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Airport DevelopmentReference Manual

9th Edition

Effective January 2004

International Air Transport AssociationMontreal Geneva

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Acknowledgement .................................................................................................................................. vii

Chapter A Introduction

Section A1: IATAs Role ................................................................................................................... 3

Section A2: Purpose of the Manual ................................................................................................. 5

Chapter B Planning

Section B1: Major Planning Processes ............................................................................................ 11

Section B2: The Planning Process .................................................................................................. 37

Chapter C Master Planning

Section C1: Principles ...................................................................................................................... 43

Section C2: Forecasting ................................................................................................................... 88

Section C3: Land Use Planning ....................................................................................................... 98

Section C4: Control Towers ............................................................................................................. 103

Chapter D Airport Economics

Section D1: Airport Management ..................................................................................................... 109

Section D2: Airport Cost Structures and Revenue Sources ............................................................ 114

Section D3: Airport Investment Decisions and Financing ................................................................ 116

Section D4: Aeronautical Charge Policies ....................................................................................... 120

Section D5: International Cost Variations ........................................................................................ 130

Chapter E Environmental Issues

Section E1: Main Issues ................................................................................................................... 137

Section E2: Social and Political Considerations .............................................................................. 141

Section E3: Noise ............................................................................................................................. 146

Section E4: Emissions ..................................................................................................................... 152

Section E5: Waste Management ...................................................................................................... 155

Chapter F Airport Capacity

Section F1: Capacity and Level of Service ...................................................................................... 159

Section F2: Capacity Definitions ...................................................................................................... 161

Section F3: Airport Systems ............................................................................................................. 162

Section F4: Planning Schedule ........................................................................................................ 165

Section F5: Runway Systems .......................................................................................................... 166

Section F6: Taxiway ......................................................................................................................... 171

Section F7: Apron ............................................................................................................................ 173

Section F8: Aircraft Stand ................................................................................................................ 174

Section F9: Passenger Terminal Facilities ....................................................................................... 178

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Section F10: The Airport Scheduling Process ................................................................................. 213

Section F11: Computational Fluid Dynamics ................................................................................... 216

Chapter G Airport Flight Operations Issues

Section G1: Aircraft Characteristics ................................................................................................. 221

Section G2: Visual Aids .................................................................................................................... 234

Section G3: Non-Visual Aids ............................................................................................................ 239

Chapter H Airport Security

Section H1: General Principles ........................................................................................................ 245

Section H2: Passenger Operations .................................................................................................. 246

Section H3: Cargo Operations ......................................................................................................... 260

Chapter I Airport Access

Section I1: Roads ............................................................................................................................. 269

Section I2: Rail ................................................................................................................................. 277

Section I3: Intermodality and Airport Access ................................................................................... 282

Chapter J Passenger Terminal

Section J1: Outline of Principle Functions ....................................................................................... 289

Section J2: Categories of Passenger Terminal ............................................................................... 301

Section J3: Small Airport Terminals ................................................................................................. 318

Section J4: Common Systems CUTE & CUSS ............................................................................... 320

Section J5: Airline Communications Networks ................................................................................ 325

Section J6: Passenger Processing Facilities Planning .................................................................... 331

Section J7: Concession Planning ..................................................................................................... 340

Section J8: Maintenance .................................................................................................................. 344

Section J9: Check-In ........................................................................................................................ 348

Section J10: People Mover Systems ............................................................................................... 356

Section J11: Passenger Boarding Bridges ...................................................................................... 362

Section J12: Signage ....................................................................................................................... 370

Chapter K Passenger Facilitation

Section K1: Principles ...................................................................................................................... 385

Section K2: Roles and Responsibilities of Governments/Airlines .................................................... 386

Section K3: Immigration Processes ................................................................................................. 388

Section K4: Customs Processes ...................................................................................................... 392

Section K5: Simplifying Passenger Travel ....................................................................................... 396

Section K6: Disabled Passengers and Staff .................................................................................... 400

