Title:
Airport planning and management
Personal Author:
Edition:
4th ed.
Publication Information:
New York : McGraw Hill, 2000
ISBN:
9780071360098
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Summary
Summary
This work, used as a course book in the American Association of Airport Executives' accreditation programme, features coverage of industry developments, techniques, statistics, trends and legislation. This revised edition includes highlights of technological advances in airport operations and management, and discusses how airports are readying themselves for change in ownership as airports become privatized.
Author Notes
Alexander T. Wells 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 |
| Part I Introduction | |
| 1. 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 |
| 2. 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 |
| 3. Airport system planning | p. 81 |
| Introduction | p. 81 |
| The planning process | p. 83 |
| The need for integration among plans | p. 96 |
| Part II Planning and funding the airport | |
| 4. 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 |
| 5. 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 |
| 6. 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 |
| 7. Financial planning | p. 209 |
| Financial plan | p. 210 |
| Financing methods | p. 215 |
| Completing the financial plan | p. 233 |
| Part III Managing growth | |
| 8. 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 |
| 9. Airside technological improvements | p. 273 |
| Introduction | p. 274 |
| Airport and airspace technology | p. 276 |
| Airport surface utilization | p. 303 |
| 10. 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 |
| Part IV The management process | |
| 11. 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 |
| 12. 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 |
| 13. 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 |
| 14. 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 |
