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A Muliti-Objective, Decomposition-Based Algorithm Design Methodology and its Application to Runway Operations Planning

This is a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) International Center for Air Transportation Report, prepared by Ioannis D. Anagnostakis and John-Paul Clarke, ICAT-2004-5. Significant delays and resulting environmental impacts are commonly observed during departure operations at major US and European airports. One approach for mitigating airport congestion and delays is to exercise tactical operations planning and control with an objective to improve the efficiency of surface and terminal area operations. As a subtask of planning airport surface operations, this thesis presents a thorough study of the structure and properties of the Runway Operations Planning (ROP)problem. Analysis of the Runway Operations Planning problem revealed that there is a parameter of the problem, namely the demand “weight class mix”, which: a) is more “dominant” on the problem performance functions that other parameters, b) changes value much slower than other parameters and c) its value is available earlier and with more certainty than the value of other parameters. The potential merit in decomposing the ROP problem in two stages and the resulting utility of the two-stage solution algorithm are evaluated by performing benefits analysis across specific dimensions related to airport efficiency, as well as stability and robustness analysis of the algorithm output. This report is available in PDF format (4.3 Mb).

Access to Air Travel for Disabled Persons and Persons with Reduced Mobility : Code of Practice 2008

This code of practice has been produced by the UK Department for Transport to improve the accessibility of air travel to disabled people and people with reduced mobility. It is aimed at those involved in air travel, including travel agents, tour operators, airlines, airports, ground handling companies and retailers. The document is not intended to be a guide for disabled people themselves (for whom separate documentation is available from the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee) but does define minimum standards of care, as set out in the European Voluntary Commitments on Air Passenger Rights. This is the latest revision of the code which was originally published in 2003. The document is available in pdf format.

Aerodrome Safeguarding

This site provides the full text of a UK Department for Transport (DFT) consultation document entitled 'Safeguarding of aerodromes, technical sites and military explosives storage areas'. The document describes the background to the safeguarding of aerodromes and technical sites and gives the proposals of the Secretary of State and the Minister. The document was published on 11th March 2001. The text can be viewed online in HTML format.

Aerofiles : A Century of American Aviation

Aerofiles is the Internet's most comprehensive, non-commercial, free-access web site dedicated solely to the aviation history of North America and the airplanes that have graced its skies for more than a century. This is the starting place for anywhere in the wonderful and sometimes weird world of aviation — military, civil, and commercial — in North America from 1903 to now. From comprehensive lists and information on airplanes, airlines, airports, museums, organisations to biographies and chronology this website is packed full of information.

Aeronautical Study from Aeroports De Paris (AdP)on Runway and Shoulder Width

This document provides information regarding the accommodation of A380 at Charles De Caulle airport in paris on runways 1 (09R/27L) and 2 (08L/26R). This study published by the managing directors of the airport. The justifications of the differences between the ICAO code F specifications and the provisions planned to accommodate the A380 are provided. The proposed provisions by Aéroports de Paris (AdP) for the A380 accommodation on these runways comply with the recommendations of the A380 Airport Compatibility Group (AACG). Evaluation of the level of safety as well as the methods used, also identified by the AACG study.

Air and Rail Competition and Complementarity : Final Report

This provides access to a European Commission Report dated August 2006. The opening of high speed lines has enabled rail transport to obtain significant market share on routes where time sensitive passengers would previously have travelled by air, such as Paris-Lyon and Madrid-Seville. However, the expansion of low cost airlines means that on some routes, particularly in Germany and the UK, prices for air transport are now similar to or below prices for rail transport. This could have the potential to reverse the switch in market share. In addition, the construction and maintenance of high speed rail lines requires significant public funding, at a time when there are a number of competing claims on resources. An associated case study can also be viewed. [Taken from abstract]. The full text is available in PDF format so Adocbe Acrobat software will be required in order to read it.

Air Rail Links : A Guide to Best Practice

This is a document produced jointly by the International Air Rail Organisation (IARO), the Air Transport Action Group (ATAG), and Airports Council International (ACI). The guide is intended to provide a review of what works best when planning and implementing rail links to airports. It draws on the experience of airport and rail operators, and is designed to be of practical value to operators as well as regional planners, airlines, and other service providers or users. It is available in PDF format.

Air Team Images

This is an online aviation image library. The emphasis is on delivering the very best images from the world’s finest photographers. All images on the site are available for online purchase as prints, posters or gifts for worldwide delivery or instant file download direct from the server. You can browse or use the comprehensive search engine where you can search by keywords, manufacturer, industry sector, location, theme (eg aircraft type, aircraft show or airport life etc.

Air Traffic Control System Command Center : Real-Time Airport Status Page

This site from the US Federal Aviation Administration provides information on real-time US airport statuses. An active map or drop-down menu allows each airport to be selected and general delay information is given, this includes departure and arrival delays as well as delay by destination. Delays for specific flights are not given. The site also contains a glossary of air traffic management terms, an advisories database which includes a 15 day archive, arrival demand metrics for selected airports, the National Airspace System Status which is refreshed every 5 minutes and Coded Departure Routes.

Air Traffic Management Equipment

This provides access to an updated Direction from the Department for Transport dated September 2005. In connection with the transfer by the Civil Aviation Authority, as the regulator, of primary responsibility for the official safeguarding of civil aerodromes and technical sites from itself to the operators of the aerodromes and the technical sites, it has been decided to cancel the Town and Country Planning (Aerodromes and Technical Sites) Direction 1992, which was issued with Department of the Environment Circular 2/92 (Welsh Office Circular 5/92) and to issue in its place an updated Direction. [Taken from abstract]. The full text is available from the Department for Transport's web site.

Air Transport Action Group (ATAG) Home Page

The Air Transport Action Group (ATAG) exists to lobby for improvements to aviation infrastructure in an environmentally responsible manner. The site provides access to several full text reports including 'Aviation and the environment' 'The economic benefits of air transport', air traffic forecasts for Europe, the United States and Asia and the Pacific in HTML format. The site also gives information about the activities of the Group.

Air Transport and the Environment

This report examines and clarifies the impact of air transport on the environment and highlight efforts to minimize environmental damage. The contents of the document cover the following: aircraft noise; fuel consumption and energy efficiency; aircraft emissions and global warming; infrastructure and landuse; capacity and congestion; and, airports and the environment. The report was carried out by The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the Air Transport Action Group (ATAG), through the Environmental Task Force and the Infrastructure Action Group. The full text of the document is available in PDF format.

Air Transport Association of America (ATA) Economic Report 2005

The ATA Annual Report highlights significant facts and figures drawn from all areas of the U.S. scheduled airline industry, including domestic and international traffic and financial results for cargo and passenger operations, safety data, individual airline and aircraft operating statistics and more. The text of the report is available in PDF format.

Air Transport Intelligence

Air Transport Intelligence (ATI) is an online subscription service for the global air transport industry. It provides 24 hour news coverage, extensive databases on airlines, airports, aerospace manufacturers, aircraft and flight schedules. It also contains searchable archives of its sister publications Flight International, Airline Business and Flight Daily News. A premium service is also available allowing access to further specialist data and information. A free trial can be requested.

Air Transport White Paper Progress Report 2006

This document reports on progress on the policies and proposals set out in the Government’s long term strategy for the development of air travel to 2030 (The Future of Air Transport), drawn up in 2003. The original White Paper committed the Government to ensuring that aviation reflects the full costs of its climate change emissions, placed restrictions on expansion at Heathrow unless limits on noise and air quality could be met, and rejected proposals for increased capacity at a number of airports in favour of making better us of existing ones while recognising that aviation is beneficial to both individuals and the economy. This update takes into account the findings of the Stern Review, and discusses emissions trading, the Government’s commitment to reduce emissions by 60% by 2050, and strategies to reduce the impact of expansion in the aviation industry. The document is available in pdf format (409 Kb).

Aircraft Accidents and Railway Investigation Commission

The Aircraft and Railway Accidents Investigation Commission was established to investigate the causes of aircraft and railway accidents from the viewpoint of a fair and impartial stance, and help to prevent accidents. The commission assembled on October 1,2001 from the previous Aircraft Accidents Investigation Commission. It is part of Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport in Japan. The major duties of the commission are to conduct investigation to ascertain the cause of aircraft and railway accidents. The commission has to investigate into aircraft and railway serious incidents(situations which are recognized to carry the risk of an accident),from the point of view of preventing accidents. Also to make recommendations and proposals for measures to prevent aircraft and railway accidents on the based of the results of the investigation. Finally, to conduct the research and studies necessary in order to carry out these duties.

Airfields Environment Trust (AET)

Founded in 1978, the AET is a UK charitable trust which aims to advance knowledge and understanding of aviation's environmental and amenity impacts, through research and education. The site has some backgound information on the Trust and its funding sources, and describes its education and research activities. The site also provides access to the Trust's Aviation and Environment Databank. This contains information which has been compiled, contributed and reviewed be experts in the field. The information is arranged under a number of heading including, UK Policy, Planning, Demand for Air Travel, Economics and External Costs, Sustainable Development, Airport Waste Issues, and General Reports and Publications.

Airliners.net

This source is primarily dedicated to aviation photographs, with an archive of 65,000 images of individual aircraft and aerial photographs of airports. A search engine enables the location of specified photographs by aircraft type, airline, category, country/airport and keywords. The site also includes a small number of aviation-related discussion forums, covering general aviation, aviation interests as a hobby, aviation photography and photograph requests. It also features up-to-the-minute industry news, provided by PRNewswire, and an online shop, supplying a wide range of aviation-related books, videos and general goods. There is also a section dedicated to aircraft data and history that covers about 400 aircraft types and includes data like powerplants, production, performance etc. There is also a facility available for booking online air tickets and reserving hotel rooms.

Airport Air Traffic Services : Consultation on Proposed Charging Methods

This consultation paper was produced by the Civil Aviation Authority, at the request of the Department of Transport, to review the way in which airport air traffic services are charged, and to advise whether direct charging of airlines should be an option at all airports or should be discontinued. This is a PDF file.

