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2024 Identifying Military Resources and Strategies to Improve Civilian Airport Resiliency A Synthesis of Airport Practice Chelsea Treboniak Critical Ops Westlake, OH Research sponsored by the Federal Aviation Administration Subscriber Categories Aviation ⢠Security and Emergencies A I R P O R T C O O P E R A T I V E R E S E A R C H P R O G R A M ACRP SYNTHESIS 133
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CRP STAFF FOR ACRP SYNTHESIS 133 Waseem Dekelbab, Deputy Director, Cooperative Research Programs Marci A. Greenberger, Manager, Airport Cooperative Research Program Jordan Christensen, Senior Program Officer Demisha Williams, Senior Program Assistant Natalie Barnes, Director of Publications Heather DiAngelis, Associate Director of Publications ACRP PROJECT 11-03 PANEL Joshua D. Abramson, Barge Design Solutions, Inc., Nashville, TN (Chair) Gloria G. Bender, TransSolutions, LLC, Fort Worth, TX David A. Byers, Quadrex Aviation, LLC, Melbourne, FL Brenda L. Enos, TRC, Boston, MA Cameron Thompson, Birmingham Airport Authority, Birmingham, AL Keila Walker-Denis, Orlando International Airport, Orlando, FL Scott Wintner, San Jose Norman Y. Mineta International Airport, San Jose, CA Patrick W. Magnotta, FAA Liaison Liying Gu, Airports Council InternationalâNorth America Liaison Christine L. Gerencher, TRB Liaison TOPIC S10-20 PANEL Harry G. Barrett, Jr., Palm Springs International Airport, Cathedral City, CA Silvana V. Croope, Alabama Transportation Institute, Tuscaloosa, AL Abe Forney, City of St. Joseph, St. Joseph, MO Rebecca Hupp, Boise Airport, Boise, ID Col. Mark Ruehter, 139th Airlift Wing, St. Joseph, MO Tom Williams, Meridian Regional Airport, Meridian, MS Neal Wolfe, Environmental Science Associates, Hapeville, GA C O O P E R A T I V E R E S E A R C H P R O G R A M S
ABOUT THE ACRP SYNTHESIS PROGRAM Airport administrators, engineers, and researchers often face problems for which information already exists, either in documented form or as undocumented experience and practice. This infor- mation 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 recommended 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 systematic means for assembling and evaluating such useful information and to make it available to the entire airport community, the Airport Cooperative Research Program authorized the Transportation Research Board to undertake a continuing project. This project, ACRP Project 11-03, âSynthesis of Information Related to Airport Practices,â searches out and synthesizes useful knowl- edge from all available sources and prepares concise, documented reports on specific topics. Reports from this endeavor constitute an ACRP report series, Synthesis of Airport Practice. This synthesis series reports on current knowledge 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 the most successful in resolving specific problems. FOREWORD By Jordan Christensen Staff Officer Transportation Research Board Extreme weather, natural disasters, and wildfire events have brought into focus the vulnerability of U.S. critical infrastructure systems, which include airports. To enhance critical infrastructure, airport professionals need to explore different approaches to plan for and invest in resilience. The U.S. military has established resilience practices for domestic installations, and a number of different military organizations, such as the Air National Guard (ANG), are co-located at civilian airports. This situation provides opportunities for airports to learn from military resilience practices. The objective of this synthesis was to document resiliency practices and processes from the National Guard and other military services that airports can adapt and leverage for their own facilities and in partnerships with co-located military facilities. This synthesis explores three themes: (1) definitions of resilience and resilience terms; (2) people, processes, and technology resources; and (3) military and civilian standards. Information used in this study was obtained through a literature review and interviews with mili- tary staff responsible for acquisitions, resilience, and facility investments and with applicable govern- ment program offices responsible for resilience planning and funding. In Chapter 5, case examples from two Army Joint-Use Military Airfields, an Air Force Joint-Use Military Airfield, and a Joint Base explore resilience processes that civilian airports may adapt to their own facilities. For indi- viduals reading the synthesis who do not work at a joint-use airport, Appendix A provides an example joint-use agreement. Chelsea Treboniak, Critical Ops, Westlake, OH, synthesized the information and wrote the report. The members of the topic panel are acknowledged on page iv. This synthesis is an immediately useful document that records the practices that were acceptable within the limitations of the knowledge available at the time of its preparation. As progress in research and practice continues, new knowl- edge will be added to that now at hand.
