Virginia Department of Aviation System Inventory

The Engineering Section’s duties consist of:

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  Reviews and recommends approval of construction projects for conformance with regulations and guidelines.
  
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  Administers the Airport Capital Improvement Program (ACIP).
  
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  Maintenance Programs and Pavement Management Programs.
  
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  Ensures airport compliance and safety standards.
  
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  Assists local airport governing bodies with future development needs and requirements.
  
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  Maintains the Department's Runway Obstruction Identification Records (Photoslope) and Airport Information Management System (AIMS).
  
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  Coordinates project funding with federal and local authorities.
  
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  Responds to inquiries related to engineering and construction from airport sponsors, managers, pilots, and the general public.
  
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  Reviews plans, specifications, contracts, and correspondence relevant to ACIP and maintenance projects, along with other airport related matters.
  
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  Reviews ACIP pre-applications and makes recommendations for future airport projects.
  
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  Ensures safety standards are maintained at assigned airports.
  
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  Meets with airport sponsors and managers to help evaluate their needs for their facilities.
  

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  Plan, coordinate, and administer airport navigational aid and lighting projects.
  
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  Coordinate with FAA and FCC on development of Standard Instrument Approach Procedures.
  
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  Administer contract with private contractor for scheduled inspections and repairs of Department-owned electronic navigational facilities in Virginia.
  

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  Develops and administers the Five-Year Airport Capital Improvement Program and Needs Assessment.
  
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  Certifies ACIP projects are in accordance with approved plans.
  
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  Coordinates the Virginia Continuous Airport System Planning Program and Virginia Air Transportation System Plan.
  
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  Coordinates federal grants to the agency and all planning projects.
  
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  Coordinates site selection studies; sensitive environmental and land-use studies; airspace/capacity studies and airport master plans.
  
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  Planning guidance for airports, local governments and others.
  
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  Recommends and administers grant-in-aid for aviation projects.
  
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  Reviews and approves airport master and layout plans, capital improvement plans, land-use and environmental studies.
  
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  Analyzes aviation policies and makes recommendations on federal, state, and local laws and regulations pertaining to aviation.
  

The Public Relations Division is responsible for promoting Virginia's airports, marketing aviation and projecting a positive image of the Department and the air transportation system throughout the Commonwealth.  Financial and technical assistance is also provided to Virginia's airports to help support their public relations, advertising and marketing programs.

The Division develops market plans to increase aviation interests, writes press releases, produces publications and promotes aviation and Virginia's aviation programs through educational and aviation awareness programs, speaking engagements, briefing documents and trade shows. The Public Relations Division’s duties are:

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  Administers grant-in-aid program providing financial assistance to localities for promotion of airports.
  
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  Directs comprehensive program promoting Virginia's air transportation system, aviation awareness, and economic benefits of airports.
  
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  Directs aircraft licensing and public information programs.
  

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  Develops and coordinates the production of publications such as the state aeronautical chart, airport directory, aviation education newsletter, etc.
  
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  Designs, implements, and maintains the agency electronic media program (web site).
  
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  Plans and coordinates the Annual Virginia Aviation Conference.
  
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  Develops and conducts education and aviation awareness programs for the Department.
  
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  Agency liaison to organizations interested in aviation awareness, training, careers, and education.
  
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  Administers the FAA Aviation Education Resource Center and video lending library.
  

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  Coordinates the agency's external public relations activities -- organizes the agency's participation in national and international trade shows, fly-in and air shows, receptions, conferences and programs.
  
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  Develops publications including the agency newsletter, press releases, brochures, etc.
  
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  Assists airport sponsors, aviation organizations and special interest groups in the development of public relations activities and annual events.
  
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  Agency liaison to editors, reporters and publishers of aviation publications and reporters of aviation and transportation related issues.
  
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  Assists aviation staff of the Economic Development Partnership in attracting aviation related businesses to the Commonwealth.
  

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  Provides support for agency's participation at trade shows, fly-ins and air shows, receptions, conferences and programs.
  
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  Coordinates the agency's advertising activities.
  
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  Conducts research and analysis in support of agency special projects.
  
