1. Planning for a New Airport in Thessaloniki, Greece
Nikolas Pyrgiotis
Yannis Simaiakis
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Project Outline
Current airport review
Forecasts
Location and New Airport Benefits
Planning Considerations
Airfield Design
Passenger Building Layout
Overall Layout
Possible Expansion Plans
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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 /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
Largest a/c currently serving SKG- A330
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4. SKG Master Plan and Limitations
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)
Runway expansion
New Passenger Terminal
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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.
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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)
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
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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
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New Location
Improved Transportation Access
Undeveloped Farm Land
Far from Populated Areas
Proximity to Industrial Area and Seaport
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New Catchment Area
8 cities under 130km
Total Population more than 400,000
Good Access to all Cities
Potential Emergence of New Markets
(Source:
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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
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
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12. Departures Level Arrivals Level
12 contact stands, 12 departure gates (3 NS, 9 S)
130 check-in counters
2 Security Checkpoints, 1 Border Control Area
Arrivals Level
Additional departure gates for 24 remote stands (S and NS)
1 entrance for NS arrivals (with Immigration facility), 2 for S arrivals
Baggage Claim Area adequate to serve at least 12million annual PAX (2 belts for NS, 8 for S/ 2x70m and 8x40m belts)

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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
Direction of operations N
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14. Expansion Alternatives

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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
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