1st Edition

Fundamentals of Airport Planning Theory and Practice

By Ravi Lakshmanan Copyright 2024
238 Pages 159 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

238 Pages 159 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

238 Pages 159 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Airport planning, especially the airside, is based on strict compliance with regulatory requirements. In heavily urbanized, industrialized countries, where suitable sites for new airport developments are increasingly hard to find – and subjected to unprecedented public scrutiny – the role of the airport planner is more crucial than ever. Fundamentals of Airport Planning aims to explain... Read more

Preface

Chapter 1- Introduction to airport planning

Chapter 2 – Planning framework

Chapter 3- Airport capacity and planning

Chapter 4- ICAO SARPS for planning

Chapter 5- Master planning

Chapter 6- Visual aids, CNS system, and air traffic management

Chapter 7- Environmental impact and land use planning

Chapter 8- Conceptual design of airport components

Chapter 9 - Pre-feasibility study

Biography

Ravi Lakshmanan is an Advisor to GMR Airports and is based in India. He has worked in the aviation industry for over 30 years, and since retiring in 2016 he has worked as an airport planning advisor for GMR. His areas of expertise are delivering cost-effective infrastructure planning that meets regulatory criteria; revenue and cost analyses for airport operations; and techno-economic feasibility of airport planning operations. He is also a guest lecturer at the Indian Aviation Academy.