AUTHOR ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Abe Forney, Rosecrans Memorial Airport Andy Widor, Westover Metropolitan Airport Aneel Alvares, United States Air Force (USAF) and Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) Blanche Dudoit, Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA)âElectromagnetic Defense Initiative (EDI) Bogomir Glavan, American Airlines Carol Thompson, Sierra Vista Municipal AirportâLibby Army Airfield Christopher Oswald, Airports Council International (ACI)âNorth America David K. Hartin, Civil Air Patrol Group at Maxwell Air Force Base Debbra Johnson, Debbra A.K. Johnson, LLC Erin Cooke, San Francisco International Airport (SFO) Jarrod Provost, Killeen-Fort Hood Regional Airport and Skylark Field Airport Jason Miller, Camp Guernsey Army Airfield Jeff Borowiec, Jviation, A Woolpert Company John Beatty, Military Asset and Security Strategy Task Force (MASS-TF) Jonathan Winkler, United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)âEng & Support Center Harry Barrett, Palm Springs International Airport Karen âJackâ Magnus, Westover Air Reserve Base/Metro Kelly Shifflet, Mansfield Lahm Airport Kevin Clarke, BWI for the MDOT Maryland Aviation Administration Juan Marulanda, California Air National Guard Mark Ruehter, 139th Mission Support Group Michael A. Hrynciw III, Ohio Air National Guardâs 200th RED HORSE Squadron Michelle Yanniello, Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling Mike Wilson, Killeen-Fort Hood Regional Airport and Skylark Field Airport Nathaniel Watts, Joint Base Charleston Neal Wolfe, Environmental Science Associates Nick Peterson, American Airlines Paul Portugal, Fort Sam Houston Rebecca Hupp, Boise Airport Robert âBobâ Lewis, Eglin Air Force Base Rodney Williams, Eglin Air Force Base Shadrika Witherspoon, Eglin Air Force Base Sheldon Menezes, Woolpert Silvana Croope, University of Alabama Terry Blue, Memphis International Airport Tom Williams, Meridian Regional Airport Tommy Turner, City of Tuscaloosa Troy Cramer, Mansfield Lahm Airport Troy Meuth, Martindale Army Heliport Victoria Ocasio, Sherman Army Airfield
1 Summary 4 Chapter 1 Introduction 4 Scope of This Study 5 Background on the Importance of Resilience 5 Study Methodology 5 Literature Review 6 Interviews 8 Data Analysis 8 Case Examples 9 Chapter 2 State of the Practice 10 Theme 1: Definition 11 Theme 2: Compartmentalized Resources 11 People 20 Processes 34 Technology 38 Chapter 3 Resilient Structures 38 Critical Infrastructure 40 Infrastructure Limitations 40 Energy Resilience 43 Chapter 4 Management, Funding, and Third Parties 43 Theme 3: Standards 44 Part 139 Certification 45 Unified Facilities Criteria 45 Agreements 45 Decision-Making 48 Information Sharing 48 Funding 50 Third-Party Integration 52 Gaps, Challenges, and Opportunities 58 Chapter 5 Case Examples 58 Army Joint-Use Military Airfields Case Example: Killeen-Fort Hood Regional Airport and Skylark Field Airport 60 Army Joint-Use Military Airfields Case Example: Camp Guernsey Army Airfield 62 Air Force Joint-Use Military Airfields Case Example: Westover Air Reserve Base/Metro 63 Joint Base Case Example C O N T E N T S
65 Chapter 6 Conclusions 66 Gaps in Knowledge and Further Research Needs 68 References 73 Bibliography 74 Abbreviations and Acronyms 77 Glossary 82 Appendix A Resilience Artifacts and Workflows 98 Appendix B Interview Guide 99 Appendix C Interview Responses Note: Photographs, figures, and tables in this report may have been converted from color to grayscale for printing. The electronic version of the report (posted on the web at nap.nationalacademies.org) retains the color versions.
