Friday, February 4, 2011

What is the best book to learn about managing an Airport?

If you want to learn about the various aspects of Airport Management in the United States, I would point you to the American Association of American Executives' (AAAE) Body of Knowledge (BOE).

The BOE is made up of 4 volumes about managing and operating an American Airport. The current version was published in 2010 so it is up to date. The BOE is the material used for testing for the AAAE's Accredited Airport Executive and Certified Member Programs. You must be on the programs in order to get access to the BOE.

1. Finance and Administration (151 pages)
2. Planning, Construction and Environmental (210 pages)
3. Airport Operations, Security and Maintenance (129 pages)
4. Legislative Affairs, Marketing and Communications, Air Service Development (73 pages)

Click here for an outline of the of each of the 4 volumes.

In my view, the BOE gives a more detailed view of managing and operating an airport whereas a college textbook like "Airport Planning & Management" by Seth Young gives a more broad overview of managing an airport. The BOE provides more specifics than a college textbook.

For an airport outside the United States, learning about the US system can be challenging because of there are many pieces of the puzzle but learning about how the US operates their airports can generate many potential learning points and ideas.

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Airport 101 Video Series on ANTN Digicast

If you are currently in the process of studying for the American Association of Airport Executive (AAAE) Multiple Choice Exam, the Airport 101 Video series on ANTN Digicast is a great way to review material found in the AAAE Body of Knowledge.

The series is essentially 12 video recordings of Jim Johnson, A.A.E. teaching a whole day class "Airport 101". It was recorded in 2006 and seems current to me. The instructor is very knowledgeable and very experienced, having worked at airports including Tampa. It is interesting to get the back story on various aviation issues.

1. Introduction (21min)
2. The Birth of an Airport System (30min)
3. Airport Development and Funding (40min)
4. Ownership, Organization and Staffing Part 1 (15min)
5. Ownership, Organization and Staffing Par 2 (29min)
6. Part 139 Overview (33min)
7. Security (22min)
8. Airport Finance Part 1 (30min)
9. Airport Finance Part 2 (15min)
10. The Airport Marketplace (14min)
11. Communities and the Airport (7min)
12. Trends (18min)

To view the video, your airport or company needs to have a subscription to ANTN Digicast.

Click here for the Airport 101 videos.

To view a sample of ANTN Digicast, you can visit the ANTN Youtube Channel. (Click here)
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Friday, December 31, 2010

Links to Major Australian Airport Master Plans

- Gold Coast Airport (OOL) Master Plan (at the bottom of the linked webpage)

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Links to Major Canadian Airport Master Plans and Development Plans

Click on the document names to go to the relevant webpage.


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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.




Let me know if any of the links are broken. Thanks.

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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.
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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.
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