Airport planning and economic justification, site selection, configuration, development and design of terminal areas, demand forecasting, access, traffic control.
Specific Course Objectives :
Briefly describe important milestones in airport development.
Describe various aircraft classifications used in airport design.
Calculate the airport runway length needed for safe airport operations.
Calculate various runway safety areas including analysis of EMAS dimensions.
Estimate the optimal orientation of a runway (wind rose analysis) using FAA computer software.
Describe the main elements of an airport master plan.
Estimate if man-made and natural objects constitute obstacles to navigation in the vicinity of an airport.
Estimate the capacity of any airport configuration using analytical techniques.
Estimate airport demand using simple non-linear regression models.
Estimate airport delays using queueing models.
Estimate the geometric design characteristics of an airport including taxiways, aprons and runways.
Describe the advantages and disadvantages of various airport landside configurations.