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PLANNING & DESIGN OF AIRPORTS
Preface
1 The structures and organization of air transport
The need for national and international organizations
The international civil aviation organization
Nongovernmental organizations
U.S governmental organizations
Aviation planning and regulation at state level
Patterns of airport ownership
Revenues and expenditures at U.S airports
Sources of capital financing for U.S airports
Federal financing
The U.S national plan of integrated airport systems: A classification
Of airports
References
2 Forecasting air transport demand
Introduction
Components of air transport demand
Conventional airport forecast methods
Integrated demand forecast framework
Multiairport region forecast framework
Air trip distribution models
Model choice models
Generation-distribution models
Air freight demand forecasts
General aviation forecasts
Route choice models
References
3 Characteristics of aircraft as they affect airports
Relationships of aircraft and airports
The influence of aircraft design on runway length
Other airport layout layout factors
Factors affecting airport capacity
Noise
Future trends in aircraft design
References
Contents
4 Airport system planning
Aviation system planning
Levels of planning
Planning airport systems under different states of industry
Effect of airline hubs and deregulation on U.S airport system
Air transport planning in the united states
Airport system planning in Europe
Airport system plan analysis
Data structure for airport system planning
References
5 Airport master planning
Airport master plan: definition and objectives
Hierarchy of planning
Elements of airport master plan:FAA
ICAO guidelines for structures of master planning
Structure of master plan report
Airport site selection
References
6 CNS/TAM
Evaluation of the system
U.S national airspace system (NAS)
CNS/ATM of the NAS
Next-generation systems
References
7 Airport capacity
Introduction
Capacity, level of service, and demand peaking
Airside capacity
Factors affecting airside capacity and delay
Determination of runway capacity and delay
Annual service volume
Preliminary capacity analyses
Calculating aircraft delay
Taxiway capacity
Assessing system capacity-delay for airport development
Airport landside capacity
References
8 Airside configuration and geometric design of the airside
Introduction
Principles of airport layout
Airfield configuration
Runway orientation
Obstructions to airspace: FAA and ICAO standards
Runway length
Clearways and stop ways
ICAO reference code
Separation of parallel runways
Runway and taxiway cross section
Object-clearing criteria
Longitudinal-grade design for runways and stopways
Longitudinal-grade design for taxiways
Taxiway design
Holding aprons
Terminal aprons
Summary
References
9 safeguarding the airport
Airport safety
Airport security
Airport emergency planning
Planning for airport security
Safeguarding the airspace
References
10 Passenger terminals
Function of airport passenger terminal
Terminal user
Facilities required at passenger terminal
Passenger and baggage flow
Security considerations in passenger terminal design and layout
Terminal design concepts
Vertical distribution of activities
Passenger behavior in terminal
Importance of passenger terminal expenditures
Space requirements for individual facilities
Baggage handing
Terminals for low-cost carriers
Expandability , modularity ,and flexibility
Number of aircraft gates
Parking configurations and apron layout
Apron facilities and requirements
References
11 Air cargo facilities
Importance of air cargo
Functions of cargo terminal
Factors affecting size and form of cargo terminal
Flow through airport cargo terminal
Pallets, containers, igloos, and other unitized systems
Freight-carrying aircraft
Documentation and control
Apron cargo handling
Elements to be considered in design of air freight terminals
Example of design of middle-technology freight terminal
Design of highly mechanized cargo terminal with container stacks and ETV
Mail and express parcels facilities
Conclusion
References
12 Airport drainage and pavement design
Airport drainage
Introduction
Estimation of runoff
Collection and disposal of runoff
Subsurface drainage
Structural pavement design
Introduction
Flexble-pavement design methods
Rigid-pavement design methods
Pavements for light aircraft
Aircraft and pavement classification numbers
References
13 airport access
Access problem
Determining mix of access modes
Available access modes
Access model choice models
Parking space at airports
Curbfront design
Capacity of access routes
Layout of access
Summary
References
14 Heliports, STOL ports and vertiports
Introduction
Helicopter characteristics and trends
Planning and design of heliports
Planning and design of STOL Lports
Planning and design of STOL facilities
Planning and design of vertiports
References
15 Airport modeling and simulation
Introduction
Definition and concepts
Airport simulation
Environmental simulation models
Airport-landside simulation
Airport GIS
References
16 Airport city
Introduction
Global city
Building blocks of airport city
Anatomy of aerotropolis
Airport cities of the world
Planning of airport city and aerotropolis
References
17 Environmental impacts of airports
Introduction
Environmental legislation
Airport environmental guidance
Environmental review process
Air emissions quality
Biodiversity and natural resources
Historic ,archaeological, architectural and cultural resources
Noise and land use
Social and socioeconomic resources
Waste management
Water resources
Sustainable development
References