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Facilities which can be appropriately included in an administration area include: office and other

accommodation for airport management, aircraft operators, government control authorities, etc; police
station; telephone exchange; airport maintenance depot; and flight catering kitchens.

Maintenance facilities will be required for motor vehicle repair, electrical repair buildings, radio and
visual navigation aids, painting buildings and runway markings etc. and mechanical repair. The
maintenance facility should include storage for material, replacement parts and a fireproof area for
flammable materials.

AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE AREA

In this context, adequate provisions must be made for the inspection/screening of passengers and their
cabin baggage. For example, adequate space must be provided to separate X-ray devices from walk-
through gate-type metal detectors by a minimum of 1 m as well as to separate electromagnetic security
equipment from other airport equipment that will generate electrical fields which may adversely affect
the operating efficiency of security equipment. This precaution will equally apply to ducts and cable runs
provided for security equipment.

Provides guidance on the design and installation of electrical systems for aerodrome lighting and radio
navigation aids.

Passenger loading bridge. A mechanically operated, adjustable ramp to provide direct passenger access
between aircraft and buildings.

The choice of baggage handling systems will depend upon the size and nature of the traffic and local
considerations such as the cost and availability of manual labour and the skills of local labour for the
operation and maintenance of mechanical equipment. The rate of traffic movement and quantity of
baggage can quickly exceed the capacity of manual systems and mechanical and/or automatic sorting
systems are often required. These may have the advantage of requiring less space than manual systems.

A variety of mechanical and semi-automatic baggage claim systems are available and in use throughout
the world. The main consideration in choosing a manual or mechanical claim system should be to reduce
the amount of "milling" random movement of passengers.

Building mechanical systems HVAC: initial approximations of HVAC space requirements can be obtained
by using 12 to 15 per cent of the gross total space approximated for all other terminal functions. This
allowance will not cover separate facilities for primary source heating and refrigeration H and R plants.

10.6.1 The apron planning principles described in Chapter 7 also apply to cargo aprons. The apron
should be planned to suit the cargo building handling methods to be used. Nose-in or tail-in parking with
fixed mechanical loading systems minimizes the size of the apron. Loading methods which involve the
use of large quantities of apron equipment increase the size of the aircraft stand required. Space must
also be provided for aircraft servicing equipment. If cargo handling and aircraft servicing are carried out
at the same time, it is important to minimize the amount of vehicles and equipment to keep aprons to a
reasonable size and allow the maximum number of aircraft to be parked close to the cargo building.

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