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Appendix A <br /> MIDWAY AIRPORT <br /> TRAFFIC GENERATION <br /> Hangared aircraft Phase one = 87 units = 87 units total <br /> Phase two = 90 units + 6 units = 183 units total <br /> Phase three = 87 units + 6 units = 276 units total <br /> From Horace Williams Airport' records = approximately 900 flights <br /> per month = 1800 operations/month including based, transient, <br /> and training aircraft for So based aircraft <br /> From Talbot Cox and Associates (Wilmington, N.C. and Columbia, S.C.) <br /> General Aviation Airport consultants <br /> Rule of thumb., standards: 2.3 occupants per landing/takeoff <br /> 1.3 vehicules per landing/takeoff <br /> 15 hours of operation/day average <br /> From Department of Transportation. 54 has 5000 trips per day <br /> From FAA master records estimation for Horace Williams for the twelve <br /> month period ending February 15, 1982: <br /> 25,000 operations per year = 500 operations per based <br /> aircraft per year <br /> Phase one <br /> 87 aircraft @500 operations = 3625 operations/month <br /> divide by 30 days = 120 operations/day <br /> average 15 hours per day = 8 operations/hour <br /> times 1.3 vehicles/landing = 10.4 vehicles/hour <br /> times15 hours per day = 156 vehicles/day <br /> Phase two <br /> 183 aircraft @500 operations = 7625 operations/month <br /> divide by 30 days = 254 flights/day <br /> average 15 hours per day = 16 operations/hour <br /> times 1.3 vehicles/landing = 20.8 vehicles/hour <br /> times 15 hours per day = 312 vehicles/day <br /> Phase three <br /> 276 aircraft 0500 operations = 11,500 operations/month <br /> divide by 30 days = 383 operations/day <br />