Airport Consulting
Project Briefings
AVS 4999 – Aviation Systems Safety
Airport Consulting & Airport Management
Why is this applicable for you?
Lifestyle
Highly Qualified
Excellent Backup Plan!
Ensures you are well rounded in your profession
A better fit for your strengths
My story at FIT
I didn’t even know this was an option starting out!
This makes you a more well rounded professional, regardless of the aviation discipline you enter for your career path!
This industry NEEDS your specialized knowledge!!
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Airport Consulting
Advising airports on strategic, aeronautical, and commercial issues.
A focus on highly technical design focusing on terminal development, and airfield development.
Exists to assist airport management by supplementing existing staff with high-level technical experience.
This enables management staff to stay lean, and consulting firms to become highly skilled at specific tasks by practicing at many different airports.
What is it?
Airport Consulting
The core product of a consultancy is their employees' knowledge and experience.
As a consultant you are paid for your technical knowledge.
You are expected to multitask and work on many projects within the same time frame juggling multiple deadlines
Therefore you charge your time to each project hourly. (Like a lawyer)
Life of a Consultant
Airport Consulting
Typically an office environment.
Work from home and flexible schedule options available.
You are on demand to meet client needs, which sometimes requires work outside of the typical 9-5 schedule.
Flexibility depends on office culture and employee achievement.
Life of a Consultant
15-20 Years
130K – 160K
10-15 Years
100K – 130K
5-10 Years
70K-100K
0-5 Years
55k – 70K
Airport Consulting
Career Path & Pay Escalation
* Pay estimates based on Central Florida 2020 Rates, escalation / reduction required for locale
Consulting
Aviation Planner II/III
Project Manager
Senior Aviation Planner
Aviation Planner I
Project Director
Senior Technical Director
Typical Airport Consultant Project
Forecast Future Demand
What facilities will create the capacity the airport will need to add to meet the forecasted demand
Decide where these facilities should go, and when they should be constructed.
Devise a plan for the airport to finance these projects.
Airport Master Plan
Lakeland Linder International Airport
LAL is located on an approximate 1,710-acre property in Polk County.
The Airport is located approximately five miles southwest of the City of Lakeland and 27 miles east of Tampa International Airport (TPA)
Forecasting
Forecasting
Annual Service Volume
An airport’s ASV is the maximum number of annual operations that can occur at an airport before an assumed reasonable operational delay value is encountered.
ASV is calculated based on factors.
1. Airport Consulting
Project Briefings
AVS 4999 – Aviation Systems Safety
Airport Consulting & Airport Management
Why is this applicable for you?
Lifestyle
Highly Qualified
Excellent Backup Plan!
Ensures you are well rounded in your profession
A better fit for your strengths
2. My story at FIT
I didn’t even know this was an option starting out!
This makes you a more well rounded professional, regardless of
the aviation discipline you enter for your career path!
This industry NEEDS your specialized knowledge!!
2
Airport Consulting
Advising airports on strategic, aeronautical, and commercial
issues.
A focus on highly technical design focusing on terminal
development, and airfield development.
Exists to assist airport management by supplementing existing
staff with high-level technical experience.
This enables management staff to stay lean, and consulting
firms to become highly skilled at specific tasks by practicing at
many different airports.
What is it?
3. Airport Consulting
The core product of a consultancy is their employees'
knowledge and experience.
As a consultant you are paid for your technical knowledge.
You are expected to multitask and work on many projects within
the same time frame juggling multiple deadlines
Therefore you charge your time to each project hourly. (Like a
lawyer)
Life of a Consultant
Airport Consulting
Typically an office environment.
Work from home and flexible schedule options available.
You are on demand to meet client needs, which sometimes
requires work outside of the typical 9-5 schedule.
Flexibility depends on office culture and employee
achievement.
Life of a Consultant
4. 15-20 Years
130K – 160K
10-15 Years
100K – 130K
5-10 Years
70K-100K
0-5 Years
55k – 70K
Airport Consulting
5. Career Path & Pay Escalation
* Pay estimates based on Central Florida 2020 Rates, escalation
/ reduction required for locale
Consulting
Aviation Planner II/III
Project Manager
Senior Aviation Planner
Aviation Planner I
Project Director
Senior Technical Director
6. Typical Airport Consultant Project
Forecast Future Demand
What facilities will create the capacity the airport will need to
add to meet the forecasted demand
Decide where these facilities should go, and when they should
be constructed.
Devise a plan for the airport to finance these projects.
Airport Master Plan
7. Lakeland Linder International Airport
LAL is located on an approximate 1,710-acre property in Polk
County.
The Airport is located approximately five miles southwest of
the City of Lakeland and 27 miles east of Tampa International
Airport (TPA)
Forecasting
8. Forecasting
Annual Service Volume
An airport’s ASV is the maximum number of annual operations
that can occur at an airport before an assumed reasonable
operational delay value is encountered.
ASV is calculated based on factors like the existing runway
configuration, aircraft mix, and instrument approaches.
LAL ASV = 222,437 ops / yr
ASV vs. Forecast
60 % of ASV: Begin planning for Capacity Enhancing Projects
80 % of ASV: Planning should be complete, construction
beginning
9. 100 % of ASV: Total number of annual operations (demand)
that can be accommodated has been reached and capacity-
enhancing improvements should be made to avoid extensive
delays
How to we add Capacity?
