Airport Management
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Airport Management Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Airport Management (subject code 3150108) as prescribed for Aero · Semester 5 divides the course into 5 units, covering 52 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (3150108)Unit 1 INTRODUCTION TO AIR TRANSPORT AND AIRPORTS
- Development of Airports
- Types of Airport
- Aircraft Handling Methods
- Aircraft Ground Handling Activities
- Deplaning and Boarding
- Air-Conditioning and Compressed Air, Cargo and Baggage loading
- factors affecting site selection of airport
Unit 2 PASSENGER TERMINALS
- Airport Terminal Design Principles
- Airport Terminal Concepts
- Terminal Design Airport terminal Layout
- The Handling Process
- Aircraft Parking Position
Unit 3 AERODROME AIDS
- Aerodrome reference point
- Runway markings
- Displaced Threshold
- Take Off run available
- Landing distance available
- Take Off distance available
- Stop way, Accelerated stop distance available
- Runway end safety area
- Clear way, Runway center line lights
- Runway threshold lights
- Runway edge lights
- Runway end lights
- Touchdown zone lights
- Runway alignment indicator light
- Runway end identifier lights/Runway threshold identification light
- Runway types based on Runway center line lights and Touchdown zone
- Land and hold short operations
- Hot Spot
Unit 4 RUNWAY VISUAL AIDS
- Minimum eye height over threshold
- Aircraft arresting system
- Engineered materials arrester system
- Jet barrier
- Net barrier
- Categories(Types) of Lights
- ICAO Standards
- US/FAA Standards
- Classification of Approach lights-Full approach light system
- Intermediate approach light system
- Basic approach light system
- No approach light system
- Application into Charts
Unit 5 AIRCRAFT APPROACHES AND ILS CATEGORIES
- Procedure design criteria
- Aircraft categories for Procedure design
- Decision Height and Runway visual range
- ILS categories
- IAC segments -ARR
- Types of Proc –Pilot training network(PTN)
- base turn
- DME Arc, Straight in, ARR and MISAP Hold
- Visual and Subject Code: 3150108 w.e.f