3/4 B.Tech.

FIFTH SEMESTER
AE5T6
AIRPORT MANAGEMENT
Credits: 3
Lecture: 3 periods/week
Internal assessment: 30 marks
Tutorial: 1 periods/week
Semester end examination: 70 marks
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Prerequisites:
Student should have the basic knowledge of management, finance and accounts and airports.

Course Objectives:
The objectives of the course are to enable students to:
1. Understand the historical development of airports and identify the operational factors
affecting airports.
2. Understand regulations affecting airport management, environmental and legal concerns
associated with airport management.
3. Identify facility planning and maintenance issues and Understand public airport funding.
4. Understand the importance of marketing and public relations, factors associated with
airport design and security measures.
Course Outcomes:
At the end of course the student will able to:
CO 1
CO 2
CO 3
CO 4
CO 5

Define the need for the management of airports in the aviation industry. (L1)
Acquire the basics of airfield and its terminologies.(L2)
Conclude the importance of air traffic control and security management of airports. (L4)
Characterize the planning, control and maintenance of airports. (L3)
Evaluate cost and revenue required for building an airport and funding of airfield
projects.(L4)

UNIT-I
AIRPORTS AND AIRPORT SYSTEMS (CO1)
Introduction- Rules that govern airport management-Airport ownership and organization-Airport
organization chart. Airport manager and public relations.
UNIT-II (CO3)
THE AIRFIELD & AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL
Components of an airport-The airfield-Navigation aids (NAVAIDS) located on airfields- Air traffic
control management -Basics of air traffic control-Current and future enhancements to air traffic
control.

UNIT-III (CO3)

AIRPORT TERMINALS AND GROUND ACCESS & AIRPORT SECURITY

Components of airport terminal-Airport ground access-Transportation Security AdministrationSecurity at commercial service airports-Security at general aviation airports.
UNIT-IV (CO5)
AIRPORT OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT & FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Pavement management-Aircraft rescue and fire fighting (ARFF) =Snow and ice control-Bird and
wildlife hazard management.
Budgeting & Revenue strategies at commercial airports-Pricing of airport facilities and servicesAirport funding-Airport financing and accounting-Private investment.
UNIT-V (CO2)
AIRPORT CAPACITY AND DELAY
Defining capacity-Factors affecting capacity and delay-estimating capacity-Simulation ModelsDefining delay-Estimating delay- Approaches to reduce delay.
Learning resources
Text books:
Seth B. Young and Alexander T. Wells, Airport Planning and Management, (Sixth Edition),
McGraw-Hill, 2011
References:
1. Norman Ashford and H. P. Martin Stanton, Airport Operations, McGraw-Hill, 1999
2. Anne Graham, Managing Airports: An International Perspective, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2003.