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Airport Case Studies
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CS-3 Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport Introduction Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport is 8 miles northwest of Bozeman, MT, nearly 4,500 feet above sea level in the heart of Gallatin Valley. The airport is the state's busiest airport, with three runways that supported more than 442,000 passenger boardings in 2013.
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CS-4 Addressing Significant Weather Impacts on Airports: Quick Start Guide and Toolkit Improving Bozeman's Resiliency to Weather Bozeman closely monitors the weather during a storm and sends operations staff throughout the airport afterward to assess any damage. Tenants assist by notifying operations of lost electricity or other issues within their areas.
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Airport Case Studies CS-5 References Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport (2014)
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CS-6 Addressing Significant Weather Impacts on Airports: Quick Start Guide and Toolkit Communications In response to the September 2008 flood, O'Hare held meetings at its City Tower and conference rooms with its public relations officer, commissioner, and others. Staff reached out to the carriers and tried to keep various groups informed through teleconferences and phone calls.
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Airport Case Studies CS-7 Musical Chairs and Terminal Gates Many airlines at O'Hare use exclusive-use and preferential-use gates, and very few airportowned gates exist. Therefore, airport operations staff do not have much flexibility to shift around gates in an emergency.
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CS-8 Addressing Significant Weather Impacts on Airports: Quick Start Guide and Toolkit a thunderstorm hit the airport. During this time, aircraft operations were already suspended due to the thunderstorm.
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Airport Case Studies CS-9 References Columbia Metropolitan Airport (2014)
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CS-10 Addressing Significant Weather Impacts on Airports: Quick Start Guide and Toolkit Because of the variety of these weather events, DFW's operations and infrastructure must be prepared to handle different stressors throughout the year. Effective Responses by Dallas/Fort Worth Following major events, DFW studies elements of its response and their effectiveness to understand how to improve.
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Airport Case Studies CS-11 DFW also monitors a hotline run by FAA, called the Texas Hotline, which brings together FAA controllers, airports, and airline representatives to discuss airspace routing, areas that are shut down, workarounds and diversions, and other pertinent pieces of information. Furthermore, DFW strives to ensure that it knows the right points of contact for each player in its emergency response efforts.
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CS-12 Addressing Significant Weather Impacts on Airports: Quick Start Guide and Toolkit 15th busiest airport in the world. The airport is owned by the City and County of Denver Department of Aviation and serves as a hub for Frontier Airlines, Great Lakes Airlines, Southwest Airlines, and United Airlines.
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Airport Case Studies CS-13 Weather Forecasting Denver uses several forecasting services since the 2006 blizzard, including the NWS, contracted weather providers, airline weather services, and online weather tools. The airport also uses forecasts from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
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CS-14 Addressing Significant Weather Impacts on Airports: Quick Start Guide and Toolkit than 650 daily departures and 40 million passengers in 2013. The Houston Airport System runs IAH and other airports near Houston.
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Airport Case Studies CS-15 items, tying down outside equipment, ensuring generators are safe and operational, and sending out final flights. Hurricanes and tropical storms generally last for less than 24 hours, so the amount of time required to recover depends on what infrastructure is impacted.
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CS-16 Addressing Significant Weather Impacts on Airports: Quick Start Guide and Toolkit References George Bush Intercontinental Airport (2014)
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Airport Case Studies CS-17 to ensure that either police or airport staff are present at airport roadblocks to manage the movement of vehicles and passengers following incidents. In the event of a tsunami, hurricane, or other significant event, Kahului Airport follows an emergency plan, which is required by the FAA.
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CS-18 Addressing Significant Weather Impacts on Airports: Quick Start Guide and Toolkit Having additional training and contingency staffing for significant weather planning would be valuable to Kahului. While the airport does plan, host, and participate in tri-annual exercises and post-event trainings with partner agencies and staff, many staff members are too busy to be involved in these types of trainings on a day-to-day basis.
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Airport Case Studies CS-19 Vulnerabilities to Hurricanes The Key West area experienced hits by Hurricane Andrew in 1992 and Hurricane George in 1998, and EYW experienced minor wind damage and airfield debris. Hurricane Wilma in 2005, a Category 5 hurricane, occurred during a season when at least one event happened per month that caused Key West to mobilize for each.
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CS-20 Addressing Significant Weather Impacts on Airports: Quick Start Guide and Toolkit $50,000 worth of damage. FEMA offered financial assistance to the airport, though later requested the funds be paid back since the costs could be funded through the FAA.
