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Airport Design Introduction
Feb 14, 2016
Airport Design Introduction. Some Stats. 1903: Wright brothers fly 120 ft 2003: US Domestic airlines 500,000 miles 2003: US highways 3.95 million miles 2007: US Domestic flights 679 mil pax 19,600 airports in the US 10% Military 27% Publicly owned. Some Stats (cont’d). 2006 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Some Stats 2013: 7.3 million flights to top 77
US airports (ATL is largest at 445,000 arrivals and 445,000 departures)
19,600 airports in the US 10% Military 27% Publicly owned
Some Stats (cont’d) Air travel: 8 billion VMT Highway travel: 3 trillion VMT
http://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp
Passenger-miles by Mode
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Miles
(Billi
ons)
1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
PrivatePublic
Passenger-miles by Public Mode
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ons)
1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
AirBusRail
Trip Length by Mode
Ton-miles by Mode
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 20110
1,000,000
2,000,000
3,000,000
4,000,000
5,000,000
6,000,000
7,000,000
Ton Miles US Freight Movements (mil-lions)
Air Truck Railroad Ocean River Pipeline
Length of Freight Haul by Mode
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600800
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Miles
1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
AirPipeTruckWaterRail
2010
1150
563914
Airplane Safety The safest transport mode
Air Carrier: Average 50 per year, many years zero or
close to it Highest in recent years, 531 in 2001
General Aviation (GA): Average 500 per year, slight decreasing trend
Highway Fatalities: 35,000/yr
US Airports Atlanta (ATL): 45 million annual
pax #1 Chicago (ORD): MAP #2/3 LAX: 32 MAP #2/3 New York (JFK): 25 MAP, #6 Louisville (STN) Cincinnati: 3 MAP #52 (used to
be 7 MAP #31)
Freight
Airport System
Terminal Airspace
Runway
Taxiway
Parking
Ground Access
Airspace
Apron/GatesTerminal
AIRSIDE
LANDSIDE
Airport Planning Studies Airport System Plan
National State Regional
Airport Master Plan Airport Project Plan
Airport Master Plan Physical facilities Land use Environmental impacts Access needs Airport feasibility How to get there
Where to put an airport? Land use Atmospheric conditions Ground transport Expandability Proximity to other facilities Obstructions Demand
General Layout
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