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• INTRODUCTION 1. General. This advisory circular provides guid- ance for the preparation of individual airport master plans as provided for under the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970. Planning efforts will vary with the size of the community the airport is to serve and with the complexities of the airport for which a master plan is to be established. The problems of air transportation and the areas of consideration required for the proper development of airports have grown with the complexities of our society. Early master plans were developed on the basis of local aviation needs. More recent plans have accounted for the demands of the air transportation system, i.e., the needs of locally based aircraft, itinerant general aviation activity, and national and interna- tional air commerce. Today, the planner of individual airports must not only consider the requirements of all facets of aviation but must also weigh carefully the effects and relationships of aviation to environment, community development, and other modes of trans- portation. If future airport developments are to be successful, they must be based on guidelines established as the result of comprehensive airport system plan studies and airport master plan studies. State, regional, and metropolitan area airport system plans, if available, will provide important backup for the development of airport master plans. If airport master plans are to be successful, they must present the results of master plan studies in a lucid package. Therefore, this ad- visory circular recommends procedures to be followed in making the master plan study of the individual airport and suggests methods of coordinating, organiz- ing, and presenting the master plan document so that it will be a viable tool for the promotion of airport improvements proposed in the master plan. This advisory circular cancels Advisory Circular 150/5310-2, "Airport Planning and Airport Layout Plans," dated September 19, 1968, and Advisory Cir- cular 150/5060-2, "Airport Site Selection," dated July 19, 1967. 2. Master Plan Definition. An airport master plan presents the planner's conception of the ultimate development of a specific airport. It effectively pre- sents the research and logic from which the plan was evolved and artfully displays the plan in a graphic and written report. Master plans are applied to the mod- ernization and expansion of existing airports and to the construction of new airports, regardless of their size or functional role. 3. Objectives of the Master Plan. The overall objective of the airport master plan is to provide guide- lines for future development which will satisfy aviation demand and be compatible with the environment, community development, other modes of transporta- tion, and other airports. Specific objectives within this broad framework are as follows: a. To provide an effective graphic presentation of the ultimate development of the airport and of anticipated land uses adjacent to the airport. b. To establish a schedule of priorities and phas- ing for the various improvements proposed in the plan. c. To present the pertinent backup information and data which were essential to the development of the master plan. d. To describe the various concepts and alter- natives which were considered in the establishment of the proposed plan. e. To provide a concise and descriptive report so that the impact and logic of its recommendations can be clearly understood by the community the airport serves and by those authorities and public agencies which are charged with the approval, promotion, and funding of the improvements proposed in the airport master plan. 4. Coordination of the Master Plan Effort. Today's airport master plan draws widespread interest from the private citizen, community organizations, airport users, areawide planning agencies, conservation groups, ground transit officials, and aviation and air- port concessionaire interests. If these groups are not consulted during the development of the plan, it will likely be unsuccessful when presented to the public. Therefore, it is essential that the master plan team coordinate their efforts with and seek the advice of these elements during the critical stages of the plan's development. This coordination will help pave 3