• Because of a steady increase in air traffic, the Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has instituted a number of programs that are designed to improve safety, reduce delays, and lessen workload intensity for air traffic controllers. The Airport Surface Traffic Automation (ASTA) program, which represents only a small portion of the total FAA effort, uses new tec...

An international study of the airport choice factors for non-integrated cargo airlines By John Gardiner Recent forecasts predict that the current number of all-cargo aircraft worldwide will more than double over the next 20 years, spurred on by trends such as reduced passenger belly hold capacity on short and medium haul routes and a growing recognition of the profit potential of cargo by airli...

Responding to a U.S. Federal court order to improve discharged wastewater quality, Augusta, Georgia initiated development of artificial wetlands in 1997 to treat effluents. Because of the proximity to Augusta Regional Airport at Bush Field, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration expressed concern for potential increased hazard to aircraft posed by birds attracted to these wetlands. We commenc...

BACKGROUND Airport workers are continuously exposed to different levels of radiofrequency microwave (RF/MW) radiation emitted by radar equipments. Radars are extensively used in military and aviation industries. Over the past several years, our lab has focused on the health effects of exposure to different sources of electromagnetic fields such as cellular phones, mobile base stations, mobile p...

Airport fever screening in Taiwan, July 2003-June 2004, identified 40 confirmed dengue cases. Results obtained by capture immunoglobulin (Ig) M and IgG enzyme-linked immunoassay, real time 1-step polymerase chain reaction, and virus isolation showed that 33 (82.5%) of 40 patients were viremic. Airport fever screening can thus quickly identify imported dengue cases.

This paper deals with the methodology useable in the risk assessment of civil airport protection against acts of unlawful interference. Attention is focused on analyzing the current state of the airport perimeter and an analysis of risk assessment procedures in the safety management of civil airports.

Noise pollution has a strong impact on wildlife by disrupting vocal communication or inducing physiological stress. Songbirds are particularly reliant on vocal communication as they use song during territorial and sexual interactions. Birds living in noisy environments have been shown to change the acoustic and temporal parameters of their song presumably to maximize signal transmissibility. Al...

In commission of the Royal Netherlands Air Force and the City of Eindhoven we registered the number of birds aloft on Eindhoven Airport between August 1998 and July 1999 by visual techniques using binoculars. Observations were conducted during four days each month and lasted the full daylight period. Two methods were used: observations in a fixed volume covering a part of the runway and borderi...

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) estimates that $52.2 billion will be available over the years 2011– 2015 to fund airport infrastructure developments. Because one of the main objectives is to reduce congestion and delays, there is a need to acknowledge the importance of connectivity (measured with a centrality indicator) when establishing funding priorities. Currently, the FAA doe...