Palestine International Airport (Al-Auja)

DISCLAIMER

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

List of Figures:

List of Tables

List of Abbreviations

Abstract

CHAPTER 1 introduction

1.1 Background of the project

1.2 Study Area

1.3 Significance of the project..................................................................................

1. 4 Objectives

1.5 Project Constrains

1.6 Outline of the project..........................................................................................

CHAPTER 2 Methodology

2.1 Literature Review

2.2 Data Collection

2.3 Data Analysis

2.4 Airport Planning Studies

2.5 Specifications and Criteria

2.6 Geometric Design of the Airfield
- 2.6.1 Airport Classification
- 2.6.2 Runways
- 2.6.3 Terminal Building
- 2.6.4 Terminal Aprons
- 2.6.5 Taxiways and Taxilanes

2.7 Airport Pavement Design

2.8 Airport Lighting, Marking, and Signage

CHAPTER 3 DATA COLLECTION

3.1 Meteorological data

3.2 Statistical Data....................................................................................................

3.3 Soil Investigation................................................................................................

CHAPTER 4 LITERATURE REVIEW

4.1 Barcelona International Airport

4.2 Queen Alia International Airport

4.3 Stapleton International Airport...........................................................................

4.4 Denver International Airport

CHAPTER 5 Modeling AND ANALYSIS

5.1 Airport Classification:

5.2 Site Evaluation:
- Site Evaluation Criterion
- 5.2.1 Road Accessibility
- 5.2.2 Land Ownership
- 5.2.3 Land Use
- 5.2.4 Topography
- 5.2.5 Distance from Main Cities
- 5.2.6 Environmental Assessment
- 5.2.7 Closeness to the Residential Areas
- 5.2.8 Social Assessment

5.3 Al- Auja Airport Demand Forecasting
- 5.3.1 Forecasting Annual Passengers' Volume:
- 5.3.2 Peak Month Volume:
- 5.3.3 Total Airport Demand

CHAPTER 6 Basic Design Considerations

6.1 Forecasting the Number of Annual Operations:

6.2 Capacity Analysis:..............................................................................................
- 6.2.1 Mix Index:
- 6.2.2 Runway Configuration:
- 6.2.3 Airfield Capacity:........................................................................................

- 6.2.4 Aircraft Delay:

6.3 Runway Orientation

6.4 Airport Obstacles Surfaces

6.5 Terminal Building:

6.6 Terminal Gates

CHAPTER 7 GEOMETRIC DESIGN OF THE AIRFIELD

7.1 Airport Design Standards

7.2 Runway Design
- 7.2.1 Runway Length:
- 7.2.2 Runway System Geometric Specifications
- 7.2.1 Airfield Separation Requirements Related to Runways
- 7.2.2 Layout the Vertical Alignment
- 7.2.3 Runway Transverse Slope

7.3 Taxiways and Taxilanes
- 7.3.1 Taxiway and Taxilane Separation Requirements
- 7.3.2 Taxiway System Geometric Specifications
- 7.3.3 Layout the Vertical Alignment
- 7.3.4 Taxiway Transverse Slope

1. 4 Exit Taxiway
- 7.4.1 Exit Taxiway Geometry
- 7.4.2 Location of Exit Taxiways

CHAPTER 8 Aprons and terminal building

8.1 Aprons
- 8.1.1 Apron Design Characteristics
- 8.1.2 Terminal Aprons Design
- 8.1.3 Hangar Apron............................................................................................
- 8.1.4 Holding Aprons

8.2 Terminal Building
- 8.2.1 Location of the Terminal Building
- 8.2.2 Vertical Distribution Concept
- 8.2.3 Schematic Design......................................................................................

CHAPTER 9 structural design of airport pavements...............................................

