Airport Engineering: Planning & Design

1 Historical developments of aviation and aircrafts. 2 airport terminology. 3 planning of airports. 4 site selection for airports. 5 orientation of runways. 6 airport obstruction. 7 geometric design of runways. 8 geometric design of taxiways. 9 airport aprons and holding bays. 10 structural design of airport pavements. 11 airport visual aidsi (markings). 12 airport visual aids-II (lightings) 13 airport visual aids-III(sign and markers). 14 air traffic control. 15 airport terminal building. 16 maintenance, evaluation and strengthening of airport pavements. 17 heliport, stolport and vertiport. 18 drainage and environmental considerations for airport.