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Airshow Traffic Meeting
Agenda• Welcome & introductions
• Purpose & agency participation
• Airshow event overview • Schedules
• Traffic Plan• Parking, anticipated volumes• Traffic analysis, control, & enforcement• Messaging & public information
• Access and credentialing
Introductions & purpose• Introductions
• Jason Licon, Airport Director• Wayne Hammack, Airshow Network
• Purpose• To promote awareness of the Airshow and to share the traffic plan with area
businesses located near to and adjacent to the Airport that may be impacted by the event
• Participants• Commercial & industrial property representatives along the main traffic entry
and exit corridors serving the Airport
Agency participation• Northern Colorado Regional Airport• City of Loveland Traffic• Airshow Network• Loveland Police• Colorado State Patrol• Larimer County Sheriff• Larimer County Engineering• City of Windsor• Colorado Department of Transportation• City of Fort Collins• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)• Loveland Barricade (Traffic Control Company)• Next Phase Engineering (Traffic Engineering Consultant)
Airshow event overview• Thursday, October 14
• Practice day, Blue Angels, Noon – 5 pm• Road closures, CR 30 and Boyd Lake Avenue in place• Airport closed to the general public - no spectators
• Friday, October 15• Practice day for the entire airshow, Noon – 5 pm
• Road closures, CR 30 and Boyd Lake Avenue in place• Limited attendance by invitation only (300 people)• Unofficial parking along perimeter roads may occur
• Saturday & Sunday, October 16 & 17, • Airshow event day, 9 am – 5 pm
• Road closures, CR 30 and Boyd Lake Avenue• Attendance anticipated to be up to 15,000 people each day with on-site parking for 6,500 vehicles• Unofficial parking along perimeter roads may occur• Inbound traffic expected from 9 am – about 2 pm (5 hours) with heaviest inflow expected between 10:30
am and 12:30 pm• Outbound traffic expected from 4 pm to 6 pm (2 hours) with heaviest outflow between 4:30 and 5:30
Traffic planning• Professional event planning consulting
firms modeled the event for traffic flows and for parking capacities
• Assumption is 7,000 total vehicles to include all that will be onsite to support and attend the event
• Determined traffic flows in certain areas• Traffic flow is the critical hinge point
Parking map
• Blue- VIP / ADA 1,000• Purple- VIP/ ADA 215• Red- General Parking 3,000• Yellow- General Parking 400• Orange- Volunteer & General
Parking 1,000• Pink- General Parking 950• Total 6,500 vehicles
Traffic area detail
Access inbound south & east
Access outbound
Messaging & public info
Access & credentialing
• Private parking lots adjacent to airport for area businesses
• Airshow event• Pre-sale tickets only• Ticket proof is required to park• Messaging will back up
requirements• Area businesses will be provided
access, however it may be limited during peak travel times
Peak demand times• Inbound:
• Traffic is generally arriving between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. with the following time distribution:
• 9 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. 25 % of arrivals• 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. 60 % of arrivals• 12:30 p.m. – 3 p.m. 15 % of arrivals• The peak hour of arrivals involves approximately 30% of inbound vehicles.
• Outbound:• Outbound traffic is concentrated between 4 and 6 pm.• Noon – 4:30 p.m. 10 % of departures• 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. 70 % of departures• 5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. 20 % of departures• The peak hour of departures involves 70% of outbound vehicles.
