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airport, averaged for two adjacent peak hours of a typical high activity day (use the 37th high activity day of the year) . Identify busy -hour operations by each category of major user. e. Based Aircraft. Total number of active gen- eral aviation and air carrier aircraft which use an airport as "home base" and have a current airworthi- ness certificate. Based aircraft should be categorized by gross weight, number and type of engines, and air carrier or general aviation use. 24. Aircraft Mix. In determining and planning for future airport facility ' requirements, it is necessary to forecast the types or categories of aircraft (aircraft mix) which are to be accommodated at the airport or location under consideration. Therefore, it is essential to keep abreast of tech- nological advances in aircraft design (such as the SST, large capacity subsonic transport aircraft, V/STOL, airbus aircraft, etc.) in order to insure the provision of adequate airfield and terminal design at the airport from which they are to operate. Generally, passenger and cargo volume forecasts will indicate the 14 types of terminal facilities required, whereas, the number of aircraft operations by type will establish airfield configuration requirements. 25. Aviation Demand For Air Transporta- tion Hubs. The FAA reports, "Aviation Demand and Airport Facility Requirement Forecasts for Large Air Transportation Hubs Through 1980," August 1967, and "Aviation Demand and Airport Facility Requirement Forecasts for Medium Air Transportation Hubs Through 1980," January 1969, are available as guides in the development of operational activity forecasts. Appendix 1 of the "Medium Hub" publi- cation contains methodology developed by the FAA to obtain unconstrained aviation demand forecasts and illustrate how to apply various forecasting techniques. Also, the reference material and source documents used are listed with each method. These methods and techniques were developed primarily to obtain aggre- gate aeronautical activity forecasts for each large hub location. With some modification, they can be ap- plied to almost any airport or location that requires aviation demand forecasts.