[...]... Airport design and operation However, the reader will not find chapters devoted exclusively to airport design or airport operation Airport design and airport operation are closely related and influence each other A poor design affects the airport operation and results in increasing costs On the other hand it is difficult to design the airport infrastructure without sound knowledge of the airport operation. .. Integrated Airport Systems has anticipated releasing $US 41.2 billion from the Airport Improvement Program over the five years to 2009 to be spent among the eligible 3431 airports Of this, 74% will go to commercial service airports, 41% to the 30 large hubs 27% will be spent on bringing airports up to the latest 10 Airport Design and Operation design standards and 21% on adding capacity Three airports... character and supplement or explain in more detail the Standards and Recommendations At present Annex 14 has two volumes; Volume I Aerodrome Design and Operations and VolumeIII Heliports Besides the Annexes ICAO issues other publications The following Air Transport and Airports 15 manuals, which supplement Annex 14, include guidelines for aerodrome design, construction, planning and operations Aerodrome Design. .. four years, giving a capacity of 10 millions of passengers per year (mppa) and a final capacity of 30 mppa 12 Airport Design and Operation Figure 1-4 London Heathrow airport, original and present runway system and airport terminals, Terminal 5 to open in 2008 Air Transport and Airports 13 In fact, the inquiry took four years and the terminal is due to open in the Spring of 2008 with one satellite Completion... particular problems Every airport is unique and a simple generic solution does not exist Some of the differences that relate to the political and economic situations in Eastern and Western Europe are reflected here The book explains principles and relationships important for the design of airport facilities, for airport management and for the safe and efficient control of operations We hope that we... repeatedly refer to them in the 16 Airport Design and Operation text 1.2.2 National Standards and Recommended Practices Some countries, like the United States, generate a full set of their own standards and recommendations which complement and expand on those contained in the ICAO documentation These are published as Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Advisory Circulars 139 and 150 Many other countries... been added covering the topical problems of cargo and radio –navigation aids and the chapter on passenger terminals has been enhanced considerably Tony Kazda and Bob Caves Zilina, Slovakia and Loughborough UK, April 2007 This page intentionally left blank Air Transport and Airports 1 1 AIR TRANSPORT AND AIRPORTS Tony Kazda and Bob Caves 1.1 DEVELOPMENT OF AIRPORTS First, consider the well-known question:... privatisation of airports started in Great Britain in 1986, and represented a fundamental change in the manner of administering and financing the airports in Europe It was and still is seen almost 6 Airport Design and Operation by most people as a success, though there are those, particularly in the USA, who believe that the emphasis on commercial viability has made it difficult to concentrate on an airport s... TERMINALS 241 12.1 Airport Terminal Design Principles 241 12.2 Airport Terminal Layout 246 12.3 Airport Terminal Concepts 249 12.4 Terminal Design 251 12.4.1 Design Methods 251 12.4.2 Component Design 255 12.5 The Handling Process 265 12.5.1 Passenger Handling 265 12.5.2 Baggage Handling 273... types of equipment and the level of the technology of the installations that are required for ramp, passenger and freight handling, and operations on the taxiways and runways The Master Plan of an airport may be characterised as: ‘a plan for the airport construction that considers the possibilities of maximum development of the airport in the given locality The Master Plan of an airport may be elaborated . exclusively to airport design or airport operation. Airport design and airport operation are closely related and influence each other. A poor design affects the airport operation and results in. 12.1 Airport Terminal Design Principles 241 12.2 Airport Terminal Layout 246 12.3 Airport Terminal Concepts 249 12.4 Terminal Design 251 12.4.1 Design Methods 251 12.4.2 Component Design. 3 AIRPORT SITE SELECTION AND RUNWAY SYSTEM ORIENTATION 45 3.1 Selection of a Site for the Airport 45 3.2 Usability Factor 47 2.3.9 Uncertainty 32 2.5.6 Cargo 40 viii Airport Design and Operation