TRB Webinar: Give the “All Clear” – Hazard Zoning at General Aviation Airports

Airport personnel were invited to a TRB webinar on Tuesday, December 10, 2019, from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM ET. The webinar features research from the Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP).

States and local jurisdictions have enacted and implemented airport height, hazards, and land use compatibility zoning laws to varying degrees. Webinar presenters evaluated the effectiveness of these laws in preventing flight hazards and incompatible land uses around general aviation (GA) airports. They discussed how key aviation stakeholders can assist local governments in establishing and implementing more effective airport land use compatibility measures.

The slides are available.

  

Webinar Presenters:

• Maranda Thompson, Mead & Hunt
• Mihir Shah, Arora Engineers
• Stephanie Ward, Mead & Hunt

Moderated by: Joshua Abramson, Easterwood Airport

 Webinar Outline

1. Overview of current hazard zoning practices implemented by state aviation authorities
2. Actionable strategies for enhancing current airport land-use compatibility planning practices and regulations
3. Self-assessment checklist
4. Airport case study
5. Question and answer session

The first 60 minutes of the webinar will be for presentations and the final 30 minutes will be reserved for audience questions.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this webinar, you will able to:

1. List hazard zoning practices
2. Apply strategies to enhance airport land use compatibility planning
3. Describe how airports are implementing such strategies
4. Utilize communication and education tools in the guidebook to promote local outreach programs

Continuing Education Units for Accredited Airport Executives

The American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) will provide 1 Continuing Education Unit (CEU) to accredited airport executives who attend this webinar. Claim CEUs by visiting www.aaae.org/ceu. For questions about AAAE continuing education units, please contact accreditation@aaae.org.

American Institute of Certified Planners Certification Maintenance Credits 

This webinar is approved by the American Institute of Certified Planners for 1.5 Certification Maintenance Credits. Please make sure that you register for this session and log-in using the link that TRB provides to your email account. We use this as your record that you attended this session. TRB only maintains the records of attendees who use their email address to log into the webinar, and cannot verify attendance of individuals who view the webinar without personally logging into the session. 
 
Please visit the Certification Maintenance section of APA’s website, Certification Maintenance webpage at https://www.planning.org/cm to claim your credits. You may use the following steps: 

1. Log in using your ID# and password.
2. Select View my CM log.
3. Select Add CM-Registered Credits.
4. Using the CM Search option, type in the name of the event or event number (e.g. 21064) and click "Go."