Airport and Air Traffic Control System

This report was produced by the U.S. Congress Office of Technology Assessment in January 1982. It presents the findings and recommendations of an OTA study of airport capacity and related air traffic control issues. The report is made available as part of the OTA Online Archive. The full text is accessible online in PDF format (3716K). Alternatively, the front matter, table of contents and individual chapters are available as separate PDF files.

Airport Business Practices and Their Impact on Airline Competition

The web site provides access to a full text report titled: Airport business practices and their impact on airline competition; FAA/OST Task Force Study, Department Of Transportation, October 1999. The report describes the Task Force's study, which addressed two main issues: whether certain airport business practices discourage or prevent the entry of new carriers or restrict competition among existing carriers; and the impact of Passenger Facility Charges on airport capacity and airline competition. The report is available online in PDF format.

Airport Capacity : Challenges for the Future

This web site provides access to a European Civil Aviation Conference document titled: ECAC/EU Dialogue with the European air transport industry : Airport Capacity - Challenges for the Future, proceedings, Salzburg 15-16 April, 1999. The Dialogue proceedings contains 23 presentations dealing with various aspects of airport capacity and covering: congestion, optimizing use of existing capacity, and extending capacity. The document is in parts bilingual, speeches are in their original language (mostly in English). The text is available online in PDF format (161 pages, size 6.1 Mo).

Airport Capital Improvement Plan

The US National Airport Capital Improvement Plan (ACIP) is a planning tool for identifying critical development and associated capital needs for the National Airspace System. It also serves as the basis for the distribution of grant funds under the Airport Improvement Program. It is available in full text in PDF format.

Airport Cost Allocation : Report for the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) by Europe Economics

This report is intended to help assess the cost allocation issues which would be involved in a possible move to a "dual till" system of regulation. It describes current regulation, and sets out the principles of the "dual till" system, in which airport activities are divided into aeronautical and non-aeronautical activities, and only the costs and revenues from the aeronautical activities are taken into account when setting charges for the airport. The document is in PDF format.

Airport Ground Vehicle Operations : An FAA Guide

This guide from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) provides a general overview of safe procedures for driving on an airport. It is very readable, and is illustrated with clear and well-presented diagrams and photographs. The document is divided into sections covering airport basics, controlled and non-towered airports, and communications. A self-assessment quiz is also included, with answers displayed at the bottom of the page. The site also lists pamphlets, books and videos for further information. The entire booklet (420KB) can also be downloaded.

Airport Operations

This is a bimonthly newsletter (established in 1974), published by the Flight Safety Foundation. It has now been superseded by Aerosafety World. Airport Operations has reported on technical problems that have hindered explosives detection at U.S. airports; the latest efforts to reduce bird-strike hazards at airports; an analysis of pushback accidents; and new developments in radar technology and satellite systems that promise to reduce runway incursions. The full text of selected articles dating back to 1988 may be viewed in PDF format.

Airport Operators Association (AOA)

The AOA is a trade association of UK airport operators. Its principal role is to represent the interests of its members to UK government and other regulatory bodies. The site provides a membership listing and links to their web sites, an events diary, contact information, and links to related sites. There is a news section which contains news items, press releases and policy statements. The site also includes a jobs service and a members only area.

Airport Research Needs : Cooperative Solutions

This provides access to the text of a Transportation Research Board (TRB) report, prepared by the Committee for a Study of an Airport Cooperative Research Program, Special Report 272, dated 2003. The report evaluates the applicability of the techniques used to fund and administer research under the National Cooperative Highway Research Program and the Transit Cooperative Research Program to the research needs of airports. The text is available in PDF format.

Airport Review-Policy Issues (December 2005)

The CAA has today published its first major consultation paper on its policy for the forthcoming reviews of airport price controls at BAA's Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted airports, and at Manchester Airport. The paper executive summary is available here. A 4-page non-technical guide is also available, as is the presentation used at the press and analyst briefings.

Airport System Development

This report was produced by the U.S. Congress Office of Technology Assessment, OTA-STI-231, in August 1984. It presents the findings and recommendations of an OTA study into the condition and future needs of US airports, and focuses on possible solutions to problems of operational capacity and air travel delay. The report is made available as part of the OTA Online Archive. The full text is accessible online in PDF format (6609K). Alternatively, the front matter, table of contents and individual chapters are available as separate PDF files.

AirportNet

AirportNet is the official site of the American and International Association of Airport Executives. The majority of the site is available to the public, but there are sections which are only available to members. The site provides a wide range of information and services for professionals in airport management, including details of newsletters, magazines and other publications, and incorporates a search engine for searching public areas of the site. Visitors must register for the conference centre, but registration is free.

Airports Council International (ACI) - Latin America and the Caribbean

The Airports Council International (ACI), is the international non-profit making association of the world's airports. Its major goal is to promote co-operation among its member airports and with governmental, airline and aircraft manufacturing organisations. This is the home page of its Latin America and the Caribbean regional office. The site provides full text minutes of committee meetings and seminars, information about forthcoming events, news and links to members' home pages.

Airports Council International (ACI) - North America

ACI-NA is a membership organisation representing approximately 150 states, regional and local governing bodies that own and operate the principal airports served by scheduled air carriers in the United States, Canada and the Virgin Islands. The site includes a calendar of ACI events; a 'Research Library' which houses a variety of publications written by ACI-NA staff, as well as airport and associate members; statistical information; news headlines and legislative affairs. Other links give access to information about economic affairs, legal aspects, and technical and environmental affairs, as well as links to related sites in airports and air transport.

Airports Council International - Pacific Region

The Airports Council International (ACI), is the international non-profit making association of the world's airports. Its major goal is to promote co-operation among its member airports and with governmental, airline and aircraft manufacturing organisations. The ACI Pacific Region represents 160 Pacific Rim airports. The site gives detailed background information about the organisation, announcements and press releases, reports about current industry issues, and online newsletter in PDF format, conference paper search facility, bulletin board, forthcoming conferences and workshops, and links to member sites. There is a 'members only' area.

Airports Council International : Europe

The Airports Council International (ACI), is the international non-profit making association of the world's airports. Its major goal is to promote co-operation among its member airports and with governmental, airline and aircraft manufacturing organisations. This is the home page of its European regional office and detailed information about the organisation is provided. The site provides details of forthcoming events, press releases, the full text of all ACI policy papers since 1997 in HTML format, and a searchable database of members. Parts of the site are for members only.

Airports Council International

The Airports Council International (ACI), is the international non-profit making association of the world's airports. Its major goal is to promote co-operation among its member airports and with governmental, airline and aircraft manufacturing organisations. The site provides detailed information about the ACI and its members including links to their web sites, airport statistics by passengers, cargo and aircraft movements, the full text of media releases in HTML format, details of publications for sale and forthcoming events.

Airports review – policy update (May 2006)

The policy document has been produced as part of the price control review of BAA's designated airports (Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted), which is leading towards new price controls being set in early 2008 for the five years starting April 2008. This document summarises responses to the CAA's first major consultation on the review, launched in December 2005, and provides an update on the CAA's policy thinking which will shape its forthcoming initial price control proposals, to be issued in September 2006. The document also sets out the CAA's views on the implications for the future financing of airports, in the context of the proposed acquisition of BAA pl.CAA has issued the statement on its timetable for the review. ACC Stansted and BAA has responded to the document.

AirportWatch

This is a pressure group which is opposed to the airport and runway expansion plans outlined in the UK Government's White Paper, The Future of Air Transport, published on 16 December 2003. The site describes the group's aim, contains news stories, press releases, and a series of briefing sheets. There are links to related resources including the Department For Transport's consultation documents and background technical reports, as well as Flying Into Trouble, a report by some of the UK's leading environmental organisations.

AIT : Aviation IT Online News

This site provides news updates on all aspects of aviation information technology, with the facility to create RSS feeds. News archives are available, with the news organised into topics such as airline operations, air cargo and air traffic management. The site also includes an aviation software directory.

Alternative Allocation Mechanisms for Slots Created by New Airport Capacity

This report, produced by DotEcon Ltd., considers alternative allocation mechanisms for the allocation of significant amounts of new air capacity at congested airports. This is important because to UK Government supports the development of two new runways at congested airports in the South East of England within the next 30 years, but at the same time wants to see scarce airport resources used efficiently, which would be more likely if market based allocation mechanisms were used. The report is 147 pages long, and is in pdf format.

Appraisal Framework for Airports in South East and East of England

This document is about the development of an appraisal framework to be applied to the alternative ways of dealing with demand for more airport capacity in the South East and Eastern regions of England (henceforward, for simplicity, the "South East"). Putting a framework in place will mean that any schemes put forward to meet or restrain that demand can be compared on a consistent basis. The appraisal framework presented in this document has been tailored to the circumstances of the South East, and to the process which the Department envisages for the study of options in the South East. The Department will separately consider how the basic approach underlying this framework should be applied to the study of options for the development of airports in other parts of the UK. [Taken from document]. It is available in HTML format.

APR Consultants Inc

This site provides information on this company which specialises in providing software solutions (called APRas) which determine the effectiveness of repairs to damaged runways for rapid runway repair. The site provides detailed information about the capabilities of the software and gives the opportunity to download a demo version. There are some full text presentations and papers available for downloading in Word or PowerPoint.

ARINC Home Page

ARINC Inc. develops and operates communications and information processing systems and services for the aviation and travel industries. The company operates global networks that use both airline-proprietary and standard open protocols. ARINC supports the aviation industry with voice and data radio communications through the shared use of the assigned frequency spectrum and radio facilities, as well as satellites. ARINC also provides guidance for establishing avionics and other technical standards for the global air transportation industry and represents the aviation industry in international forums. The ARINC web site provides access to a range of resources including: corporate information, history, overview and annual report. The web site features ARINC's products, services and industry activities, in activity areas such as air/ground communications, airports systems, and information systems and services.

ASCE'S Civil Engineering Database

The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has produced this searchable database of over 80,000 bibliographic and abstracted records, from its publications, including twenty-five journals, conference proceedings, books, standards, manuals, magazines and newsletters, going back to 1975. The database allows keyword, author, title, and date searching. Terms may be combined using and/or/not (boolean) operators, and words can be stemmed, eg structur*, in order to retrieve multiple word-endings. A list of keywords is available, and these can be "cut & pasted" into the keyword search field. Search tips are available. Aerospace Engineering is one of the subject areas included.

