Airports Flashcards
Landside?
The landside is the side of the airport that manages passenger operations
Airport roads& transport facilities
Parking
Terminal buildings
Airside?
The airside is the side of the airport that manages aircraft operations Runways Taxiways Holding bay/areas Apron/gate area
Aerodrome?
A defined area on land or water (including any buildings, installations, and equipment) intended to be used either wholly or in part for the arrival, departure and surface movement of aircraft.
Can include grass strips, helipads, landing docks as well as more conventional landing areas
Airport?
applied to aerodromes where some form of commercial operations occur
Transit airport
Note that transit airports are any airports that you had to travel through on the way to your final destination.
Leaving airport and return is a stopover
Considerations for transit airports
Entertainment
Comfort
Ease of travel
Empathy for the traveller
Shops Lounges Comfortable seating Restaurants, cafes and bars Smoking rooms Hotels Sleeping pods Transport to other terminals
Activities at arrival
Baggage
Security/customs/immigration
Further transport
Aeronautical revenue
Governments regulate how much an airport can charge users for landing, taking off, parking
Airlines and other operators who pay to use airside facilities and on-board/disembark passengers at the airport
Regulatory considerations
Airports are safety critical in that if part of their airside design is not up to international standards, there is the possibility of a catastrophic accident. Accordingly, runway configuration, surfaces, lighting, signage and other considerations are regulated by the CAA
Non aeronautical revenue
passengers who travel through the airport and pay for various services
Location requirements
Flat land
preferably flat surrounding terrain
Stable goround for runway
Noise, pollution and environments impacts to be minimised
Movement Areas
area used for take-off and landing or manoeuvring the aircraft on the surface
Runway Layout
Oriented with prevailing wind
Runways should be within A/C & pilot x-wind limits 95% of the time
Runway Layout factors
Noise - don’t fly low over populated areas
pollutants & emissions from aircraft particulate matter
anti-icing can contaminate areas
RWY designation
Based on degrees magnetic
Parallel Runways
Designated by how close they are to eachother
Close Parallel
Too close for simultaneous takeoffs, but allows takeoff on one with landing on the other
Independent parallel
Allows simultaneous operations
Independent close parallel
Has precision runway monitors to allow simultaneous operations
Near Parallel
Less than 15 deg
Do not intersect
not perfectly parallel
V Pattern Runway
Diverging
Converging
(relative to direction of prevailing wind)
Terminal Designs
Simple
Pier/Satellite
Remote
WIldlife Hazard Management
To prevent strikes with aircraft
Also to prevent unnnecessary wildlife death
What is Ait traffic management?
Air traffic control Air navigations systems Flow of air traffic Capacity of airspace Design of airspace
Why is ATM important?
Safety Efficiency Emissions Noise Comfort
Types of controllers?
Tower
Approach/deprture
Enroute (radar)
Role of ATC?
Ensure safe separation from aircraft, terrain, airspace boundaries
Separation types?
Visual reference
Radar
Procedural
ATC Equipment
Primary surveillance radar
Secondary
Radio
Standard Phraseology
English is global language
Phonetic alphabet used for:
Easy for accents to be understood
Quality of radio signal doesn’t matter
Classes of airspace
A - IFR only
C -
D -
G - uncontrolled
Separation
A- IFR/IFR
C- IFR/IFR IFR/VFR
D- IFR/IFR
Traffic Info
A- No C- VFR/VFR D- To IFR about VFR to VFR about IFR/VFR G - if Requested