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Chapter L Aircraft Parking Aprons

Section L1: Current and Future Aircraft Types ................................................................................ 407

Section L2: Physical and Functional Requirements ........................................................................ 409Section L3: Gate Stands and Remote Stands ................................................................................. 419

Section L4: Ground Handling Equipment ......................................................................................... 426

Section L5: Service Roads & Storage Areas ................................................................................... 433

Section L6: Distributed Electrical Power & Air ................................................................................. 438

Section L7: Aircraft De/Anti-Icing Facilities ...................................................................................... 445

Chapter M Aviation Fuel Systems

Section M1: Safety Issues ................................................................................................................ 453

Section M2: Delivery to Apron ......................................................................................................... 456

Section M3: Storage Distribution Facilities & Processes ................................................................. 458

Chapter N Contingency Management

Section N1: Aviation Crisis Management ......................................................................................... 463

Chapter O Cargo & Separate Express Facilities Terminal

Section O1: Planning Principles ....................................................................................................... 469

Section O2: Forecasting and Sizing ................................................................................................. 471

Section O3: Flows and Controls ...................................................................................................... 487

Section O4: Expedited & Express Cargo Processing ...................................................................... 492

Section O5: Perishable Cargo .......................................................................................................... 501

Section O6: Mail Faciltities ............................................................................................................... 507

Chapter P Airport Support/Ancillary Facilities

Section P1: Aircraft In-Flight Catering Facilties ............................................................................... 513

Section P2: Aircraft Maintenance ..................................................................................................... 516

Section P3: Hotels and Business Centers ....................................................................................... 519

Chapter Q Landside Facilities

Section Q1: Road System and Curb Arrangements ........................................................................ 525

Section Q2: Traffic Studies & Parking ............................................................................................. 530

Chapter R Airport Commissioning

Section R1: Checklist for the Successful Opening of a New Airport ............................................... 537

Chapter S Future Technologies & Miscellaneous

Section S1: Future Technology Systems ......................................................................................... 549

Section S2: Developing & Adopting Future Technology .................................................................. 551

Section S3: Interfaces People & Cultural Issues ........................................................................ 553

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Chapter T Airport Processes

Section T1: Terminal Processes ...................................................................................................... 557

Section T2: Apron Processes ........................................................................................................... 560Section T3: Support Processes ........................................................................................................ 562

Chapter U Airport Baggage Handling

Section U1: Baggage System User Requirements .......................................................................... 567

Section U2: Departures Systems ..................................................................................................... 573

Section U3: Transfer Systems ......................................................................................................... 613

Section U4: Early Baggage Processes ............................................................................................ 618

Section U5: Arrivals Baggage Systems ........................................................................................... 622

Section U6: Control Systems ........................................................................................................... 631

Section U7: Management Information Systems (MIS) ..................................................................... 634

Section U8: Oversized Baggage ...................................................................................................... 638

Section U9: Sort Allocation Computer (SAC) .................................................................................. 641

Section U10: Baggage Hall Design .................................................................................................. 647

Section U11: Hold Baggage Screening ........................................................................................... 651

Section U12: Passenger & Hand Baggage Screening .................................................................... 659

Chapter V IATA Airport Project Process

Section V1: Concept/Feasibility/Detail Design/Commissioning/Handover ....................................... 669

Section V2: Project Cost Management ............................................................................................ 677

Chapter W Anti-Terrorism and Police Facilities

Section W1: Terminal Building Considerations ................................................................................ 685

Section W2: Pier Area Considerations ............................................................................................. 688

Section W3: Airfield Area Considerations ........................................................................................ 690

Section W4: Airport Police Facilities ................................................................................................ 692

Chapter X Airport Fire Services

Section X1: Fire Response Category ............................................................................................... 697

Section X2: Fire Response Services & Equipment ......................................................................... 699

Chapter Y Networks

Section Y1: Frontline Operational and Security ............................................................................... 705

Section Y2: Building Services .......................................................................................................... 710