Assessment of Technologies Deployed to Improve Aviation Security : First Report

This web site provides access to a report prepared by the National Research Council's Panel on Assessment of Technologies Deployed to Improve Aviation Security, National Academy Press, 1999. The report assesses the operational performance of explosives-detection equipment and hardened unit-loading devices (HULDs) in airports and compares their operational performance to their laboratory performance, with a focus on improving aviation security. The full text of the report is available online in Open Book format.

Association of European Airlines (AEA) : Summary of Traffic and Airlines results (STAR)

This is a companion volume to the AEA Yearbook. It contains a wealth of passenger and cargo data, by airline and by region. At the aggregate AEA level there is yield and revenue information.

Audit of SQR Measures at Heathrow and Gatwick Airports : Final Report

This provides access to a UK Civil Aviation Authority document dated July 2009. Heathrow and Gatwick Airports are each subject to a service quality regime (SQR) by which they pay rebates in airport charges to airlines where certain standards are not reached in respect of: Security queuing; Passenger perceptions of service quality; Asset availability; An aerodrome congestion term. In addition a bonus regime is in operation whereby BAA receives additional payments if its service exceeds certain thresholds in the passenger perception measures and the availability of passenger sensitive equipment and arrival carousels. See,following this audit CAA Proposals dated November 2009. [Taken from abstract]. The full text is available in PDF format so Adobe Acrobat software is required in order to read it.

Avia Global

This Spanish language site brings together web resources in the field of aviation including business, military issues and many links to full text reports, articles and memorandums. It offers channels such as commercial aviation, executive aviation, space, airports, and events.

Aviation and the Environment : Airport Operations and Future Growth Present Environmental Challenges

This provides access to a United States General Accounting Office (GAO) report, GAO/RCED-00-153, dated 2000. It presents the results of a GAO review of the key concerns and challenges associated with airports' current operations and future growth, including aircraft noise, water quality, and air pollutant emissions. It also examines the actions being taken by airports to balance operations and growth with these environmental concerns, as well as the actions being taken by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and other federal agencies to address these concerns. The report is available in PDF format.

Aviation Information Resources (AIR)

AIR is an aviation publishing and editorial services company providing a broad range of editorial, internet research and online content services to the commercial aviation industry. The site provides a brief description of the company and the services it offers. AIR compiles and publishes Airline Industry Update, a free business-to-business newsletter that provides a twice-monthly round-up of news and information from airlines and airline suppliers around the globe. An online form is available for those wishing to register to receive the newsletter electronically. An Aviation Data Pages section is also available and this comprises of three main elements: a Country Index providing basic information on all countries of the world; an Airports index which links to contact details for the world's main airlines and a Ground and Cargo Handlers index which provides a comprehensive directory of companies throughout the world.

Aviation Reference Desk

This site is maintained by a team of aerospace professionals and consists of a large number of links to aerospace-related sites on the Internet. Links are organised into several categories namely commercial transport, business aviation, general aviation, defence and space, industry news, key organisations, aerospace suppliers, engineering and jobs, forthcoming events and enthusiasts' sites. Each category can be browsed. The site primarily links to US sites.

Aviation Security International : the Journal of Airport and Airline Security

This bimonthly magazine covers security issues within the aviation industry. Although only subscribers can view the full text of the magazine, there is a considerable amount of content that can be viewed free of charge. This includes the editorial of each issue and 'Airwatch', a record of incidents of hijacks, attempted hijacks, air rage, sabotage and airport attacks. A buyers guide provides details of suppliers of products such as weapons detector devices, access control products and baggage reconciliation equipment.

Aviation Week : Aerospace Source Book

This provides brief company profiles of aviation and aerospace companies grouped under the following headings: Prime Contractors; Major Airlines; Regional Airlines; and Cargo Airlines. The profiles can be viewed online in PDF format. The Aerospace Sourcebook also provides access to a series of articles which examine various market sectors including fighters, bombers, commercial and military transports, air freight, UAVs, trainers, rotorcraft, spacecraft, missiles, and avionics. The information is drawn from Aviation Week & Space Technology.

BAA Aviation Photo Library

This is a specialist collection of airport and aviation photography. It offers imagery of generic airport and aviation life, including: aircraft, aerial views, runways, security, retail, Heathrow's Terminal 5 development and a section dedicated to London Landmarks. 'Behind the scenes' imagery of BAA's seven UK airports: Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Southampton as well as airports that BAA manages outside the UK in Italy, Australia and the USA is also available. The service provides quotes for the use of any images. It can be browsed by category or searched by keyword or image reference number.

BAA

BAA owns and operates 7 UK airports and 9 others world wide. The site gives background details about the BAA's history and mission. The 'investor relations' area provides share prices and reports and results. Press releases and media information are also available, as is an analysis of environmental and sustainability issues and a picture library. Information about each airport terminal is provided, this includes parking, eating, shopping and arriving. It is also possible to book flights and hotels.

Bioremediation of Aircraft Deicing Fluids (Glycol) at Airports

This final report (DOT/FAA/AR-97/81) was published by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in August 1998, and was written by Donald W. Gallagher. It describes the work done to determine the effectiveness of various aerobic bioremediation techniques for reducing the biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) of aircraft deicing fluid runoff. Primary emphasis has been placed on laboratory and field demonstrations of bioremediation systems using various combinations of inocula (bacteria), nutrient mixes, enzyme mixes, and ultrasonic stimulation [extracted from FAA abstract]. This is a PDF file [21 pages, 139Kb] so Adobe Acrobat software will be required in order to read it.

Boeing Company : Airport Noise Regulation Information

The site provides brings together a range of information resources which are intended to facilitate the monitoring of airport noise restrictions and government noise regulations. It includes information on some 600 airports worldwide, with details of APU operating restrictions, curfews, engine run-up restrictions, noise abatement procedures, noise budget restrictions, noise level limits, operating quotas, preferential runways, noise monitoring systems, and noise and emission surcharges, It also provides access to news updates, EU hush-kit regulations, a timeline and charts of aircraft noise certification and phaseout rules/schedules.

Boeing Company : Airport Technology Services

The site proves access to a range of product information relating to Boeing and McDonnell Douglas commercial aircraft which is intended to assist the planning, engineering and evaluation of airport facilities and their functions. The site includes aircraft planning and product manuals (pdf format) which provide, in an industry standardized format, aircraft characteristics data for general airport planning. Sections within each document include: Aicraft Description, Aircraft Performance, Ground Maneuvering, Terminal Servicing, Operating Conditions, and Pavement Data. There are also downloadable three-view aircraft drawings (plan, side and front views) in AutoCAD format (.dxf) for airport planning purposes. Note, these files have been compressed in .zip format. Airplane Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) information for Boeing and McDonnel Douglas aiurcraft is presented in English or Russian. The site also has sections which describe other related services offered by Boeing including Runway Length Analysis, Airport Safety and Operational Assessment, Runway / Pavement Analysis, Airport Facility Planning / Engineering, and Ground Maneuvering and Gate Planning, and airline foreign object damage (FOD) audits.

British Air Transport Association (BATA)

BATA is the UK airlines trade association. Its role is to represent the interests of its member UK airlines to government, airports, and other industry regulators and suppliers. BATA's interests and activities cover: airports strategy and regulation, ATC capacity and performance standards, air transport and the environment, and aviation safety and security. The site provides contact information, links to member's web sites, and an aviation news feed. The site also provides information on BATA produced reports and other documents.

British Airports Group

This aim of the B.A.G. is to represent UK companies that are seeking involvement in civil aviation and airport developments overseas. BAG's membership currently consists of over 200 companies of all sizes whose products and services are required in the strategic planning, finance, design, construction, equipping, securing, management and operation of airports and air traffic control systems. Its secretariat operates as an autonomous body under the umbrella of the Society of British Aerospace Companies (SBAC). The site contains information on the Group's organisation and activities, details of membership benefits and a BAG Member Directory. There are also links to information relating to a number of working groups representing the interests of specific sectors including: airport equipment suppliers and manufacturers working group, airports consultancy groups, and aviation security board. The site also links to related resources including the airports intelligence centre and the Civil Air Transport Board.

CAA Consultation Document : Heathrow and Gatwick Airports : CAA Proposals Following Service Quality Audit

This provides access to a UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) document dated November 2009. This paper sets out the CAA's own assessment of what it proposed should be done in response to the auditors' findings and recommendations for consultation with interested parties. It also take the opportunity to consider some additional issues with the schemetht have been drawn to the attention of the CAA by interested parties. The CAA invites comments on these proposals, which should be received by 8th January 2010. See Audit of SQR Measures dated July 2009. [Taken from abstract]. The full text is available in PDF format so Adobe Acrobat software is requiredin order to read it.

CAP 168 : Licensing of Aerodromes

This provides access to a UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) document, Civil Aviation Paper CAP 168, 6th edition, May 2004. The document sets out the standards required at UK licenced aerodromes relating to physical characteristics, assessment and treatment of obstacles, visual aids, rescue and fire fighting services and medical services. The text of CAP 168 is available in PDF format (8.3 mb), from the CAA's web site.

Civil Aviation Authority : Aviation Data Unit

The Aviation Data Unit from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) collects and disseminates statistics and market information about the UK aviation industry. There are four main types of data: UK Airport Statistics, UK Airline Statistics, UK Airline Financial Tables and Punctuality Statistics. Publications covering the above four subjects are now available free of charge from this web site.

Civil Aviation Authority : Safety Regulation Group : Research Programme 2003/2004

This document contains details of projects that are managed by the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Safety Regulation Groupo (SRG). The projects are presented under sub-headings which, largely, correspond with technology areas within SRG. An appendix contains projects with which SRG are either associated or interested in but which are being carried out by other organisations. The document also lists the reports and papers produced during the period April 2002 to March 2003 as a result of SRG funded or managed work. The text of the document is available in PDF (2.8 Mb)format.

