As air travel continues to increase worldwide, threats from communicable disease transmission via air travel remains a top public health concern. Airports can serve as a setting for potential community spread while simultaneously, communicable diseases can adversely impact airport operations. ACRP Web-Only Document 57: Developing an Airport Communicable Disease Response Plan: Guide and Template , from TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program, provides airport operators with the fundamental information ...

Contingency planning is crucial for small airports to best position themselves for addressing disruptions and contingencies - such as the COVID-19 pandemic - that impact staffing, financial and information technology resources, infrastructure, facilities, and/or supply chain shortages. ACRP Web-Only Document 59: Integration of Contingency Planning for Small Airports , from TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program, provides resources, tools, and examples of integration that can guide future efforts unde...

The catchment area of an airport encompasses areas where passengers are more likely to use the subject airport, even when there are other airport options in the vicinity. ACRP Web-Only Document 56: Toolkit for Establishing Airport Catchment Areas , from TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program, comprises various analytical tools, such as the Travel Utility Analysis tool, that enable airport industry practitioners to calculate the likely responses of travelers to different market and operational inputs,...

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting is the term used for a corporate disclosure framework that focuses on a reporting organization’s risks and means of mitigating issues with respect to environmental, social, and governance matters. While sustainability is a familiar concept to airports in the United States—with many having developed sustainability management or master plans, sustainability reports, and goals—ESG reporting is a new and rapidly evolving trend within the airport industry....

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) has provided more than $169 million in funding for 690 research projects since its inception in 2005. In those 20 years, publications and products have undoubtedly gone out-of-date. In FY2021, the ACRP Oversight Committee, along with ACRP staff, recognized the need to review past products and make updates where appropriate. ACRP Web-Only Document 55: ACRP Product Update: Prioritization of Policy and Planning Products , from ACRP, reviews past products and...

An important operational characteristic of an airport is the length of its longest runway. The longest runway determines the types of aircraft that can use the airport and dictates the operational limitations at the airport. The TRB Airport Cooperative Research Program's ACRP Web-Only Document 54: Development of a Small Aircraft Runway Length Analysis Tool provides a user-friendly computer tool to help airport planners and designers estimate runway length requirements for a variety of aircraft and design...

Airport economic impact studies may accurately measure the activity that occurs on airport properties or is tied directly to airport operations (such as off-site parking and hotels that accommodate airline crew who overnight in a location), but they do not capture how air service supports business and employment throughout the region. The TRB Airport Cooperative Research Program's ACRP Web-Only Document 53: Measuring and Understanding the Relationship Between Air Service and Regional Economic Development...

Command-level decision making is a critical factor in successfully managing and mitigating critical incidents. The TRB Airport Cooperative Research Program's ACRP Web-Only Document 52: Command-Level Decision Making for Transportation Emergency Managers is a document done in collaboration with TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) and Transit Cooperative Research Program (ACRP). The work is designed to assist public transportation agencies, state departments of transportation (DOTs),...

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations require the licensing of spaceports and launch vehicles, which includes the assessment of environmental impacts. The TRB Airport Cooperative Research Program’s ACRP Web-Only Document 51: Commercial Space Vehicle Emissions Modeling presents a user-friendly tool for practitioners to estimate the emissions associated with commercial space vehicle activity. Supplementary materials to the document include an Emissions Example Information & Users Guide , th...

In the process of reducing sustainable alternative jet fuels (SAJF), emissions of other pollutants may also be reduced, which could be significantly beneficial to airports. The TRB Airport Cooperative Research Program's ACRP Web-Only Document 35: State of the Industry Report on Air Quality Emissions from Sustainable Alternative Jet Fuels captures the current status of knowledge to reduce carbon dioxide emissions using SAJF.   These reductions are not yet well defined, leaving airports unable to...