New and emerging technologies have the potential to revolutionize the aviation industry, particularly in the fields of customer service, safety, and operational efficiency on the ground and in-flight. However, these technologies bring disruptions that can be difficult for airports to prepare for. The TRB Airport Cooperative Research Program's ACRP WebResource 10: Periodic Publication on Transformative Technologies at Airports aims to help by posting periodic articles on transformative technologies antici...

The TRB Airport Cooperative Research Program's ACRP WebResource 9: Airport Emergency Plan Development Tool is an online tool that produces airport-specific airport emergency plans (AEPs) in a format consistent with the Federal Aviation Administration’s Advisory Circular 150/5200-31C. The tool provides a user-friendly, sequential, and interactive format to create the plan, and includes introductory videos and question-specific help to enable accurate responses.

Social media is an important, if not crucial, tool for sharing information among individuals and for connecting organizations with their customers. For this reason, social-media managers at airports are critical to emergency management for information gathering and sharing. The TRB Airport Cooperative Research Program's ACRP WebResource 8: Integrating Social Media with Emergency Management at Airports provides guides airport operators on integrating social media into emergency management (SMEM) for ...

TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) WebResource 7: Best Practices for Airport Obstruction Management Library supplements ACRP Research Report 195 by providing reference documents, model documents, and presentation materials for obstruction management outreach. In addition, ACRP WebResource 7 includes a methodology for creating a composite map of all applicable airspace surfaces, as well as examples of interactive airspace composite surface maps for small and large airports. ACRP Research Re...

The TRB Airport Cooperative Research Program's ACRP   WebResource 6: Resources for Managing Small Airports provides links to publications, websites, sample documents, checklists, and other tools that airport owners, operators, managers, and policy makers of small airports may find useful in meeting their responsibilities. It is a companion to  ACRP Research Report 16: Guidebook for Managing Small Airports, 2nd Edition .

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) WebResource 5: Tools and Case Studies for NextGen for Airports is a companion to the five-volume ACRP Report 150: NextGen for Airports. It provides downloadable engagement materials from the NextGen Outreach Toolkit, discussed in Volume 2: Engaging Airport Stakeholders, and the Public Information Toolkit, discussed in Volume 3: Resources for Airports. A table that identifies the volume and page number of all case studies discussed in the five volumes is a...

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) WebResource 4: Airport Air Quality Resource Library, together with its companion product, ACRP Research Report 185 : Airport Air Quality Management 101, introduces airport employees who are not environmental specialists to airport air quality issues. The library compiles the vast array of published research studies, resources, tools, standards, and advisory circulars pertaining to airport air quality—as well as four short videos demonstrating how to use s...

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) WebResource 3: Airport Stormwater Management Library and Training Materials provides searchable, single-point access to all ACRP stormwater-related resources, many non-ACRP resources, web-based training, and materials to develop training programs tailored to individual airports. Topics for which resources are available include: regulations and permits, pollutants and sources, best management practices (BMPs), and compliance. The web-based training offers ...

TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program has released an update to WebResource 2: Airport Passenger Terminal Design Library. This electronic resources library houses searchable information on, and links to, existing ACRP, federal, and other industry documents related to airport passenger terminal planning and design.

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) has released WebResource 1: Aligning Community Expectations with Airport Roles. This website provides guidance to help airports manage airport communications and public relations proactively. The primary objective of this research addresses possible misunderstandings about realities faced by airport management related to community expectations for air service or other airport-related services and resulting economic benefits. Three “toolkits” help communic...