Airport Master Plan - City of Riverside

• To be reflective and supportive
of the City of Riverside General
Plan – 2025.
• To develop a facility with a focus
on self-sufficiency in both
operational and developmental
cost recovery.
• To ensure that future development
is environmentally compatible.
AIRSIDE PLANNING ISSUES
The aviation demand forecasts presented
in Chapter Two and revised
and submitted to the FAA for approval
indicate that Riverside Airport may
realize significant growth over the
next 20 years. Of particular note is
the potential growth and impact in the
number of operations by business jets.
The forecast shows the potential for
up to 12 based business jets as well. If
the FAA threshold of 500 annual operations
by these types of aircraft is
exceeded, more stringent design standards
would apply to the airport.
Therefore, the alternatives will address
the application of FAA design
standards for Riverside Airport as it
evolves to include a greater level of activity
by business jet operators.
Exhibit 4A presents both airside and
landside considerations to be specifically
addressed in this chapter. On
the airside, consideration will be given
to the safety area dimensions as applied
to the current Airport Reference
Code (ARC B-II), and to the potential
future standards for ARC C-II (refer to
Chapter Three for a full discussion of
the ARC). In addition, analysis will be
conducted on the potential for an extension
of the runway as included in
the previous master plan. A north
side parallel taxiway has long been
planned and is currently in the design
phase with construction planned for
2008 or 2009. The alternatives will
depict the designed configuration of
this parallel taxiway.
Landside considerations will include
three distinct study areas: the south
and west terminal building areas, the
south and east FBO areas, and the
north side undeveloped area. Consideration
will be given to parcel layouts,
in-fill opportunities, and redevelopment
opportunities. In addition, several
locations for a replacement airport
traffic control tower (ATCT) will
be examined.
AIRSIDE DEVELOPMENT
ALTERNATIVES
The alternatives to be presented next
consider meeting airport design standards,
particularly as they relate to
the runway safety area (RSA), obstacle
free zone (OFZ), object free area
(OFA), and runway protection zone
(RPZ). The current operational activity
level indicates that Riverside Airport
is an ARC B-II airport. Long
term planning will consider the design
improvements necessary to meet
standards for ARC C-II. The possible
alternatives are limitless, but the airside
alternatives presented are believed
to be the alternatives that best
consider all factors specific to the airport,
while being financially reasonable
and within FAA standards. The
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