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Passenger Terminal Building The single floor main passenger terminal building was originally constructed in 1961. Renovation and expansion were completed in the summer of 2000 and was designed to accommodate 200 passengers per hour. Ticketing, baggage claim, car rental counters, operations areas, aircraft departure lounges and gates, security check-point, food, beverage and gift concessions are located on the ground floor. The basement houses HVAC, storage and airfield electrical equipment. The terminal ground floor consists of: Airline Space: Departure Lounges/Gate Lobby: Public Space: Concessions: Authority/Admin: Other TOTAL 3,900 sq. ft. 4,800 sq. ft. 9,500 sq. ft. 6,900 sq. ft. 2,800 sq. ft. 5,200 sq. ft. 33,100 sq. ft.
Source: Final Design Drawings, Terminal Expansion & Modernization, Buchart-Horn, Inc., (2000).
Terminal Apron The paved 10,700 square yard terminal apron pavement will accommodate four large regional turboprop or regional jet aircraft (DeHavilland Dash 8, ATR 72, Canadair Regional Jet, Embraer RJ 145 etc.) power-in/power-out parking positions on the airside front of the terminal. A Boeing 737 series aircraft can be accommodated at one of the gates without affecting the other three gates. Three regional aircraft park overnight at the Reading Regional Airport. Mesa Airlines, a US Airways Express operator, parks two aircraft at its maintenance hangar on the airport. One aircraft is parked on the terminal apron.
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1-10 1.1.4 Airport Building Facilities Table 1-3 lists the buildings that are located on Reading Regional Airport as depicted in Figure 1-4. Existing Building Inventory
Reading Regional Airport Building Inventory (Includes all buildings within airport property line) Building Number 100 102 103 116 117 123 124 125 127 128 129 130 130 House 131 132 134 136 140 Name RRAA Maintenance Shop Industrial Metal Plating Vacant Industrial Metal Plating Fesig Auto Body Industrial Metal Plating Threeway Pattern Enterprises Marilyn Fairing Draperies Vacant Threeway Pattern Enterprises Barry Miltenberger Ron Machine & Tool Co. House RRAA Cinder Hut RRAA Wastewater Treatment Plant Block Building Block Building Airport Surveillance Radar Equipment & Bldg Use Airport - Maintenance Tenant - Industrial N/A Tenant - Industrial Tenant - Commercial Tenant - Industrial Tenant - Industrial Tenant - Commercial N/A Tenant - Industrial Tenant Tenant - Industrial Tenant Rental Residence Airport - Maintenance Material Storage Airport - Maintenance Vacant Vacant Federal Government ATC Fixed Based Operator/ Aircraft Corporate Aviation (Medical Laboratory). Fixed Based Operator Tenant - Museum Tenant - Museum Tenant - Museum Tenant - Aviation Organization Tenant - Industrial Tenant - Museum Tenant - Industrial Tenant Industrial Approx. Size (sq. ft.) 8,100 2,100 1,400 30,000 2,300 2,600 3,000 3,500 2,100 2,000 4,300 1,400 600 6,900 21,780 200 300 700
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Reading Flite Academy Mid Atlantic Air Museum Mid Atlantic Air Museum Mid Atlantic Air Museum Civil Air Patrol Ammon Products Company Mid Atlantic Air Museum Dove Plastics Inc. Dove Plastics Inc
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ICI Paints Tenant - Industrial R.L. Johnson Tenant - Industrial Airport Electrical / Carpenter Shop Airport - Maintenance Aerodynamics of Reading Tenant - FBO Aerodynamics of Reading Tenant - FBO Aerodynamics of Reading/ Reading Aero Club Tenant - FBO Aviation Division Pennsylvania State Police State Government (sub lessee to Advanced Building Systems, Inc.) Police Aviation Unit Aerodynamics of Reading Federal Express Homestead NeighborCare / General Supply / RTI Reading Technologies, Inc. Barco Inc. Verso Technologies / Grand Slam Performance Sports Apparel Saint Gubain Plastics Rainbow Industrial Products, Inc. / Uni-Chain Manufacturing Co. Phillips Van Heusen (formerly Izod) Berks County Bank City of Reading Facility City of Reading Facility RRAA Passenger Terminal Tenant - FBO Tenant - Commercial Tenant - Commercial/ Industrial Tenant - Commercial/ Industrial Tenant - Commercial/ Industrial Tenant - Commercial/ Industrial Tenant - Commercial/ Industrial Tenant - Commercial/ Industrial Tenant - Commercial/ Industrial Tenant - Commercial Municipal Chlorine Water Treatment bldg Municipal - Water System Pump house Airport - Passenger Service / Administration/ Operations / Concession Airport - Vacant Tenant - Vehicle Maintenance Airport - Fire / Rescue
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RRAA (Old Reading Air Service Hangar) Rental-Car Car Wash RRAA ARFF Station
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595 Montgomery & Partners 599 Greenfields Fire Company Station Source: Buchart-Horn, Inc. Site Visits 10/00 Vitillo Engineering, Inc. Site Visits 01/01
