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Presentation and Discussion of the Taxiway F Relocation Project and West Development Area at the Los Alamos County Airport (LAM)
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The 2013 Airport Master Plan identified the need to bring Taxiway F into compliance with current Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) design standards. Therefore, the objective of the project includes a multi-phase study, design and construction effort to relocate and construct a partial parallel taxiway requiring removal of the existing fuel farm and hangars along Taxiway F, the relocation of the primary access road that serves the Airport’s Terminal Building/primary security gate, and a new public hangar development area. The airside and landside development analysis involved a detailed analysis of short- and long-term requirements, as well as future growth potential. Safety, both in the air and on the ground, was given a high priority status. The development analysis represents an airside facility that fulfills safety design standards and a landside complex that can be developed as demand dictates.
Through local operating procedures, Taxiway F has been closed to through traffic. The procedure states all aircraft are directed to back-taxi on the runway, then turn around on the runway to prepare for takeoff. The current FAA Airport/Facility Directory also identifies several conditions for pilots to be aware of in the vicinity of the airport, which includes the landing and takeoff procedures.
The preferred development plan as set forth in the Airport Master Plan and depicted on the FAA approved Airport Layout Plan (ALP) is a road map to future development at the airport. It should be followed to the greatest extent possible as the plan takes into consideration bringing Taxiway F into compliance with FAA design standards and provides a strategy to maximize airport developable land. The County, as the Airport Sponsor, retains the flexibility to make changes to the landside (hangar) layout plan with FAA concurrence.
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