Components of airport

Unit 3

COMPONENTS OF AIRPORT
Runway
Taxi way
Apron
Hanger
Blast pad

Terminal building
Control tower
Parking area for road vehicles

Layout of airport

Layout of airport

Apron

Hanger

AIR CRAFT CHARACTERISTICS

Type of Propulsion
Size of Aircraft
Minimum Turning Radius
Minimum Circling Radius

Speed of Aircraft
Capacity
Aircraft Weight and Wheel Configurations
Jet Blast
Fuel Spillage

Noise

Aircraft characteristics
Type of propulsion:
The size of aircraft, its circling radius, speed, weight carrying
capacity, noise and heat nuisance etc. depends on type of
propulsion.
Piston engine.
Jet engine.
Size of aircraft :
Wing span
Fuselage length
Height (empennage height)
Distance between main gear
Wheel base and
Tail width.

Minimum turning radius :

very essential in order to decide the radius of taxiway, position
of aircrafts in landing aprons and hangers and to establish the
path of the movement of the aircraft.
Circling radius :
depends on type of aircraft, air traffic volume and weather
condition.
Micro-lites aircraft 1.6km
Jet engine 80km

Speed of aircraft :
Cruising speed/ground speed aircraft speed w.r.t ground when
aircraft is flying in air @ maximum speed.
Air speed speed of aircraft relative to wind.
Aircraft capacity : capacity of runway system and passenger
terminal.
Weight of aircraft and wheel configuration:
structural design of runway, taxiway, apron and hangers.
Fuel spillage
bituminous flexible pavement sare seriously effected by the fuel
spillage
Noise

 Jet blast : causes inconvenience to the passenger travelling in

aircraft. Bituminous flexible pavements are affected by the

jet blast, CC pavements @ touch down portion. For location,

position and size of gates

Thank you