Airport Management Abstract Paper

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City Airport Expansion and Its Effects

Tyler Cannon

AMGT 202


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Abstract

As the manager of a city airport, the mayor of the city in which the airport is located

has asked for funding to increase the size of the airport and its operations. This

expansion will affect many areas and it is the job of the airport manager to decide

how these problems will affect the operation of the airport and the areas

surrounding the airport. Specific areas that will be looked at are security inside and

outside of the airport, air traffic control (increased number of flights per day,

increased traffic density), and environmental concerns.


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City Airport Expansion and Its Effects

Many factors are involved in the expansion of a city airport. Both intrinsic

and extrinsic effects are involved and it is important to understand these

occurrences in order to anticipate the role they will play in the overall operation. An

airport manager is just one of the keys in helping the airport being run as smooth as

possible. It is the job of the airport manager to tie all of the operations together and

to be a director of all that an airport encompasses. This paper discusses three

different areas of concern and how an airport manger could counteract these

problems:

1. Security. How will the operation change for larger airport grounds? Howwill the operations change in order to prepare for more passengers per

day, including international passengers?

2. Air Traffic Control. What effects do an increased number of daily flightshave on a watch schedule? Will more runways and taxiways need to be

built?

3. Environmental Concerns. If the total land area of an airport increases howwill it affect the surrounding areas, including forests, waterways, farms,

and populated areas?

Security

Security is one of the primary concerns when discussing the operation of an

airport. The objective of a solid security department is to create and provide for an

environment that in hopes will not need security, but is prepared in case an event

requiring security personnel is needed. As the size of the airport increases so will


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the number of patrolling airport security vehicles have to be increased. The fence

lines would have to be elongated to provide a boundary for the airport. More signs

and postings keeping general pedestrians and other people from entering the

airport would need to be increased. For operations inside of the airport, a certain

number of security guards for the size of the airport for the number of annual

passengers are statistics that would need to be discussed. The number of security

screening personnel would also need to be increased due to the fact that there

would be higher number of passengers in which the airport will accommodate.

In discussing international operations, a more than adequate customs

department would need to be implemented. Setting up checkpoint areas, as well as

passport checking areas, and having enough to accommodate for a high number of

passengers is important. Emergency signs and general airport information would

need to be provided in different languages in order to accommodate for the multi-

lingual operations. In addition, the customs department would need to employ

personnel who are multi-lingual. This would ensure that if an emergency situation

occurred the security personnel would be able to communicate safety information

to most of the airport patrons. The for the pick up/ drop off area outside of the

airport structure security personnel would need to be accurately placed in order to

maintain order. Directing traffic and making sure cars are in their proper lanes is

essential for helping arriving and departing and vehicle traffic in maintaining a

smooth traffic flow. Having the ability to close incoming and outgoing vehicle traffic

is another good addition to the security department.

Air Traffic Control


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Air traffic control is responsible for providing a safe and efficient flow of air

traffic flying in and out of the nations busiest airports, smaller airports, and within

the National Airspace System. For an airport to go from a smaller, national airport to

a international airport with diverse operations is a large step. Flights coming in from

overseas usually require larger aircraft in order to carry more passengers. Larger

aircraft mean more people, which also means more cargo. These category of aircraft

require more airspace in order to maneuver, and their on deck speed is slower than

other aircraft. They create more turbulence in the atmosphere, disrupting other

aircraft and holding patterns. All of these factors combined create a more complex

air traffic control environment. An airport tower might have to look at increasing

the size of the tower in light of increased operations. More air traffic controllers

would need to be hired in order to space out the work. The workload would greatly

increase, and therefore the number of controllers would need to be increased in

order to thin out the work.

In addition to getting more controllers, the airport structure itself would

need to be inspected to ensure it is capable of providing for the types of aircraft the

airport would be accommodating. An airport surface used to operating mainly

Cessna Citation aircraft would need to be inspected to see if is could accommodate a

fleet of Boeing 767s, and even larger aircraft. The length and width of the runway

may have to be widened and elongated. More taxiways may need to be added in

order to provide more efficient operations for an increased number of aircraft. The

size of the ramp areas might have to be increased in order to accommodate for

parking more aircraft.


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Many procedures are involved in the expansion of an airport and its

operations. Security would be affected in such a way that more personnel would be

required to run day-to-day operations. A smarter security department would have

to be hired in order to keep order in diverse operations. Air traffic control would be

affected by having an increased number of daily operations. More people would be

hired in order to supplement the new operations. The airport facilities, including the

runway and the gate areas would need to be expanded and the adequacy would

need to be checked in order to compensate for larger and an increased number of

aircraft. Environmental issues such as impact on local populated areas, protected

forests, and private land would have to be inspected. All of these issues together and

more need to be considered if an airport is to be expanded.

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