Civil Aviation Authority : Safety Regulation Group

This is the home page of the UK Civil Aviation Authority's (CAA) Safety Regulation Group. The Group's role is to set safety standards and ensure that they are adhered to. The site provides news updates, background information on the activities of the Group, and information on personnel licensing in particular. This provides customers with information about flight crew licences, aircraft maintenance engineer licenses and medical certificates. It is possible to view the full text of documentation relating to these licences and certificates.

Civil Aviation Authority

This is the home page of the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). Its main responsibilities are in the areas of air safety, economic regulation and consumer protection. The site provides an overview of the CAA's activities, statistics and a selection of full text documents in PDF format. There are links to the home pages of the main groups within the CAA which provide detailed information about their own roles. There is also information about the impact of air transport on the environment, including noise and air pollution.

Civil Aviation Department Hong Kong (CAD)

The CAD is responsible for the safe operation and regulation of the air transport system in Hong Kong. The site provides background information on the CAD's mission, values, and organisational structure, and includes a corporate video (requires RealPlayer 8 or above). Information on the site is arranged under a series of headings: topical issues, such as security, aircraft noise management, air traffic control safety, aircraft registration and licence and certificates; publications and press releases; which includes Airworthiness Requirement and Aircraft Accident Reports; Facts and Statistics, including air traffic statistics; Public Services; Recruitment; Tender Notices; FAQ; Links and Photo Gallery. The Hong Kong Aeronautical Publication is available online with amendments, and there are also descriptions of the various courses offered by the Hong Kong Civil Aviation Training Center.

Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA)

CASA is responsible for establishing civil aviation safety and security standards and for monitoring compliance to those standards in the Republic of Korea. The site provides an introduction including a description of key activities, history, organisation, location and contact details. The activities section provides links to information by the various CASA divisions responsible for planning and coordination, flight standards, personnel licensing, aircraft engineering, aviation security, aviation safety oversight, air traffic services planning, airway facilities, airport planning and standards, airport development, airport environment, and the International Programs office. There is a general infomation section which describes flight services, the Korean airport system, airways technology and facilities, safety and security activities and programmes, air traffic control, and a range of statistics relating to domestic and international passengers, cargo, flights, operators and maintenance organisations, aircraft registrations, and licensed employees. A Library section provides access to guidance documents and there are also links to sites of related interest.

Competition Commission Report : BAA PLC : a Report on the Economic Regulation of Airports Companies (Heathrow Airport Ltd, Gatwick Airport Ltd and Stansted Airport)

This consultation paper sets out the Civil Aviation Authority's (CAA) proprosals for the caps on revenues derived from airport charges over 2003-2008 at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted Airports. The paper also presents the Civil Aviation Authority's proposed conditions to remedy two public interest findings made by the Competition Commission in relation to service quality at Heathrow and Gatwick, and in relation to charges of taxis at Heathrow. This is a pdf file.

Consultation on Airport capacity, efficiency and safety in Europe

This describes a European Commission consultation process which was concluded at the end of 2005 (deadline 30 November 2005). The pages provide access to copies of the contributions received Individual ordered by type of organisations including governments, airlines / airline associations, airports / airport associations, international organisations, research and consultants, private consumers, pilots / Air Traffic Control, and Environmental groups.

Consultation on the introduction of sanctions for misuse of airport slots

This is a United Kingdom Department for Transport (DfT) consultation document, published 14 July 2005. Article 14.5 of the European Regulation 793/2004 places an obligation on Member States to put in place, in the circumstances specified, sanctions to deal with repeated and intentional misuse of slots by airlines. This is to ensure that where airport capacity is scarce, the available capacity is used efficiently and distributed in a fair, non-discriminatory and transparent way. Enforcement measures and sanctions have been introduced with the aim of discouraging misuse of slots and thereby maximising the effectiveness of the slot allocation system. This consultation aims to gather views on the most appropriate way for such a system to be established at the UK's coordinated airports (Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted and Manchester). The Consultation consists of a number of documents including: a covering letter, background and objectives, the questions beind asked, deadline for responses and next steps. Annex A is the Code of Practice, Annex B a partial Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA), Annex C How other EU Member states have implemented Article 14.5, Annex D Statutory Instrument 1993 No. 1067 The Airports Slot Allocation Regulations 1993, Annex E European Regulation 793/2004, and Annex F the List of organisations consulted by the DfT. The text of the document is available in HTML and a series of PDF files. A report which describes the results of the consultation is now available.

Control of Noise from Civil Aircraft

This web site provides access to a Department For Transport consultation paper. This follows the publication of the integrated transport policy White Paper 'A New Deal For Transport: Better For Everyone' which was published on 20 July 1998. It includes proposals to take powers to help airports to enforce mitigation measures. The full text of the paper was published online in HTML format on 15 August 2000, and the text can also be dowloaded in PDF format (287 Kb) and Word (200 Kb). The DFT site also provides access to a report which summarises the response to the consultation.

Cranfield Airport

Information about Cranfield Airport, which it conveniently situated for London and the South Midlands, can be found on this website. It is an ideal arrival point for business visitors to London looking for discretion and confidential arrangements and home base to many corporate, private and charter aircraft owners. There is information for pilots, including airport data, facilities, accommodation as well as useful links and contact information. Cranfield has an interesting history and there is information about this and a picture gallery.

Departamento de Aviação Civil (DAC)

The Civil Aviation Department (DAC) of Brazil is part of the Aeronautical Command of the Ministry of Defense. DAC's mission is to study, guide, plan, control, stimulate and support the activities of public and private civil aviation in Brazil. Within the DAC structure there are four Sub-departments responsible for Planning, Infrastructure, Operations and Technical. DAC also includes the Civil Aviation Institute (IAC) and the seven Regional Services of Civil Aviation (SERAC), which are spread throughout the country. There are sections of the covering SERAC, the Civil Aviation Institute, and DAC Services, (including the aircraft registration database RAB-Online), travelling tips for passengers and a News Room. The information section contains background information and a history of the Department, an overview evolution of air transport policy in Brazil, and DAC rules and regulations (feely available for downloading) The information section can be browsed under a number of headings. The Aircraft sub-section describes procedures for registration, importation and exportation of aircraft and their components and provides access to various data analyses including aircraft accident statitistics. Other sub-sections cover airports, airlines, air cargo agencies, career and training (includes course manuals), economic data, air transport statistics, and flight safety. There is also an extensive publications section which provides access to statistical year books, and a number of studies (in Portuguese) on topics such as passenger flows, air cargo, and air traffic and airport demand.

Department for Transport : Aviation

This is the home page of the U.K. Department for Transport (DFT) Aviation section. The site brings together resources to many full text papers in the areas of aviation environmental issues, air traffic forecasts, air traffic control, aviation safety, health and consumer issues, airports, and domestic and international issues. The site also provides access to current and archived consultation papers.

Department for Transport: Air Traffic Forecasts for the United Kingdom 2000

This document sets out the Department for Transport (DFT) 2000 forecasts of air passenger traffic at UK airports, up to the year 2020. The report is structured as follows: Chapter 2: guidance on the interpretation of the forecasts; Chapter 3: presents a summary of the main forecasts, with a more detailed breakdown of international traffic in Chapter 4 and domestic traffic in Chapter 5; Chapter 6: discusses the forecasts of scheduled low cost airline traffic; Chapter 7: sets out and discusses a number of sensitivity tests which were conducted; and Chapter 8: considers the accuracy of previous DFT (DOT) forecasts compared with observed demand. The annexes contain details of the methodology used to produce the forecasts and the assumptions about key variables as well as a summary of the forecasts.

Department for Transport: Aviation Consultation Papers

This section of the DFT site provides the full text of a number of consultation papers related to airports and air transport, dating from 1998 onwards. The site contains current as well as archived consultation documents. Subjects covered include: increased passenger movement at Stansted, airports in South East England, economic regulation of airports, Galileo, satellite navigation services, the 'Single European Sky', access to regional airports, night restrictions at UK airports, National Air Traffic Ltd, and public safety zones. The text of the consulation papers can be accessed in HTML, PDF and Word formats.

Department of Transport and Regional Services : Aviation and Airports Policy

The primary role of the Aviation and Airports Policy Division is to advise the Australian Government on the policy and regulatory framework for the aviation and airports industries. The Division manages the continuing relationship between the Government and the Civil Aviation Authority (CASA), Airservices Australia (Airservices) and Australia's airlines. It also manages Australia's participation in the work of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and provides the secretariat for the International Air Services Commission (IASC). The site provides information on legislation, regulations and guidelines. A number of discussion papers are avilable in full text. These include: Restricting Operations by Marginally Compliant Chapter 3 Aircraft a proposed airport by airport approach; Expanding Ways to Describe and Assess Aircraft Noise; Going Beyond Noise Contours, Local Approaches to Land Use Planning around Smaller Australian Airports, and Guidance Material for Selecting and Providing Aircraft Noise Information. The site also provides access to a selection of relevant legislation, regulations and guidelines including: Air Navigation Act 1920; Air Navigation Regulations 1947; Air Navigation (Checked Baggage) Regulations 2000, and Smoking on Aircraft.

Designation of London City Airport as 'Coordinated'

This provides access to a Uk Department for Transport Consultation document dated 23rd February 2009. The consultation document seeks views on two issues; whether London City Airport should be designated as ‘coordinated’ by the Secretary of State for the purposes of the Slot Allocation Regulations; and if so, whether the Secretary of State should approve the appointment of Airport Coordination Limited (ACL) as the coordinator at this airport. Closing date for responses is 17th April 2009. The consultation letter is available in PDF format so Adobe Acrobat software is required in order to read it. Also included are supporting documents Annexe A-Capacity Study, Annexe B-Impact Assessment, Annexe C-List of Consultees, and Annexe D-Response Form.

Determination of Bragg Scatter in an Aircraft Generated Wake Vortex System for Radar Detection

This web site provides access to a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Department of Electrical Engineering PhD dissertation, by Theodore J. Myers, dated 28 August 1997. The dissertation is concerned with aspects of the remote detection of wingtip generated wake vortices for hazard avoidance purposes. The study describes the identification of a new mechanism with a sharply peaked doppler spectrum which offers coherent detection by doppler radar. Bibliographic and abstract details are available in HTML format. The full text of the document is accessible online in PDF format [10.81 Mb]. This title is part of Virginia Techs Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Collection (VT ETD).

