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. 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.

2 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. 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.

3 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. 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.

4 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. 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.

5 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. 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).

6 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. 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.

7 43 216. to 299. RESERVED.. 44 Chapter 3. RUNWAY 45 301. 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.. 101 315. MARKING AND LIGHTING.. 103 316. RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY SEPARATION REQUIREMENTS.. 103 317. APPROACH PROCEDURE PLANNING.. 106 318. RUNWAY REFERENCE CODE (RRC).. 110 319. AIRCRAFT RESCUE AND FIRE FIGHTING (ARFF) ACCESS.

8 110 320. JET BLAST.. 110 321. RUNWAY Design REQUIREMENTS MATRIX.. 110 322. to 399. RESERVED.. 115 Chapter 4. TAXIWAY AND TAXILANE Design .. 117 401. GENERAL.. 117 402. TAXIWAY 123 403. PARALLEL TAXIWAYS.. 123 404. TAXIWAY WIDTH.. 125 405. CURVES AND INTERSECTIONS.. 126 406. CROSSOVER TAXIWAYS.. 132 407. BYPASS TAXIWAYS.. 132 408. RUNWAY/TAXIWAY INTERSECTIONS.. 133 409. ENTRANCE TAXIWAYS.. 134 410. EXIT TAXIWAYS.. 135 411. HOLDING BAYS FOR RUNWAY ENDS.. 142 412. TAXIWAY TURNAROUNDS.. 144 413. APRON TAXIWAYS AND TAXILANES.. 145 414. END-AROUND TAXIWAYS (EATS).. 145 415. ALIGNED TAXIWAYS PROHIBITED.. 149 416. TAXIWAY SHOULDERS.. 149 417. FILLET 149 418. SURFACE GRADIENT AND LINE OF SIGHT (LOS).. 150 419. TAXIWAY CLEARANCE 154 420. MARKINGS/LIGHTING/SIGNS.

9 158 421. ISLANDS.. 159 422. TAXIWAY BRIDGES.. 159 423. JET BLAST.. 159 424. to 499. RESERVED.. 159 Chapter 5. APRONS .. 161 501. BACKGROUND.. 161 502. APRON TYPES.. 161 503. APRON LAYOUT AND RUNWAY INCURSION PREVENTION.. 161 5/01/2012 Draft AC 150/5300-13A vii 504. APRON Design REQUIREMENTS.. 164 505. FUELING.. 166 506. OBJECT CLEARANCE.. 166 507. DE-ICING FACILITIES.. 166 508. SURFACE GRADIENTS.. 166 509. DRAINAGE.. 167 510. MARKING AND LIGHTING.. 167 511. PAVEMENT Design .. 167 512. JET BLAST.. 167 513. ATCT VISIBILITY / LINE OF SIGHT (LOS).. 167 514. SERVICE ROADS.. 168 515. TERMINAL Design 168 516. to 599. RESERVED.. 168 Chapter 6. NAVIGATION AIDS (NAVAIDs) AND ON- Airport AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL FACILITIES (ATC-F) .. 169 601. BACKGROUND.

10 169 602. INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE.. 169 603. FEDERALLY OWNED AND NON-FEDERALLY OWNED NAVAIDs.. 171 604. SITING CRITERIA/LAND REQUIREMENTS.. 171 605. NAVAIDS AS 172 606. PHYSICAL SECURITY.. 174 607. MAINTENANCE ACCESS.. 177 608. ELECTRICAL POWER.. 177 609. CABLE 177 610. CABLE LOOP SYSTEM.. 177 611. COMMUNICATION AND POWER CABLE TRENCHES.. 177 612. FACILITIES.. 177 613. TOWERS AND ELEVATED STRUCTURES.. 178 614. AIR TRAFFIC ORGANIZATION (ATO) ORDERS AND NOTICES.. 178 615. DECOMMISSIONED FACILITIES.. 178 616. Airport TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER (ATCT).. 178 617. REMOTE TRANSMITTER/RECEIVER (RTR).. 179 618. Airport SURVEILLANCE RADAR (ASR).. 180 619. PRECISION RUNWAY MONITOR (PRM).. 181 620. Airport SURFACE DETECTION EQUIPMENT (ASDE).. 182 621.