HomeMy WebLinkAboutR2019-01 Adopting Rules and Regulations of Common Use Gates EAGLE COUNTY AIR TERMINAL CORPORATION
RESOLUTION NO. 2019 - 1
RESOLUTION ADOPTING EAGLE COUNTY RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR
ASSIGNMENT AND USE OF COMMON USE GATES
WHEREAS, the Eagle County Air Terminal Corporation (the "Corporation") was duly
organized in 1996 pursuant to the provisions of the Colorado Nonprofit Corporation Act, articles
20 through 29 of title 7, Colorado Revised Statutes, as amended, and is validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the State of Colorado; and
WHEREAS, the formation of the Corporation has been previously approved by the
Board of County Commissioners for Eagle County, Colorado (the "County") and is and shall be
operated exclusively on behalf of and for the benefit of the County; and
WHEREAS, the Corporation has been duly organized for the purpose of financing,
constructing, and operating the Eagle County Airport Terminal (the "Terminal"); and
WHEREAS, as part of said purposes the Corporation is charged with adopting rules and
regulations for the safe and efficient operation of the Terminal and its appurtenant
improvements; and
WHEREAS, the Corporation is completing Terminal improvements, including the
construction of four (4)jet-loaded gates and two (2) ground-loaded gates. Rules and regulations
are now necessary to maximize and facilitate the efficient use of all gates while ensuring the
equitable treatment of Airlines.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
THE EAGLE COUNTY AIR TERMINAL CORPORATION:
THAT, the Corporation hereby authorizes, approves, adopts, and implements the Eagle
County Regional Airport Rules and Regulations for Assignment and Use of Common Use Gates,
attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference.
THAT, the Corporation will assign gates to Airlines requesting use of such gates using
the provisions of these Regulations and other factors deemed applicable at the sole discretion of
the Corporation.
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MOVED, READ AND ADOPTED by the Board of Directors of the Eagle County Air
Terminal Corporation on 6/25/2019
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EAGLE COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT
RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR
ASSIGNMENT AND USE OF COMMON USE GATES
Issued: June 2019
Section 1. Definitions
1.01. Airplane Design Group. A classification of aircraft based on wingspan and/or tail
height (whichever is more restrictive), as published by the FAA in Advisory Circular
150/5300-13 A,Airport Design, or any successor publication.
1.02. Airline. An air carrier providing scheduled or non-scheduled service at the Airport.
1.03. Airport. The Eagle County Regional Airport(EGE).
1.04. Buffer Period. The period between a scheduled departure and the next scheduled arrival
of an aircraft at the same Gate.
1.05. Corporation. The Eagle County Air Terminal Corporation.
1.06. Existing Scheduled Service. Flight service to/from a city pair already served by that
Airline, within thirty(30) minutes of the previously scheduled arrival/departure times as
compared to the previous year for the same month, with the same or similar equipment
type that does not impact gate assignments.
1.07. Flight Schedule Submissions. A report, to be submitted in advance by an Airline in
accordance with Section 3, providing such detail as the City may reasonably require
regarding the Airline's requested schedule of flights.
1.08. Gate. The aircraft parking position, apron areas for staging ground service equipment,
loading bridge, and passenger holdroom.
1.09. Minimum Buffer Period. A period of twenty(20)minutes between each scheduled
departure and the next scheduled arrival of an aircraft at the same Gate.
1.10. Narrow Body Aircraft. An aircraft having a single aisle with 100 or more seats.
1.11. New Scheduled Service. Flight service other than Existing Scheduled Service.
1.12. Regional Jet & Commuter Aircraft. An aircraft with less than 100 seats.
1.13. Remain Overnight(RON). An aircraft flight remaining or scheduled to remain at the
Airport, after the end of the service day for that aircraft, typically occurring between the
hours of 10:00 p.m. of one day and 6:00 a.m. of the following day.
1.14. Regulation. The Eagle County Regional Airport Rules and Regulations for Assignment
and Use of Common Use Gates.