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  Develops copy for agency publications.
  

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  Licenses aircraft based in the State of Virginia.
  
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  Issues Permits for Contract Carriers, License for Commercial Fleet Operators and Non-Commercial Dealers.
  
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  Maintains list of Private Use Airports, Private Heliports, and Hospital Heliports.
  

The Flight Operations and Safety Division is responsible for implementing a continuous safety program to include monitoring and reporting aviation related accidents to the Virginia Aviation Board.

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  Responsible overall flight operations and safety, including the state hangar, aircraft for transporting state personnel, and the aviation safety program for pilots, mechanics, and flight instructors.
  
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  Command Pilot flying the Citation and King Air aircraft.
  

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  Schedules aircraft.
  
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  Coordinates the charter of commercial aircraft when required.
  
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  Calculates, verifies, and processes interagency transfer invoices for air transportation charges.
  
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  Maintains records of aircraft utilization and operating costs.
  

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  Safety Program Administrator for General Aviation public.
  

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  Command pilot for the Turbo Commander aircraft.
  
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  Serves as coordinator in responding to the aviation needs of the Department of Emergency Services.
  
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  Assists Division Manager for several programs.
  

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  Chief Pilot for the Division
  
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  Internal safety program and flight standards administrator.
  
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  In charge of SOP for operation.
  
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  Training Coordinator for the Division.
  
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  Coordinates and oversees outside maintenance for the King Air aircraft.
  

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  Command Pilot for the Citation and Turbo Commander aircraft
  
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  Evaluates obstruction clearances for public use airports.
  
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  Coordinates aerial photography
  
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  Coordinates and oversees outside maintenance for the Citation aircraft.
  

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  Command pilot for the Citation and Turbo Commander aircraft.
  
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  Coordinator for registration of private airport and helicopter landing sites.
  
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  Coordinates and oversees outside maintenance for the Commander Turboprop.
  

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  Supervising authority for all aircraft maintenance.
  
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  Repairs and makes required inspections on the state aircraft.
  
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  Maintains aircraft log books.
  
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  Orders aircraft parts.
  

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  Financial management.
  
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  Budget development and execution.
  
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  Data processing.
  
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  Accounting operations.
  
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  Telecommunications.
  
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  Department of Aviation facility management.
  

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  Procures goods and services.
  
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  Manages all facets of a contract to assure the contractor performs under the terms and conditions specified in the contract.
  

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  Supervises all fiscal and accounting functions.
  
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  Reviews and coordinates all financial activities related to the financial assistance to airports programs.
  

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  Maintains accounting records in compliance with financial policies and procedures.
  
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  Department payroll.
  
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  Fixed asset accounting.
  
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  Expenditure transactions.
  
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  Accounts receivable.
  
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  Surplus property.
  

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  Prepares invoices for payment.
  
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  Responds to airport managers/sponsors regarding payment requests.
  

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  Inspect airport lighting and visual aid systems.
  
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  Provide technical support to airport sponsors.
  
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  Promote DOAV's appearance at air shows, trade shows, and conferences.
  
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  Provide DOAV facility support.
  

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  Manage the agency's information technology network.
  
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  Manage development and maintenance of automated applications.
  

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  Programs and Policy
  
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  Federal and State Aviation Issues
  
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  Intermodal Issues
  
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  Problem Solving
  
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  Suggestion Box
  
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  Direct line to Secretary of Transportation and Virginia Aviation Board
  

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  Administers all functions of the Human Resource Program
  
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  Serves as agency EEO/AA Officer
  
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  Administers recruitment procedures
  

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  Assists airport sponsors with commercial airline and air cargo service.
  
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  Manages statewide commercial air service research.
  
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  Serves the Director as agency legislative liaison.
  
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  Responsible for administering Virginia Aviation Regulations.
  
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  Program Manager for Virginia SATSLab.
  

Assets

Exhibits A1 and A2 below gives usage statistics for Virginian airports.

Exhibit A1. Airport Usage Statistics Source: Information on the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Aviation Programs…An Overview. Brochure distributed by the Virginia Department of Aviation.

