Without question, modern airports face many demands. They must promote safety above all else, but airports are increasingly considered to be drivers of local economies, promoters of “green†energy production and other environmental initiatives, and, at times, sites for the conservation of rare species (Blackwell et al. 2009, DeVault et al. 2012). The demands confronting airports are…
Plane Sense introduces aircraft owners and operators, or prospective aircraft owners and operators, to basic information about the requirements involved in acquiring, owning, operating, and maintaining a private aircraft.This handbook can be a valuable reference tool for anyone who would like to review the “nuts and bolts†of aircraft ownership. Aircraft owners and operators, or an…
This book is intended for all those readers who are interested in the analysis and planning of airports. In particular, the book focuses on the most important aspects of analysis, such as congestion and delays of users, aircraft/flights or atm (air transport movements), passengers, air cargo shipments, demand, capacity, and the outcome from their dynamic interactions. With such scope, the book …
This book is titled ‘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 increased costs. On the other hand it is difficult to design the airport infrastructure…
Expanding airport capacity is difficult in large urban areas. Expansion of existing airports is usually constrained by community agreements on noise and local air pollution and by a shortage of land. Finding sufficient land, at feasible prices, to develop or relocate major airports on green-field sites within a reasonable distance of city centres is often very difficult. Creating land for airpo…
This book has been rewritten in its fourth edition to continue to serve as a basic text for courses in airport planning and design. In the past it has been of value as reference to airport designers, planners, and administrators worldwide as well as to consultants in airport infrastructure development. The fourth edition is a complete update of the third edition, published in 1992, taking into …
In this manual, primary chapters appear in upper case/capital letters; work packages are presented in numeric sequence, e.g., 0001 00; paragraphs within a work package are not numbered and are presented in a titles format. For a first level paragraph, title all upper case/capital letters, e.g., FRONT MATTER subordinate paragraph title will have the first letter of the first word of each princip…
The Parachute Rigger Handbook introduces the basic skills necessary for acquiring a Parachute Rigger Certificate. It is developed by the Flight Standards Service, Airman Testing Standards Branch, in cooperation with various aviation educators and industry. This handbook is primarily intended to assist individuals who are preparing for the parachute rigger airman knowledge test and the oral and …
This handbook consolidates the weather information from the following advisory circulars (AC) into one source document. By doing this, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) intends to streamline access to the FAA’s weather documentation for users of the National Airspace System (NAS). The following ACs will remain in effect, but they will eventually be cancelled at a later date foll…