1 Air Transport and Airports 1 --
1.1 Development of Airports 1 --
1.3 Airport Development Planning 16 --
2 Predicting Traffic 21 --
2.2 Types of Forecast Needed 22 --
2.3 Methods of Analysis 23 --
2.4 Historic Trends in Traffic 35 --
2.5 Factors Affecting the Trends 36 --
3 Airport Site Selection and Runway System Orientation 45 --
3.1 Selection of a Site for the Airport 45 --
3.2 Usability Factor 47 --
3.3 Low Visibility Operations 50 --
3.4 Control of Obstacles 58 --
4.1 Aerodrome Reference Code 69 --
4.3 Declared Distances 88 --
5 Runway Strips and Other Areas 97 --
5.3 Runway End Safety Areas 1 101 --
6.1 Taxiway System Design 107 --
6.2 High-speed Exit Taxiways 108 --
6.3 Taxiway Separations 113 --
6.4 Taxiway Geometry 115 --
7.1 Apron Requirements 119 --
7.3 Apron Location 122 --
7.4 Apron Concepts 124 --
7.6 Apron Capacity 135 --
7.7 Isolated Aircraft Parking Position 136 --
8.2 Pavement Types 138 --
8.3 Pavement Strength 151 --
8.4 Runway Surface 158 --
8.5 Pavement Management System 171 --
9 Aircraft Ground Handling 173 --
9.1 Aircraft Handling Methods and Safety 173 --
9.2 Aircraft Ground Handling Activities 180 --
9.3 Colaborative Decison Making (CDM) 188 --
9.4 Visual Guidance Systems 190 --
10 Aircraft Refuelling 197 --
10.2 Fuel - Requirements 199 --
10.3 Fuel Distribution 204 --
10.4 Safety of the Refuelling Operation 208 --
10.5 Aircraft Fuel - Future Trends 212 --
11.2 Freight Industry's Characteristics 217 --
11.3 Airside Design Considerations 221 --
11.4 Terminal Design and Operating Considerations 223 --
11.5 Cargo Terminal Layout and Sizing 232 --
11.6 Landside Design and Operations 237 --
11.7 Future Trends 237 --
11.8 DHL Case Study 238 --
12 Passenger Terminals 241 --
12.1 Airport Terminal Design Principles 241 --
12.2 Airport Terminal Layout 246 --
12.3 Airport Terminal Concepts 249 --
12.4 Terminal Design 251 --
12.5 Handling Process 265 --
12.6 Non-Aeronautical Services 274 --
12.7 Passenger Transportation - People Movers 276 --
13.1 Unlawful Acts and Air Transport 281 --
13.2 Airport System and its Security 287 --
13.3 Safeguarding of Airport Security 290 --
13.4 Detection of Dangerous Objects 303 --
14 Landside Access 311 --
14.1 Access and the Airport System 311 --
14.2 Selection of the Access Modes 314 --
14.3 Categories of Surface Transport Users 315 --
14.4 Access and Terminal Operations 316 --
15 Visual Aids for Navigation 329 --
15.2 Airport Lights / Frantisek Belohradsky 336 --
16 Electrical Energy Supply 369 --
16.2 Electrical Systems Reliability and Back-up 369 --
16.3 Supply Systems 376 --
16.4 Electrical supply to Category I - III Lighting Systems 382 --
17 Radio Navigation Aids 383 --
17.2 Radio Navigation Aids 384 --
17.3 Radar Systems 395 --
17.4 Flight Inspections and Calibrations 398 --
18 Airport Winter Operation 401 --
18.1 Snow and Aircraft Operation 401 --
18.3 Mechanical Equipment for Snow Removal and Ice Control 407 --
18.4 Chemicals for Runway De-icing 413 --
18.5 Thermal De-icing 417 --
18.6 Runway Surface Monitoring 419 --
18.7 Aircraft De-icing 420 --
19 Airport Emergency Services 427 --
19.1 Roles of the Rescue and Fire Fighting Service 427 --
19.2 Level of Protection Required 428 --
19.3 Rescue and Fire Fighting Vehicles 437 --
19.4 Airport Fire Stations 441 --
19.5 Emergency Training and Activity of Rescue and Fire Fighting Unit 444 --
19.6 Runway Foaming 449 --
19.7 Post Emergency Operations 451 --
19.8 Emergency Services and Environment Protection 454 --
20 Environmental Control 457 --
20.2 Noise / Milan Kamenicky 460 --
20.3 Control of Gaseous Emissions 485 --
20.4 Protection of Water Sources 487 --
20.6 Waste Management 489 --