Airport Engineering INTRODUCTION

COURSE OBJECTIVES

Covers major aspects of airport design from fundamentals to modern technological developments

Aircrafts, airports design features, terminal buildings Development of air transport, its importance National and international organizations

Covers regulations, standards and specifications

MARKS DISTRIBUTION
Credit Hours: 3+0 Total Marks 100
Quiz 1: 10 Quiz 2: 10 Midterm: 30 End term: 40 Attendance + Class Participation: 10

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IMPORTANCE OF AIR TRANSPORTATION

Accessibility to inaccessible areas Fastest mode of transportation Connectivity over land and water Enhance international travel (tourism etc.)

Relief during emergencies and natural disasters (2005 earthquake, 2010 floods)

LIMITATIONS OF AIR TRANSPORT

Requires huge funds High initial construction cost (land cost) High maintenance cost Requires highly skilled workforce and sophisticated equipment Operations highly dependent on weather conditions Safety in air Designation of flight paths and territories

BRIEF HISTORIC PERSPECTIVE

1903 - Wright Brothers (Wilbur and Orville Wright - Bicycle repairer) first flight in North Carolina (120 ft) 1909 French pilot Louis Belroit crossed English Channel to England 1912 Flight between Delhi and Karachi 1914 Air passenger transport began in Germany 1918 US Postal Service (Washington DC and New York)

BRIEF HISTORIC PERSPECTIVE

1918 First International service between France and Spain 1919 the International Commission on Air Navigation (ICAN) was established 1919 Six European airlines formed in Hague the International Air Traffic Association (IATA) 1919 London Paris flight 1927 Service between London to New York. 1927 Pan American service Miami-La Havana (Cuba).

BRIEF HISTORIC PERSPECTIVE

1928 Havana Convention on Civil Aviation

1929 Warsaw Convention on Civil Aviation

1930 Round the World flight 1944 International Civil Aviation Conference 1944 Chicago Convention, establishing provisional ICAO 1947 The International Civil Aviation Organization was established as a body of UN

1950s Introduction of jet engines in 1950s.

1958 First commercial flight of Boeing 707

BRIEF HISTORIC PERSPECTIVE

1969 Concorde first flight 1969 Boeing B747-100 fly 1988 Airbus A320 fly by wire enters service 1990 Commercial Airlines world wide carried more than 1.0 billion passengers almost 1.1 trillion passenger-miles: cargo 44 billion ton-mile 2006 Airbus A380 introduced 2000 ONWARDS ???? (Search)

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