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1.15. Scheduled Operation. An Airline's operation(arrival or departure) that occurs pursuant
to a schedule that is published in the Official Airline Guide (OAG) or any successor
publication at least ninety(90) days prior to the first day of the month in which Airline's
schedule would take effect, and that is also submitted to the City in a Flight Schedule
Submission as required under Section 3.
Section 2. Applicability
2.01. This Regulation is intended to maximize and facilitate the efficient use of Gates while
ensuring the equitable treatment of all Airlines.
2.02. The Corporation will assign Gates to Airlines requesting use of such Gates using the
provisions of this Regulation and other factors deemed applicable at the sole discretion of
the Corporation. The decisions of the Corporation under this Regulation are final.
2.03. Airlines must comply with the procedures, rules, and other provisions of this Regulation.
2.04. Airlines must provide the most accurate and timely information and schedules possible.
Section 3. Gate Scheduling and Assignment Procedures
3.01. All Airlines must make Flight Schedule Submissions to the Corporation no later than the
first (1st) day of the month, three (3)months prior to the month in which the requested
schedule is to become effective. The Corporation will make reasonable efforts to notify
Airlines of Gate assignments, including RON authorizations, forty-five (45) days prior to
the month in which the requested schedule is to become effective. For example, Airlines
must make Flight Schedule Submissions for their requested January schedule on or
before October 1.
3.02. The Flight Schedule Submission shall be provided to the Terminal Operations Manager
in electronic format readable in International Air Transportation Association(IATA)
Standard Schedules Information Manual(SSIM) format, or as the City may otherwise
reasonably request to allow the information to be processed by the City's gate
management software. Airlines shall separately identify each flight for which the
Airline's first preference is a ground-loading location(i.e., not a bridge-equipped Gate).
3.03. A Flight Schedule Submission submitted by an Airline shall be deemed to be effective
until superseded by another Flight Schedule Submission.
3.04. If an Airline requests changes to an already submitted Flight Schedule Submission, then
the provisions regarding late schedule submissions (Section 3.05) shall apply to flight(s)
for which there is (i) a change of equipment type that impacts gate assignments, or(ii) a
change to the scheduled arrival or departure time that would cause the Buffer Period
between such flight and the preceding or succeeding flight at the assigned Gate to.be
reduced below the Minimum Buffer Period.
3.05. If an Airline requests the use of a Gate with less than the notice required by Section 3.01,
such flights will be assigned Gates only after all requests meeting the notice required by
required by Section 3.01 have been accommodated.
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Section 4. Gate Use and Scheduling Restrictions
4.01. The following Maximum Gate Occupancy Periods apply to all Gates:
Regional Jets & Narrow Body
Commuter Aircraft Aircraft
Originating Flight 60 Minutes 60 Minutes
Terminating Flight 30 Minutes 45 Minutes
Through Flight 60 Minutes 90 Minutes
4.02. When in the sole discretion of the Terminal Operations Manager it is necessary to
accommodate a Scheduled Operation or emergency, the Terminal Operations Manager
may direct an Airline to relocate an aircraft capable of movement from a Gate if such
aircraft(i) fails to depart the Gate at its scheduled time or(ii) occupies a Gate longer than
the Maximum Gate Occupancy Period. If the Airline fails to comply with the Terminal
Operations Manager's directive, the Corporation may at its discretion assess a fee of$250
for each successive 15-minute period or fraction thereof until the aircraft is moved. After
two hours, the fee shall increase to $500 for each successive 15-minute period. A fee
assessed under this paragraph shall not exceed$5,000 per aircraft per day.
Section 5. Gate Use Priority
5.01. Emergency flights shall have priority over all other flights. Every effort will be made to
accommodate an emergency flight on an unassigned Gate or at a Gate which will cause
the least impact on the Airlines' operations.
5.02. The Corporation will apply the following primary priorities to assign flights to Gates and
to resolve any conflicting requests among or between Airlines:
5.02.A. Existing Scheduled Service by Signatory Airlines shall have Level 1 priority.
