e. eco dev focus) into perspective with the ultimate focus – Safety Enhancement.
ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT RUNWAY 7/25 FEASIBILITY STUDY STUDY FOCUS: • AS THE AIRPORT OWNER, SAFETY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR TO THE CITY. • FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) ACCEPTANCE IS PARAMOUNT – COMPETE FOR FEDERAL GRANT FUNDS. • THE STUDY FOCUS WAS LIMITED STRICTLY ON SAFETY ENHANCEMENT/ OPERATIONAL IMPLICATIONS
ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT RUNWAY 7/25 FEASIBILITY STUDY SUB-RECOMMENDATION #1: Achieve operational runway length of at least 3,700 ft. Justified through the “critical aircraft” established for the • current fleet mix at Albert Whitted. King Air 200 Although the runway is 3,674 ft in physical length, an aircraft • cannot use the full length for specific take-offs/landings. An extension of 263 ft would be necessary to achieve 3,700 ft. •
ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT RUNWAY 7/25 FEASIBILITY STUDY SUB-RECOMMENDATION #2 : Shift Runway 7’s Runway Protection Zone (RPZ) onto the airport property ( see next slide - what is an RPZ? ). Moves the Runway 7 landing threshold to the east; • requires an additional 1,280 ft extension to maintain the fully usable runway length of 3,700 ft. This improvement would provide about 4,950 ft of • runway length for aircraft departures on Runway 7.
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