Planning and design of airports



Digitised Book 52.15.191.6 (0)

1986

Planning and design of airports

Information About

This third edition covers the basic principles, techniques, and methodologies appropriate to the planning and design of airports. It has updated and expanded the statistical data and legislation associated with air transport. It contains recent developments in environmental, fiscal, and revenue analysis, aircraft characteristics and performance, and air traffic control and navigation.

Additional Details

Creators
Horonjeff, Robert
Subject
Airports--Planning
Airports--Design and construction
Publisher
McGraw-Hill, 1986
National Library Board Singapore, 1986
Contributors
McKelvey, Francis X.
Digital Description
application/pdf, ill.
Table of Contents
Preface to the third edition -- Preface to the second edition -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The nature of civil aviation -- 2. Airport financing -- 3. Aircraft characteristics related to airport design -- 4. Air traffic control -- 5. Airport planning -- 6. Forecasting in aviation and airport planning -- 7. Airport configuration -- 8. Airport airside capacity and delay -- 9. Geometric design of the landing area -- 10. Planning and design of the terminal area -- 11. The design of heliports and STOL ports -- 12. Structural design of airport pavements -- 13. Lighting, marking, and signing -- 14. Airport drainage -- 15. Environmental and economic assessment of projects -- Appendix. Metric conversion of English units -- Index.
Edition
3rd ed., International ed.
Copyright
All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2009.