Runway orientation and design pdf

Wind Analysis & Runway Orientation

CEE 494/598 Airport Design

Spring 2019

Wind Analysis & Runway Orientation

Max Points: 50

Team Project: 2 engineers per team

Airport Location: Prickly Pear Airport, Middle of the Desert, Arizona

Due: February 7, 2019 in Canvas at 4:30pm

Important Data

Nearest weather station: Big Bear – In the Desert, Arizona

Dates: 2007-2014

Number of Observations: 63,264

Wind data was collected, summarized and provided in the attached table.

Design Requirements

1. Develop a wind rose chart for Prickly Pear Airport based on the provided wind data. When analyzing

your data, be sure to round your percentages to the nearest tenth of a percent.

2. Using CAD or Microstation, draw your completed wind rose chart showing degrees, compass

directions and wind speed categories (ie 0-6 knots). Hint: You must draw your wind rose chart to scale

for it to be correct.

3. Based on the expected aircraft fleet mix, analysis should be done for 10.5, 13 and 16 knot allowable

cross winds. Determine the optimal runway(s) bearing (true) and create a table of wind coverage for

these three cross wind categories. Hint: You will need to determine if a crosswind runway is required.

4. Use a magnetic declination of N 11°E in 2017 when naming the proposed runway for Prickly Pear

Airport.

CEE 494/598: Assignment 3 - 2

Direction

Number of Hourly Observations

0-6

knots

6-10

knots

10-16

knots

16-21

knots

21-27

knots

>27

knots

1 56 130 37 0 0 0

2 49 106 18 0 0 0

3 37 81 12 0 0 0

4 31 31 6 0 0 0

5 31 31 6 0 0 0

6 24 24 6 0 0 0

7 18 43 24 12 0 0

8 37 68 37 32 0 0

9 947 118 106 36 0 0

10 1153 249 187 39 0 0

11 1926 455 342 68 124 0

12 2026 667 455 68 124 0

13 1777 679 318 37 124 0

14 1303 417 149 12 0 0

15 692 243 62 0 0 0

16 461 124 18 0 0 0

17 386 93 12 0 0 0

18 261 49 6 0 0 0

19 199 37 12 0 0 0

20 236 37 6 0 0 0

21 268 37 12 0 0 0

22 305 68 24 0 0 0

23 598 168 93 6 0 0

24 1184 293 218 37 6 0

25 1932 586 554 137 31 0

26 2519 1078 1035 249 49 0

27 2568 1527 1378 286 37 0

28 2419 1727 1103 143 36 0

29 2375 1390 710 74 33 0

30 1590 978 467 37 17 0

31 1197 636 293 24 0 0

32 567 436 205 18 0 0

33 311 399 149 12 0 0

34 268 318 99 6 0 0

35 174 274 62 0 0 0

36 93 187 43 0 0 0

Calms 9284 - - - - -

Totals 39302 13784 8264 1333 581 0