9.1 Soil Investigation and Evaluation
- 9.1.1 California Bearing Ratio Test “CBR"

9.2 FAA Pavement Design Considerations
- 9.2.1 Selection of Pavement...............................................................................
- 9.2.2 Pavement Design Method:

9.3 Design of Flexible Pavements by FAARFIELD
- FAARFIELD........................................................................................................... 9.3.1 Design of Runways' and Taxiways' Flexible Pavements Using
- 9.3.2 Design of Exit Taxiways' Flexible Pavements

9.4 Design of Apron Area Rigid Pavements

9.5 Pavement Design for Shoulders

CHAPTER 10 airport marking, lighting, and signage

10.1 Airport Marking
- 10.1.1 Surface Markings for Runways
- 10.1.2 Surface Markings for Taxiways
- 10.1.3 Holding Position Marking.........................................................................

10.2 Airport Lighting
- 10.2.1 Runway Lighting System
- 10.2.2 Taxiway Lighting System
- 10 .2.3 Approach Lighting System

10.3 Airfield Signage
- 10.3.1 Runway Distance Remaining Signs
- 10.3.2 Taxiway Designations

CHAPTER 11 COST AND QUANTITIES ESTIMATION

CHAPTER 12 Discussion and overall ASSESSMENT

12.1 Comparison with nearby airports

12.2 SWOT Analysis:

12.3 Airport Efficiency and Operational Cost Assessment:

CHAPTER 13 conclusion and Recommendations

References

Figure 1 - 1 Qalandia Airport.............................................................................................. LIST OF FIGURES:

Figure 1 - 2 Yasser Arafat Internationa Airport..................................................................

Figure 1 - 3 Air Transport Network (2045)

Figure 2 - 1Al-Auja Airport (Airside) - Methodology Flowchart

Figure 3 - 1 Windrose for Jericho station through 2012- 2020..........................................

Figure 3 - 2 CBR Test for Subgrade Material at Al-Auja

Figure 5 - 1 Dimensional Characteristics of the Critical Aircraft (A380 -800)

Figure 5 - 2 Linkage between the airport and Road

Figure 5 - 3 Distance from Al-Auja Airport to the Train Station

Figure 5 - 4 Proposed Railway near Al-Auja Airport

Figure 5 - 5 Land Ownership at Al-Auja Airport Site

Figure 5 - 6 Land Use at Al-Auja Airport Site

Figure 5 - 7 The Nature of Agriculture at Al-Auja Airport Site

Figure 5 - 8 Al-Auja Airport Site - Plan - Contour Lines

Figure 5 - 9 Profile of the Runway Centerline

Figure 5 - 10 Al-Auja Airport Site Topography – 3D Aerial Photo

Figure 5 - 11 Time and Distance from Al-Auja Airport to Palestinian Governorates

Figure 5 - 12 Biodiversity near to Al-Auja Airport's Site

Figure 5 - 13 Natural Reserves near to Al-Auja Airport's Site

Figure 5 - 14 Closeness of Al-Auja Airport to the Residential Areas

Figure 5 - 15 Al-Auja Town and Touristic Areas near Al-Auja Airport

Figure 5 - 16 Air passengers from the West Bank through 2014-

Figure 5 - 17 Forecasted air passengers from Gaza Strip through 2027-

Figure 5 - 18 Forecasted Palestinian Passengers (West Bank & Gaza Strip) through 2027-

Figure 5 - 19 Total expected number of foreign passengers through 2027-

Figure 5 - 20 Total Air Demand on Al-Auja Airport (2027-2050).