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1-13 1.1.5 Airport Entrance And Circulation Roadways The airport complex is located on the east side of PA Route 183 (Bernville Road), a two-lane, undivided highway that serves as the primary access road to the passenger terminal complex. Southbound 183 has a left-turn lane to a one-way, two-lane entrance roadway, which loops in front of the passenger terminal building. A 300 foot handicap-accessible third lane was added in front of the terminal for passenger pick-up and drop-off and for curbside baggage loading and unloading. This primary access roadway loop is an undedicated municipal road, owned and maintained by the Airport Authority. Other primary roadways within the airport are: Aviation Road: a two-lane, undedicated, airport-owned roadway on the east side of the airport. Arnold Road: a two-lane, undedicated airport-owned roadway on the north side of the airport. Van Reed Road: a two-lane, dedicated municipal roadway on the west side of the airport. Leizes Bridge Road: a two-lane dedicated municipal roadway on the north side of the airport. MacArthur Road: a two-lane, dedicated municipal roadway. Secondary two-lane roadways within the airport complex provide access to general aviation facilities, the industrial parks and other tenant facilities. All are undedicated roadways owned by the Airport Authority. Airport Roadways
Roadway Length Width/Paving 26 Macadam 26 Macadam 26 Macadam 24 Macadam 18 Macadam 16 Gravel 16 Gravel 18 Macadam 24 Macadam 24 Macadam 12 Gravel 22 Macadam 18 Macadam 22 Macadam Terminal access loop (un-named) 2,000 Loop cross drive (un-named) 400 Gate #3 access road (un-named) 300 Arnold Road 4,750 Aviation Road 5,250 Cessna Lane 300 Hughes Lane 300 Langley Road 2,050 Leizes Bridge Road (undedicated portion) 850 Museum Road 800 Republic Lane 300 Stimson Road 600 Wanger Lane 1,650 West Apron Drive 3,150 Source: Vitillo Engineering, Inc. Site Inventory, (2000)
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1-14 1.1.6 Automobile Parking Areas There are several parking areas adjacent to corporate hangars, FBOs, and government, commercial and manufacturing facilities for tenants and their visitors and employees throughout the airport as listed on Table 1-5 and depicted on Figure 1-4.
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Number of Parking Spaces Standard 336 96 23 115 100+ 2 6200+ ADA 6 --1 2 ------Total 342 96+ 24 117 100+ 2 6200+
Parking Lot Layout of Reading Regional Airport for Land Development Plan of Reading Regional Airport Terminal Expansion, prepared by Vitillo Corporation, (1998).
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The airline passenger parking lot is located across the loop entrance road from the terminal. The current rates for parking are: $1.00 $6.00 $30.00 $90.00
Vitillo Engineering, Inc. Site Inventory, (2000).
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1-15 1.1.7 General Aviation Facilities General aviation activities are located in four separate areas of the airport as shown in Figure 1-4. Marc Fruchter Aviation, Inc. and Aviation Maintenance and Avionics, Inc., doing business as Avitat-Reading. Marc Fruchter Aviation/Avitat, occupy the East Apron near the passenger terminal, Area 1 on Figure 1-4. Marc Fruchter Aviation/Avitat provides fuel, maintenance, avionics service, ramp services, hangar storage, aircraft parts, aircraft charter and other general aviation services predominantly to upscale turboprop and business jet customers. They also provide services to the airlines. Their facilities include one large 13,500 sq. ft., pre-WWII hangar (formerly known as the City Hangar), and one large 15,000 sq. ft. conventional hangar with a 3,200 sq. ft. FBO terminal. The airports rotating beacon is located on top of the City Hangar. Marc Fruchter Aviation/Avitat also has an aboveground fuel farm, four grass tiedowns and 14,600 square yards of paved aircraft parking apron. Aerodynamics of Reading, Inc., another FBO, is the predominant tenant in the West Apron, Area 2 on Figure 1-4. They provide fuel, maintenance, hangar storage, avionics service, ramp services, aircraft parts, aircraft charter and other general aviation services to all types of general aviation ranging from single-engine airplanes to business jets. Their facilities include two large, modernized, WWII-era conventional (open-bay) hangars (12,000 sq. ft. each), two newer, medium-sized, conventional hangars (7,100 and 4,200 sq. ft.), and one 1500 sq. ft. storage building. The 4,200 sq. ft. medium-sized hangar houses a state police aviation unit. Aerodynamics has an underground fuel storage facility and 31,500 square yards of parking apron, containing 58 tiedowns. The Reading Flite Academy, a third FBO on the airport, is the predominant on the North Apron, Area 3 on Figure 1-4. They provide fuel, maintenance, hangar storage, ramp services, flight training, aircraft rental and other general aviation predominantly to the smaller aircraft segment of general aviation consisting of private, recreational and student pilots. Their facilities include three medium-sized conventional hangars and a 37,900 square yard aircraft parking apron with approximately 45 tiedowns. The Mid Atlantic Air Museum occupied Area 4 on Figure 1-4. The museums facilities includes a large (12,000 square foot) modernized WWII hangar, an administration building, support buildings and a 15,500 square yard parking apron. The WWII hangar houses vintage aircraft, exhibits and a shop. With the exception of aircraft undergoing restoration and permanent exhibits, all the vintage aircraft owned by the museum are in flying condition. Aircraft include a B-25, DC-3, Martin 404, Vickers Vicount Convair 560 and Sikorski Sea King Helicopter. The inventory of buildings on the Figure 1-4 includes one large wooden WWII era hangar (39,100 square feet) that is in disrepair, one conventional hangar with offices, two T-hangar structures (8 units each) and a 7,000 square yard aircraft parking apron. There is no fixed base operator on the South Apron.
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