Planning for a New Airport in Thessaloniki, Greece

Planning for a New Airport in Thessaloniki, Greece

Nikolas PyrgiotisYannis Simaiakis

12/11/2007

12/11/2007 N. Pyrgiotis/ I. Simaiakis

Project Outline Current airport review Forecasts Location and New Airport Benefits Planning Considerations Airfield Design Passenger Building Layout Overall Layout Possible Expansion Plans


SKG Airport Serves Thessaloniki

Metro area population over 1.2 million (2006 est.) 3.7 million PAX:

Highly Seasonal (60% Summer Traffic) Constant share of domestic pax: 1.5 million/year 120000/month 75% Domestic & Schengen Flights

Airfield Configuration: 2 crossing runways: 16/34 & 10/28, each 2500 meters long One taxiway parallel to each runway 22 remote stands

Landside Configuration: 1 terminal building 32,000 m2

Cargo buildings 10,000 m2

Public Ownership & Management


Runway expansion

New Passenger Terminal

SKG Master Plan and Limitations Master Plan: Runway 10/28 expansion New terminal building

115,000 m2 surface, 14 contact stands 8 million pax/year at service level B 4200 pax/peak-hour

New apron: 22 remote stands Limitations:

Crosswinds Heavy Fog (ILS II not always sufficient) Mountainous pattern to the SE Ground access Rapidly developing surrounding area No available land for further expansion (e.g. new runway)


New Airport Necessity for a new airport based on the problems that cannot be

overcome by SKG’s master plan Weather, Environmental Issues, Urban Development, Transportation

Annual Traffic Growth Forecast based on a exponential fit of historical traffic data due to lack of sufficient data on population growth and GDP.

Traffic Forecast

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Forecasts Analysis based on:

Peak Hour of the 2nd busiest day during the average week in a peak month (Tuesday, 1st week of Aug 07)

Scheduled flights in 2007 (lack of data for hourly passenger traffic)

2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 2028 2032 2036 2040Total Peak Hour Traffic 1537 1819 2153 2547 3015 3568 4222 4996 5913Peak Arrival Traffic 1064 1259 1490 1764 2087 2470 2923 3459 4094

Schengen Arrivals 798 944 1118 1323 1565 1852 2192 2594 3070Non-Schengen Arrivals 266 315 373 441 522 617 731 865 1023

Peak Departure Traffic 828 979 1159 1372 1623 1921 2273 2690 3184Schengen Departures 621 735 869 1029 1217 1441 1705 2018 2388

Non-Schengen Departures 207 245 290 343 406 480 568 673 796

Design Peak Hour

Heavy 5%Large 70%Small 25%

Aircraft Mix 1st Stage of Development Planned to start operations in 2022 (7.5m PAX) and reach capacity by 2032 (12m PAX)

Assumed A/C mix for this period based on experience in AIA and similar European Airports


Planning Approach Very Uncertain Forecast

Uncertainty regarding master plan materialization in current airport Unstable Greek Airline Industry (OA and A3) Infant state of LCC operations Traffic dependency on dynamic tourism Uncertain prospects of Thessaloniki as a business center

Flexible and Adaptable Planning Dynamic response to changes in traffic, aircraft mix and traffic type Option to accommodate low cost traffic Option to use land for other purposes

Environmental/ Noise Issues Airport as Part of a Multi-Modal Transportation System


New Location Improved Transportation Access Undeveloped Farm Land Far from Populated Areas Proximity to Industrial Area and

Seaport


New Catchment Area 8 cities under 130km Total Population more than

400,000 Good Access to all Cities Potential Emergence of New

Markets

to SKG to Klidi driving time train times to KlidiLarisa 178 129 1:21 1:30Katerini 96 48 0:30 0:40Kozani 149 100 1:03Naousa 116 66 0:41Ptolemaida 163 112 1:10Giannitsa 81 43 0:27Edessa 129 77 0:48 1:05Veroia 95 43 0:27Thessaloniki Seaport 24 28 0:17Thessaloniki Center 20 29 0:18 0:25

Distances (km) Travel time (h:mm)Population

Larissa 126,000Katerini 56,400Kozani 47,400Naoussa 22,300Ptolemaida 35,500Giannitsa 31,400Edessa 18,200Veroia 47,400Total 384,600

Based on 2001 Census

(Source: www.viamichelin.com)


Airfield Design Produced runway capacity envelop of a single

runway: 56 movements per hour Adjusted the capacity based on ATM

limitations in Greece and an average delay of 4 minute: 46 movements per hour

A single runway can serve 4300 pax/hr based on the a/c mix of 5%H, 70%L, 25%S Adequate until 2032 (4200 pax/hr)

Based on the windrose for the area the runway should be built in a N-NW to S-SE direction

Runway length based on the reference field of a 777-300

Airfield design based on ICAO requirements for design group E: Taxiways, Taxilanes, Aprons, Runway Exits

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Landside Design A Single Centralized, Linear Terminal Parallel to the Runway

Small Terminal Avoid Inefficient Duplication of facilities Small Number of connections Large number of remote stands → Short Terminal Provides the most options for expansion Simple and adjustable division between Schengen/ Non-Schengen zones Centralized facilities for ground transportation and parking

Considered other designs and configurations: Linear, Perpendicular to Runway Radial Low-cost terminal

Analysis of terminal configuration performed based on DPH and a/c mix forecast for 2032: Use of planning factors to deduce area requirements for different facilities Emulating the design of AIA while making some modifications and improvements

Level (Facility) Area (m 2 )Departures 34,500

Check-in 9,000Security Check-points 2,000Concessions/ Lounges 11,000

Dep. Lounges 9,000Arrivals 31,500

Arrivals Hall 4,500Baggage Claim 10,500

Immigration 1,000R.S. Dep. Lounges 4,900

12 contact stands, 12 departure gates (3 NS, 9 S)130 check-in counters2 Security Checkpoints, 1 Border Control Area

Arrivals Level

Departures Level

Additional departure gates for 24 remote stands (S and NS)1 entrance for NS arrivals (with Immigration facility), 2 for S arrivalsBaggage Claim Area adequate to serve at least 12million annual PAX (2 belts for NS, 8 for S/ 2x70m and 8x40m belts)


Overall Layout Overall Airport Configuration designed to reach capacity in 2032

serving 12m PAX (stage 1) Accommodates Airfield and Landside Plans previously presented

ICAO reference code: 4-E (FAA E-V) 3,600m runway 33/15 2 taxiways (1 short) Passenger Terminal and Cargo Facility

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Expansion Alternatives


Land Banking Buy the area now while still not constructed and

cheap and built the airport when appropriate Requires an area of 6,500,000m2

Planning for a New Airport in Thessaloniki, Greece

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