Airport and Heliport Setbacks

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This dataset represents a first-order quantification of airport and heliport setback requirements based on the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 14 CFR Part 77.9. It defines the following FAA notice criteria that we use to create runway buffers. Runways longer than 3,200 feet receive a 20,000 foot buffer, runways less than 3,200 feet long receive a buffer of 10,000 feet, and heliports receive a buffer of 5,000 feet. A setback requirement is a minimum distance from an airport or heliport that an energy project may be developed. For further details and citation, please refer to the publication linked below: Lopez, Anthony, Pavlo Pinchuk, Michael Gleason, Wesley Cole, Trieu Mai, Travis Williams, Owen Roberts, Marie Rivers, Mike Bannister, Sophie-Min Thomson, Gabe Zuckerman, and Brian Sergi. 2024. Solar Photovoltaics and Land-Based Wind Technical Potential and Supply Curves for the Contiguous United States: 2023 Edition. Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory. NREL/TP-6A20-87843.

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48 Map of airport and heliport setbacks for wind technology in TIF format. In the dataset, 0 indicates that wind energy is permitted, while 1 indicates that wind energy is prohibited. Due to size, a GIS software is likely needed to open this file. https://data.openei.org/files/6120/airport_heliport_setbacks.tif
34 Cartographic map of airport and heliport setbacks for wind technology. https://data.openei.org/files/6120/airport_heliport_setbacks_map.png
33 In this, the 2023 edition of this report, we present new estimates of the technical potential for land-based wind and solar photovoltaics (PV) for the contiguous United States (CONUS). We also provide cost estimates for the available resources, presenting representative supply curves that can be used in downstream modeling and analysis. Additionally, we introduce new methodologies used to estimate wind capacity, wind energy losses, transmission cost and representation, updated technology cost and design, and scenarios of siting constraints designed to help bound the uncertainty of renewable potential https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy24osti/87843.pdf

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  • data
  • tif
  • setbacks
  • regulatory-constraints
  • faa
  • heliport
  • png
  • turbine
  • wind-power
  • wind
  • land-based-wind
  • infrastructure
  • siting-lab
  • setback
  • regulation
  • wind-energy
  • airspace-defense
  • airport
  • sitinglab
  • federal-aviation-administration

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