ECAC Policy Statement in the Field of Aviation Facilitation

This web site provides access to a European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) document titled: Facilitation: ECAC.CEAC Doc 30, (Part 1), 10th edition, December 2006, as amended at the One hundred and twenty-second meeting of Directors General of Civil Aviation of ECAC Member States (DGCA/122), in Paris, 24-25th November 2004. The document presents the ECAC's policy statement in the field of aviation facilitation. It covers facilitation of transport of: persons and their baggage; cargo and other articles; persons with reduced mobility; facilitation and services for traffic on airports; and annexes. The text of the document is available online in PDF format (86 pages, 878 mo).

ECAC/EU Dialogue with the European Air Transport Industry : Air Passenger Rights

This provides access to the proceedings of the fourth Dialogue meeting between the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) and the European Union (EU), held in Lisbon, 10 May 2001. The meeting involved attendees from governments, airports, airlines, consumer organisations and various organisations representing persons with reduced mobility. The proceedings include information on the Airports Voluntary Commitment on Air Passenger Service, and the Airline Passenger Service Commitment. The document is available in PDF format (2.9 Mb) from the ECAC web site.

Economic Regulation and Incremental Costs

This is the full text of a consultation paper dated February 2001. It is published by the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and considers the estimation of incremental costs and the role they should play in the regulatory oversight of the designated airports. The major issues are set out and outlines ways in which estimates could form the final price cap. The deadline for response was April 2001. The paper is available in PDF format.

EMEP/CORINAIR Atmospheric Emission Inventory Guidebook

This 3rd edition, September 2003 update has been prepared by the expert panels of the UNECE/EMEP Task Force on Emission Inventories, and published by the European Environment Agency. The Guidebook is designed to provide a comprehensive guide to the state-of-the-art of atmospheric emissions inventory methodology for each of the emission-generating activities listed in the current versions of the Selected Nomenclature for Air Pollution (SNAP97). The activities covered include in Content list Group 8 Other mobile sources and machinery - Air traffic; Domestic airport traffic, International airport traffic, Domestic cruise traffic, and International cruise traffic. The bibliographic description details are in HTML format, and the Contents chapters are in PDF format.

European Aeronautics Science Network (EASN)

This is a three year funded project which aims to bring the European universities with aeronautics activities into an integrated network, operating in parallel with industry and the national research establishments. EASN has a Steering Committee representing partners to oversee the activities of the network, as well as a number of Interest Groups (IGs) addressing various thematic issues. There are 10 interest areas covering Flight Physics, Aerostructures, Propulsion, Aircraft Avionics Systems and Equipment, Flight Mechanics, Integrated Design and Validation, Air Traffic Management, Airports, Human Factors, and Innovative Concepts and Scenarios. Within these areas several Interest Groups have been established for Advanced Combustion Chambers, Ageing Aircraft, Crashworthiness and Structural Impact, Emission Minimizing Flight Operations, Fault Tolerant Systems, Increased Exploitation of Composites, Manufacturing Processes and Technologies of Aero-Engines, Risk Analysis Based LCE in Aeronautics, Surface Engineering Treatments, Vortical Structures and IG Innovative Contacts and Scenarios. The central element is an open, Internet based network that will enable communication between groups and will provide access to a database. The Network Database contains Information on the university institutes with their aerospace competence profiles, companies and organisations in the aerospace supply chain, research establishments and information on national aeronautics research programmes. The web site describes the network members and provides details of each of the regional contact points. It identifies R&T areas and Interest Groups and the Universities who are engaged in research activities in these areas. The site also provides news and a list of related links.

European Air Traffic Forecasts 1985-2015 (Part 1)

This publication from the Air Transport Action Group (ATAG) contains the key findings of a regional growth forecast for Europe in HTML format. This edition, dated 2000, is the second update of a report originally published in 1996 by IATA (International Air Transport Association) and covers European domestic and international air traffic. View Part 2.

European Civil Aviation Conference

The European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) is an intergovernmental organisation, which aims to promote the continued development of a safe, efficient and sustainable European air transport system. It seeks to achieve this aim by harmonizing civil aviation policies and practices amongst its Member States; and by promoting understanding on policy matters between its Member States and other parts of the world. The site includes an About ECAC section contains background information such as history; membership; functions and organisation; and relations with other organisations. The site also describes ECAC's work programme and activities including: integration of new member states; civil aviation security; environmental issues; economics, passenger health, and aviation safety, which constitutes a major part of the technical programme. Safety related programmes include SAFA (Safety Assessment of Foreign Aircraft), SOI (Safety Oversight Issues), JAA-EASA Transition, and The Group of Experts on Accident Investigation (ACC). A newsletter, ECAC News, press releases, details of forthcoming events are available and the site provides online access to a number of ECAC reports and other documents. ECAC also hosts the 'NLA Forum' (New Larger Aircraft) which aims to facilitate information exchange and sharing between States administrations, international organisations, airports, airlines, research organisations and the industry on all issues relating to the accommodation of NLAs at existing airports.

Evaluation of Airport Subsurface Materials

This provides access to a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory Special Report 97-13, prepared by Vincent C. Janoo, Robert Eaton, and Lynette Barna, for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), dated May 1997. The report describes the examination and testing of eleven sub-surface materials specified by the FAA to determine their susceptibility to frost heave and thaw weakening. The text of the report is available in PDF format (297 K), and is part of the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory Virtual Library.

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is the element of the U.S. government with primary responsibility for the safety of civil aviation. The FAA was originally designated the Federal Aviation Agency when established by the Federal Aviation Act of 1958. The present name was adopted in 1967 when the FAA became a component of the Department of Transportation. The FAA's major functions include: regulating civil aviation to promote safety and fulfilling the requirements of national defense; encouraging and developing civil aeronautics, including new aviation technology; developing and operating a common system of air traffic control and navigation for both civil and military aircraft; research and development with respect to the National Airspace System and civil aeronautics; developing and implementing programs to control aircraft noise and other environmental effects of civil aviation; and regulating U.S. commercial space transportation. The site provides access to a range of information resources. These are grouped under the following functions: Aviation Support and Regulation and Safety, Security, and System Efficiency. There are links to constituent FAA organizations. The Newsroom contains press releases and fact sheets. There is a section on careers and education opportunities. There is also a 'More' section, which includes information for and about Airline Operators; Airport Operators; Designees and Delegations; General Avaition; and Mechnanics and Repairmen.

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Airports Home Page

The FAA regulates the air transport industry in the United States and is the equivalent of the UK Civil Aviation Authority. It maintains an extensive web site which provides a wealth of full text information regarding aviation support and regulation, information for passengers, press releases and news, and safety and security.

Federal Aviation Administration : Certifications and Certification

The FAA's Aircraft Certification Service is responsible for the safety of civil aircraft. The site links to aircraft certification information (including an FAQ, standard airworthiness certification, special airworthiness certificate, special flight authorisation, and export and import approvals), airport certification and certification of people (including training and testing, online updating of airman records and FAQs).

Federal Aviation Administration : Global Aviation Information Network (GAIN)

The Global Aviation Information Network (GAIN) promotes and facilitates the voluntary collection and sharing of aviation safety information. This site is produced by the Federal Aviation Administration's Office of System Safety. It provides an overview of GAIN, including an overview of the concept, details of GAIN conferences, reports, papers and articles pertaining to the GAIN Program and related activities. It also provides acees to the full text of the GAIN Operator's Flight Safety Handbook (OFSH) and a link to the official GAIN Program web site.

Federal Aviation Administration : Office of System Capacity

The mission of the Office of System Capacity is to identify, develop and implement initiatives that have the potential to increase the capacity of the (US) national aviation system. The site provides reports and studies created by the Capacity Office over the last five years. These include annual Aviation Capacity Enhancement plans back to 1992 in PDF format and Airport Capacity Enhancement plans for specific airports. Many of these full text reports are now out of print and so are only available electronically. There is also a link through to the FAA's New Large Aircraft (NLA) issues site.

Federal Aviation Administration : William J. Hughes Technical Center

The William J. Hughes Technical Center is the national scientific test base for the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) research, development and acquisition programmes. Its activities involve test and evaluation in air traffic control, communications, navigation, airports, and aircraft safety and security. The web site provides access to a range of information resources. There is a video entitled Technology of Transformation which gives an overview of the Center's interests and activities. The Center's Newsletter, Intercom, is available online in PDF format. There are also links to the web sites of the individual Technical Programme areas. These include the Airport and Aircraft Safety Research and Development Division, which manages and coordinates the Airport and Aircraft Safety and Continued Airworthiness Research and Development programmes; the Office of Security and Hazardous Materials; and the Real and Virtual Environment Division, which is comprised of seven Groups that operate and administer the multi-use laboratories, the National Airspace System (NAS) development and test laboratories and other technical facilities at the William J. Hughes Technical Center.

Federal Aviation Administration Aircraft Certification Service : Advisory Circulars

This site provides the full text of Advisory Circulars produced by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Aircraft Certification Service. This database is a searchable repository of all aviation safety Advisory Circulars (ACs). You can look at the most current ACs by their AC Number, or Part Number. It is also possible to view historical AC information to see old or cancelled ACs. For each AC, you can view a PDF copy.

Federal Aviation Administration Office of Office of Airport Planning and Programming (APP)

The Office serves as the principal organization of the FAA responsible for all Airports programme matters pertaining to national airport planning, environmental and social requirements, airport grants, property transfers, passenger facility charges, and ensuring adequacy of the substantive aspects of FAA rulemaking actions relating to these programmes. The site provides links to the three operating divisions of National Planning (APP-400), Financial Assistance (APP-500) and Community and Environmental Needs (APP-600). The site also links to related FAA web pages covering amongst others Airport Resouces, Airport Planning, Certification, Airport Design Engineering and Construction, as well as the Airport Compliance and Airport Envionmental Programs.

