What are the 3 types of airport planning?

The various types of airport planning studies may be performed on a variety of different levels. Three such levels of planning include system planning, master planning, and project planning.



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Airports lease gates to air carriers under exclusive-use, preferential-use, and common-use arrangements. Many airports have entered into all three types of arrangements, although one type will generally be dominant at an airport.

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Airport Design Standards
  • Aircraft capabilities and sizes.
  • Air traffic control.
  • The need for efficient and safe operations.
  • The impact of noise on surrounding areas.
  • The presence of obstructions in the airspace.


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When the number of flights increases to a level that creates regular and significant flight delays, and infrastructure improvements to manage the capacity are not feasible in the near future, the airport may be declared a Level 3 airport by the FAA.

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What are the five most common competitive factors for airports? The framework suggests that competition in an industry depends on five forces: industry rivalry, the threat of new entrants, the threat of substitutes, the bargaining power of buyers and the bargaining power of suppliers. ...

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The best airports simply make sure that their processes are good enough to avoid creating any stress for passengers, enabling them to focus more time and energy elsewhere. When you look at satisfaction levels for average airports, quite often processes are the things that passengers liked most.

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Lone-wolf and terrorism incidents compromising security. Human trafficking, inadequately documented passengers, contraband smuggling are other causes for concern due to their various degrees of risk.

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The threshold will be the end of the runway. The AIM has a graphic showing standard markings past the a normal threshold. However, the airport operator may decide that aircraft should not land at the end of the runway.

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Airports are divided into landside and airside areas. Landside areas include parking lots, fuel tank farms and access roads. Airside areas include all areas accessible to aircraft, including runways, taxiways and ramps.

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