Airport engineering

Airport engineering involves design and construction of a wide variety of facilities for the landing, takeoff, movement on the ground, and parking of aircraft; maintenance and repair of aircraft; fuel storage; and handling of passengers, baggage, and freight.

Components of Airport Terminal Building (T.B) Apron Runways Taxiways Hangers

Landside Facilities PASSENGER MOVEMENT TERMINAL BUILDING BAGGAGE HANDLING LANDSIDE For Passengers operations Facilities associated with the movement of passengers and baggage. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PARKING FACILITIES

Landside Landside areas include parking facilities, public transportation, terminal building and all utilities that support the operations of terminals. All these facilities associated with the movement of passengers and their baggage.

Terminal Building Provides facilities for all passenger arriving and departing from. It includes followings facilities: Booking office Custom’s office Restaurants Weather bureau Luggage and mails rooms Communication systems (telephone/telegraph office etc.) Air traffic control tower

The terminals are the ‘front door’ to the Airport and serve as the public interface between the airside and landside elements.

Apron Portion of the airport usually paved in front of TB, mean for parking, loading/unloading of aircraft.

Hangers Large sheds erected on airport for housing & repairing airplanes. It may be storage or service hangers.

Visual Flight Rules (VFR) Means the weather conditions are good enough for the aircraft to be operated by visual reference to the ground. In VFR conditions, there is no “ on route traffic control” and aircraft are allowed to fly on a “see & be seen” principle.

Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) Conditions prevails when the visibility or the ceiling falls below those prescribed for flight under visual flight rules. Essentially these rules require the assignment of specific altitude and routes and minimum separation of aircraft at the same altitude and flying in the same direction.

Taxiways Defined parked path for taxiing aircraft to & from the runway Object is to provide access to the aircraft for runway to Terminal areas & service hangers. Should not cross runway.