Airport - a place from which aircraft operate that usually has paved runways and maintenance

facilities and often serves as a terminal.

Types of Airport

Commercial Service Airports are publicly owned airports that serve aircraft that provide scheduled
passenger service. They have at least 2,500 passenger boardings each year. There are two types of
commercial service airports:

 Nonprimary (having no more than 10,000 passenger boardings each year)

 Primary (having more than 10,000 passenger boardings each year)

Cargo Service Airports are airports that serve aircraft carrying only cargo, with a total annual "landed
weight" of 100 million pounds. "Landed weight" means the weight of aircraft transporting only cargo. An
airport may be both a commercial service and a cargo service airport.

Design Standards for Airport

Runway - Lane width must be 2.7m from the centerline.

- Atleast 2 runways for every airport.

- A span of 1000 feet for domestic airport.

- Additional 500feet (a total of 1500 feet) for international airport.

Terminal Building - is modelled as a single unit representing all passenger throughput, ranging from
baggage check in and gate boarding to arrivals and baggage retrieval.

Gates - Typically 80m × 80m (6400m2)

Fire Station - Must be near the terminal building.

Weighbridge - To check below maximum permissible takeoff weight.

Windsock - A tough, brightly colored canvas sock measuring approximately 2m long and suspended off a
pole 5m into the air.

Fuel Depot - Although it must be within easy access, a fuel depot must have a clear 250m radius to avoid
unnecessary damage to buildings in the immediate vicinity in the event of an explosion.

Policies

THINGS TO DO BEFORE YOU CHECK-IN:

  Identify all the LAGs you intend to bring with you on your trip.
 Place all liquid, aerosol and gels that are in containers not larger than 100 ml in a re-sealable
plastic bag which can be bought in any supermarket. The total content of this bag should not
exceed 1 liter (only one bag of LAGs is allowed per passenger).
 Leave behind or place in your check-in luggage any LAGs in a container larger than 100ml.

THINGS TO DO AT THE FINAL SECURITY CHECK:

 Present the plastic bag containing LAGs to the security screening staff.
 Surrender LAGs that do not conform to the 100ml volume container restriction and those that
exceeds the limit for each LAGs bag.
 Present proof of need for medicine, such as prescriptions to the security screening staff.

Duties and Responsibilities

 Protect air-operations area

 Provide automated access controls
 Provide law enforcement support
 Dispose of explosives

Agencies Involved in Air Transport

1. Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines

- The national aviation authority of the Philippines is responsible for implementing policies on civil
aviation to assure safe, economic and efficient air travel

2. Manila International Airport Authority

- MIAA is a government agency in the Philippines responsible for the management and promoting of
the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) as a center for international trade and tourism.

3. Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority

- Is in charge of operating and maintaining the Mactan International Airport, which is currently the
premier gateway to the Central Visayas, and other airports that maybe established in the future.

4. Airports Council International (ACI)

- Airports Council International (ACI) is the only global trade representative of the world’s airports.
Established in 1991, ACI represents airports interests with Governments and international organizations
such as ICAO, develops standards, policies and recommended practices for airports, and provides
information and training opportunities to raise standards around the world.
5. International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)

- ICAO works with the Convention’s 191 Member States and industry groups to reach consensus on
international civil aviation Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs) and policies in support of a
safe, efficient, secure, economically sustainable and environmentally responsible civil aviation sector.
These SARPs and policies are used by ICAO Member States to ensure that their local civil aviation
operations and regulations conform to global norms, which in turn permits more than 100,000 daily flights in
aviation’s global network to operate safely and reliably in every region of the world.