Airport planning & management

Terms Of Use......Page 5
Want to learn more?......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Acknowledgments......Page 13
Preface......Page 15
Part I Airports and airport systems......Page 21
1 Airports and airport systems: An introduction......Page 23
Introduction......Page 24
Airport management on an international level......Page 30
The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems......Page 31
The rules that govern airport management......Page 39
Concluding remarks......Page 45
2 Airports and airport systems: Organization and administration......Page 49
Airport ownership and operation......Page 50
The airport organization chart......Page 54
Airport management as a career......Page 63
The airport manager and public relations......Page 66
Concluding remarks......Page 70
3 Airports and airport systems: A historical and legislative perspective......Page 73
Introduction......Page 74
The formative period of aviation and airports: 1903–1938......Page 75
Airport growth: World War II and the postwar period......Page 80
Airport modernization: The early jet age......Page 83
Airport legislation after airline deregulation......Page 93
Airports in the twenty-first century: From peacetime prosperity to terror insecurity......Page 103
Concluding remarks......Page 112
Part II The components of the airport......Page 117
4 The airfield......Page 119
The components of an airport......Page 120
The airfield......Page 122
Navigational aids (NAVAIDS) located on airfields......Page 156
Air traffic control and surveillance facilities located on the airfield......Page 163
Weather reporting facilities located on airfields......Page 165
Concluding remarks......Page 168
5 Airspace and air traffic control......Page 173
Brief history of air traffic control......Page 174
The present-day air traffic control management and operating infrastructure......Page 178
The basics of air traffic control......Page 180
Current and future enhancements to air traffic control......Page 187
Concluding remarks......Page 209
6 Airport terminals and ground access......Page 213
Introduction......Page 214
The historical development of airport terminals......Page 215
Components of the airport terminal......Page 229
Airport ground access......Page 248
Concluding remarks......Page 262
Part III Airport operations and financial management......Page 269
7 Airport operations management under FAR Part 139......Page 271
Introduction......Page 272
Pavement management......Page 273
Aircraft rescue and fire fighting (ARFF)......Page 279
Snow and ice control......Page 284
Safety inspection programs......Page 290
Bird and wildlife hazard management......Page 293
Concluding remarks......Page 295
8 Airport security......Page 299
History of airport security......Page 300
The Transportation Security Administration......Page 305
Security at commercial service airports......Page 308
Security at general aviation airports......Page 319
The future of airport security......Page 323
Concluding remarks......Page 324
9 Airport financial management......Page 329
Airport financial accounting......Page 331
Revenue strategies at commercial airports......Page 338
Pricing of airport facilities and services......Page 342
Variation in the sources of operating revenues......Page 346
Rise in airport financial burdens......Page 347
Grant programs......Page 348
Airport financing......Page 354
Private investment......Page 360
Concluding remarks......Page 362
Part IV Aiport public administration and planning......Page 365
10 The economic, political, and social role of airports......Page 367
The economic role of airports......Page 368
Political roles......Page 370
Environmental impacts of airports......Page 374
Concluding remarks......Page 381
11 Airport Planning......Page 385
Introduction......Page 387
Airport system planning......Page 388
The airport master plan......Page 393
The airport layout plan......Page 398
Forecasting......Page 400
Facilities requirements......Page 407
Design alternatives......Page 409
Financial plans......Page 420
Land use planning......Page 424
Environmental planning......Page 426
Concluding remarks......Page 428
12 Airport Capacity and Delay......Page 433
Introduction......Page 434
Defining capacity......Page 435
Factors affecting capacity and delay......Page 437
Estimating capacity......Page 441
Illustrating capacity with a time-space diagram......Page 443
FAA approximation charts......Page 446
Simulation models......Page 448
Defining delay......Page 450
Estimating delay......Page 452
Analytical estimates of delay: The queuing diagram......Page 453
Other measures of delay......Page 455
Approaches to reducing delay......Page 456
Administrative and demand management......Page 458
Concluding remarks......Page 470
Introduction......Page 481
New large aircraft......Page 482
Small aircraft transportation systems......Page 484
Concluding remarks......Page 487
Code of Federal Regulations - 14 CFR—Aeronautics and Space, Parts 1 through 199: Federal Aviation Regulations......Page 489
Code of Federal Regulations - 49 CFR—Transportation, 1500 Series: Transportation Security Regulations......Page 493
Federal Aviation Administration 150 Series Advisory Circulars......Page 495
Phonetic alphabet......Page 513
Abbreviations......Page 515
Glossary......Page 521
Index......Page 569
About the Authors......Page 593