Airport engineering

Written as a classroom text for students and working professionals, this third edition covers the planning and design of airports. It opens with how the air transport industry is structured and organized, then explains how demand for air travel is forecast, using both established techniques and newer methods. From there it moves through airport systems planning and master planning, and into the practical design work: air traffic control, lighting and signage, airport capacity and layout, passenger terminals, air cargo facilities, and the roads and transit links that connect an airport to its surroundings.

Safety design and the environmental effects of airports receive their own treatment. The revision reflects current recommendations and guidelines from the FAA, ICAO and IATA, and responds to the shifts in air travel that marked the 1990s.