Advisory Circular 150/5300-13A, Airport Design

1 Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Advisory Circular Subject: Airport Design Date: DRAFT Initiated by: AAS-100 AC No: AC 150/5300-13A Change: 1. What is the purpose of this Advisory Circular (AC)? This AC contains the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) standards and recommendations for Airport Design . 2. Does this AC cancel any prior ACs? AC 150/5300-13, Airport Design , dated September 29, 1989, is canceled. 3. To whom does this AC apply? The FAA recommends the guidelines and specifications in this AC for materials and methods used in the construction of airports.

2 In general, use of this AC is not mandatory. However, use of this AC is mandatory for all projects funded with Federal grant monies through the Airport Improvement Program (AIP) and with revenue from the Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) Program. See Grant Assurance No. 34, Policies, Standards, and Specifications, and PFC Assurance No. 9, Standards and Specifications. For information about grant assurances, see 4. Are there any related documents? Related documents to this AC are indicated in paragraph 108.

3 A few, but not all, of the significant related documents are: a. AC 150/5070-6, Airport Master Plans b. AC 150/5230-4, Aircraft Fuel Storage, Handling, and Dispensing on Airports c. AC 150/5320-5, Surface Drainage Design d. AC 150/5320-6, Airport Pavement Design and Evaluation e. AC 150/5325-4, Runway Length Requirements for Airport Design Draft AC 150/5300-13A 5/01/2012 ii f. AC 150/5360-13, Planning and Design Guidelines for Airport Terminal Facilities g. Order , United States Standard for Terminal Instrument Procedures (TERPS) h.

4 Other Orders in the 8260 series i. Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 77, Safe, Efficient Use, and Preservation of the Navigable Airspace 5. What are the principal changes in this AC? This AC was substantially revised to fully incorporate all previous Changes to AC 150/5300-13, as well as new standards and technical requirements. This document was reformatted to simplify and clarify the FAA s Airport Design standards and improve readability. Therefore, change bars were not used to signify what has changed from the previous document.

5 Users should review the entire document to familiarize themselves with the new format. Additional principal changes include: a. An introduction of the Runway Design Code (RDC) b. An introduction of the Runway Reference Code (RRC) c. An expanded discussion on Declared Distances d. A clarified and expanded discussion of the Runway Protection Zone (RPZ) e. An introduction of the Taxiway Design Group (TDG) concept for fillet Design f. The establishment of a minimum separation between non-intersecting runways g.

6 The inclusion of Runway Incursion Prevention geometry for new construction h. The consolidation of numerous Design tables into one interactive Runway Design Requirements Matrix (Table 3 4) i. Hyperlinks (allowing the reader to access documents located on the internet and to maneuver within this document) are provided throughout this document and are identified with underlined text. When navigating within this document, return to the previously viewed page by pressing the ALT and keys simultaneously.

7 6. How are metrics represented? Throughout this AC, customary English units will be used followed with soft (rounded) conversion to metric units. The English units govern. 5/01/2012 Draft AC 150/5300-13A iii 7. How can I get this and other FAA publications? You can view a list of all ACs at You can view the Federal Aviation Regulations at Michael J. O Donnell Director of Airport Safety and Standards Draft AC 150/5300-13A 5/01/2012 iv Intentionally left blank. 5/01/2012 Draft AC 150/5300-13A v TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1.

8 INTRODUCTION .. 1 101. PURPOSE.. 1 102. DEFINITIONS.. 2 103. ROLES OF FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.. 9 104. NOTICE OF PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION.. 11 105. PLANNING.. 14 106. Airport LAYOUT PLAN (ALP).. 16 107. COLLECTION, PROCESSING AND PUBLICATION OF Airport DATA. 17 108. RELATED Advisory CIRCULARS (ACs), ORDERS, AND FEDERAL 18 109. to 199. RESERVED.. 30 Chapter 2. Design 31 201. GENERAL.. 31 202. Design AIRCRAFT.. 33 203. RUNWAY INCURSIONS.. 34 204. Airport Design STANDARDS AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL 34 205.

9 RUNWAY LOCATION, ORIENTATION AND WIND COVERAGE.. 35 206. PLANNED VISIBILITY MINIMUMS FOR INSTRUMENT PROCEDURES. 36 207. RUNWAY VISIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.. 37 208. Airport TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER (ATCT) SITING.. 38 209. Airport REFERENCE POINT (ARP).. 39 210. HELIPORTS/HELIPADS.. 39 211. OTHER AERONAUTIC USES ON AIRPORTS.. 40 212. DRAINAGE CONSIDERATIONS.. 40 213. SECURITY OF 41 214. PAVEMENT STRENGTH AND Design .. 43 215. LOCATION OF ON-AIRFIELD FACILITIES.. 43 216. to 299. RESERVED.. 44 Chapter 3. RUNWAY 45 301.

10 INTRODUCTION.. 45 302. RUNWAY Design CONCEPTS.. 45 303. RUNWAY END SITING REQUIREMENTS.. 46 304. DECLARED DISTANCES.. 56 305. RUNWAY GEOMETRY.. 71 306. OBJECT CLEARING.. 75 307. RUNWAY SAFETY AREA (RSA) / ENGINEERED MATERIALS ARRESTING SYSTEMS (EMAS).. 75 308. OBSTACLE FREE ZONE (OFZ).. 78 Draft AC 150/5300-13A 5/01/2012 vi 309. RUNWAY OBJECT FREE AREA (ROFA).. 86 310. RUNWAY PROTECTION ZONE (RPZ).. 86 311. CLEARWAY STANDARDS.. 91 312. STOPWAY STANDARDS.. 92 313. SURFACE GRADIENT.. 93 314. TURF RUNWAYS.