### Prepared for: 

## Norwood Airport Commission Norwood, Massachusetts 

# Norwood Memorial Airport 

# Master Plan Update 

# FINAL - Phase II March 2007

Prepared By: 

## Edwards and Kelcey In association with: 

## Little River Survey Company Baystate Environmental Consultants, Inc.Norwood Memorial Airport Norwood, Massachusetts MasterPlan Update Phase U

's taxiway system is shown in 

### Figure 1-2, above. The existing taxiway system current and future operations at the Airport. Air Traffic Control (ATC)

ically clear an arriving aircraft to taxi to the GA ramp via Taxiway A and

transient parking. Based aircraft typically use Taxiway D or C. Taxiway

ed by local based aircraft to access tie-downs. Taxiway pavement good to poor, as shown in Table 3-3 and in the Pavement 

### pendix F. Taxiways C and F are in poor condition and should be

· in FY 2008. Taxiway A, last improved in 1984, is in fair ilitation in 2015
.

Recently, the Airport had to eliminate an area ofaircraft tie-downs**u01o.,au,,~;;;** were within the easterly Taxiway B Object Free Area (TOFA)
. eliminated more than $100,000 in annual revenue to the Airport. combined with the unmet demand for tie-down space noted above, has issue for the Airport. The option to change the designation ofTaxiwayB to a been considered as a way to re-establish the lost aircraft parking and meet unmet need for tie-down space. A taxilane would require less area for the discussed below in Section 4
.5
. In addition, these tie-downs are affected bythe 1,000-foot wide Primary Surface, as discussed in the following Sections 3
.8, and 4
.6
. 

### Aircraft Parking Aprons The Airport has 10 aircraft parking aprons for based aircraft and 2 aprons for itinerant, or visiting, aircraft. Currently, the Airport has 221 ,I00 square feet ofapron area available to accommodate parking for 204

-based aircraft and up to 12 itinerant aircraft, depending upon type and size. Approximately 74% ofthe based aircraft are on tie-downs while the remaining aircraft are stored in corporate hangars or individually owned T-hangars. Since the 1972 Master Plan and 1992 Airport Layout Plan were prepared, FAA standards regarding object free areas have changed
. As mentioned in Section 3.7, a number of based aircraft tie-down aprons were removed from service because they were located within the easterly Taxiway B OFA and within the outer edge of the FAR Part 77 Primary Surface of Runway 17-35. (See photo in 

### Figure 3-5). The Airport lost about 47,500 SF ofbased aircraft parking apron area with the potential to accommodate up to FACILITY NE EDS Page 3-10Norwood Memorial Airport Norwood,Massachusetts Master Plan Update PhaseU 79 aircraft. The economic loss from these 79 spaces represents $8,690 per month in tiedown fees, or $105,000 per year in income (FY05 rates). There is a need to replace the 79 tie downs that have been made unavailable as shown in 

### Figure3-5,below.



### Figure3-5 

### Taxiway B 

### OFA Penetrations
The forecasts prepared for Section 2 indicate a future demand for aircraft parking. Based on that analysis, by2025, the aircraft apron needs will be in excess of565,000 SF. This is double the existing aircraft parking apron area. In summary, the following issues underscore the need for additional apron space and the constraints on future development on the current Airport property: • 2025 forecasted demand for doublethe aircraft parking apron area; • There is minimal upland area on Airport propertythat is not already developed; • Additional aircraft tie-down and hangar space is not available; • To meet demand for aeronautical uses, there is a need to acquire upland; • Key upland areas exist in the Runway 10 Runway Protection Zone (RPZ) and within the BMA parcel; • Town should consider purchase ofthe Runway 10 RPZ land to develop a more efficient layout and meet demand for aeronautical uses. Because the upland area available to the Airport is inadequate to meet future demand, there is a critical need to acquire added upland for aeronautical use (See Section 3.12). The Town should consider acquiring the Runway 10 RPZ, and explore the long-term option of buying-out the BMA lease, a parcel that occupies the core ofthe Airport's upland area. Page 3-11 FACILITY NEEDS