- Ottawa International Airport (YOW) Master Plan (powerpoint and open house)
Friday, December 31, 2010
Links to Major Canadian Airport Master Plans and Development Plans
Click on the document names to go to the relevant webpage.
Links to United States Airport Master Plans
The airports in the United States are typically owned by the government. From ACRP reports, this breaks down to approximately one third City Governments (e.g. City of Chicago, City of Atlanta, City of Houston), one third Airport Authorities (e.g. Nashville, Raleigh-Durham) and the rest are owned by other type of governments. (e.g.Honolulu-state government, Fort Lauderdale-Broward County)
Because of this, many of the airports make their Airport Master Plans available to the public on the internet. I have done a search for them and have placed links to them here for your convenience. Most of the Airports are the largest 50 airports by passenger numbers but I have included a few of the smaller airports as well. Most of them link to the full master plans, some to summaries. Click on the Airport Name to assess the relevant webpages.
- Detroit Airport Master Plan (DTW)
- Honolulu Airport (HNL)
- Lincoln Airport Master Plan (LNK)
- Memphis Airport Master Plan (MEM)
- Nashville Airport Master Plan (BNA)
- Oakland Airport Master Plan (OAK)
- South Suburban Airport Master Plan (Chicago)
- Cleveland Hopkins Airport Master Plan (CLE) (in progress)
- Philadelphia International Airport Master Plan (PHL) (in progress)
Let me know if any of the links are broken. Thanks.
Thursday, December 23, 2010
What do Airport Planners do? Profile of an Airport Planner at Atlanta Airport
This is in the context of the American Airport Industry. This video I found on Youtube profiles an Airport Planner working at Atlanta Airport, the busiest airport in the world. Click here.
Airport Planners that work for consultants and those that work for an airport do different things. Broadly, the Airport Planners working for Airports do the upfront work and scope out the work that enable a Request for Proposal (RFP) to be issued to the consultant community. The consultant airport planner is hired for a specific task or tasks. The Client Airport Planner represents the Airport and works with the consultant to achieve the goals outlined by the Airport.
The work done by Airport Planners at Airports vary depending on how the airport is organized, the stage the facility is in (old, new), what is the immediate pressing problem (noise, airfield capacity etc.). It also depends on whether the airport does the work in-house or not.
What does an Airport Planning Consultant look like?
This is not an endorsement for this airport planning consultant firm but I thought it would be interesting for people unfamiliar with the airport planning industry to watch a video about an airport planning consultant firm. Click here.
The other players in the industry include Leigh Fisher, AECOM, PBS&J, URS, RS&H, Ricondo, HNTB etc. Check out Airport Consultants Council for a full listing.
Each of them are strong in different regions and have varying specialties. Also, the staff move between companies and the companies merge so there is always constant change. Some of the companies only do airport planning while others run the whole gamut.
Tokyo Narita Airport's uncompleted second Runway
Ever wondered about why the Tokyo Narita Airport has a short and uncompleted second runway? There are 8 farmers that are still living on land where the rest of the second runway is supposed to be. Click here for the Youtube video that gives some background on this.
Airport Planning Presentation: Implications for South Florida in the Next 20 years
This presentation was posted on Nov 17, 2010 posted by Florida Atlantic University. Jamie and Dan are Airport Planners at Fort Lauderdale (FLL). Their presentation about airport planning comes in six parts on Youtube.
The audience appears to be urban planners involved in City Planning which are not familiar with airport planning so this is a good introduction to Airport Planning.
The sound quality is not very good but should be OK if you use headphones.
The first portion gives an introduction to Fort Lauderdale (FLL) Airport. Then it goes through general airport planning: Airport System, Purpose of Planning, Airspace, Airfield Planning, Noise, Bird strikes, Solar, Terminal Space Planning, Ground Transportation, Security.
The third portion is about Fort Lauderdale Airport and the Master Plan Process and upcoming Construction Projects.
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Sustainable Aviation Resource Guide by SAGA
If you are looking for resources about Airport Sustainability in the US, this is a good place to start - Sustainable Aviation Guidance Alliance (SAGA) website. (click here)
Who are they?
"The Sustainable Aviation Guidance Alliance (SAGA) is a broad volunteer coalition of aviation interests formed in 2008 to assist airport operators of all sizes in planning, implementing, and maintaining a sustainability program."
They have published a 57 page Sustainable Aviation Resource Guide. (click here)
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