ACRP 25
Strategies for Reuse of Underutilized or Vacant Airport Facilities
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01355861
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As the airline industry continues to consolidate, airports are responding to an environment where demand (and revenue) for facilities is not only less predictable, but often reduced, sometimes at short notice. This synthesis study presents an overview of the issues surrounding the reuse of aeronautical facilities. Information used for this synthesis was gathered through a series of case studies and interviews with airport directors, property managers, and community economic development agencies. Panel members for this project requested a broad examination of reuse situations that address interim and long-term solutions to reuse, the decision process to maintain or demolish a structure, environmental and regulatory issues, success stories, and obstacles to effective reuse.
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Project 11-03, Topic S03-06
ACRP 27
Airport Self-Inspection Practices
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01353540
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Airport self-inspections, which are required at airports certificated under Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 139, allow an airport to ensure regulatory compliance on a daily basis and are seen by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as the cornerstone to the airport operator's overall safety program. Although not required by CFR Part 139, noncertificated airports typically have in place some degree of a self-inspection program. This practice is encouraged by the FAA and enables an airport to ensure safety of the airfield and compliance with various standards. Generally, all airports, whether or not certificated under CFR Part 139, use this regulation as a baseline for a self-inspection program. For the purposes of this synthesis, a comprehensive self-inspection program includes the components of training; inspecting; reporting discrepancies and findings; follow-up, resolution, and close-out; and quality control. The report provides insight into common airport self-inspection practices and may be useful to airports in benchmarking their self-inspection program to peer airports and practices considered successful by regional FAA personnel.
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Project 11-03, Topic S06-02
ACRP 29
Ramp Safety Practices
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01357272
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This synthesis study is intended to inform airport operators, ground handlers, and airlines about the current state of ground handling practices, focusing on safety measures and training. Information used in this study was acquired through a review of the literature and surveys of airport operators, airlines, and ground service providers.
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Project 11-03, Topic S10-05
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English
ACRP 30
Airport Insurance Coverage and Risk Management Practices
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01362959
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This synthesis study is intended to inform airport executives, risk managers, and other individuals involved in assessing necessary insurance coverage about variables that affect insurance purchasing for airport operators and the range of practices that exist among U.S. airports. Information used in this study was acquired through a review of the literature, surveys, and interviews with airport operators about insurance purchasing practices.
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Project 11-03, Topic S01-03
ACRP 31
Airline and Airline–Airport Consortiums to Manage Terminals and Equipment
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01359148
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This synthesis study is intended to inform airport and airline executives responsible for airport terminal agreements to provide airport services about the current state of consortiums in the United States. The types of practices that are reported about consortiums include scope of responsibilities, consortium formation, membership, contractual agreements and insurance, organizational structures, performance standards, financial models, and organizing tips and lessons learned from existing consortiums. Information used in this study was acquired through a review of the literature, surveys, and interviews with consortium members.
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Appendices D through F are web-only and can be found at by searching on "ACRP Synthesis 31".
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Project 11-03, Topic S01-04
ACRP 32
Managing Aerial Firefighting Activities on Airports
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01373830
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This synthesis study is intended to provide a review of current airport and agency [primarily the U.S. Forest Service (USFS)] practices, policies, and procedures at airports called upon to support aerial wildland firefighting suppression efforts. Information used in this study was acquired through a review of the literature and interviews with ten airport operators (representing 13 airports), two commercial helicopter operators, and one regional fire center manager to gather insights on the current state of airport practices that support aerial wildland firefighting suppression efforts. The interviews followed a series of questions in areas such as community and economic matters, contracts, operations, and general business practices. While the interviews were structured, the interviewees were encouraged to freely discuss matters related to the topic of the study and to offer information on the subject that they believed was important.
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Project A11-03, Topic 04-08
ACRP 30
Airport Insurance Coverage and Risk Management Practices
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01362959
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This synthesis study is intended to inform airport executives, risk managers, and other individuals involved in assessing necessary insurance coverage about variables that affect insurance purchasing for airport operators and the range of practices that exist among U.S. airports. Information used in this study was acquired through a review of the literature, surveys, and interviews with airport operators about insurance purchasing practices.
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Project 11-03, Topic S01-03
ACRP 31
Airline and Airline–Airport Consortiums to Manage Terminals and Equipment
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01359148
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This synthesis study is intended to inform airport and airline executives responsible for airport terminal agreements to provide airport services about the current state of consortiums in the United States. The types of practices that are reported about consortiums include scope of responsibilities, consortium formation, membership, contractual agreements and insurance, organizational structures, performance standards, financial models, and organizing tips and lessons learned from existing consortiums. Information used in this study was acquired through a review of the literature, surveys, and interviews with consortium members.
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Appendices D through F are web-only and can be found at by searching on "ACRP Synthesis 31".
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Project 11-03, Topic S01-04
ACHRP 32
Managing Aerial Firefighting Activities on Airports
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01373830
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This synthesis study is intended to provide a review of current airport and agency [primarily the U.S. Forest Service (USFS)] practices, policies, and procedures at airports called upon to support aerial wildland firefighting suppression efforts. Information used in this study was acquired through a review of the literature and interviews with ten airport operators (representing 13 airports), two commercial helicopter operators, and one regional fire center manager to gather insights on the current state of airport practices that support aerial wildland firefighting suppression efforts. The interviews followed a series of questions in areas such as community and economic matters, contracts, operations, and general business practices. While the interviews were structured, the interviewees were encouraged to freely discuss matters related to the topic of the study and to offer information on the subject that they believed was important.