Exhibit A2. Airport Usage Statistics. Source: Information on the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Aviation Programs…An Overview. Brochure distributed by the Virginia Department of Aviation.

Exhibit A3 below summarizes the roles of Virginia airports.

Exhibit A3. Role of Virginia airports. Source: The Virginia Air Transportation System Plan Update, 2003 Executive Summary

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  Fourteen commercial airports serve Virginia, including two of the nation's busiest: Washington Dulles International and Ronald Reagan Washington National.
  

Source: http://www.yesvirginia.org/corporate_location/vatrans.aspx
Exhibit A4 describes the economic impacts for Virginia Public-Use Airports.

Type of Impact	Jobs	Wages	Economic Activity
Total Economic Impacts	39092	$927,279,000	$2,415,286,000
Airport Dependent Business	23606	$773,179,000	$2,268,056,000
Sub-total of All Airports except Ronald Reagan Washington National and Dulles International	62698	$1,700,458,000	$4,683,342,000
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (Virginia Impact)	35779	$1,026,891,000	$1,715,653,000
Dulles International Airport (Virginia Impact)	65961	$2,122,560,000	$4,368,960,000
Total Economic Impact for All VA Airports	227136	$6,550,367,000	$15,451,297,000

Exhibit A4 Total Economic Impact for Virginia Public-Use Airports. Source: 2003 Virginia Public-Use Airport Economic Impact Study.

Exhibits A5 and A6 below describe the economic impacts of each Virginian Airport.

Exhibit A5 Total Airport Impacts. Source: 2003 Virginia Public-Use Airport Economic Impact Study.

Exhibit A6 Total Airport Impacts. Source: 2003 Virginia Public-Use Airport Economic Impact Study.

Exhibits A7 and A8 show the runway characteristics of GA Airports in Virginia

Exhibit A7 Primary Runway Length – GA Airports. Source: Virginia Air Transportation System Plan Update, 2003 Technical Report

Exhibit A8 Primary Runway Length – GA Airports. Source: Virginia Air Transportation System Plan Update, 2003 Technical Report

Exhibits A9 and A10 display the auto parking characteristics of Virginia airports.

Exhibit A9 Unconstrained GA Auto Parking Requirements Forecast. Source: Virginia Air Transportation System Plan Update, 2003 Technical Report

Exhibit A10 Unconstrained GA Auto Parking Requirements Forecast. Source: Virginia Air Transportation System Plan Update, 2003 Technical Report

Exhibit A11 displays the locations of airports in Virginia relative to the populations they serve.

Exhibit A11 Virginia Airport Service Areas. Source: Virginia Air Transportation System Plan Update, 2003 Technical Report

Source: Pavement Consultants, Inc., Commonwealth of Virginia Aviation Pavement Management Program, Final Report (January 2002). Prepared for Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Aviation by Pavement Consultants, Inc. 7530 Roosevelt Way, N.E., Seattle, Washington.

