This advisory circular (AC) provides guidance for noise control and compatibility planning for airports under Federal Aviation Regulation (FAR) Part 150 and the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979 (ASNA) (P.L. 96-193). It is intended for use by airport operators, state and local planners and other officials, and interested citizens who may engage in noise control planning.

ACRP Synthesis 57 explores how airports plan, manage, and recover from special events to help minimize effects on an airport's regular operations. The report explores issues related to planning, organizing, applying lessons learned, and addressing potential surprises and impacts on operations and customer services related to a variety of non-aeronautical events that occur on and off an airport.

ACRP Synthesis 93 compiles information and examples that successfully demonstrate the value of building sustainability concepts into capacity-enhancing projects. The report describes additional resources and tools that provide information on how to select, apply, and communicate sustainability measures. The report explores how sustainability efforts often build on themselves, how lessons learned from one initiative are carried through to the next, and how this progressive learning process can enhance sustainability's role in capacity-enhancing projects over time.

This advisory circular (AC) provides information on community/public involvement in airport planning. This AC is intended to advise airport sponsors, planners, and the public on the benefits of early public participation in airport planning, and the methods by which this participation may be achieved.

This advisory circular (AC) provides guidance for the preparation of master plans for airports that range in size and function, from small general aviation to large commercial service facilities. The intent of this AC is to foster a flexible approach to master planning that directs attention and resources to critical issues. The scope of each master plan must be tailored to the individual airport under evaluation.

This advisory circular (AC) provides a model zoning ordinance to be used as a guide to control the height of objects around airports. It is based on the obstruction surfaces described in Subpart C of Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) Part 77, Objects Affecting Navigable Airspace, current edition. It should be recognized, however, that not all obstructions (objects whose height exceeds an obstruction surface) are a hazard to air navigation.

ACRP Report 16, second edition, is designed to help airport practitioners, owners, operators, managers, and policymakers of small airports, who may have varying degrees of experience and backgrounds, to fulfill their responsibilities in such areas as financial management, oversight of contracts and leases, safety and security, noise impacts, community relations, compliance with federal and state obligations, facility maintenance, and capital improvements. The first edition has been edited and reformatted for currency, relevance, and usability and updated with additional information and new subject areas (e.g., unmanned aircraft systems, geographic information systems, digital notices to airmen, social media, and federal and state obligations). Also, hyperlinks to many of the documents and resources mentioned in this report, such as ACRP publications, industry sources, and sample checklists, have been collected into ACRP WebResource 6: Resources for Managing Small Airports.

This booklet is intended as a guide in the understanding of the issues, rules, procedures, and policies applicable to airport noise and compatible land use planning.

ACRP Report 85 is designed to help airport sponsors respond to the many challenges they face when undertaking a significant capacity improvement project. The report recognizes that building support must occur early in the process and that, just as importantly, maintaining support is also key to successful implementation, since large capital projects can take many years to accomplish. The report is designed for quick reference, with each chapter featuring a key takeaways section.

ACRP Research Report 212 provides guidelines for airports on unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in the areas of managing UAS operations in the vicinity of an airport and engaging stakeholders, incorporating UAS into airport infrastructure and planning, and the potential use of UAS by airport operators. The introduction of UAS presented a wide range of challenges to airports and the National Airspace System. These challenges are further complicated by the dynamic and shifting nature of UAS technologies. Volume 1 provides guidelines for airport operators and managers to interact with UAS operations in the vicinity of airports. The demand for commercial UAS may increase significantly once advanced UAS operations, including beyond visual line of sight operations, operations over people, and operations of multiple UAS by one pilot are allowed through broader regulatory frameworks.

ACRP Synthesis 41 consolidates available information and lessons learned on how to successfully plan, organize, and conduct an aeronautical special event and restore normal operations after the event. For the purposes of this report, aeronautical special events are defined as those events that involve aviation activities or aircraft.

The Airport Consultants Council (ACC) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) published a list of best practices to improve their business processes, foster improved communication with each other, and better serve the airport sponsors.

This resource describes a set of typical measures implemented at major international airports, gathered from across ACI's membership. This document provides a number of options and examples that airports can use, rather than providing best practices. It should be noted that local regulations may require alternative measures and approaches. This document is a free resource for download; however, an account must be registered with ACI.

This resource provides guidance through land-use and airport planning processes; offers examples of successful advocacy efforts; and introduces the buzz words, political groups, and industry practices that will help airport advocates be effective in their work.