Figure 6 - 1 Runway Orientation- Windrose

Figure 6 - 2 Al-Auja Airport Runway's Direction

Figure 6 - 3 Primary Surface

Figure 6 - 4 Runway Approach Surface

Figure 6 - 5 Runway Horizontal Surface

Figure 6 - 6 Runway Transitional Surface

Figure 6 - 7 Runway Conical Surface

Figure 6 - 8 Cross-section of the runway imaginary surfaces

Figure 6 - 9 Intersection of Contour Lines and Imaginary Surfaces

Figure 6 - 10 Cross-Section of Imaginary Surfaces

Figure 6 - 11 Imaginary Surfaces for the Parallel Runways

Figure 6 - 12 Peak Hour Passengers, Operations, and Gate Requirments (FAA)

Figure 7 - 1 Landing Field Length - Dry Runway

Figure 7 - 2 Runway Length- Takeoff Limitations

Figure 7 - 3 Runway system components, in m

Figure 7 - 4 Runway System Transverse Slopes

Figure 7 - 5 Taxiway Design Groups (TDGs)*

Figure 7 - 6 TSA and TOFA of Taxiway

Figure 7 - 7Taxiway System

Figure 7 - 8 Taxiway System Transverse Slopes

Figure 7 - 9 High-Speed Exit Taxiway dimensions, in meter

Figure 7 - 10 Right Angle Taxiway

Figure 7 - 11 Crossover Taxiway/ Intersection Configurations

Figure 7 - 12 Exit Taxiway Assessment A-Step I.............................................................

Figure 7 - 13 Exit Taxiway Assessment A- Step II

Figure 7 - 14 Exit Taxiway Assessment A- Step III

Figure 7 - 15 Exit Taxiway Assessment A- Runway Exit Aircraft Assignment

Figure 7 - 16 Exit Taxiway Assessment – Runway Occupancy Time

Figure 7 - 17 Exit Taxiway Assessment B – New Runway Exit Proposal

Figure 7 - 18 Exit Taxiway Assessment B - New Runway Exit Aircraft Assignment

Figure 7 - 19 Exit Taxiway Assessment B – New Runway Occupancy Time

Figure 7 - 20 Ain Al-Auja Runway-Taxiway Exits

Figure 8 - 1 Terminal Aprons/Gates Dimensions Classes

Figure 8 - 2 Ain Al-Auja Hanger Apron

Figure 8 - 3 Ain Al-Auja Holding Aprons / Bays

Figure 8 - 4 Vertical Distribution Concept at Terminal Building - Airside

Figure 8 - 5 Vertical Distribution Concept at Terminal Building - Landside

Figure 8 - 6 Terminal Building- Proposal I

Figure 8 - 7Terminal Building- Proposal II

Figure 8 - 8Ain Al-Auja Phase III Terminal Building Aprons - Proposal I

Figure 8 - 9 Ain Al-Auja Phase III Terminal Building Aprons - Proposal II

Figure 9 - 1 Ain Al-Auja Subgrade Material Test Results

Figure 9 - 2 Visualization of Layer Elastic Design Theory

Figure 9 - 3 Runway Flexible Pavement Design

Figure 9 - 4 Thickness of Flexible Pavement Layers

Figure 9 - 5 Flexible Design – Exit Taxiway

Figure 9 - 6 Thickness of Rigid Pavement Layers

Figure 9 - 7 Pavement Design for Shoulder......................................................................

Figure 10 - 1 Ain Al-Auja Required Runway Surface Marking

Figure 10 - 2 Runway Landing Designator Marking, in m...............................................

Figure 10 - 3 Ain Al-Auja Runway Centerline Marking, in m

Figure 10 - 4 Ain Al-Auja Runway Threshold Marking, in m.

Figure 10 - 5 Runway Aiming Point Marking, in m

Figure 10 - 6 Ain Al-Auja Runway Touchdown Zone Marking, in m.

Figure 10 - 7Touchdown Zone Spacings

Figure 10 - 8 Chevron Markings for Blast Pad, in m........................................................

Figure 10 - 9 Runway Shoulder Marking, in m.

Figure 10 - 10 Centerline Taxiway Marking

Figure 10 - 11 At Intersection Centerline Taxiway Marking

Figure 10 - 12 Taxiway Edge Markings - 2 Cases

Figure 10 - 13 Taxiway Shoulder Marking.......................................................................