5.02.B. New Scheduled Service by Signatory Airlines shall have Level 2 priority.
5.02.C. Existing Scheduled Service by Non-Signatory Airlines shall have Level 3 priority.
5.02.D. New Scheduled Service by Non-Signatory Airlines shall have Level 4 priority.
5.02.E. Charter, itinerant and other non-scheduled flight operations, including by an
Airline that operates scheduled flight operations at the Airport,will be
accommodated as Gates are available. Any charter, itinerant or other non-
scheduled flight operation is subject to reassignment (as to both Gate and
operating time) if Scheduled Operations require accommodation.
5.03. Flights having the same priority level shall be assigned to Gates (and conflicts among or
between Airlines shall be resolved) in accordance with the following secondary priorities:
5.03.A. Flights will be assigned in order of most restrictive Airplane Design Group to
least (i.e., in most cases, largest aircraft to smallest); then
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5.03.B. Flights will be assigned in order of largest seating capacity to smallest; then
5.03.C. A through flight will be assigned before a RON aircraft; then
5.03.D. Flights of Airlines offering year-round service will be assigned before flights of
Airlines offering seasonal service.
5.04. The Corporation reserves the right to require an Airline to relocate its aircraft to another
Gate after deplaning passengers and baggage at a Gate if it is necessary to accommodate
the Scheduled Operations of another Airline.
5.05. The Corporation shall, to the extent possible and consistent with the primary and
secondary priorities provided in this Section 5, assign non-overlapping flights of the same
Airline to the same Gate and overlapping flights of the same Airline to adjacent Gates.
5.06. The Corporation may, in its sole discretion, permit a RON flight to remain at a Gate
provided that such flight is the last scheduled arrival for that Gate and the first scheduled
departure at that Gate the following calendar day.
5.07. Subject to availability, the Corporation will assign flights for which a ground-loaded Gate
is requested to a ground-loaded Gate, and otherwise assign the flight to a loading bridge-
equipped Gate. In the event that a flight for which a ground-loaded Gate was requested
can only be accommodated at a loading bridge-equipped Gate, the Airline shall be
responsible for all rates and fees for such Gate.
Section 6. Off-Schedule and Irregular Operations (IROP)
6.01. Airlines experiencing an IROP or other off-schedule operation shall coordinate with other
Airlines in good faith to accommodate the IROPs. Airlines shall notify the Terminal
Operations Manager of any voluntary accommodation of IROPs as soon as possible.
6.02. In the event that Airlines cannot reach a voluntary accommodation of IROPs, any Airline
may request the intervention of the Terminal Operations Manager. The Terminal
Operations Manager shall make all Gate assignment decisions according to the priority
levels listed in Paragraph 5.02, provided that Scheduled Operations and charters
operating on time will have priority use of Gates that have been previously scheduled for
such operations. The Terminal Operations Manager may in his discretion consider the
secondary priorities listed in Paragraph 5.03 or any other factor(e.g., the severity of the
flight delay) in making Gate assignment decisions during IROPs.
6.03. The Corporation anticipates that there will be circumstances that require moving an
aircraft off of a Gate, or relocating an aircraft from one Gate to another, in order to allow
another operation. The Corporation will make every effort to avoid directing an aircraft
to move if it is scheduled to depart within thirty(30) minutes.
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Section 7. Facility Management
7.01. All Airlines shall conduct their operations on Gates with good judgment and mindful of
the operations of other Airlines on the same or other Gates.
7.02. All Airlines shall immediately remove ground support equipment following the departure
of their aircraft from a Gate where the next scheduled arrival is that of another Airline.
7.03. Prior to and after use, Airlines shall ensure the Gate is properly configured for use by
their aircraft and is in a safe operating condition for use by others. This includes,but is
not limited to,being clear of equipment and foreign object debris (FOD), and that all
GPU cords and PC air hoses are properly stowed.
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