Airport System Planning and Design
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The official GTU curriculum for Airport System Planning and Design (subject code ME02069121) as prescribed for C(E · Semester 2 divides the course into 6 units, covering 42 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 (ME02069121)Unit 1 Introduction
- Characteristics of Air Transportation
- structure and organization
- challenges and the issues
- Airport Master Plan
- Characteristics of the aircraft
- Airport Requirements
- site selection and layout plan
Unit 2 Airport Planning and Forecasting
- Airport planning studies
- airport system plan
- airport site selection
- airport master plan
- airport project plan
- forecasting methods: time series method
- market share method
- econometric modeling
- forecasting requirements and applications: O-D demand and trends of airline passengers and cargo at regional level
- passenger and cargo forecasting
Unit 3 Geometric design
- Geometric design of runway
- Design of Passenger Terminal: analysis of flow through terminals
- Terminal area
- Space requirements
- Terminal building planning
- Check-in and security system design
- Baggage handling system
- passengers’ amenities
- Delay related capacity
- Gate position and gate capacity
Unit 4 Design of facilities
- Design of air cargo facilities
- Airport grading
- Airfield pavements
- Runway and Taxiway pavement design
- apron area design, and airport drainage design
- Program Name: Master of Engineering Level: PG Branch: Civil Engineering (Transportation Engineering) Subject Code: ME02069121 Subject Name: Airport System Planning and Design
Unit 5 Elements of facilities
- Aircraft parking system
- Visitors’ car parking design
- Terminal related visual aspects
- Air traffic control
- Control Tower
- Navigation aids
- Airport markings and lightings
Unit 6 Airline cost
- Methods of costing
- Pricing and policies
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