Emmett Municipal Airport, outside of Boise, Idaho, “took every bit of advice” from the TRB Airport Cooperative Research Program's ACRP Synthesis74: Combining Mixed-Use Flight Operations Safely at Airports .   Since incorporating the procedures detailed in the report into its operations, the Emmett airport has not reported any further complaints from airplane pilots about the safety of paramotors—ultralight, engine-powered paragliders that are launched by foot or dolly. This success has led airport m...

Within the academic aviation world, good textbooks can be hard to come by. Not only do few aviation textbook publishers exist, but the aviation industry is constantly changing. The TRB Airport Cooperative Research Program's latest Impacts on Practice brief, ACRP in the Classroom: Reimagining the Textbook at the University of North Dakota Department of Aviation , details how Dr. Kim Kenville uses ACRP Research Report 16, Second Edition: Guidebook for Managing Small Airports , in her classes. “This publica...

As an East Coast tech hub, Raleigh, North Carolina, is one of the fastest growing metropolitan areas in the United States. Leaders there used the knowledge gained from two reports by TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program to develop a draft Balanced Scorecard, which was then refined, approved, and implemented. Impacts on Practice: Measuring Success at Raleigh–Durham International Airport summarizes how RDU now better connects its strategic goals to its practices, tracks the right metrics, and develop...

As a reliever airport for the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Phoenix–Mesa Gateway Airport must keep track of information for nearly 300,000 aircraft operations and 1.4 million passengers a year. To meet this challenge, the airport developed an innovative, digitally connected solution with the help of ACRP Research Report 182: Guidancefor Planning, Design, and Operationsof Airport Communications Centers . The TRB Airport Cooperartive Research Program's ACRP Impacts on Practice 182: Redesigning ...

In 2017, when leadership at Seattle–Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac) decided to build a new International Arrivals Facility (IAF), they knew they had to leverage airport resources in a cost-effective manner to enhance customer experience. At nearly 50 years old, the existing facility could no longer accommodate Sea-Tac’s demand for international travel, which grew 107 percent from 2007 to 2017. The latest issue of the  TRB Airport Cooperative Research Program's (ACRP) Impacts on Practice serie...

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) latest Impacts on Practice explores the impact ACRP Research Report 58 : Airport Industry Familiarization and Training for Part-Time Airport Policy Makers has helped airport policy leaders, stakeholders, and policy-related decision makers understand airport administrative and operational requirements in order to assist them in making more informed policy decisions. According to an Airport Authority Board Member and Chair of the Air Service Development Com...

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) latest Impacts on Practice explores the impact ACRP Research Report 69 : Asset and Infrastructure Management for Airports -- Primer and Guidebook has had on managing airport assets. An asset management director at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) utilized this report to incorporate and directly correlate asset management with CVG’s overall strategic plan. This report explains how to holistically develop an asset management policy a...

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) latest Impacts on Practice explores the impact ACRP Synthesis 39 : Airport Wildlife Population Management has had on integrated wildlife management plans at airports. A wildlife biologist at Orlando International Airport utilized this report to develop a holistic approach to mitigating bird strikes with a specific species of heron that thrives in the Florida wetlands. This document also provides guidance for dealing with threatened and endangered species,...

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) latest Impacts on Practice examines how Fresno Yosemite International Airport officials used ACRP Report 103 : A Guidebook for Integrating NIMS for Personnel and Resources at Airports. The report guided the creation of a training program for Fresno Fire Department firefighters contracted to serve at the on-airport aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF) station 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Airport officials used the report’s customizable, Excel-base...

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) latest Impacts on Practice explores ACRP Report 146 : Commercial Ground Transportation at Airports: Best Practices has had on ground transportation policy at Phoenix Sky Harbor airport. The document helped airport officials incorporate the use of ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft into ground transportation operations, while ensuring that strict Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements are in place for all providers.