Figure 10 - 14 ILS Position Marking

Figure 10 - 15 Holding Position Marking

Figure 10 - 16 Runway Lighting System

Figure 10 - 17 Runway Threshold Lighting

Figure 10 - 18 Spacings of lights on Curved Taxiway Edges...........................................

Figure 10 - 19 Taxiway Centerline Lighting Configuration for Acute-Angled Exit

Figure 10 - 20 Runway Guard Light Configuration

Figure 10 - 21 Elevated RGL and Stop Bar Configuration

Figure 10 - 22 Stop Bar Lights

Figure 10 - 23 Approach Lighting System

Figure 10 - 24 PAPI Signal Presentation

Figure 10 - 25 Runway Distance Remaining Sign............................................................

Figure 10 - 26 Examples of Mandatory Instruction Signs

Figure 10 - 27 Location Signs

Figure 10 - 28 Direction Sign

Figure 11 - 1 Percentage of Construction Cost

Table 3 - 1 Jericho Station Mean Averages 2012- LIST OF TABLES

Table 3 - 2Total Foreign Passengers in Palestine (2014-2019)

Table 3 - 3 Population of Palestine by area and gender through 2013-2019.

Table 3 - 4Arrivals and departures (West Bank) through Al- Karama crossing

Table 3 - 5Arrivals and departures (Gaza Strip) through Al- Karama crossing

Table 3 - 6Pilgrims in Saudi Arabia from Each Group of Countries..................................

Table 3 - 7 Total tourists from the Israeli Occupation Statistics through 2014-

Table 5 - 1 The characteristics of the critical aircraft (A380 -800)

Table 5 - 2 Aircraft Approach Categories

Table 5 - 3 Aircraft Design Groups

Table 5 - 4 Time and Distance from Al-Auja Airport to Palestinian Governorates Centers

Table 5 - 5Total passengers' percentage from the West Bank population (2014-2019).

Table 5 - 6Palestinian air passengers in Jordan (West Bank citizens) 2014 and

Table 5 - 7Forecasted air passengers' volume (West Bank citizens) 2027-

Table 5 - 8Population of Gaza Strip 2013-

Table 5 - 9Expected air passengers' volume (Gaza Strip Citizens) 2027-

Table 5 - 10Air Demand from Gaza Strip, will use Al-Auja Airport through (2027-2050).

Table 5 - 11 Tourists arrivals by air

Table 5 - 12Number of pilgrims in Saudi Arabia from each group of countries

Table 5 - 13Forecasted Number of pilgrims through 2027-

Table 5 - 14Total number of tourists arrivals to the West Bank 2013-

Table 5 - 15Number of tourists who will use Al-Auja Airport 2027-

Table 5 - 16 Total forecasted number of foreign passengers through 2027-

Table 5 - 17Peak month passengers' volume for West Bank through 2014-

Table 5 - 18Forecasted peak month volume of air passengers ( West Bank Citizens) 2027-

Table 5 - 19Forecasted peak month volume of air passengers ( Gaza Strip Citizens) 2027-

2019................................................................................................................................... Table 5 - 20 Peak month volume through the Israeli occupation airports between 2015-

Table 5 - 21Peak Month Volume of air foreign passengers through Al-Auja Airport

Table 5 - 22 Percentage of inbound and outbound passengers

Table 5 - 23Total Forecasted Air Demand of Al- Auja Airport 2027-

Table 6 - 1Annual Operations (Queen Alia International Airport)

Table 6 - 2Expected Annual Operations (2032-2045)

Table 6 - 3Ratio of Annual Demand Operations to Service Operations.............................

