Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Impacts on Practice

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) latest Impacts on Practice explores how educators have incorporated ACRP tools and reports into their curriculum. Professors and students at Kansas State Polytechnic (KSP) University in Salina, Kansas use ACRP reports to provide foundational knowledge about the airport industry, and students find the reports practical resources as they transitio...

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) latest Impacts on Practice explores integrating research into decision-making at Jacksonville Aviation Authority through using reports produced by ACRP. Topics like emergency management, development of cooperative agreements, risk management, safety, communications, and operational efficiency are examined. In particular, the reports' case studie...

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) latest Impacts on Practice explores how Manchester-Boston Regional Airport (MHT) used  ACRP Report 117 : Airport Escalators and Moving Walkways—Cost-Savings and Energy Reduction Technologies to assist with the decision to install energy-saving variable demand/variable speed motors on the moving walkways and escalators in the airport. MHT al...

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program's latest Impacts on Practice: Using Airfield LED Lighting to Save Energy and Costs explores how New Hampshire’s Manchester-Boston Regional Airport (MHT) and King County International Airport (BFI) in Seattle, Washington used ACRP Synthesis 35: Issues with Use of Airfield LED Light Fixtures to guide the decision to replace ...

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) has released its latest Impacts on Practice that explores how Austin–Bergstrom International Airport (ABIA) is using ACRP Report 130 : Guidebook for Airport Terminal Restroom Planning and Design to help guide remodeling plans for restrooms at the airport. The report addresses topics like cleanliness and customer safety for passengers; traffic fl...

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) has released its latest Impacts on Practice that explores the ACRP Ambassadors Program. The Ambassador Program is one of ACRP’s dissemination initiatives helping to strengthen its connection to the airport industry. The Ambassadors Program seeks new volunteers who are passionate about improving the airport industry. Ambassadors will benefit from...

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) has released its latest Impacts on Practice that focuses on preparing the next generation of airport leaders. It explores how ACRP Report 75: Airport Leadership Development Program influenced a collaborative effort in Florida to develop a three-and-a-half day program to develop and train future leaders. Since its inception, 150 professionals fro...

The October 2015 issue of TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Impacts on Practice explores how San Francisco International Airport applied guidance from ACRP Report 50 : Improved Models for Risk Assessment of Runway Safety Areas and ACRP Report 3 : Analysis of Aircraft Overruns and Undershoots to evaluate safety alternatives and develop cost-effective alternatives to meet federal ...

The September 2015 issue of TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Impacts on Practice explores how Philadelphia International Airport, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, and Changi Airport in Singapore applied guidance from ACRP Report 52 : Wayfinding and Signing Guidelines for Airport Terminals and Landside to help passengers find their way in and around an airport.

The June 2015 issue of TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Impacts on Practice explores how the Sterling Municipal Airport (KSTK) in Colorado used ACRP Report 32: Guidebook for Addressing Aircraft/Wildlife Hazards at General Aviation Airports to manage a swallow population that had been causing aircraft strikes. The airport implemented a permanent, environmentally-friendly techniq...

The May 2015 issue of TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Impacts on Practice highlights how airport officials at Golden Triangle Airport (GTR) in Columbus, Mississippi, Kissimmee Gateway Airport (KISM) in Kissimmee, Florida have applied findings from ACRP Report 103: A Guidebook for Integrating NIMS for Personnel and Resources at Airports . The report helped these airports more f...

The April 2015 issue of TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Impacts on Practice highlights how airports like Grand Forks International Airport (GFK) in North Dakota have applied the findings from ACRP Report 95: Integrating Community Emergency Response Teams (A-CERTs) at Airports . Officials at GFK credit the direction provided in ACRP Report 95 with enabling the airport to build,...

The March 2015 issue of TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Impacts on Practice explores how Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) provides aging passengers with an easier, safer, and more enjoyable experience in its terminals. Upon publication of ACRP Synthesis 51: Impacts of Aging Travelers on Airports , employees at RSW met to review its current projects and identified ...

The latest issue of TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Impacts on Practice highlights the value of ACRP Synthesis 38: Expediting Aircraft Recovery at Airports , a report that details guidance for expediting the recovery of disabled aircraft. Specifically, officials at John Wayne Airport (SNA) in Orange County, California applied ACRP Synthesis 38 to help plan for aircraft re...

The latest issue of TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Impacts on Practice explores how the planning staff at Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW) applied analytical tools presented in ACRP Report 40: Airport Curbside and Terminal Area Roadway Operations to help improve airport operations and travelers’ experiences. Using the tools presented in this report, planni...

The latest issue of TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Impacts on Practice examines how the Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR) in Grand Rapids, Michigan utilized ACRP Report 14: Deicing Planning Guidelines and Practices for Stormwater Management Systems to develop a long-term stormwater and deicing program that would maintain airport safety and comply with environmental r...

The latest issue of TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Impacts on Practice explores how airport personnel from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey utilized ACRP Report 68: Guidebook for Evaluating Terminal Renewal Versus Replacement Options for the redevelopment planning of Terminal A at Newark Liberty International Airport.

The latest issue of TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Impacts on Practice highlights how the Fort Wayne International Airport in Indiana used ACRP Report 28: Marketing Guidebook for Small Airports to create a marketing plan.

The latest issue of TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Impacts on Practice explores how the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority applied ACRP Report 30: Reference Guide on Understanding Common Use at Airports to develop new business models for common use systems at its airport.

The latest issue of TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Impact on Practice describes how Fort Wayne International Airport (FWA) and Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BNIA) have developed and implemented IROPS plans based on ACRP Report 65: Guidebook for Airport Irregular Operations (IROPS) Contingency Planning (2012). Daniel Rak, terminal services supervisor for FWA, noted th...