Content
Course content
This course covers the following topics:
- The role of management and airport employees in operating the airport
- The typical components of airport planning and development groups
- The typical components of airport operations and maintenance groups
- The role of other stakeholders involved in operating the airport
- The types of airport planning
- The typical airport planning process
- The key components of the airport master plan
- The essential elements in airside and airspace planning
- The components of airport terminal planning
- The considerations for land use planning
- The basic construction process and the types of airport construction project delivery methods
- Environmental sustainability
- The key elements of NEPA that pertain to airports
- The policies that can help mitigate noise in the airport’s community
- The ways airports can reduce their impacts on local air quality
- Effective measures for monitoring and managing wastewater
- Measures for solid waste treatment and recycling
- Areas where the airport must address natural resources (e.g., wildlife and habitat challenges)
- The basic measures for cleanup of contaminated areas on airport property
- The difference between movement and non-movement areas on the airside
- The various assets and structures on the airside, including runways, taxiways, gates, and support buildings
- Airport apron and gate management practices
- The vehicles that operate on the airside and support safe airside operations
- Elements of an Airport Operations Center
- The key concepts in airside capacity management
- The new technologies impacting airside operations
- The distinction between airside, landside, and terminal facilities
- Key components of the airport’s landside and the different types of landside roadways
- The three main areas of landside ground access operation
- The series of passenger processes that take place in the terminal
- New technologies that are improving the passenger’s terminal processing experience
- Strategies to manage and mitigate bottlenecks in landside and terminal processes
- Key components of baggage processing
- The unique requirements for managing cargo and cargo carriers at airports.
- The critical nature of safe airport operations for all airport users
- How an airport can foster a safety culture across all stakeholders
- International and U.S.-specific regulatory frameworks relevant to airport safety
- SMS rules and related internal guidance that the FAA has proposed and adopted
- Key safety principles of a SMS and how they differ from traditional approaches to safety
- The hazards that must be mitigated to ensure safe airport operations
- The components of airside safety programs
- The role of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in promoting safety across all airport activities.
- Airline business concerns at airports
- The key procedures for airside ground and flight operations
- The main causes and impacts of irregular operations.
- The guidance materials provided by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the FAA’s role in providing regulatory oversight for emergency management
- The key elements in anticipating, preparing for, and dealing with airport emergencies
- The categories of emergencies and contingency plans for each category
- The contents of the Airport Emergency Plan and list the airport’s obligations
- The way the Emergency Operations Center and Incident Command Post function in an emergency
- The critical role of Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) in dealing with emergencies
- The key elements in emergency response training and preparation.
