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This document provides an introduction to a course on airport engineering. It outlines the course objectives which include covering major aspects of airport design, regulations and standards. It discusses the importance of air transportation in providing accessibility and connectivity. Some limitations of air transportation include the high costs of construction and maintenance as well as weather dependencies. A brief historic perspective is given on the development of air transportation from the Wright Brothers' first flight to modern aircraft and industry organizations. The document concludes with asking if there are any questions.

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Lecture 1

This document provides an introduction to a course on airport engineering. It outlines the course objectives which include covering major aspects of airport design, regulations and standards. It discusses the importance of air transportation in providing accessibility and connectivity. Some limitations of air transportation include the high costs of construction and maintenance as well as weather dependencies. A brief historic perspective is given on the development of air transportation from the Wright Brothers' first flight to modern aircraft and industry organizations. The document concludes with asking if there are any questions.

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Airport Engineering

INTRODUCTION

LECTURE 1

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COURSE OBJECTIVES
 Covers major aspects of airport design from fundamentals to
modern technological developments

 Aircrafts, airports design features, terminal buildings


 Development of air transport, its importance
 National and international organizations

 Covers regulations, standards and specifications

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MARKS DISTRIBUTION
Credit Hours: 3+0
Total Marks 100

Quiz 1: 10
Quiz 2: 10
Class Participation: 10
Midterm: 30
End term: 40

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IMPORTANCE OF AIR TRANSPORTATION
 Accessibility to inaccessible areas

 Fastest mode of transportation

 Connectivity over land and water

 Enhance international travel (tourism etc.)

 Relief during emergencies and natural disasters (2005


earthquake, 2010 floods)

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LIMITATIONS OF AIR TRANSPORT
 Requires huge funds
 High initial construction cost (land cost)

 High maintenance cost

 Requires highly skilled workforce and sophisticated


equipment
 Operations highly dependent on weather conditions
 Safety in air
 Designation of flight paths and territories

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BRIEF HISTORIC PERSPECTIVE

 1903 - Wright Brothers (Wilbur and Orville Wright - Bicycle


repairer) first flight in North Carolina

 1909 – French pilot Louis Belroit crossed English Channel to


England

 1912 – Flight between Delhi and Karachi

 1914 – Air passenger transport began in Germany

 1918 – US Postal Service (Washington DC and New York)

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BRIEF HISTORIC PERSPECTIVE

 1918 – First International service between France and Spain

 1919 – the International Commission on Air Navigation (ICAN) was


established

 1919 – Six European airlines formed in Hague the International Air


Traffic Association (IATA)

 1919 – London – Paris flight

 1927 – Service between London to New York.

 1927 – Pan American service Miami-La Havana (Cuba).

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BRIEF HISTORIC PERSPECTIVE

 1928 – Havana Convention on Civil Aviation

 1929 – Warsaw Convention on Civil Aviation

 1930 – Round the World flight

 1944 – International Civil Aviation Conference

 1944 – Chicago Convention, establishing provisional ICAO

 1947 – The International Civil Aviation Organization was established as a body of UN

 1950s – Introduction of jet engines in 1950’s.

 1958 – First commercial flight of Boeing 707

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BRIEF HISTORIC PERSPECTIVE

 1969 – Concorde first flight

 1969 – Boeing B747-100 fly

 1988 – Airbus A320 “fly by wire” enters service

 1990 – Commercial Airlines world wide carried more than 1.0 billion
passengers almost 1.1 trillion passenger-miles: cargo 44 billion ton-mile

 2006 – Airbus A380 introduced

 2000 ONWARDS ???? (Search)

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Thank you

Questions?????

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