Airport Terminal Facilities Planning and Design - a PDH Online Course for Engineers, Surveyors and Architects

Airport Terminal Facilities Planning and Design

Course Outline

This 6 hour course airport terminal facilities planning and design will cover several topics including design methodologies, terminal building space guidelines, federal inspection services (FIS) facilities, airport access systems, and other design considerations. Several example problems are included to aid the student in solving some problems that present themselves to the airport terminal facilities planning and designer.

This course includes a multiple-choice quiz at the end, which is designed to enhance the understanding of course materials.

Learning Objective

At the conclusion of this course, the student would have learned the following:

How to define air traffic hubs;
How to classify the different air traffic hubs;
The two basic categories of passengers;
The basic types of airports;
How runway configuration affects airport terminal design;
How to plan airport terminal access roads;
How to determine the principal annual airport activity;
How airport master plans are forecasted;
How passenger volume affects the peak hour percentage;
How to determine the equivalent aircraft (EQA) factor;
How to determine the peak month passenger;
How to determine the Gate EQA for an aircraft;
The various airport access systems;
The various types and styles of terminal building concepts;
The four types of airport roads and their uses;
The gate type to use for various airplane design groups;
How to obtain the peak hour utilization factor;
Technical design information of apron gradients;
The lighting requirements for various areas of the terminal;
The primary location for passengers to complete ticket transactions and check-in baggage;
The various ticket counter configurations;
The minimum size for an outbound baggage room;
The turnover rates for food and beverage services in a terminal;
The required minimum sizes of USCS search rooms; and
The recommended design capacity of automatic ticket dispensers.

Intended Audience and Benefit

This course is intended for architects, airport planners, city planners, municipal engineers, project managers, and any persons working in the architectural or civil engineering field or anyone with an interest in the exciting and dynamic world of aviation and airport terminal facilities planning and design.

Course Introduction

There are over 10,000 airports in the United States that serves all types of flights such as commercial, business, industrial and private. With thousands of flights occurring each day, air travel have to conform to certain criteria to ensure the safe operation of aircraft and its passengers. The federal aviation administration (FAA) was formed in 1958 to regulate and oversee all forms of civil aviation in the United States. On its website the FAA mission reads as follows; “our continuing mission is to provide the safest, most efficient aerospace system in the world.” Part of this mission is to provide the safest and most efficient airports that serve the aviation community in our country.

Course Content

This course airport terminal facilities planning and design will cover several topics including design methodologies, terminal building space guidelines, federal inspection services (FIS) facilities, airport access systems, and other design considerations. Several example problems are included to aid the student in solving some problems that present themselves to the airport terminal facilities planning and designer.

Airport Terminal Facilities Planning and Design

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Course Summary

The information presented in this course will provide the reader with the knowledge that is essential to designing and planning airport terminal facilities.

Using good engineering judgment is always paramount in any situation. Utilizing good judgment and the knowledge gained in this course will aid the reader with the knowledge to be a success in planning and designing airport terminal facilities.

Related Links

For additional technical information related to this subject, please visit the following websites:

Federal Aviation Administration:http://www.faa.gov/

Airport Aviation Activity Forecasting: http://onlinepubs.trb.com/onlinepubs/acrp/acrp_syn_002.pdf

Federal Highway Administration: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/

Quiz

Once you finish studying the above course content, you need to take a quiz to obtain the PDH credits.

DISCLAIMER: The materials contained in the online course are not intended as a representation or warranty on the part of PDH Center or any other person/organization named herein. The materials are for general information only. They are not a substitute for competent professional advice. Application of this information to a specific project should be reviewed by a registered architect and/or professional engineer/surveyor. Anyone making use of the information set forth herein does so at their own risk and assumes any and all resulting liability arising therefrom.