Airport Planning & Management Overview:

The definitive, up-to-date guide to airport planning and management

Fully revised, updated, and reorganized to reflect the latest advances in the aviation industry, Airport Planning and Management, Seventh Edition offers comprehensive coverage of this challenging field. Airports, airport systems, operations management, and administration are discussed in detail. This authoritative volume addresses changes in technology, structure, and political environment, including enhanced security, environmental impact, and regulatory issues. The Seventh Edition of this landmark guide to the planning, development, and management of airports is ideal as a course text, self-study tool, and professional reference.

Airport Planning & Management Coverage includes:

• Introduction to airports and airport systems
• Airport and airport systems: organization and administration
• Historical and legislative perspectives
• The airfield
• Airspace and air traffic management
• Airport operations management under FAR Part 139
• Airport terminals and ground access
• Airport security
• Airport financial management
• Economic, political, and social role of airports
• Airport planning
• Airport capacity and delay
• The future of airport management

Table of contents
Part I: Airports and airport systems
Chapter 1. Airports and airport systems: An introduction
Chapter 2. Airports and airport systems: Organization and administration
Chapter 3. Airports and airport systems: A historical and legislative perspective
Part II: Airport operations management
Chapter 4. The airfield
Chapter 5. Airspace and air traffic management
Chapter 6. Airport operations management under FAR Part 139
Chapter 7. Airport terminals and ground access
Chapter 8. Airport security
Part III: Airport administrative management
Chapter 9. Airport financial management
Chapter 10. The economic, political, and social role of airports
Chapter 11. Airport planning
Chapter 12. Airport capacity and delay
Chapter 13. The future of airport management
Code of Federal Regulations: 14 CFR-Aeronautics and Space, Parts 1 through 199: Federal Aviation Regulations
Code of Federal Regulations: 49 CFR-Transportation. 1500 Series: Transportation Security Regulations
Federal Aviation Administration 150 Series Advisory Circulars
Phonetic alphabet
Abbreviations
Glossary
Index

by Seth Young, Alexander Wells
Published March 2023, 7th edition
Paperback, 464 pages