Lecture 5-1:Airport

Engineering
These slides have been prepared for B. Tech Students of Department of Civil
Engineering, AMU, Aligarh
By
Dr. M. A. Farooqi
Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering,
AMU, Aligarh
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 Airport Engineering-Syllabi
• Airport planning
• Airport layout, Geometric design,
• Runway orientation, Wind Rose diagram,
• Basic runway length, corrections for runway
length.
• Airport classification,
• Airport capacity,
• Aircraft parking systems.

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 Airport Planning
• The aviation industry is one of the most
expensive and dynamic industries.
• An airport has to handle many different types of
aircrafts including light and heavy aircrafts of
both military and civilian segments.
• The technology, design and load carrying capacity
of aircraft keeps improving rapidly and the airport
has to improve its technological capability so as
to stay abreast with the current demand.
 Airport Planning
• Apart from that, it is important to determine if an airport is needed
in the region based on the air traffic demand?
• This is necessary to ensure proper functioning of the airport:
– No air space conflict
– revenue generation
• A comprehensive airport planning is also necessary because of
– exorbitant cost involvement,
– pride of the country and also the
– safety record of airline.
• Despite so much risk involved in flying, air travelling is the safest
form of transport.
• It is, hence, easy to understand that construction of an airport has
to be properly planned.
 Airport Planning
Following factors facilitate the proper planning
of airports.
• Facilities planning
• Financial planning
• Economic planning
• Environmental planning
• Organizational planning,
• Strategic planning
 Facilities planning
• It deals with infrastructural needs:
– Runways, taxiways, aircraft parking facilities,
– Airport lighting, communication and navigational
systems
– Ground access infrastructure, and support
facilities such as fuel farms, power plants
– Terminal buildings and facilities, vehicular parking,
– Non-aeronautical land uses such as office block,
hotels, restaurants, or rental car locations.
 Financial planning
• It is concerned with predicting the generation
of revenues and expenses to be incurred,
• managing and budgeting available resources.
• It also focuses on the generation of financial
assistance through grant programs, issue of
bonds, or private investments.
 Economic planning
• It considers the future of economic activities,
like import, export and domestic trade.
• Development of zones of economic
importance, like tourism (General, Historical,
Religion, Medical, etc.)
• Development of new Institutional Areas, etc.
• The activities of industries that directly or
indirectly affect the airport operations.
 Environmental planning
• It focusses on maintaining or improving
existing environmental conditions in view of
the changes in future airport activity.
• It basically includes:
– Land use planning
– Noise reduction
– Land Preservation and reclamation
– Conservation of wildlife
 Organizational planning
• It deals with the management of staff and
organizational structure for the airport
administration.
• Staff Includes:
– Flying Staff (Pilots, stewards, etc)
– Engineering
– Technical (Maintenance)
– Office
– Labor force.
 Strategic planning
It encompasses all other planning activities into
a coordinated effort to maximize the future
potential of the airport to the community.
Airport Site Selection
 Factors Considered in Airport Site
Selection
• Requirement of the airport in that region
• Topography, soil type,
• Airport type i.e., military, civilian, domestic or
international,
• Runway orientation and wind analysis,
• Airspace analysis, surrounding obstructions, visibility,
• Availability of space for expansion, availability of
utilities,
• Meteorological conditions, noise impacts, and
• Cost comparison of alternative sites.

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 Surveys for site selection:
• Traffic Survey
• Metrological Survey
• Topographical Survey
• Soil survey
• Drainage Survey
• Material Survey

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 Drawings to be prepared
• Topographical plan showing original and proposed
contours, location of trees, water bodies, buildings,
roads, property lines, etc.
• Obstruction map showing safe approach zones and
turning zones for the aircrafts
• Drainage plan showing the layout of proposed
buildings, runways, taxiways, and the drainage network.
The proposed ground contours and the cross sections
and longitudinal profiles of runways and taxiways should
also be made. The sizes of pipes and gradients, should
also be provided.
• Airport master plan

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Airport Layout Plan
Component Parts of Airport Terminal Airspace

Airside
Aircraft
Runway
Operations
Holding
Area Exit Taxiway

Holding
Bay Taxiway Network
Property
Airport

Apron Gate Area

Terminal Building
Landside

Vehicular Approach Passenger

(Circular) Operations

Vehicle Parking Area

Airport Road and Transportation Facilities

Airport Ground Access System

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Components of Airport Layout Plan
• Cover Sheet
• Facilities Layout Plan
• Airport Layout Plan
• Terminal Area Plan(s)
• Airport Airspace Drawing
• Inner Portion of the Approach Surface Drawing.
• On / Off -Airport Land Use Drawing
• Runway Departure Surface Drawing
• Airport Property Map Drawing

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Typical Airport Layout Plan

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Typical Airport Layout Plan

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Airport Terminal Map

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Components of Airport

Apron

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Runway in Taxiway in
WHITE Runway Terminal
YELLOW Apron
Markings Threshold Building
Markings

Runway Aircraft
Threshold Holding Side Dr. Mohd Ahmadullah Farooqi
Aircraft Holding Apron
Holding Area Taxiway

Runway

Runway
Threshold

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