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INTRODUCTION

Airport Engineering



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 (2005earthquake, 2010 floods)



LIMITATIONS OF AIR TRANSPORT

Requires huge funds

High initial construction cost (land cost)

High maintenance cost

Requires highly skilled workforce and sophisticatedequipment

Operations highly dependent on weather conditions

Safety in air

Designation of flight paths and territories



RIEF HISTORIC PERSPECTIVE

1903 - Wright Brothers (Wilbur and Orville Wright - Bicyclerepairer) 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)




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).




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 bodyof UN

1950s – Introduction of jet engines in 1950’s.

1958 – First commercial flight of Boeing 707




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

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