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Mar 28, 2024
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AVM 438 - Airport Planning and Design Description: Methodologies necessary to the planning and design of airports.
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: AVM 434.
Credits: (4)
Learner Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Describe basic design considerations used in airfield pavement, drainage, and associated facilities.
- Apply methodologies used in various types of aviation planning including: aviation system plans, airport master plans, environmental studies and land use plans.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the role and significance of land use planning as related to airport planning and operations.
- Apply primary components of airport master plans including inventory, forecasting, facility requirements, demand-capacity, development alternatives analyses, capital improvement programming, and development of airport layout plans (ALP) to real world scenarios
- Describe the role and significance of federal environmental planning requirements (NEPA) as related airport planning and development.
- Identify, compare and evaluate various airport facility components and the principles of airport geometry.
- Apply FAA design standards commonly used in airport planning.
- Apply FAR Part 77 - Objects Affecting Navigable Airspace for airspace planning and evaluate aircraft performance requirements in relation to airport planning.
Learner Outcomes Approval Date: 2/05/15
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