Preparing Your Airport for Electric Aircraft and Hydrogen Technologies
Design innovation for electrically powered and hybrid-electric aircraft is accelerating
rapidly. While there are many potential benefits of electric aircraft and hydrogen technologies,
not all air service can be replaced by electrically powered aircraft in the near term.
The TRB Airport Cooperative Research Program's
ACRP Research Report 236: Preparing Your Airport for Electric Aircraft and Hydrogen Technologies
offers an introduction to the emerging
electric aircraft industry, gives estimates of potential market growth, and provides guidance
to help airports estimate the potential impacts of electric aircraft on their facilities and to
be prepared to accommodate them.
A
series of appendices provides details on the assumptions and methods used in the research
as well as helpful references for airport planning.
Accompanying this report is a
toolkit (including
instructions for how to use the toolkit) that includes a database of more than 100 electric aircraft and may be used by airports to estimate future electric power requirements at their airport based on local characteristics, such as climate, aviation activity levels, and existing electrical demand.
This Summary Last Modified On: 2/27/2023