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Project A11-03, Topic 04-08
ACRP 33
Airport Climate Adaptation and Resilience
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01372288
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This synthesis study is intended to provide airport heads and their technical managers with a document that reviews the range of risks to airports from projected climate change and the emerging approaches for handling them. To gather relevant information on current practices, primary and grey literature was reviewed, and 16 airports were surveyed, supplying a profile of emerging practices and identifying personnel for subsequent interviews. From this information, a summary of likely climate effects and illustrative response actions was developed. The literature review, survey, and interviews also were used to identify the ways decision makers and their stakeholders use general information on climate effects and potential adaptation measures to define, plan for, and otherwise address climate risks to their own situation, including to their assets and operations. Detailed case examples were prepared to capture several distinct approaches to airport climate change resilience and adaptation.
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Project A11-03, Topic S02-06
ACRP 34
Subsurface Utility Engineering Information Management for Airports
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01374582
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This synthesis study is intended to provide airport operators, airport service providers, and utilities/infrastructure owners with ways in which information on subsurface utilities is collected, maintained, and used by airports, their consultants, and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to increase the effectiveness of and enhance safety during infrastructure development programs at airports. It compares the current state of technology and effective processes from other industry sectors with what airports do today, allowing airports to consider areas for improvement. To gather relevant information on current practices, literature was reviewed and 16 airports were surveyed.
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Project A11-03, Topic S09-03
ACHRP 35
Issues With Use of Airfield LED Light Fixtures
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01376445
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Light-emitting diode (LED) airfield lighting is growing in use at airports in the United States and abroad. The objective of the present synthesis study is to provide documentation about the performance of LED airfield lighting systems, and it is primarily intended for airfield operations managers and airport electrical maintenance staff. Information about LED lighting systems in terms of performance, cost, and other operations issues is not readily found in a single location. This report is an effort to gather information about airport experiences and feedback with LED airfield lighting. A literature review and a survey of individuals representing airports having experience with LED airfield lighting were conducted. Individuals from 22 airports and aviation agencies agreed to participate in the survey and all 22 completed it (a 100% response rate).
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Project A11-03, Topic 09-04
ACRP 36
Exploring Airport Employee Commute and Parking Strategies
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01444861
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Airport employees are vital to the operation of an airport. They staff the airport on a daily basis from well before the first flight operation until after the last flight operation, which at many airports is 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Airport employees generate a significant number of vehicle trips to and from the airport each day, which impacts air quality, airport traffic conditions, and traffic in the communities surrounding the airport and on the freeway system. The purpose of this report was to determine what is known about airport employee commute patterns and commute modes, what programs are being offered to airport employees by the airport operator or a transportation management association (TMA) to provide them with alternatives to the drive alone commute to work, how progress is being monitored, what is known about the effectiveness of airport employee commute options (ECO) programs, what the challenges are for the providers of such programs, and to research some ECO programs offered by non-airport employers for program elements that may have applicability in the airport environment. This report was accomplished through a literature search of airport employee commute programs, commute programs offered by non-airport employers that may have applicability in the airport environment, and through interviews with four U.S. and one U.K. airport operators (of 16 airports and 3 TMAs identified, 84% interviewed) that offer comprehensive airport ECO programs. Each of the five case studies provides an example of how ECO strategies are applied in the airport environment.
ACRP 38
Expediting Aircraft Recovery at Airports
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01454259
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This synthesis study is intended to provide guidance in the area of aircraft recovery, as gained through a thorough review of the literature and interviews with key personnel involved with selected disabled aircraft events. Topics discussed include aircraft recovery guidance (regulatory and nonregulatory guidance), aircraft recovery personnel, aircraft recovery complications, an aircraft recovery plan, and case studies.
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Project A11-03, Topic S10-07
ACRP 39
Airport Wildlife Population Management
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01479032
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This synthesis provides direct wildlife population control techniques for reducing wildlife collisions with aircraft. This report synthesizes the various direct wildlife population control techniques available to airport personnel and their relative effectiveness. In addition, the ecological foundation of wildlife population control and management is also summarized. A literature review and survey of individuals involved in wildlife management at airports was conducted. The 15 airports surveyed (100% response rate) were representative of a broad range of biological habitats and conditions across the United States from all nine Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regions. These airports were surveyed to obtain quantitative and qualitative information on existing wildlife population control methods and integrated management approaches currently used in the United States and their perceived effectiveness.
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Project A11-03, Topic S10-09
ACRP 40
Issues with Airport Organization and Reorganization
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01483003
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In many cases, traditional organizational structures no longer address the complex nature of airport management. This lack of congruence between policy and practice is triggering widespread reevaluation of organizational planning. To develop an optimal structure, it is useful to examine past and current practices in operational design and explore sensible, effective approaches to organizational change. This report provides airport managers with improved tools and effective practices to help manage their organizations to best meet the changing needs of the aviation industry. It examines relevant organizational design in the academic literature, along with current trends and practices in airport management. Twenty-two airport managers representing 36 airports answered an extensive questionnaire that elicited information about their unique experiences with organizational change, and five case examples were chosen for further exploration. A discussion and synthesis of the literature with real-world experience, along with a “flight plan” detailing successful strategies, aims to support airport leaders as they strive to best align personnel and thrive in today’s rapidly changing environment.
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Project A11-03, Topic S01-05
ACRP 41
Conducting Aeronautical Special Events at Airports
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01482558
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