This advisory circular (AC) establishes a common, uniform definition of critical aircraft for all deliberations of the FAA Office of Airports, inclusive of planning and environmental, design and engineering, and financial decision-making regarding airport development.

Engineering Brief (EB) 89 provides clarification for taxiway designation convention standards contained in FAA Advisory Circular (AC) 150/5340-18F: Standards for Airport Sign Systems. First, on February 9, 2011, the Office of Airport Safety and Standards distributed a memorandum entitled "Taxiway Naming Conventions" that provided additional information and clarification on taxiway designation convention. Second, a recommendation posted on the FAA Idea Hub, Idea 2320, "Naming airport ramps and aprons," raised concerns about taxiways that have the same names as airport ramps and aprons, as these taxiways have the potential to cause communication problems between pilots and air traffic controllers.

ACRP Research Report 192 is designed to assist airports that are considering self-providing fueling services or currently providing them directly to their customers. The report includes a methodology to help evaluate whether an airport should or should not provide fuel service, a checklist of action items required for providing fuel service, and a sample request for proposals to solicit bids from fuel suppliers. The report also addresses a wide range of topics, including feasibility evaluations for new or improved fueling facilities, fuel pricing and marketing strategies, and organizational considerations when starting or expanding a fueling service.

ACRP Research Report 195 is designed to assist airport operators in developing and implementing an obstruction management program to protect the airport airspace from encroachment by tall objects. The report will help airport staff develop an obstruction management plan by understanding the regulatory environment, identifying obstructions, and developing a strategy for communication with surrounding communities that will ensure airport involvement in any development issues that could result in an obstruction around the airport. The report is supplemented by ACRP WebResource 7: Best Practices for Airport Obstruction Management Library, which provides reference documents, model documents, and presentation materials for obstruction management outreach. 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 are also provided.

ACRP Synthesis 2 examines how airport forecasts are used and identifies common aviation metrics, aviation data sources, issues in data collection and preparation, and special data issues at non-towered airports. The report also explores available forecasting methods, including the primary statistical methods, market share analysis, econometric modeling, and time series modeling. In addition, the report reviews forecast uncertainty, accuracy, issues of optimism bias, and options for resolving differences when multiple forecasts are available.

Although numerous standards and recommended practices for pedestrian and aircraft ground movement have been developed over time, only limited guidance is available regarding ground support equipment movement, parking on the ramp, and aircraft engine intake hazard zones. The document is offered for free through the A4A website and is emailed for download after a no-cost purchase process.

This resource is a webpage that provides information on the Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (e-CFR) Title 14, Chapter I, Subchapter G, Part 139, which contains guidance on certification, airport certification manual, and operations.

This resource is a webpage that provides information on the Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (e-CFR) Title 14, Chapter I, Subchapter E, Part 77, which contains guidance on the safe and efficient use as well as the preservation of the navigable airspace.

This webpage contains four subparts that describe aviation security rules governing 1) the operation of airports regularly serving aircraft operations required to be under a security program under Part 1544 of this chapter, as described in this part; 2) the operation of airports regularly serving foreign air carrier operations required to be under a security program under Part 1546 of this chapter, as described in this part; 3) each airport operator that receives a security directive or information circular and each person who receives information from a security directive or information circular issued by the designated official for civil aviation security; and 4) each airport operator that does not have a security program under this part that serves an aircraft operator operating under a security program under Part 1544 of this chapter, or a foreign air carrier operating under a security program under Part 1546 of this chapter—both must comply with §1542.5.

This advisory circular (AC) provides guidance on certain land uses that have the potential to attract hazardous wildlife on or near public-use airports. It also discusses airport development projects (including airport construction, expansion, and renovation) affecting aircraft movement near hazardous wildlife attractants. Appendix 1 provides definitions of terms used in this AC.

This advisory circular (AC) provides guidance on the design and evaluation of pavements used by aircraft at civil airports. It addresses soil investigations and evaluation; flexible and rigid pavement design; pavement maintenance, rehabilitation and reconstruction; pavement structural analysis and pavement design for shoulders.

This advisory circular (AC) provides guidelines for airport designers and planners to determine recommended runway lengths for new runways or extensions to existing runways. It contains sections for aircraft with maximum certified takeoff weight of 12,500 pounds, more than 12,500 pounds, and more than 60,000 pounds along with design rationale.

This advisory circular (AC) sets forth guidelines for operational safety in airports during construction. This AC assists airport operators in complying with Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 139, Certification of Airports. For those certificated airports, this AC provides one way, but not the only way, of meeting those requirements. The use of this AC is mandatory for those airport construction projects receiving funds under the Airport Improvement Program (AIP). Chapters include planning an airfield construction project, construction safety phasing plans (CSPP), and guidelines for writing a CSPP. Included in the appendices are a safety and phasing checklist and a construction project daily safety inspection checklist.

This advisory circular (AC) provides guidance to assist operators in planning, designing, and constructing seaplane bases and associated facilities. Chapters include the seaplane base, site selection, off-shore facilities, shoreline facilities, on-shore facilities, seaplane base identification and construction considerations.

This FAA presentation discusses basic concepts in taxiway design geometry from Advisory Circular 150/5300-13B, Airport Design. Airport planners and designers must understand these concepts to design a safe and efficient taxiway system.

This FAA presentation discusses basic concepts in taxiway design for end-around taxiways from Advisory Circular 150/5300-13B, Airport Design. Airport planners and designers must understand these concepts to design a safe and efficient taxiway system.

This FAA presentation discusses basic concepts in taxiway design for high speed exit taxiways from Advisory Circular 150/5300-13B, Airport Design. Airport planners and designers must understand these concepts to design a safe and efficient taxiway system.

This FAA presentation discusses basic concepts in taxiway design for runway incursion prevention from Advisory Circular 150/5300-13B, Airport Design. