Passenger travel habits and expectations have changed significantly over the past two decades. Travelers now spend more time in airport terminals, often carrying additional personal items and expecting higher levels of comfort, convenience, and service. As airports have adopted social media and other real-time feedback tools, terminal restrooms—often the first and last places passengers visit i...

When communities are faced with hurricanes, wildfires, and other natural disasters, airports serve critical response and recovery roles by enabling evacuations and the flow of emergency resources, supplies, and personnel. Yet when these same disasters damage airports and disrupt airport operations, response and recovery times in affected communities can be significantly delayed.  This ACR...

As the airport industry continues to evolve to meet the latest workforce, operations, and technological developments, ensuring that small airports have the resources and information necessary to adapt is essential. The TRB Airport Cooperative Research Program's Impacts on Practice: Onboarding New Staff with ACRP Resources details how the Indiana Department of Transportation shares ACRP research...

Airport administrators and sponsors frequently offer ground leases for properties such as hangars and aircraft maintenance facilities to external aeronautical partners as opportunities for additional revenue and economic expansion. The TRB Airport Cooperative Research Program's Impacts on Practice: Developing and Leasing Airport Property details how TRB's research helped the director of Eugene ...

While Laredo (Texas) International Airport had a communicable disease response plan as part of its broader Airport Emergency Plan, it was looking to expand the plan and include more detailed guidance for operations during the COVID-19 pandemic. The TRB Airport Cooperative Research Program's Impacts on Practice: Establishing Health Protocols During the COVID-19 Pandemic at Laredo International A...

The Eagle River Union Airport is in Wisconsin’s Northwoods. Robert Hom, the airport's manager, recognized the potential to capture missed fuel sales by installing self-serve fueling equipment and turned to ACRP Research Report 192: Airport Management Guide for Providing Aircraft Fueling Services to help carry out the process. The TRB Airport Cooperative Research Program's Impacts on Practice: I...

Emmett Municipal Airport, outside of Boise, Idaho, “took every bit of advice” from the TRB Airport Cooperative Research Program's ACRP Synthesis74: Combining Mixed-Use Flight Operations Safely at Airports .   Since incorporating the procedures detailed in the report into its operations, the Emmett airport has not reported any further complaints from airplane pilots about the safety of para...

Within the academic aviation world, good textbooks can be hard to come by. Not only do few aviation textbook publishers exist, but the aviation industry is constantly changing. The TRB Airport Cooperative Research Program's latest Impacts on Practice brief, ACRP in the Classroom: Reimagining the Textbook at the University of North Dakota Department of Aviation , details how Dr. Kim Kenville use...

As an East Coast tech hub, Raleigh, North Carolina, is one of the fastest growing metropolitan areas in the United States. Leaders there used the knowledge gained from two reports by TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program to develop a draft Balanced Scorecard, which was then refined, approved, and implemented. Impacts on Practice: Measuring Success at Raleigh–Durham International Airport su...

As a reliever airport for the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Phoenix–Mesa Gateway Airport must keep track of information for nearly 300,000 aircraft operations and 1.4 million passengers a year. To meet this challenge, the airport developed an innovative, digitally connected solution with the help of ACRP Research Report 182: Guidancefor Planning, Design, and Operationsof Airport Com...

In 2017, when leadership at Seattle–Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac) decided to build a new International Arrivals Facility (IAF), they knew they had to leverage airport resources in a cost-effective manner to enhance customer experience. At nearly 50 years old, the existing facility could no longer accommodate Sea-Tac’s demand for international travel, which grew 107 percent from 2007 to...

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) latest Impacts on Practice explores the impact ACRP Research Report 58 : Airport Industry Familiarization and Training for Part-Time Airport Policy Makers has helped airport policy leaders, stakeholders, and policy-related decision makers understand airport administrative and operational requirements in order to assist them in making more inform...

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) latest Impacts on Practice explores the impact ACRP Research Report 69 : Asset and Infrastructure Management for Airports -- Primer and Guidebook has had on managing airport assets. An asset management director at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) utilized this report to incorporate and directly correlate asset management ...

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) latest Impacts on Practice explores the impact ACRP Synthesis 39 : Airport Wildlife Population Management has had on integrated wildlife management plans at airports. A wildlife biologist at Orlando International Airport utilized this report to develop a holistic approach to mitigating bird strikes with a specific species of heron that thrives i...

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) latest Impacts on Practice examines how Fresno Yosemite International Airport officials used ACRP Report 103 : A Guidebook for Integrating NIMS for Personnel and Resources at Airports. The report guided the creation of a training program for Fresno Fire Department firefighters contracted to serve at the on-airport aircraft rescue and firefightin...

