AIRPORT PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT 6/E , 6th Edition

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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, Sixth 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 Sixth 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.

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

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

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Abbreviations
Glossary
Index

About the Author

Seth Young

Alexander Wells

Alexander T. Wells, Ed.D., is a consultant and adjunct professor in the Aviation Business Administration Department at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University. The author of a number of leading aviation industry texts, he also wrote Commercial Aviation Safety, Second Edition, also from McGraw-Hill.