Table 6 - 4 Allowable crosswind component per Runway Design Code (RDC)

Table 6 - 5 Wind Coverage at Al-Auja Airport

Table 6 - 6Annual Enplaned Passengers

Table 6 - 7 Gross Terminal Building Area I

Table 6 - 8Percentage of Daily Enplaned Passengers in Peak Hour

Table 6 - 9Peak Hour Enplaned Passengers

Table 6 - 10 Gross Terminal Building Area II

Table 6 - 11 Capacity of the Gates at Peak Hour

Table 6 - 12 Number of Gates

Table 7 - 1 Airport Elevation and Standard Day Temperature

Table 7 - 2 Runway Length Summary

Table 7 - 3 Runway dimensional standards, Approach category C, D, and E aircraft*

Table 7 - 4 Airfield Separation Criteria for Aircraft Approach Category C / D, ft*

Table 7 - 5 Runway Surface Gradient Standards, ft*

Table 7 - 6 Details of the Right Runway's Longitudinal Profile, in m

Table 7 - 7 Details of the Left Runway's Longitudinal Profile, in m

Table 7 - 8Runway System Max Transverse Slopes

Table 7 - 9 Design Standards of Taxiway System based on Airplane Design Group*

Table 7 - 10 Design Standards of Taxiway System based on Taxiway Design Group*

Table 7 - 11 Taxiway Gradient Standards, in ft*

Table 7 - 12 Details of the Left Taxiway's Longitudinal Profile

Table 7 - 13 Details of the Left Taxiway's Profile (Distance between Vertical Curves)

Table 7 - 14Taxiway System Transverse Slopes

Table 7 - 15 Dimensions of Runway Entrance/ Exit Taxiway 90 degrees, in ft

Table 7 - 16Crossover Taxiway Dimensional Standards, in ft

Table 7 - 17 Aircraft Properties for the Location of High-Speed Exit Taxiway

Table 7 - 18 Primary Location of High-Speed Exits

Table 7 - 19 Suggested Locations of Taxiway Exits.

Table 7 - 20 Runway-Taxiway Exits Final Location, in meter

Table 8 - 1 Apron Concepts at Al-Auja Airport

Table 8 - 2Aircraft Fleet at Terminal Apron

Table 8 - 3Terminal Aprons/Gates Dimensions

Table 8 - 4Classes Dimensions Details

Table 8 - 5Apron Taxilanes Width

Table 9 - 1 Comparison between Rigid and Flexible Pavements

Table 9 - 2 Runway Pavement Type at Different Airports

Table 9 - 3Airplane Traffic and Annual Departure

Table 9 - 4 Layers Properties for Flexible Pavement Structures

Table 9 - 5 Minimum layer Thickness for Flexible Pavement Structure

Table 9 - 6 Exit Taxiways

Table 9 - 7 Layers Properties for Rigid Pavement Structure

Table 9 - 8Minimum layer Thickness for Rigid Pavement Structure

Table 10 - 1 Minimum Required Runway Surface Marking Schemes for Paved Runways

Table 10 - 2Number of Runway Threshold Stripes for Standard Runway Widths

Both Thresholds Table 10 - 3 Groupings of Touchdown Zone Markings Required When Installed From

Table 10 - 4 Straight Taxiway Edge Light System

Table 10 - 5 Taxiway Centerline Lighting - Longitudinal Dimensions............................

Table 10 - 6 Sign Height and Location Distances for Runway Distance Remaining Signs

Table 10 - 7 Sign Height and Location Distances for Taxiway Guidance Signs

Table 11 - 1 Adopted Prices and Assumptions

Table 11 - 2Construction Cost of Al-Auja International Airport

Table 11 - 3Detailed Bill of Quantity BOQ - Phase I

Table 11 - 4Detailed Bill of Quantity BOQ-Phase III

Table 12 - 1 Comparison of Al-Auja Airport and Nearby Airports

Table 12 - 2 SWOT Analysis Results

Table 12 - 3 Approximate Total Operation Cost During Phases

Table 12 - 4 Approximate Airpor Financial Returns During Phases

Palestine International Airport (Al-Auja)

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