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) latest Impacts on Practice explores ACRP Report 146 : Commercial Ground Transportation at Airports: Best Practices has had on ground transportation policy at Phoenix Sky Harbor airport. The document helped airport officials incorporate the use of ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft into ground transportation operations, while ensuring that ...

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) latest Impacts on Practice explores how Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Airports Commission turned to ACRP Synthesis Report 57 : Airport Response to Special Events to develop management plans to better accommodate the influx of spectators and corporate sponsors during the 2018 Super Bowl.

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) latest Impacts on Practice examines how an aviation consulting firm applied the findings of ACRP Report 36 : Airport/Airline Agreements – Practices and Characteristics for use in training its clients on lease negotiation, rates, and charges. The report clarifies the impacts of residual and compensatory rate structures on airports and airlines. T...

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) latest Impacts on Practice discusses how Harrisburg Airport (MDT), part of the Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania applied results of ACRP Report 92 : A Guidebook to Creating a Collaborative Environment Between Airport Operations and Maintenance. The tools contained in helped MDT employees collaborate across t...

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) latest Impacts on Practice explores a resource that helps airports view information technology from a strategic level. ACRP Report 59 : Information Technology Systems at Airports—A Primer helped officials from Los Angeles World Airports codify best practices. Additionally, the use of the report's assessment tools by Tulsa International Airport h...

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) latest Impacts on Practice explores how educators have incorporated ACRP tools and reports into their curriculum. Professors and students at Kansas State Polytechnic (KSP) University in Salina, Kansas use ACRP reports to provide foundational knowledge about the airport industry, and students find the reports practical resources as they transitio...

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) latest Impacts on Practice explores integrating research into decision-making at Jacksonville Aviation Authority through using reports produced by ACRP. Topics like emergency management, development of cooperative agreements, risk management, safety, communications, and operational efficiency are examined. In particular, the reports' case studie...

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) latest Impacts on Practice explores how Manchester-Boston Regional Airport (MHT) used  ACRP Report 117 : Airport Escalators and Moving Walkways—Cost-Savings and Energy Reduction Technologies to assist with the decision to install energy-saving variable demand/variable speed motors on the moving walkways and escalators in the airport. MHT al...

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program's latest Impacts on Practice: Using Airfield LED Lighting to Save Energy and Costs explores how New Hampshire’s Manchester-Boston Regional Airport (MHT) and King County International Airport (BFI) in Seattle, Washington used ACRP Synthesis 35: Issues with Use of Airfield LED Light Fixtures to guide the decision to replace ...

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) has released its latest Impacts on Practice that explores how Austin–Bergstrom International Airport (ABIA) is using ACRP Report 130 : Guidebook for Airport Terminal Restroom Planning and Design to help guide remodeling plans for restrooms at the airport. The report addresses topics like cleanliness and customer safety for passengers; traffic fl...

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) has released its latest Impacts on Practice that explores the ACRP Ambassadors Program. The Ambassador Program is one of ACRP’s dissemination initiatives helping to strengthen its connection to the airport industry. The Ambassadors Program seeks new volunteers who are passionate about improving the airport industry. Ambassadors will benefit from...

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) has released its latest Impacts on Practice that focuses on preparing the next generation of airport leaders. It explores how ACRP Report 75: Airport Leadership Development Program influenced a collaborative effort in Florida to develop a three-and-a-half day program to develop and train future leaders. Since its inception, 150 professionals fro...

The October 2015 issue of TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Impacts on Practice explores how San Francisco International Airport applied guidance from ACRP Report 50 : Improved Models for Risk Assessment of Runway Safety Areas and ACRP Report 3 : Analysis of Aircraft Overruns and Undershoots to evaluate safety alternatives and develop cost-effective alternatives to meet federal ...

The September 2015 issue of TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Impacts on Practice explores how Philadelphia International Airport, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, and Changi Airport in Singapore applied guidance from ACRP Report 52 : Wayfinding and Signing Guidelines for Airport Terminals and Landside to help passengers find their way in and around an airport.

The June 2015 issue of TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Impacts on Practice explores how the Sterling Municipal Airport (KSTK) in Colorado used ACRP Report 32: Guidebook for Addressing Aircraft/Wildlife Hazards at General Aviation Airports to manage a swallow population that had been causing aircraft strikes. The airport implemented a permanent, environmentally-friendly techniq...

The May 2015 issue of TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Impacts on Practice highlights how airport officials at Golden Triangle Airport (GTR) in Columbus, Mississippi, Kissimmee Gateway Airport (KISM) in Kissimmee, Florida have applied findings from ACRP Report 103: A Guidebook for Integrating NIMS for Personnel and Resources at Airports . The report helped these airports more f...

