Airport Planning & Management

by Wells, Alexander T.

• ISBN13: 9780830630868
• ISBN10: 0830630864
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1992-07-01
• Publisher: Tab Books

Author Biography

Alexander T. Wells, Ed.D., is a consultant and adjunct professor in the Aviation Business Administration Department at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
Introduction
The airport-airway system	p. 3
The formative period	p. 4
The National Airport Plan	p. 8
Postwar federal aid to airports	p. 12
Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970	p. 17
Airport development in the 1980s and 1990s	p. 25
Concluding remarks	p. 36
The airport system	p. 45
Introduction	p. 45
Classification of airports	p. 49
The economic role of airports	p. 56
Current issues in airport system development	p. 59
Airport information sources	p. 74
Airport system planning	p. 81
Introduction	p. 81
The planning process	p. 83
The need for integration among plans	p. 96
Planning and funding the airport
Airport requirements and site selection	p. 101
Introduction	p. 102
Inventories	p. 103
Forecasting	p. 109
Demand/capacity analysis	p. 118
Environmental impact study	p. 120
Site selection	p. 124
Airport layout and land use plans	p. 133
Introduction: Phase three of the master plan	p. 134
Airport layout plan	p. 135
Approach and clear zone layout	p. 155
Land use plan	p. 160
Terminal area and airport access plans	p. 169
Introduction: Continuation of phase three	p. 170
Terminal area plans	p. 170
Airport access plans	p. 200
Financial planning	p. 209
Financial plan	p. 210
Financing methods	p. 215
Completing the financial plan	p. 233
Managing growth
Airport capacity and delay	p. 239
Introduction	p. 240
Capacity, demand, and delay	p. 242
Factors affecting capacity and delay	p. 245
Measuring delay	p. 248
Approaches to reducing delay	p. 249
Airside technological improvements	p. 273
Introduction	p. 274
Airport and airspace technology	p. 276
Airport surface utilization	p. 303
Landslide technological improvements	p. 315
Introduction	p. 316
Terminal facilities and services	p. 317
Landslide access	p. 339
Applications of technology to airport problems	p. 354
The management process
Financial management	p. 361
Airport accounting	p. 362
Planning and budgeting	p. 366
Approaches to financial management at commercial airports	p. 369
Pricing of airport facilities and services	p. 375
Trends in airport financial management since deregulation	p. 384
Organization and administration	p. 391
Airport ownership and operation	p. 392
The airport organization chart	p. 394
Airport management as a career	p. 405
The airport manager and public relations	p. 409
Airport operations	p. 417
Pavement maintenance	p. 418
Snow removal	p. 427
Safety inspection program	p. 433
Bird hazards	p. 436
Aircraft rescue, fire fighting	p. 439
Security	p. 445
Ground support equipment	p. 451
Airport relations with tenants and the public	p. 461
The airport as landlord	p. 462
Liability insurance	p. 469
Aircraft noise	p. 471
Glossary	p. 483
Abbreviations	p. 523
Index	p. 529
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