Federal Aviation Administration Safety Team

The Mission of the FAA's FAASTeam is to reduce accident rates by conveying safety principles and practices through training, outreach, and education; while establishing partnerships and encouraging the continual growth of a positive safety culture within the aviation community. The site provides acces to a range of resources. The Aviation Learning Center lists a number courses as well as a searchable Online Library, which includes a large number of full text documents. The documents are arranged under a number of browse headings such as Aircraft, Airmen, Airports, Airspace, Airworthiness, Guidance, Standards and Regulations, Human Factors, Reference Materials, and Videos and Interactive Content. The site also provides a link to the Safety Program Airmen Notification System (SPANS), an online event notification facility; to a number of saftey award schemes, safety notices, and FAASteam news stories. Registration for FAASafety.gov is free. Once registered users are able to customize event notification preferences, and receive automatic notification of new events.

Federal Interagency Committee on Aviation Noise (FICAN) : Position on Research into Effects of Aircraft Noise on Classroom Learning

This provides access the full text of a paper which outlines FICAN's position on research into effects of aircraft noise on children's learning, published September 2000. This paper presents a summary of the research presented at a special symposium held during the University of California’s International Airport Noise Symposium, San Diego, February. 2000, as well as a presentation of FICAN’s recommendations. The text of the paper is presented in PDF format.

Federal Organization Against Airport and Aircraft Noise (Germany)

The site provides links to the Web sites of communities and neighbourhoods which are situated near airports in Germany and are therefore against airport and aircraft noise. They are arranged by location. News items and links links to related publications and Internet sites are also provided.

Fixing Airport Security : 21st-Century Strategies for 21st-Century Threats

This provides access to a Reason Public Policy Institute (RPPI) publication, by Robert W. Poole and Viggo Butler, RPPI Rapid Response No. 106, dated September 21st 2001. The authors make the case for changes in airport management in the U.S. in order to achieve security levels that are comparable to European airports. The text is available in HTML format.

Future Heathrow

This is the web site of a lobby group whose aim is to convince people that it is desirable and possible to develop Heathrow in a way that is sensitive to the environment and the needs of the local population. The group comprises a coalition of business, trades unions and the aviation community. The site provides background information on the group, including aims and purpose, composition, press releases and its key campaign themes. These include: the Air Transport White Paper of December 2003, aviation and the economy, the environment, surface access and regional access.

Guidance on Air Transport Forums and Airport Surface Access Strategies

The Government's White Paper on the Future of Transport "A New Deal for Transport: Better for Everyone" (Cm 3950) indicated that all airports in England with scheduled services should establish Airport Transport Forums (ATFs) and prepare Airport Surface Access Strategies (ASAS) to feed into Local Transport Plans (LTPs). Draft guidance to airport operators, their potential partners and other interested organisations in delivering surface access improvements, and on the scope, content and handling of ASAS, was published earlier this year. The attached revised guidance takes account of responses received in respect of the earlier draft guidance. [Taken from document]. This was published in December 2005 and is available in HTML format.

Heathrow Association for the Control of Aircraft Noise (HACAN)

HACAN is a pressure group whose purpose is to campaign against, and raise awareness of, aircraft noise within the London and Thames Valley region. The site provides the full text of a number of reports and press releases about noise from aircraft, submissions to the Terminal 5 Inquiry, HACAN newsletters, information for campaigners, and links to related interest groups world-wide.

Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted Airports' Price Caps, 2003-2008 : Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)'s Recommendations to the Competition Commission (February 2002)Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted Airports' Price Caps, 2003-2008

The Civil Aviation Authority has referred these three airports, along with Manchester Airport, to the Competition Commission for price caps for the five year period beginning in April 2003. This document comprises: summary, capital expenditure annes, cost of capital annex, Heathrow demand valuation survey annex, financial modelling annex, Heathrow incremental costs annex, RRCB allocations annex, traffic forecasts annex. The document is in PDF forat.

Helicopter Safety

Helicopter Safety was one of the seven separate FSF publications that were superseded by AeroSafety World in 2006. This site provides full text access to the newsletter which was bimonthly and was published by the Flight Safety Foundation, an international organisation concerned with promoting aviation safety concerns. The primary concern of the newsletter was to address specific issues of safety surrounding helicopter pilots and operational personnel. Each issue of the newsletter addresses a single topic. Articles from the later issues may be viewed in PDF format. Back issues are available from 1988 and onwards.

Honeywell

Honeywell is a leader in control technology. The company has five main divisions: Aerospace - supplier of engines, systems, avionics and services for commercial and business aviation, military aircraft and spacecraft; Automation and Control solutions for industry and houses; Airport and Aircraft Security and Safety; Transportation and Power Systems - leading provider of automotive turbochargers; and Speciality Materials. The site provides company information, news and press releases, careers information and a section on investor relations which includes the annual report.

ICAO's Policies on Charges for Airports and Air Navigation Services

This is a PDF version of the International Civil Aviation Organization's Doc 9082/6, sixth edition, 2001. The policy was originally adopted by the Council on 22 June 1992, at the 14th Meeting of its 136th Session, and amended by it on 8 December 2000, at the 18th Meeting of its 161st Session. There are French and Spanish as well as English language versions of the text.

Improving the Air Passenger Experience : An analysis of end-to-end journeys with a focus on Heathrow

This full-text PDF report from the UK Department for Transport (DfT) lays out some of the quantitative and qualitative data currently collected by the Department and its strategic partners to give snapshot pictures of what the end-to-end journey experience looks like for passengers using Heathrow, the UK’s largest airport. This is the first step in better understanding the end-to-end journey and user experience. In the medium to long term the aims are to have a more systematic evaluation of end-to-end journeys including by airport and by airline and to commission a full suite of data gathering to underpin policy development as set out in the Department for Transport’s discussion document Towards a Sustainable Transport System.

Learning to Land : A Qualitative Examination of Pre-Flight and In-Flight Decision-Making Processes in Expert and Novice Aviators

This web page provides access to a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Department of Human Development PhD thesis, by Edward L. Deitch, dated 28 November 2001. The thesis describes a study of the decision-making characteristics of expert and novice pilots. A number of expert and novice pilots were interviewed about their decision-making processes as they related to four aeronautical decision-making scenarios. Bibliographic and abstract details are available in HTML format. The full text of the document is accessible online in PDF format. This title is part of Virginia Tech’s Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Collection (VT ETD).

Manchester Airport's Price Cap, 2003-2008 : Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Recommendations to the Competition Commission (February 2002)

This document comprises: summary, cost of capital annex, RRCB allocations annex, traffic forecasts annex, benchmarking annex (appendix - NERA report). It is in PDF format and is 2.4mb long.

Manual of Aerodrome Flight Information Services : Part A General

This provides access to a UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) document, Civil Aviation Paper CAP 410 Part A, 7th ed, 7 March 2002. The purpose of this document is to provide general guidance on the procedures to be followed when providing a Flight Information Service (FIS) to pilots. It is aimed at Flight Information Service Officers (FISOs) working at aerodromes and Area Control Centres (ACCs). CAP 410 is published in two parts. The text of CAP 410 Part A is available in PDF format (213 kb), from the CAA's web site.

Manual of Aerodrome Flight Information Services : Part B Aerodrome

This provides access to a UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) document, Civil Aviation Paper CAP 410 Part B, 7th ed, 2002. The purpose of this document is to provide guidance on the procedures to be followed when providing a Flight Information Service (FIS) to pilots. It is aimed at Flight Information Service Officers (FISOs) working at aerodromes and Area Control Centres (ACCs). The text of CAP 410 Part B is available in PDF format (586 kb), from the CAA's web site.

MIT Information Control Engineering : Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems

This site is the home page of Massachussets Institute of Technology's Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems. The main feature of the site is full text access to many reports and papers produced by the Laboratory's staff in the subject areas of aerial robotics and path planning, air traffic management, control and operations research.

National Consortium for Aviation Mobility (NCAM)

This is a non-profit partnership organisation which aims, in collaboration with NASA's Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS) programme, to promote the development of a high mobility 21st Century personal transportation system utilizing small General Aviation aircraft. NCAM's mission is to coordinate and integrate the technical work and products of its members, foster technology transfer and standards needed for commercialisation. The site describes the SATS project and the contributions being made by the six NCAM Laboratories. Other available information resources include news, a list of organisational contacts and downloadable collections of documents, videos and animations.

National Research and Development Plan For Aviation Safety, Security, Efficiency, and Environmental Compatibility

This web site provides access to a US National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) transportation strategic plan titled: National Research and Development Plan For Aviation Safety, Security, Efficiency, and Environmental Compatibility, produced by the National Science and Technology Council, Committee on Technology, Subcommittee on Transportation Research and Development, November 1999. The plan is intended to act as a benchmark for future inter-agency collaborative efforts to optimise essential US government research toward the attainment of critical aviation and air transportation goals established by the Federal government and supported by industry. The full text of the plan is available in PDF format.

National Transportation Library : Airports and Facilities

This is a subsection of the National Transport Library's collection of transport-related documents. The site provides access to a comprehensive list of full-text documents in either PDF or Word format, related to all aspects of airport facilities. Subjects covered include lighting, safety, finance, planning and design, equipment, signing and graphics.

National Transportation Library

The National Transportation Library is administered by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics in cooperation with the Transportation Administrative Services Center (TASC), the operating administrations, and the Office of the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation. The National Transportation Library contains documents and databases provided from throughout the transportation community. The Library contains links to full-text documents. It can be searched, or browsed by subject. The Aviation section can be browsed under the following headings: Air traffic control, Airports and facilities, Aviation economics and finance, Aviation energy and environment, Aviation planning and policy, Aviation safety / Airworthiness, Aviation laws and regulations, Aviation human factors, Newsletters.

New Large Aircraft

The site, which has been produced by the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Office of System Capacity, is intended to highlight current news, events, and issues surrounding the introduction of very large transport aircraft. The site contains a calendar of events and provides links to sites of related interest. The site also has a New Large Aircraft Issues Document which has been prepared by the New Large Aircraft Facilitation Group. The document identifies the issues that affect the operation of New Large Aircraft in the United States of America. It provides a central repository for issues that affect the airport environment, air traffic control, aircraft rescue and fire fighting, ground service handling, and other relevant operational areas. It is available in several formats including HTML, PDF and MS Word 97.

