AIRPORT FACILITIES FOR GENERAL AVIATION

Abstract

Several criteria relating to the handling of general aviation on airports have been developed. In many cases, modifications of existing criteria are suggested. These include the subjects of runway-length corrections, instrument-approach needs, airspace needs, annual capacity of air ports, guidance for planning separate runway facilities for general aviation, procedures for performing economic analyses, and the effects of airport accessibility. The study has concentrated on planning for general aviation in metropolitan areas. Observations of generalaviation operations at air-carrier and generalaviation airports have indicated that new criteria for determining the numbers of airports required in metropolitan areas are needed. In developing regional plans and individual airport plans,the importance of using a cost-versusbenefit economic analysis is stressed. The criteria developed have been tested by applying them to the Lambert-St. Louis airport and to regional planning for the Washington, D. C. area.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0414409

Entities

People

  • H. C. Burns
  • M. A. Warskow
  • P. H. Stafford
  • T. Dayton
  • W. Guidi

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Traffic
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • California
  • Contracts
  • Economic Analysis
  • Economics
  • General Aviation Aircraft
  • Jet Aircraft
  • Military Aircraft
  • Money
  • Navigational Aids
  • New York
  • Radio Navigation
  • Regional Planning
  • Sea Level
  • United States

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space