[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 88 (Monday, May 7, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 26815]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-10896]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Opportunity To Comment on the Draft Airport Design Advisory 
Circular 150/5300-13A

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT invites 
airports consultants, industry representatives and all other interested 
parties to review and comment on the Draft ``Airport Design'' Advisory 
Circular, AC 150/5300-13A. The Advisory Circular provides standards and 
recommendations for airport design. The FAA has posted the AC on the 
Internet at: http://www.faa.gov/airports/resources/advisory_circulars/
.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Khalil Elias Kodsi, P.E. PMP, Airport 
Engineering Division, (AAS-100), Federal Aviation Administration, 800 
Independence Ave. SW., Washington, DC 20591; telephone (202) 267-7553.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 6, 2012--60 Days 
after publication date. Comments that are received after that date will 
be considered to the extent possible.

ADDRESSES: Comments must be submitted by:
     Hand Delivery/Courier: Federal Aviation Administration, 
800 Independence Avenue SW., AAS-100, Room 621, Washington, DC 20590.
     FAX: (202) 267-3688.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title 49 of the United States Code, section 
47108(a), provides that the Secretary may impose terms on the offer 
that the Secretary considers necessary to carry out this subchapter and 
regulations to be assumed by the sponsor. Uniform design standards for 
airports can be found in the Federal Aviation Administration advisory 
circular and mandatory use is required on all Federal Airport 
Improvement Program projects. This draft AC incorporates all previous 
changes and numerous technical updates within a new format. 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. Principal changes include:
    a. An introduction of the Runway Reference Code (RRC) and the 
Runway Design Code (RDC).
    b. An expanded discussion on Declared Distances.
    c. A clarified discussion on the Runway Protection Zone (RPZ).
    d. The introduction of a Taxiway Design Group (TDG) concept for 
fillet design.
    e. The establishment of better guidelines for the separation 
between non-intersecting runways and intersecting runways.
    f. The inclusion of Runway Incursion prevention geometry for 
taxiway to taxiway intersections and taxiway to runway interface.
    g. The consolidation of numerous design tables into one Runway 
Design Standards Matrix (Table 3-5).

    Issued in Washington, DC on April 30, 2012.
Michael J. O'Donnell,
Director, Office of Airport Safety & Standards.
[FR Doc. 2012-10896 Filed 5-4-12; 8:45 am]
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