New Zealand Aviation Security Service

This service is involved in several activities, such as the screening of international departing passengers and their baggage for dangerous items, access controls and searching international aircraft for security purposes. The site provides information about its role and history, structure and legislation, goals and performance, external relations, airport security news (Auckland Aiport's security bulletin) and links to related sites and frequently asked questions (FAQ).

Nextor Publications

The National Center of Excellence in Aviation Operations Research (NEXTOR) is a joint university, industry and FAA research organisation. It is organised by a consortium of four universities: the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Maryland, the University of California at Berkeley and Virginia Polytechnic Institute. This site provides a listing of NEXTOR publications many of which can be accessed online in .pdf format. Subjects covered include human factors in air transport and air traffic management.

Noise Exposure Contours 1997

This site provides access to reports on noise exposure contours for three London airports: Heathrow, Stanstead and Gatwick. The amount of aircraft noise experienced by people living around these airports during the summer of each year is estimated by the Department of Operational Research and Analysis (DORA) on behalf of the Department for Transport (DFT). The noise exposure measure is the Equivalent Continuous Sound Level, Leq (16-hour) in dBA. Each document contains small scale (1:200,000) 1997 Leq contours. Published 26 May 1999.

Noise Exposure Contours 1998

The site provides access to reports on noise exposure contours for three London airports: Heathrow, Stanstead and Gatwick. The amount of aircraft noise experienced by people living around these airports during the summer of each year is estimated by the Department of Operational Research and Analysis (DORA) on behalf of the Department for Transport (DFT). The noise exposure measure is the Equivalent Continuous Sound Level, Leq (16-hour) in dBA. Each document contains small scale (1:200,000) diagrams of the 1998 Leq contours. Published 29 February 2000.

Noise Exposure Contours 2002

For every year, the Environmental Research and Consultancy Department (ERCD) of the Civil Aviation Authority estimates the noise exposures around the London Airports (Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted) on behalf of the Department For Transport(DFT). The magnitude and extent of the aircraft noise around these airports are depicted on maps by contours of constant aircraft noise index (Leq) values. The contours are determined by an empirically based computer model which calculates the emissions and propagation of noise from arriving and departing air traffic. They are available from this site in HTML and PDF and Word formats

Noise Exposure Reports and Contours for Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted Airports : 2001

For every year, the Environmental Research and Consultancy Department (ERCD) of the Civil Aviation Authority estimates the noise exposures around the London Airports (Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted) on behalf of the Department For Transport(DFT). The magnitude and extent of the aircraft noise around these airports are depicted on maps by contours of constant aircraft noise index (Leq) values. The contours are determined by an empirically based computer model which calculates the emissions and propagation of noise from arriving and departing air traffic. They are available from this site in HTML and PDF and Word formats.

NOTAL Publications

NOTALs (Notice to Aerodrome Licence Holders) are issued by the UK CAA to provide a fast and standardised method of disseminating information to aerodrome licence holders. This site provides a listing of NOTAL reference numbers and titles, and where available a link to the full text of the document in PDF format. Subjects covered include friction measurement, birdstrikes and aeronautical ground lighting

Operational Concept Document

This document has been produced by Eurocontrol (European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation), a body whose most important goal is the development of a coordinated air traffic management system (ATM) for Europe. This page provides access to the full text of a document which outlines this concept and details the operational and functional attributes required to realise the concept. The document can be viewed or downloaded in PDF format. Edition 1.1 published on 4th January 1999 is available, which was updated on 9 April 2003.

Operational Safety Competences : A UK Code of Practice

This provides access to a UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) publication, Civil Aviation Paper, CAP 700, prepared by the Safety Regulation Group, 2nd ed, 3 May 2002. The document is a joint intitiative of the Aerodrome Operators' Association (AOA) and the Aerodrome Standards Department of the CAA. It identifies the key areas of operational safety competence for aerodrome licensees. The text of CAP 700 is available in PDF format (216 kb), from the CAA's web site.

Passengers’ Experiences of Air Travel: Government Response to the Committee’s Eighth Report of Session 2006–07 : Twelfth Special Report of Session 2006–07

The House of Commons Transport Committee is appointed by the House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Department for Transport and its associated public bodies. The Committee published its Eighth Report of Session 2006–07 on 26 July. The response from the Department for Transport was received in the form of a memorandum dated 8 October 2007 and is published as Appendix 1 to this report. Transport for London and the Civil Aviation Authority also submitted responses which have been incorporated into this report. Transport for London’s response was received in the form of a memorandum dated 1 October 2007 and is published as Appendix 2. The Civil Aviation Authority’s response was received in the form of a memorandum dated 8 October 2007 and is published as Appendix 3. Issues covered include ticketing policies, travel to airports, airports, security, baggage, airlines, complaints and compensation, passengers requiring assistance, Transport for Londons park and ride policy, and taxis. The full report is available in PDF format.

Performance Reports of BAA London Airports and Manchester Airport (August 2001)

This paper provides a factual review of performance at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted for the period 1997/8 to 2000/01, and for Manchester Airport from 1998/99 to 2000/01. The document is in PDF format.

Planning and Airport Development : Can the UK Planning System Cope with Planned and Future Airport Development

This is the PDF version of the proceedings of a workshop held on 23 January 2001, at Birmingham International Airport. The workshop was held under the auspices of the Sustainable Cities and Aviation Network (SCAN-UK) initiative. The topics covered by the workshop include 'Gatwick - an exercise in BAA and local authority co-operation', 'The future of UK air transport planning', 'Rationing aviation - fact or fiction?', and 'The role of partnerships in airport growth'.

Practicalities of Implementing a Dual Till

This report, commissioned by the Civil Aviation Authority fom Europe Economics, and published in December 2000, concludes that moving to a dual till approach should be feasible in practice, with some modification in the airports' accounting frameworks. The document is in PDF format.

Pricing Structures and Economic Regulation

This is the full text of a consultation paper dated March 2001. It is published by the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and considers the limits that the Airports Act 1986 requires the CAA to set on revenue raised through airport charges at designated airports. The paper discusses several questions about price caps and invites responses from interested parties. The deadline for these is May 2001. The paper is available in PDF format.

Professional Pilots Rumour Network

This service is aimed at pilots, those who are thinking of a career as a pilot, as well as cabin crew, air traffic controllers, operations, crewing and rostering staff. The main focus of the site are the forums which are divided into several major topic areas including flight deck, aircrew, airline specific, ground operations and regional issues. It is necessary to register (free of charge) to post a message, although the forums can be browsed without registration. The site also contains information and advice to those who are job seeking, information on safety at selected airports, weather and a guestbook.

Project for the Sustainable Development of Heathrow

This site is about the Project for the Sustainable Development of Heathrow which takes forward the commitment made in the Government's White Paper 'The Future of Air Transport' to examine how to make best use of Heathrow's existing two runways, and how a third runway could be added after a new runway at Stansted, whilst complying with strict conditions on air quality, noise and improved public transport access. The project aims to reach a view about whether further development is likely to be consistent with the environmental conditions laid down in the White Paper. An FAQ is available as is a feedback form.

Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Establishment of a Community Framework for Noise Classification of Civil Subsonic Aircraft for the Purposes of Calculating Noise Charges

The European Commission document, COM (2001) 074 final, dated 2001, is a proposed Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council for the establishment of a Community framework for noise classification of civil subsonic aircraft for the purposes of calculating noise charges.

Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council Amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 95/93 of 18 January 1993 on Common Rules for the Allocation of Slots at Community Airports

This web site provides access to a Commission of the European Communities document proposal document COM (2001) 335 final, Brussels, 20.06.2001. The full text of this document is available online in HTML format. A PDF version of the document is also available.

Reason Foundation

A US nonprofit research organization that aims to promote innovative approaches to public policy, Reason carries out research on a variety of issues airports, aviation security and air traffic management. The site provides a range of information sources. The Press Room contains news releases, an expertise list, and events calendar. A range of publications are available including the monthly magazine, Reason, Aviation Security Newsletter, and the Air Traffic Control Reform Newsletter. The Reason Policy Studies series of reports are arranged by subject including Air Traffic Control / Airports, and Airport Security.

Recent Trends in Growth of UK Air Passenger Demand

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has published a report, Recent Trends in Growth of UK Air Passenger Demand, which sets out an analysis of how growth in different segments of passenger traffic at UK airports has changed in recent years and the likely causes of these changes. It investigates four factors: broader economic trends, competition with other transport modes, aviation cost pressures and attitudes towards the environment. It also examines the propensity to fly of different leisure passenger types, in particular the relationship with income, demographic factors and property ownership abroad. The full report is available in PDF format.

Report on Air Safety and Security

This provides access to the text of a Canadian Parliament report prepared by the Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications' Subcommittee on Transportation Safety, dated June 2000. The report starts by highlighting the culture of air safety and the role of the Transportation Safety Board. It considers specific issues affecting airline travel as well as airport safety and security. The report reviews Canada's regulatory system and international obligations for air safety. It concludes with an examination of safety issues which are likely to become increasingly important over the next ten to fifteen years. The text is available in HTML format.

Safety Standards At Unlicensed Aerodromes (Including Helicopter Landing Sites)

This provides access to UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) paper, CAP 428, 5th ed, October 2004. The document provides guidance on the recommended layout, physical characteristics and visual aids appropriate to safe operating standards at unlicensed aerodromes. Its contents are not mandatory, nor do they purport to be exhaustive; however, they do provide what can be considered as sound practice. Advice on the standards required of licensed aerodromes is contained in CAP 168 - Licensing of Aerodromes. The text of the document is available in PDF format (174 kb), from the CAA's web site.

Sustainability and Air Transport : What Does It Mean For The Aviation Industry

The site provides access to the presentations from a workshop, held 11 January 2000, at Manchester Airport. The workshop was held under the auspices of the Sustainable Cities and Aviation Network (SCAN-UK) initiative. The workshop proceedings cover the following topics: the airport perspective; sustainable aviation - an environmental perspective; and sustainable aviation policy. The text of the proceedings are available in PDF format (0.4Mb).

The Future of Air Transport : Regulatory Impact Assessment

This is the regulatory impact assessment for The Future of Air Transport white paper (2003). Its objective is to 'provide a strategic framework for the development of airport capacity in the UK over the next 30 years, against the background of wider developments in air transport'. [Taken from document]. It is available in full text in PDF format.

