World Wide Web Links
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Airport and Aircraft Databases, Flight Tracking, Great Circle Calculator.
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| Airport Data | |
| AirNav Airport Information | Airport information, fuel prices, navigation aids information. |
| FAA US Airport Diagrams | Contains latest versions of airport diagrams used by pilots. Only US airports. Good to visualize airport layouts and to know details on runways and taxiways at airports. |
| Aircraft Performance | |
| Eurocontrol Aircraft Performance Database | Contains a simplified version of the aircraft performance of the Eurocontrol BADA database. |
| Great Circle Flight Path Mapper | Computes great circle (shortest path) distance between airports worldwide. |
| International Standard Atmosphere Calculator | Contains an interactive form to estimate the values of density, temperature, and pressure of the International Standard Atmosphere (ISA). |
| Aircraft Pictures and Identification | |
| Airliners.net | Good site to see aircraft and airport photographs. See my link to airports that we will discuss in class. |
| A. A. Trani pictures and aircraft identification | My site of pictures and quick descriptions to identify aircraft. |
| Flight Tracking | |
| Flightradar24.com | Flight tracking site. |
| Flightaware.com | Flight tracking site. Also contains airport information such as a approach and departure procedure charts to all US airports. |
| Planefinder net | Flight tracking site. |
| Airport Delays and Airline Statistics | |
| Intermodal and Aviation Transportation Database (BTS) | Multi-modal transportation database with excellent query capabilities. |
| Aviation Incidents and Accidents | |
| Aviation Herald | Contains aircraft incident and accident reports useful in airport design and aviation safety analysis |
| NTSB Database | Database of accidents maintained by the National Transportation Safety Board |
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| Reports on the condition and enhancements to 3,300 airports making up the so-called NPIAS (National Plan for Integrated Airport System) system. | |
| "The Next Generation Air Transportation System is a transformative change in the management and operation of how we fly" (FAA) |
| Document | Files | Remarks |
| Boeing | Boeing Library of Aircraft Manuals for Airport Design | Excellent site that contains links to all documents for airport design published by Boeing |
| Airbus | Airbus Library of Aircraft Documents for Airport Planning | Characteristics of the Airbus family of aircraft for airport design |
| Bombardier | CRJ Regional Jets | Information on CRJ Regional Jets manufacturere by Bombardier |
| Dash-8 family | Information on the web about turboprop aircraft produced by Bombardier (designated Q100 or Dash 8-100 , Q200 or Dash-8-200, etc.) | |
| Embraer | Embraer Commercial Jets Documents | Information about the regional jet from Brasil |
| Cessna | Citation family | Information about the corporate jet family Citation |
| Cirrus | Cirrus SR 20 | Information on this new generation GA vehicle |
| Software Name | Purpose | Format and Requirements |
| Pavement Design | Downloadable FAA Pavement Designn Software | Windows |
| Airport design computer software | Companion software to FAA AC 150/5300-13. | Windows and Excel. |
| CAST Airport Simulation Software (Landside) | Models passenger flows inside airport terminals | Windows |
| SIMMOD pro | Gate-to-Gate simulator | Windows |
| RAMS Plus | Gate-to_gate Simulator | Windows |
| CAST Air Traffict Simulation Software (Airside) | Models airside traffic at airports | Windows |
| TAAM - Total Airspace and Airport Modeler | Gate-to-Gate simulator | Windows |
| Landing Events Database | Database of airport operatuions developed by the Virginia Tech Air Transportation System Laboratory | |
| Runway Exit Design Computer Program | Program to estimate optimal locations of runway exits. Also calculates the ROT on runways given an aircraft population and runway characteristics. Developed by the Virginia Tech Air Transportation System Laboratory | Windows 7 or 10 |
| Advisory Circular Name | AC Number | Remarks |
| Runway Length Requirements for Airport Design (7/1/2005) | AC 150/5325-4B | Contains information to estimate runway length requirements for civilian aircraft. The old AC has been replaced (AC 150 5325-4A). The new document has more streamlined procedures to estimate runway length for large commercial aircraft using graphs instead of the old table format. |
| Airport Design | AC 150/5300-13B | The best reference to understand airport design criteria. Contains useful charts and tables to estimate apron requirements, runway and taxiway requirements, etc. |
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AC 5220-22a | Provides guidance to design and study Engineered Materials Arresting Systems (EMAS) to protect against aircraft overruns. |
Airport Master Plans |
AC 150/5070-6B | Provides guidance on the elements of an airport Master Plan. |
Airport Deicing Facilities |
AC 150/5300-14 | Provides standards for deicing facilities at airports |
Heliport Design |
AC 150/5390-2C | Provides recommendations and standards for heliport design |
Airport Markings |
AC 150-5340-1K | Provides specifications for airport markings including runway, taxiway, and apron markings |
| Airport Pavement Design | AC 150/5320-6D | Provides guidance and specifications for airport pavement design |
| Airport Systems Design Process | Describes the airport systems planning process | |
| Planning and Design Guidelines for Airport Terminal Facilities | AC/150-5360-13 | Provides guidance to plan and design airport terminals.. |
| Airport Capacity And Delay | 150/5060-5 | Provides simplified methods to estimate capacity and delays at airports |
| Airport Drainage | 150/5320-5C | Provides guidance for engineers, airport managers, and the public in the design and maintenance of airport drainage systems. |