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City of Cleveland advisory board reviews airport layout plan proposing new terminal area, dozens of hangars and taxiway changes
Summary
Consultant Tony presented an updated Airport Layout Plan that preserves the existing terminal, shows a new public-access terminal area with gated separation from aircraft movement areas, and illustrates roughly 14 T-hangars and 18 box hangars plus taxiway reconfiguration to meet FAA separation standards.
The City of Cleveland Airport Advisory Board on July 9 heard a presentation of a revised Airport Layout Plan (ALP) from a consultant identified in the meeting as Tony of Wolford. The plan preserves the existing terminal building while showing a potential new public-access terminal and gate that would separate non‑aeronautical visitors from aircraft movement areas, and it includes substantial apron reconfiguration and new hangar capacity.
Tony said the layout responds to comments from a May 18 workshop and preserves a variety of hangar types to meet future demand. "We've got 14 T-hangar nested T hangars and 18 box hangars," he said, adding one smaller 50-by-50 bay near a utility right-of-way. He described the hangar sizes as flexible: "These measures (are) 60 by 60, be able to accommodate most of the aircraft that are based at the airport today and many of those that are on the wait list." (Tony)
The presentation also recommends reworking a segment of taxiway to create a full-length parallel taxiway and to force a 90-degree turn between apron and runway access. "The idea here is to avoid a direct connection between the apron and the runway without the pilot having to make a conscious turn," the consultant said, describing the change as an FAA-driven safety measure intended to reduce accidental runway incursions (Tony).
Board members pressed the consultant on circulation and operational details. Board member Greg Bridal asked about a dedicated run-up area near Runway 16; Tony said he will add a run-up area to the plan and that accommodating it may require narrowing some pavement in the apron to preserve circulation. "I will absolutely do that, show a run up area here," Tony told the board. (Greg Bridal; Tony)
Airport manager Eric said the city and staff will continue to coordinate with the consultant and with state and federal agencies. He asked the consultant to finalize lights and other details and pass the final development plan to city staff for review and for eventual presentation to city council (Eric).
The consultant outlined a phasing and cost-estimating approach that divides projects into 0–5, 5–10 and 10–20 year bands to support budgeting. He emphasized the plan is illustrative and revisable: "This plan is changeable. TxDOT is not going to hold your feet to the fire, so to speak, with all of this development," he said, noting the layout is intended to give the city options as tenant demand and funding arise (Tony).
Next steps: the consultant will revise the ALP to include the lights and run-up-area details discussed at the meeting and will forward the final plan to airport manager Eric for review; staff said the plan will be presented to city council for approval once it meets the board's recommendations.
Provenance: The article is based on the consultant's ALP presentation and the board's questions during the July 9 meeting (topic introduction at SEG 197; presentation wrap-up at SEG 1080).