The Future of Air Transport

This web page links to several resources related to this UK Government white paper, which was published on 16th December 2003. The white paper sets out a strategic framework for the development of airport capacity in the United Kingdom over the next 30 years, against the wider context of the air transport sector. It does not itself authorise or preclude any particular development, but sets out a policy framework which will inform decisions on future planning applications, and against which the relevant public bodies, airport operators and airlines can plan ahead. It sets out the conclusions of the Government, and of the devolved administrations where appropriate, on the case for future expansion at airports across the country. In doing so, it takes account of all relevant factors, including views expressed in an extensive consultation exercise which attracted over 500,000 responses. The report is available in PDF format.

The Future of Aviation : the Government's Consultation Document on Air Transport Policy and Response

This site provides the full text of a paper published by the UK Government's Department for Transport in 2006. This consultation document addresses the need to create an integrated approach to air transport policy. The report reviews the current scene and considers issues such as safety and security regulation, consumer issues, economic and environmental effects, airports, airlines, and freight. The text of the paper can be viewed online in HTML format and can be downloaded in PDF (568 Kb) and Word (549 Kb) format. This page also provides responses to the Consultation, which closed in April 2001, and which were published in 2006.

The Future of BAA

This is the fourth report of session 2007-08 of the House of Commons Transport Committee, HC 119, March 2008. It reports on an inquiry into the future of BAA, in particular focussing on the regulatory framework; the quality of service provided; the size and quality of investment; any consequences following from the acquisition of BAA by Ferrovial; the implications of further runway and terminal capacity; and how more competition could be introduced into the market. The report concludes that the aviation industry would benefit from increased competition and that there is much to be gained from a state of affairs where BAA did not enjoy such substantial market power.

The Government's Response to the Transport Committee's Report on Aviation

This document (Cm 6047, presented to Parliament in December 2003) sets out the Government's response to the recommendations in the Transport Committee's July 2003 Report on Aviation. It cross-refers to the White Paper, 'The Future of Air Transport', also published on 16 December 2003 and is available in PDF format.

The Impacts of Future Aviation Growth in the UK : A Report for SASIG

This provides access to a report prepared by Berkeley Hanover Consulting, for the Strategic Aviation Special Interest Group (SASIG), dated December 2000. The report examines the proposition that significant airport expansion is essential to future economic growth in the UK. It examines the maxim that a lower level of airport capacity, though well in excess of current levels, would automatically lead to substantial net disbenefits to the UK economy compared with meeting demand at the higher forecasts levels. The text of the report is available from the SASIG web site in PDF format.

The Practicality of Pulsed Fast Neutron Transmission Spectroscopy for Aviation Security

This web site provides access to a report prepared by the National Research Council's Panel on Assessment of the Practicality of Pulsed Fast Neutron Transmission Spectroscopy for Aviation Security, National Academy Press, 1999. The Panel was asked to assess the practicality of using Pulsed Fast Neutron Transmission Spectroscopy (PFNTS) for primary screening of passenger baggage or for screening cargo, compared to currently available x-ray CT-based systems. An HTML executive summary is available, and the full text of the report can be accessed online in Open Book format.

Transport Canada : Aerodrome Safety Branch

Transport Canada's Aerodrome Safety Branch is responsible for inspecting and certifying airports and airfields. The site brings together a range of information resources relating to bird strikes and aerodrome wildlife control, airport noise and land use, and Safety Advisory Circulars. Some of the specific resources of interest available include bird strike summary reports, the Aerodrome Wildlife Control Procedures Manual, Canadian Aviation Regulations relating to noise and Land Use in the Vicinity of Airports(TP 1247 E). A number of downloadable computer programs are also available. The Noise Exposure Forecast (NEF) computer program calculates forecast noise exposure levels in units of NEF in the vicinity of airports. (nefp.exe: 184 k in size, approx. 3 min to download at 1kbyte/sec). The Noise Exposure Area (NEA) program estimates the area contained within a defined NEF contour level. (neap.exe: 44 k in size, approx. 1 min to download at 1 kbyte/sec). The AIRDIST program calculates the great circle distance and the stage length of a flight between an originating airport and a few thousand airports in Canada, the United States and around the world. (airdistp.exe: 103 k in size, approx 2 min to download at 1kbyte/sec).

Transport Canada : Air Transport

Transport Canada is responsible for the development of transport policy in Canada, and for the regulation of air, marine, rail and road transport. The information on the air transport site is aimed at a number of target groups including passengers, pilots, flight instructors and maintenance technicians. The information presented describes Transport Canada's role in relation to commercial airlines, security, and, the transport of dangerous goods. There are a selection of quick links to news releases, backgrounders (programmes and initiatives), acts and regulations, policy, Civil Aviation Publications, Research and Development, and statistics and forecasts. The site provides provides access to a wide range of resources including: Canadian Aviation Regulations (CARs), Aviation Safety Publications and Videos, Airworthiness Notices, Airworthiness Directives, Guidance and Advisory Materials, Service Difficulty Advisories, and Service Difficulty Alerts. The commercial airlines section includes information on aircraft certification, airline restructuring, cabin safety standards, and Aviation Occupational Health and Safety. The site also provides links to the Civil Aviation Headquarters Directorate, Transport Canada's online publications storefront for civil aviation publications, Transport Canada's Research and Development organisation, the Transportation Development Centre (TDC), and the T-FACTS Information System for statistics and forecasts.

Transport Canada : Aviation Acts and Regulations

The site provides access to the text of the Canadian Aeronautics Act as well as supporting regulations. The regulations include amongst others, Canadian Aviation Regulations (CARs), Air Regulations (New Series), Air Services Charges Regulations, Canadian Aviation Security Regulations, Canadian Computer Reservation Systems (CRS) Regulations, and Airport Zoning Regulations. There are also links to the Canada Transportation Act and Regulations, Canadian Transportation Accident Investigation and Safety Board Act and Regulations, Carriage by Air Act, Civil Air Navigation Services Commercialization Act, the Department of Transport Act and Regulations, and others. The text can be viewed online in HTML format.

Transport Canada : Civil Aviation Directorate

The Civil Aviation headquarters directorate determines program contents, policy and standards, while the regions deliver the Civil Aviation Program. The site links to information on the Directorate's various areas of responsibility including aerodrome safety, aircraft certification, aircraft maintenance and manufacturing, air navigation services and airspace, aviation learning services, commercial and business aviation, civil aviation medicine, General Aviation, international aviation and technical programmes, quality assurance, regulatory services, strategic issues and communication, and system safey. Specific resources of note include databases of air operators, airworthiness directives applicable in Canada, approved maintenance, manufacturing and distributor organisations, the Canadian Civil Aircraft Register, Master Minimum Equipment Lists, and an index of Canadian Type Certificates. Other related full text documents include: Flight 2010 which is a safety planning framework for the future.

TranStats : The Intermodal Transportation Database

TranStats aims at providing transportation researchers and analysts, with a "one stop shop" solution for access to transportation statistical data. Produced by the United States Bureau of Transport Statistics, TranStats offers a number of features including: a Searchable Index of over 100 transportation-related data bases across every mode of transportation, with many social and demographic data sets that are commonly used in transportation analysis; Selective download, the ability to choose variables of interest and download the data directly to your PC for analysis using any data base, spreadsheet, or statistical package; Online data documentation, profiles on each data base, summary information about the tables that comprise a data base, data definitions and code information for data variables; Interactive analytical tools, the ability to do simple statistical summaries, create time series or cross tabulations, generate graphics online, and cut/paste results into reports; Interactive mapping, to help visualize geographic data and a Mapping Center with the full National Transportation Atlas Data Base, as well as applications for easily mapping US Department of Transportation (DOT) Grants and several other key data sets. These is a data finder which presents a view of the the individual databases organised by transport mode, by subject and by transport agency.

UK Airports : Report on the Market Study and Proposed Decision to Make a Market Investigation Reference

This report, produced by the Office of Fair Trading in December 2006, sets out the arguments for referring BAA’s current ownership of UK airports to the Competition Commission. The current situation is not believed to be conducive to an environment of competition or value for money. It acknowledges the importance of airports in the aviation industry, and in the light of the Government’s White Paper, The Future of Air Transport, suggests that a discussion as to whether BAA’s continued high share in the UK’s airports is timely. The report is 143 pages long and is in pdf format (2.9 Mb).

UK Airports : Survey Reports

This provides access to a UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) publication dated 2007. The Survey Reports contain a wide range of tables showing characteristics and trends of passengers at surveyed UK airports. Some reports are downloadable free of charge and are available in PDF format from the CAA web site. Those that are not can be ordered at a cost of £10 + VAT.

UK-airport-news.info

This site provides news stories about all UK airports. These are put together after print and online news sources have been scanned for relevant stories, and it is updated daily. There is a news page for each of the UK's major airports, in addition to a live flight information page. The site also provides 'airport guides' for selected airports which include information such as eating and drinking, shopping, contact details and plane spotting details.

United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation : Aviation Sub-Committee

This is one of the standing committees of the United States Senate. Its jurisdiction includes civil aviation as well as space policy. This site usefully brings together a range of information resources covering civil aviation policy issues. These resources include press releases, hearings and the testimony of witnesses, bills and committee reports (pdf format), relevant General Accounting Office (GAO), and links to appropriate external Internet sites. However, please note that this site has not been updated since 2001. Details of recent Aviation Sub-Committee hearings are availavble from the following links: 109th Congress; and 108th Congress

Update of London Overspill Forecasts

This provides access to the text of a working note prepared by Alan Stratford and Associates, on behalf of the British Air Transport Association (BATA), dated February 2000. It presents a summary of an analysis carried out to update the forecast overspill of air passenger traffic from Gatwick and Heathrow airports over the period to 2030. The text of the note is available as an MS Word file, from the BATA web site.

Visual Aids Handbook

This provides access to UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) paper, CAP 637, compiled by Neil Cargill, current version May 2007. The aim of this reference document is to explain in general terms the purpose and significance of those visual aids currently employed at licenced aerodromes in the UK. The text of the document is available in PDF format (1.8mb), from the CAA's web site.

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