What are the characteristics of an ideal airport layout?

From an aeronautical viewpoint, the basic requirement of an airport is that it have a relatively flat area of land sufficiently large to accommodate the runways and other facilities and that this area be in a locality free from such obstructions to air navigation as mountains and tall buildings.



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An airport has two major components; an airfield and terminals. A typical airfield is composed of a runway for takeoffs and landings as well as two (or one) parallel taxiing lanes (taxiway). Runways are labeled according to the direction (rounded magnetic azimuth in decimal) they are facing.

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THE AIRPORT AND ITS COMPONENTS
It is customary to classify the several components of an airport in three major catego- ries: airside facilities; landside facilities; and the terminal building, which serves as the interchange between the two' (see fig.

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2) Airport Layout Plan – (Required) A drawing depicting the existing and future airport facilities. The drawing should include required facility identifications, description labels, imaginary protection areas, Runway Protection Zones, Runway Safety Areas and basic airport and runway data tables.

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Three such levels of planning include system planning, master planning, and project planning. Airport system planning is a planning effort that considers a collection of airports, either on a local, state, regional, or national level, expected to compliment each other as part of a coordinated air transportation system.

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The airlines industry is structured into three main components: commercial, general, and military. Commercial aviation includes national carriers such as Delta and American, and regional carriers like GoJet and SkyWest Airlines.

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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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