De Neufville R., Odoni A. Airport Systems: Planning, Design and Management

The McGraw-Hill Companies, 2003. 1039 p. — ISBN: 978-0-07-177660-8This is a book for all those with a major interest in airport planning, management, and design: owners and operators; architects and engineers; government officials; airlines, concessionaires, and other providers of airport services; travelers and shippers; neighbors and communities, as well as members of the public. Readers need no specific experience or skills to use it. A serious interest in the topic is all that is required to make good use of the text. The authors recognize that most people become involved with airport planning, design, and management later in their careers, and come from a broad range of professional backgrounds.The book should be useful worldwide. It stresses universally applicable concepts and approaches to airport problems. It refers to several different sets of international and national standards on the airside and the landside and points out both similarities and differences in current airport practices around the globe. The text draws heavily on worldwide experience to bring out the best available approaches to each issue.The future of the airport and airline industry
International differencesSystem planning
Dynamic strategic planning
Privatization and deregulation
Multi-airport systems
Environmental impacts
Organization and financing
User chargesThe airside
Airfield design
Airfield capacity
Airfield delay
Demand management
Air traffic managementThe landside
Configuration of passenger buildings
Overall design of passenger buildings
Detailed design of passenger buildings
Ground access and distributionReference material
Data validation
Models of airport operations
Forecasting
Cash flow analysis
Decision and options analysis
Flows and queues at airports
Peak-hour analysis