The following material addressing the condition of airport pavements across the Commonwealth is excerpted from Pavement Consultants, Inc. (2002).
The Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Aviation provides information to airport owners and operators throughout the Commonwealth that assists them in maintaining and operating their airports. The Department of Aviation has determined that having information on existing pavement condition would be beneficial. Each airport owner or operator makes frequent decisions about when pavement maintenance and rehabilitation activities should be completed so their pavements have an acceptable surface operational condition and adequate load-carrying capacity.
To develop information to assist in making these decisions, Department of Aviation staff elected in the early 1990s to implement an Aviation Pavement Management Program for the Commonwealth's public use airports. Pavement evaluations were completed when developing this program and the MicroPAVER pavement maintenance management software was implemented. MicroPAVER uses the evaluation results to efficiently identify pavements requiring maintenance and repair, and to establish project priorities. The software also allows the user to assess overall pavement network condition, to prepare and forecast the budgets required to maintain the network at an acceptable condition level, and to identify required maintenance and repair activities.
Implementing an Aviation Pavement Management program for the public use airports in the Commonwealth allows the DOAV and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to assess overall airport pavement condition throughout the Commonwealth, and to determine pavement deterioration rates, both at individual airports and globally for the entire aviation system. The implemented Aviation Pavement Management Program assists the DOAV and the FAA in identifying feasible maintenance and repair strategies based on varying funding levels. This program enables the DOAV to best use the funds available for pavement maintenance and repair, and identifies projects that optimize overall pavement condition throughout the Commonwealth.
The objective of this project is to develop a planning tool for the Virginia Department of Aviation that uses a rational basis for making decisions about pavement condition and funding allocations for pavement improvement projects. This objective was accomplished by evaluating current pavement condition at 50 of the 61 public use airports located throughout the Commonwealth. The primary tasks undertaken to evaluation current pavement condition at each airport were: network identification, pavement condition survey, and MicroPAVER pavement maintenance management software implementation.
Secondarily, the Program is to serve airport sponsors and the FAA in meeting pavement management compliance requirements. As a result of Public Law 103-305, which amends Title 49, section 47105, of the United States Code, the FAA incorporated into all Airport Improvement Program (AIP) grants an additional grant assurance. This assurance, Number 11, requires that any airport sponsor receiving or requesting a grant for a pavement improvement project must have a pavement maintenance-management program. To provide airport sponsors with guidance on developing a pavement maintenance-management program the FAA issued Program Guidance Letter (PGL) 95-2. This PGL identified four main components required to make up a satisfactory pavement maintenance-management program. These four components are: pavement inventory, inspection schedule, record keeping, information retrieval. A recent report (Pavement Consultants, Inc. 2002) presents the results of the pavement evaluations conducted for the airports. A pavement condition index (PCI) survey was performed to provide engineers and managers with a numerical value indicating overall pavement condition, and that reflects both pavement structural integrity and operational surface condition. The PCI survey is performed by quantifying the amount and severity of certain defined distresses observed within a sample unit. Various nature of distresses (e.g., alligator cracking, block cracking, corrugation, depression, rutting shoving, swell) are attributed to loading, climate/durability, and other (e.g., fuel spills) causes. Exhibit A12 summarizes the pavement condition results by facility type and rank. The PCI is interpreted as follows: Maximum 100, Excellent > 85, Very good > 70, Good > 55, Fair > 40, Poor > 25, Very poor > 10, Fail > 0.

Exhibit A12. Commonwealth of Virginia airport pavement condition survey results (Pavement Consultants Inc. 2002)

Use	Rank	Area-weighted PCI*	Area (1000sf)	# Sections
All	All	70	63,022	1,042
	Primary	72	58,189	958
	Secondary	54	3, 892	72
	Tertiary	20	940	12
Apron	All	67	14,545	265
	Primary	68	14,196	261
	Secondary	36	348	4
	Tertiary	--	--	0
Runway	All	71	34,304	243
	Primary	74	30,477	206
	Secondary	56	2,916	27
	Tertiary	18	910	10
Taxiway	All	71	14,172	534
	Primary	72	3,515	491
	Secondary	54	627	41
	Tertiary	78	30	2

Small Aircraft Transportation System and SATSLab

"The SATS vision calls for safe, affordable, fast and easy to operate aircraft constructed with strong, light weight composites; powered by reliable and inexpensive to operate engines; and guided by high tech instrumentation and controls. Requirements for airports include accessibility, the availability of reliable aeronautical services, and intermodal connectivity."

The National Institute for Aviation Research is conducting a NASA sponsored survey about the Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS).

Source: http://www.doav.state.va.us/projects.htm

More pertinent information is available from the Virginia Air Transportation System Plan Update, 2003 Technical Report, which can be included in future efforts for a more comprehensive evaluation of aviation assets. This includes, but is not limited to:

Based Aircraft Fleet Mix

Primary Taxiway Requirements

Aircraft Storage Distribution

T-Hangers

Conventional Hangar Space (sf)

Apron Area (sf)

GA Terminal Space (sf)

Precision Approach Capability Requirements

Runway Lighting

RTR/GCO/RCO

Vertical Guidance Visual Aids

Runway End Identification Lights

AWOS/ASOS

Corporate Jet Airports
These items have been identified through usage of the Virginia Air Transportation System Plan Update, Technical Report.

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