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Airport Case Studies CS-21 St. Louis was able to minimize injuries of the passengers, staff, and tenants and return to normal operations within 4 days.
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CS-22 Addressing Significant Weather Impacts on Airports: Quick Start Guide and Toolkit crews and on-call contractors. Response was split among three teams: airside, airport buildings, and landside of the terminal.
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Airport Case Studies CS-23 • Rely on core leaders (at any level) to make difficult decisions quickly and in the best interest of the organization • Communicate the facts, honestly and frequently, with the public The Pay Off In May 2013, an EF3 tornado cut through Lambert–St Louis International Airport.
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CS-24 Addressing Significant Weather Impacts on Airports: Quick Start Guide and Toolkit In February 2013, Blizzard Nemo left 32 inches of snow in the Manchester area. While the airport's crew was able to keep the airport in operation, the amount and drifting of snow taxed removal equipment.
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Airport Case Studies CS-25 Crew Safety Manchester provides weather forecasts to its operations and maintenance crews, in advance when possible. This transparency helps staff take care of their lives at home before their shifts start.
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CS-26 Addressing Significant Weather Impacts on Airports: Quick Start Guide and Toolkit provides Manchester with great flexibility in responding to weather events. Taking advantage of access to FEMA funds during emergency declarations helps reduce labor and equipment costs.
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Airport Case Studies CS-27 Useful Resources in Preparation, Response, and Recovery Forecasting and Early Closure Weather forecasting during Hurricane Sandy was very effective. The forecast was more severe than what was eventually experienced at Newark Liberty, so the airport was prepared for a higher magnitude of impact than what actually occurred.
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CS-28 Addressing Significant Weather Impacts on Airports: Quick Start Guide and Toolkit work progressed, the frequency of calls shifted from once every 12 hours to once every 24 hours. Newark Liberty also held teleconferences with airlines, initially two to three times per day, during which the airport and airlines shared information about developments for both groups.
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Airport Case Studies CS-29 References Bock, T
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CS-30 Addressing Significant Weather Impacts on Airports: Quick Start Guide and Toolkit fire-life safety observations throughout the terminals during such events to ensure that building occupants are safe from fire risks. Useful Resources and Practices Haboob warnings are normally broadcast ahead of time, providing airport operators time to prepare for their effects.
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Airport Case Studies CS-31 and practices that improve upon existing ones. As the airport considers building a new EOC, it reflects on its past significant weather experiences and the planning, forecasting, and infrastructural investments it can make to bolster its operations from significant weather.
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CS-32 Addressing Significant Weather Impacts on Airports: Quick Start Guide and Toolkit their gates, as Sea-Tac does not have deicing pads. Replacing the broken glass at the terminal took approximately 4 months.
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Airport Case Studies CS-33 References Moshner, M
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CS-34 Addressing Significant Weather Impacts on Airports: Quick Start Guide and Toolkit some inefficiency. Although aircraft could continue to land at the airport, fewer were departing, causing saturation in the terminal.
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Airport Case Studies CS-35 During weather events, the airport staff use all resources readily available to them, including NWS and free weather forecasting websites. Anchorage has used commercial forecasting products, but staff have the same level of confidence in publicly available services.
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CS-36 Addressing Significant Weather Impacts on Airports: Quick Start Guide and Toolkit hit Toronto and much of the U.S. and Canada in early 2014, which created major delays and closure of the airport.
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Airport Case Studies CS-37 Lessons Learned GTAA has used the "Deep Freeze" as a serious learning experience. The authority published a report that assessed Toronto Pearson's response to the event and made recommendations on improving services to its customers (GTAA 2014)
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CS-38 Addressing Significant Weather Impacts on Airports: Quick Start Guide and Toolkit Case Study References & Bibliography ACI (2014)
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Airport Case Studies CS-39 Hennigan, S
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Abbreviations and acronyms used without definitions in TRB publications: A4A Airlines for America AAAE American Association of Airport Executives AASHO American Association of State Highway Officials AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials ACI–NA Airports Council International–North America ACRP Airport Cooperative Research Program ADA Americans with Disabilities Act APTA American Public Transportation Association ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials ATA American Trucking Associations CTAA Community Transportation Association of America CTBSSP Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Synthesis Program DHS Department of Homeland Security DOE Department of Energy EPA Environmental Protection Agency FAA Federal Aviation Administration FAST Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (2015) FHWA Federal Highway Administration FMCSA Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration FRA Federal Railroad Administration FTA Federal Transit Administration HMCRP Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ISTEA Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 ITE Institute of Transportation Engineers MAP-21 Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (2012)
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