Airspace Capacity
Approaches
Air Traffic Control Tower
Departure/Arrival Procedures
Airside Capacity
Runways
Taxiways
Landside Capacity
Terminals
Aprons
Hangars
Vehicle Parking
10. Airport Capitol Improvement Program:
Airport projects are broken up and phased to create a year-by-
year playbook for the airport to accomplish their 20-year vision.
JFK
11. A lot of airport terminals in the US are the product of
incremental expansion and no limited planning in the first few
decades. Building and adding on to what already exists without
a clear idea of future needs. (The band-aid effect)
JFK is an Extreme example of this
A lot has been learned about terminal and airfield expansion in
the past 50 years about what works and what doesn’t
Go to GOOGLE EARTH DEN is an example of a green-field
airport built using best practices to ensure efficiency and
expansion possibilities.
More and More In developing countries, they are learning from
the past 50 years of airport expansion. Often, instead of
building urban band aid approaches like JFK, they are selecting
Greenfield sites like Denver years in advance in order to
accommodate the next 50 years of aviation growth.
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JFK
A lot of airport terminals in the US are the product of
incremental expansion and no limited planning in the first few
decades. Building and adding on to what already exists without
a clear idea of future needs. (The band-aid effect)
JFK is an Extreme example of this
12. A lot has been learned about terminal and airfield expansion in
the past 50 years about what works and what doesn’t
Go to GOOGLE EARTH DEN is an example of a green-field
airport built using best practices to ensure efficiency and
expansion possibilities.
More and More In developing countries, they are learning from
the past 50 years of airport expansion. Often, instead of
building urban band aid approaches like JFK, they are selecting
Greenfield sites like Denver years in advance in order to
accommodate the next 50 years of aviation growth.
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DEN
A lot of airport terminals in the US are the product of
incremental expansion and no limited planning in the first few
decades. Building and adding on to what already exists without
a clear idea of future needs. (The band-aid effect)
JFK is an Extreme example of this
A lot has been learned about terminal and airfield expansion in
the past 50 years about what works and what doesn’t
Go to GOOGLE EARTH DEN is an example of a green-field
airport built using best practices to ensure efficiency and
expansion possibilities.
More and More In developing countries, they are learning from
13. the past 50 years of airport expansion. Often, instead of
building urban band aid approaches like JFK, they are selecting
Greenfield sites like Denver years in advance in order to
accommodate the next 50 years of aviation growth.
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DEN
A lot of airport terminals in the US are the product of
incremental expansion and no limited planning in the first few
decades. Building and adding on to what already exists without
a clear idea of future needs. (The band-aid effect)
JFK is an Extreme example of this
A lot has been learned about terminal and airfield expansion in
the past 50 years about what works and what doesn’t
Go to GOOGLE EARTH DEN is an example of a green-field
airport built using best practices to ensure efficiency and
expansion possibilities.
More and More In developing countries, they are learning from
the past 50 years of airport expansion. Often, instead of
building urban band aid approaches like JFK, they are selecting
Greenfield sites like Denver years in advance in order to
accommodate the next 50 years of aviation growth.
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14. New Qingdao International Airport
145 Gates
32 Remote Parking Stands
4 Parallel Runways
ICAO Code F Aircraft (A-380)
15 Cargo Parking Positions
Airport Enterprise Zone (Business Park)
GTC – Ground Transportation Center (Rail, Taxi, Parking)
Basically have these parameters.
Forecasting is complete, they know what demand will be on the
facility and what their capacity needs are. They want the layout.
Airport Planner’s dream.
Where do you start?
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New Qingdao International Airport
145 Gates
32 Remote Parking Stands
4 Parallel Runways
ICAO Code F Aircraft (A-380)
15 Cargo Parking Positions
15. Airport Enterprise Zone (Business Park)
GTC – Ground Transportation Center (Rail, Taxi, Parking)
Basically have these parameters.
Forecasting is complete, they know what demand will be on the
facility and what their capacity needs are. They want the layout.
Airport Planner’s dream.
Where do you start?
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Site
17. Preferred Configuration
South Access
Cargo Development Potential
Airport Enterprise Zone (Business Park)
GTC – Ground Transportation Center (Rail, Taxi, Parking)
Small amount of Duplication of facilities
No APM
Passenger Walking Distance is a huge priority in terminal
design
In an analysis it was found that using a 5 Pier approach, we
would be able to accommodate the number of gates required,
with the shortest possible walking distance for the passenger
18. South Access
High Cargo Development Potential
Airport Enterprise Zone (Business Park)
GTC – Ground Transportation Center (Rail, Taxi, Parking)
Limited Duplication of facilities
No APM
South Access
High Cargo Development Potential
Airport Enterprise Zone (Business Park)
GTC – Ground Transportation Center (Rail, Taxi, Parking)
Limited Duplication of facilities
No APM
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19. End Around Taxiways
These add significant capacity and safety enhancements
End around taxiways allow aircraft landing out outer runways to
taxi under departing aircraft. Without affecting Departure
delays. 30% imprvements have been seen on runway
efficiencies and airlines have estimated saving tens of millions
of dollars in fuel per year.
Less Delay, and increased safety.
At ATL it has saved over 700 runway crossings per year.
Cargo Facilities can easily add 50 % capacity in the ultimate
configuration
Dual Parallel Taxiways
High Speed Taxiway Exits
1970 Meters – 70% of Code C traffic
2340 Meters – 90% Code C Aircraft
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