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Chapter: Research Results Digest 8

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Suggested Citation:"Research Results Digest 8." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2010. Synthesis of Information Related to Airport Practices: 2010. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/22977.
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Suggested Citation:"Research Results Digest 8." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2010. Synthesis of Information Related to Airport Practices: 2010. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/22977.
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Research Results Digest 8 January 2010 INTRODUCTION Airport administrators, engineers, and researchers often face problems for which information already exists, either in docu- mented form or as undocumented experi- ence and practice. This information may be fragmented, scattered, and unevaluated. As a consequence, full knowledge of what has been learned about a problem may not be brought to bear on its solution. Costly research findings may go unused, valuable experience may be overlooked, and due consideration may not be given to recom- mended practices for solving or alleviating the problem. There is information on nearly every subject of concern to the airport industry. Much of it derives from research or from the work of practitioners faced with problems in their day-to-day work. To provide a sys- tematic means for assembling and evaluat- ing such useful information and making it available to the entire airport community, the Airport Cooperative Research Program authorized the Transportation Research Board to undertake a continuing study. This study, ACRP Project 11-03, “Synthesis of Information Related to Airport Practices,” searches out and synthesizes useful knowl- edge from all available sources and prepares SYNTHESIS OF INFORMATION RELATED TO AIRPORT PRACTICES This is a staff digest of the progress and status of ACRP Project 11-03, “Synthesis of Information Related to Airport Practices,” for which the Transportation Research Board is the agency conducting the research. Individual studies for the project are managed by Gail Staba, Senior Program Officer, and Jon Williams, Program Director, Synthesis Studies, serving under the Studies and Special Programs Division of the Transportation Research Board, Stephen R. Godwin, Director. Subject Area: V Aviation Responsible Senior Program Officer: Michael R. Salamone AIRPORT COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM Sponsored by the Federal Aviation Administration Suggestions for synthesis topics may be sent to the ACRP Manager at any time by contacting the Cooperative Re- search Programs Staff, Transportation Research Board, 500 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, D.C., 20001. You can also submit your recommen- dation at: http://www.trb.org/Studies/ Synthesis/Syntheses.asp “Suggest an ACRP Topic.” Topics suggested must be accompanied by a brief (one or two paragraphs) scope statement, including a discussion of the problem. A title (preferably 10 words or less) and the name and affiliation of the submitter are also necessary. Suggestions for updates of published syntheses are also welcome. The ACRP Project Panel meets once each year to make the final selections. To be considered at the next annual meeting, all submissions should be received by October 2010. If a topic is not selected, the problem statement must be resubmitted the following year to be reconsidered. Interested in writing a synthesis? For details, see the Synthesis homepage (address above) under “New Topics.”

concise, documented reports on specific topics. Re- ports from this endeavor constitute an ACRP report series, Synthesis of Airport Practice. THE SYNTHESIS PROGRAM This synthesis series reports on current knowl- edge and practice, in a compact format, without the detailed directions usually found in handbooks or design manuals. Each report in the series provides a compendium of the best knowledge available on those measures found to be most successful in resolving spe- cific problems. To develop these syntheses in a comprehensive manner and to ensure inclusion of significant knowl- edge, TRB employs a consultant to gather and analyze available information from numerous sources, includ- ing airport operations agencies. A panel of experts in the subject area is established to guide the consultant in organizing and evaluating the data collected on each topic and to review the synthesis report. For each topic the project objectives are (1) to locate and assemble documented information; (2) to learn what practice has been used for solving or alleviating the problems; (3) to identify all ongoing research; (4) to learn what problems remain largely unsolved; (5) to organize, evaluate, and document the useful information that is acquired; and (6) to dis- seminate the synthesis information to all who might benefit from it. Each synthesis is an immediately useful docu- ment that records practices that were acceptable within the limitations of the knowledge available at the time of its preparation. New knowledge can be expected to be added to that which is now at hand and eventually the synthesis may need to be updated or redone. The readers and users of the syntheses are in the best position to know when this has occurred. Whenever you believe that a synthesis should be updated, it would be appreciated if you would contact TRB and propose a synthesis update by contacting the ACRP Manager, Transportation Research Board, 500 Fifth Street, NW, Washington D.C. 20001. Studies in Progress and Planned for 2010 Work is currently under way on the topics listed in Table 1. Topics selected for the 2010 program are listed in Table 2. Questions on these topics should be addressed to the project study manager, Gail Staba, by e-mail at gstaba@nas.edu, or by phone at 202/536-5658, or the Synthesis Study Program Director, Jon Williams, by e-mail at jwilliams@ nas.edu, or by phone at 202/334-3245. Available Publications The syntheses of airport practice that have been completed under this project are listed in Table 3. Copies of these syntheses can be obtained from the Publications Office, Transportation Research Board, 500 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., 20001; by calling 202/334-3213; and through the Internet at: http://www.trb.org/bookstore. Please send check orders to: TRB, Lockbox 289, Washington, D.C., 20055 or fax to: 202/334-2519. All ACRP reports are available as online publications (http://www.trb.org/ 2 Table 2 ACRP SYNTHESIS STUDIES— 2010 Projects No. Title S01-04 Airline and Airport-Airline Consortiums S01-05 Airport Insurance Coverage and Risk Management Practices S02-05 Funding Opportunities for Airport Environmental Projects S03-06 Adaptive Reuse of Vacated On-Airport Facilities S04-05 Bird Repellant Techniques on Airports S04-06 Current Airport Practices Regarding FOD (Foreign Object Debris) and Wildlife Hazard Inspections S06-02 Airport Training Practices on Self- Inspection Conditions Reporting S10-05 Ground Handling Training and Practices S10-07 Developing Energy Technologies and Their Affect on Aircraft and Airports Table 1 ACRP SYNTHESIS STUDIES—In Progress as of December 2009 No. Title S01-02 Airport Economic Development Opportunities and Incentives S06-01 Aviation Workforce Development Practices S08-01 Airport Terminal Facility Activation Techniques S09-02 Common Airport Pavement Maintenance Practices S10-04 Airport Energy Efficiency and Cost Reduction

