TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Research Results Digest 15: Use of Towbarless Tractors at Airports—Best Practices includes broad guidance designed to help enhance the safe operation of towbarless tractors (TBLTs) at airports. The report is designed to assist airports and aircraft operators in gaining a basic understanding of the training and operational issues associated with ...

TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Research Results Digest 14: Graduate Research Award Program on Public-Sector Aviation Issues summarizes the results of the initial four years of the Graduate Research Award Program on Public-Sector Aviation Issues (ACRP Project 11-04). The program is designed to encourage applied research on airport-related aviation system issues and to foster t...

TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Research Results Digest 13: Synthesis of Information Related to Airport Practices is a digest of the progress and status of ACRP Project 11-03, Synthesis of Information Related to Airport Practices.

TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Research Results Digest 12: Synthesis of Information Related to Airport Practices is a digest of the progress and status of ACRP Project 11-03, Synthesis of Information Related to Airport Practices.

TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Research Results Digest 11: Helping Airports Understand the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) explores PCI DSS and the impacts that an airport needs to consider when reviewing its credit data retention policies and systems that process credit card payment transactions.

TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Research Results Digest 10: Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) Deployment for Airport Obstruction Surveys explores the readiness of LIDAR technology as a cost-effective alternative to the traditional methods for collecting the data required to prepare airport obstruction surveys that meet government requirements. The report also examines a...

TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Research Results Digest 9: Alternative Aircraft and Pavement Deicers and Anti-Icing Formulations with Improved Environmental Characteristics explores the aquatic toxicity and biological oxygen demand state of the art, components, and promising alternative formulations of deicing and anti-icing products. The report also examines the performance; ...

TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Research Results Digest 8: Synthesis of Information Related to Airport Practices is a digest of the progress and status of ACRP Project 11-03, Synthesis of Information Related to Airport Practices.

TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Research Results Digest 7: A Summary of How Proposed Firefighting Standards Would Impact Airports explores the potential cost implications for airports of implementing proposed airport rescue and fire fighting (ARFF) regulations that would be more closely aligned with voluntary consensus standards promulgated by the International Civil Aviation ...

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Research Results Digest 6: Guidance for Identifying and Mitigating Approach Lighting System Hazards is designed to assist with defining response procedures to mitigate or reduce the hazards associated with aircraft and approach lighting system incidents.  Additional information on the project that developed ACRP RRD 6 was published as ACRP...

TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Research Results Digest 5: Current and Emerging Issues Facing the Airport Industry summarizes the program and the process for identifying strategic research areas for use with the FY 2010 ACRP problem statement solicitation process and beyond.

TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Research Results Digest 4: Synthesis of Information Related to Airport Practices is a digest of the progress and status of ACRP Project 11-03, Synthesis of Information Related to Airport Practices.

TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Research Results Digest 3: Synthesis of Information Related to Airport Practices is a digest of the progress and status of ACRP Project 11-03, Synthesis of Information Related to Airport Practices.

TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Research Results Digest 2: Model for Improving Energy Use in U.S. Airport Facilities provides data on U.S. airports’ utilization of 11 major energy management practices, offers a set of best practices for reducing energy use, and summarizes three case studies of recent recommissioning projects that resulted in significant reductions in energy u...

TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Research Results Digest 1: Synthesis of Information Related to Airport Practices is a digest of the progress and status of ACRP Project 11-03, Synthesis of Information Related to Airport Practices.