The April 2015 issue of TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Impacts on Practice highlights how airports like Grand Forks International Airport (GFK) in North Dakota have applied the findings from ACRP Report 95: Integrating Community Emergency Response Teams (A-CERTs) at Airports . Officials at GFK credit the direction provided in ACRP Report 95 with enabling the airport to build,...

The March 2015 issue of TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Impacts on Practice explores how Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) provides aging passengers with an easier, safer, and more enjoyable experience in its terminals. Upon publication of ACRP Synthesis 51: Impacts of Aging Travelers on Airports , employees at RSW met to review its current projects and identified ...

The latest issue of TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Impacts on Practice highlights the value of ACRP Synthesis 38: Expediting Aircraft Recovery at Airports , a report that details guidance for expediting the recovery of disabled aircraft. Specifically, officials at John Wayne Airport (SNA) in Orange County, California applied ACRP Synthesis 38 to help plan for aircraft re...

The latest issue of TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Impacts on Practice explores how the planning staff at Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW) applied analytical tools presented in ACRP Report 40: Airport Curbside and Terminal Area Roadway Operations to help improve airport operations and travelers’ experiences. Using the tools presented in this report, planni...

The latest issue of TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Impacts on Practice examines how the Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR) in Grand Rapids, Michigan utilized ACRP Report 14: Deicing Planning Guidelines and Practices for Stormwater Management Systems to develop a long-term stormwater and deicing program that would maintain airport safety and comply with environmental r...

The latest issue of TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Impacts on Practice explores how airport personnel from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey utilized ACRP Report 68: Guidebook for Evaluating Terminal Renewal Versus Replacement Options for the redevelopment planning of Terminal A at Newark Liberty International Airport.

The latest issue of TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Impacts on Practice highlights how the Fort Wayne International Airport in Indiana used ACRP Report 28: Marketing Guidebook for Small Airports to create a marketing plan.

The latest issue of TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Impacts on Practice explores how the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority applied ACRP Report 30: Reference Guide on Understanding Common Use at Airports to develop new business models for common use systems at its airport.

The latest issue of TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Impact on Practice describes how Fort Wayne International Airport (FWA) and Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BNIA) have developed and implemented IROPS plans based on ACRP Report 65: Guidebook for Airport Irregular Operations (IROPS) Contingency Planning (2012). Daniel Rak, terminal services supervisor for FWA, noted th...

The latest issue of TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Impact on Practice describes the Ambassador program, one of several dissemination initiatives that are strengthening ACRP’s connection to the airport industry. In their first year, ACRP Ambassadors engaged the aviation community through 11 presentations; 13 exhibitions; and the distribution of more than 600 ACRP reports,...

The latest issue of TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Impact on Practice describes how information included in  ACRP Report 47: Guidebook for Developing and Leasing Airport Property was used by the Houston Airport System to complete its due diligence of identifing stakeholders and impacts in allowing Hobby Airport to offer international flights. The Impacts on Pra...

The latest issue of TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Impacts on Practice highlights information included in ACRP Report 22 : Helping Airport and Air Carrier Employees Cope with Traumatic Events that is described as “critical” by Hilary Fletcher, former County Manager for Pitkin County, Colorado. Ms. Fletcher is founder of the Colorado Aviation Recovery Support Team that helps c...

The latest issue of TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Impacts on Practice describes how officials at the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) used ACRP Report 11 : Guidebook on Preparing Airport Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventories to develop a GHG emissions inventory for DFW.

The latest issue of TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Impacts on Practice describes how ACRP Report 8 : Lightning-Warning Systems for Use by Airports was instrumental in helping Austin-Bergstrom International Airport identify and select a visual system to alert ramp workers when lightning is in the vicinity.

The latest issue of TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Impacts on Practice explores the use of  ACRP Report 20: Strategic Planning in the Airport Industry by board members of the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) in posing the appropriate strategic questions to help move GTAA and the Lester B. Pearson International Airport forward to a desired future.

The latest issue of TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Impacts on Practice explores how officials at San Diego International Airport (SAN) have used two ACRP publications ( ACRP Report 15 : Aircraft Noise: A Toolkit for Managing Community Expectations and ACRP Synthesis 16 : Compilation of Noise Programs in Areas Outside DNL 65) to gain insights, ideas, perspectives, and tools th...

In February 2010, TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) released ACRP Report 16 : Guidebook for Managing Small Airports, which is designed to help operators and managers of small airports find resources and identify techniques that they may apply to meet their responsibilities. Since its release, the report has quickly become a valuable reference on the myriad of responsibilities an...