Publications/Public/PubsACRPSynthesisReports. aspx). Selection of Topics ACRP Project Panel 11-03 meets each year to select topics for study using funds from the upcom- ing fiscal year. The membership of this committee is given in Table 4. Current funding allows for initia- tion of about five syntheses per year. These, plus some alternate topics, are selected by the committee at its annual project meeting. The following factors are considered in the selec- tion process for synthesis topics: 3 • The topic should address a problem that is widespread enough to generate broad interest in the synthesis. • The topic should be timely and critical with respect to safety, economic, or social impact. • The topic is appropriate if current practice is nonuniform or inconsistent from agency to agency, or if the validity of some practices appears to be questionable. • The quality and quantity of useful available information should indicate a need to organize and compress that which has already been learned and written on the topic. Table 3 PUBLISHED ACRP SYNTHESES No. Title/Pages 1. Innovative Finance and Alternative Sources of Revenue for Airports (2007) 43 pp., $34 2. Airport Aviation Activity Forecasting (2007) 32 pp., $34 3. General Aviation Safety and Security Practices (2007) 44 pp., $44 4. Counting Aircraft Operations at Small and Non-towered Airports (2007) 33 pp., $44 5. Airport Ground Access Mode Choice Models (2008) 104 pp., $39 6. Impact of Airport Pavement Deicing Products on Aircraft and Airfield Infrastructure (2008) 58 pp., $42 7. Airport Economic Impact Methods and Models (2008) 67 pp., $45 8. Common Use Facilities and Equipment at Airports (2008) 121 pp., $52 9. Effects of Aircraft Noise: Research Update on Select Topics (2008) 90 pp., $50 10. Airport Sustainability Practices (2008) 112 pp., $52 11. Impact of Airport Rubber Removal Techniques on Runways (2008) 108 pp., $52 12. Preventing Aircraft–Vehicle Incidents During Winter Operations and Periods of Low Visibility (2008) 70 pp., $45 13. Effective Practices for Preparing Airport Improvement Program Benefit-Cost Analysis (2009) 65 pp., $43 14. Airport System Planning Practices (2009) 71 pp., $41 15. Identification of the Requirements and Training to Obtain Driving Privileges on Airfields (2009) 43 pp., $48 16. Compilation of Noise Programs in Areas Outside DNL 65 (2009) 104 pp., $51 17. Approaches to Integrating Airport Development and Federal Environmental Review Processes (2009) 34 pp., $38 Table 4 ACRP Project Panel 11-03 Name Affiliation Chair Burr Stewart Port of Seattle Member Randall P. Burdette Virginia Department of Aviation Member Gary C. Cathey California Department of Transportation Member Kevin C. Dolliole Unison Consulting, Inc. Member Julie Kenfield Jacobs Member Carolyn Motz Hagerstown Regional Airport Liaison Randy Moseng Federal Aviation Administration Liaison A.J. Muldoon ACI-North America Liaison John L. Collins Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association TRB Liaison Christine Gerencher Transportation Research Board ACRP Synthesis Staff Gail Staba Transportation Research Board ACRP Staff Michael R. Salamone Transportation Research Board

• The topic should not be one where ongoing research or other activities in progress might be expected to render the synthesis obsolete shortly after completion. Each year more topics are suggested for the committee’s consideration than can be programmed for study in Project 11-03. Nevertheless, the contin- ued success of this project depends on a constant supply of worthy synthesis topics. The interest of those who have recommended topics is sincerely appreciated, and they are urged to continue. Candidate topics are suggested by members of the panel and by a variety of other sources, including airport, airline, and state aviation personnel; FAA and TRB com- mittees; aviation organizations; and other practi- tioners and researchers. Conduct of the Studies Following the project panel’s selection of topics, studies are initiated in the order of priority assigned by the panel. A topic panel consisting of practitioners and researchers is formed for each topic. At its first meeting, this topic panel thoroughly discusses the topic, refines the scope, suggests sources of informa- tion, and identifies and selects potential topic con- sultants based on expressions of interest received in response to an industry-wide solicitation. Following this meeting, a consultant is hired to gather information on the topic, synthesize it, and draft a report. Typically, the agreement covers a period of six to seven months. Information gather- ing and preparation of the first draft of the synthe- sis report takes about four months. This draft is reviewed by the topic panel with the consultant, often at the second panel meeting. A revised draft is then prepared by the consultant. Subsequent drafts and meetings are scheduled, if needed, although this rarely occurs. After the staff is substantially satisfied with the report, a final draft is sent to members of the topic panel for their last chance to review the report and then ACRP Project Committee 11-03 for final approval. The report is subsequently published as an ACRP Synthesis of Airport Practice. 4

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