Description: Preface 1 AIR TRANSPORT AND AIRPORTS 1.1 Development of Airports 1.2 Standards 1.2.1 ICAO Legislation 1.2.2 National Standards and Recommended Practices 1.3 Airport Development Planning 2 PREDICTING TRAFFIC 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Types of Forecast Needed 2.3 Methods of Analysis 2.3.1 Informed Judgement 2.3.2 Trend Extrapolation 2.3.3 Econometric Models 2.3.4 The Travel Decisions 2.3.5 Modal Shares 2.3.6 Discrete Choice Models 2.3.7 Revealed and Stated Preferences 2.3.8 Effects of Supply Decisions 2.3.9 Uncertainty 2.3.10 Scenario Writing 2.4 Historic Trends in Traffic 2.5 Factors Affecting the Trends 2.5.1 Economic Factors 2.5.2 Demographic Factors 2.5.3 Supply Factors 2.5.4 Economic Regulation 2.5.5 Environmental Regulation 2.5.6 Cargo 2.6 Conclusions 3 AIRPORT SITE SELECTION AND RUNWAY SYSTEM ORIENTATION 3.1 Selection of a Site for the Airport 3.2 Usability Factor 3.3 Low Visibility Operations 3.4 Control of Obstacles 3.5 Other Factors 4 RUNWAYS 4.1 Aerodrome Reference Code 4.2 Runway Length 4.3 Declared Distances 4.4 Runway Width 4.4.1 Runway Width Requirements 4.4.2 Runway Shoulders 4.4.3 Runway Turn Pads 4.5 Runway Slopes 4.5.1 Transverse Slopes 4.5.2 Longitudinal Slopes 5 RUNWAY STRIPS AND OTHER AREAS 5.1 Runway Strips 5.2 Clearways 5.3 Runway End Safety Areas 6 TAXIWAYS 6.1 Taxiway System Design 6.2 High-speed Exit Taxiways 6.3 Taxiway Separations 6.4 Taxiway Geometry 7 APRONS 7.1 Apron Requirements 7.2 Apron Sizing 7.3 Apron Location 7.4 Apron Concepts 7.4.1 Simple Concept 7.4.2 Linear Concept 7.4.3 Open Concept 7.4.4 Pier Concept 7.4.5 Satellite Concept 7.4.6 Hybrid Concept 7.5 Stand Types 7.6 Apron Capacity 7.7 Isolated Aircraft Parking Position 8 PAVEMENTS 8.1 Background 8.2 Pavement Types 8.2.1 Non-Reinforced Grass Strips 8.2.2 Reinforced Grass Strips 8.2.3 Reinforced Pavements with Hard Surface 8.2.3.1 Use of Hard Surface Pavements 8.2.3.1.1 Subgrade 8.2.3.1.2 Sub-base 8.2.3.1.3 Bearing Course 8.2.3.2 Flexible (Asphalt) Pavements 8.2.3.3 Rigid (Cement-concrete) Pavements 8.2.3.4 Combined Pavements 8.2.3.5 Block Paving 8.3 Pavement Strength 8.3.1 Pavements-Aircraft Loads 8.3.2 Pavement Strength Reporting 8.3.3 Overload Operations 8.4 Runway Surface 8.4.1 Runway Surface Quality Requirements 8.4.2 Methods of the Runway Surface Unevenness Assessment by the Dual Mass Method 8.4.3 Pavement Texture 8.4.4 Runway Braking Action 8.5 Pavement Management System 9 AIRCRAFT GROUND HANDLING 9.1 Aircraft Handling Methods and Safety 9.2 Aircraft Ground Handling Activities 9.2.1 Deplaning and Boarding 9.2.2 Supplies of Power, Air-Conditioning and Compressed Air 9.2.3 Cargo and Baggage Loading 9.2.4 Push Back Operations 9.3 Colaborative Decison Making (CDM) 9.3 Visual Guidance Systems 10 AIRCRAFT REFUELLING 10.1 Background 10.2 Fuel - Requirements 10.2.1 Requirements for Fuel Quality 10.2.2 Fuel Storage 10.3 Fuel Distribution 10.4 Safety of the Refuelling Operation 10.4.1 Ecological Damage 10.4.2 Fire Safety 10.5 Aircraft Fuel - Future Trends 11 CARGO 11.1 Introduction 11.2 The Freight Industrys Charecteristics 11.3 Airside Design Considerations 11.4 Terminal Design and Operating Considerations 11.4.1 Location 11.4.2 Design parameters 11.4.3 Mechanisation 11.4.4 Terminal functions and operations 11.4.5 Documentation 11.4.6 Utilities 11.4.7 Security 11.5 Cargo Terminal Layout and Sizing 11.5.1 Layout 11.5.2 Functions and facilities 11.5.3 Sizing 11.6 Landside Design and Operations 11.7 Future Trends 11.8 DHL Case Study 12 PASSENGER TERMINALS 12.1 Airport Terminal Design Principle

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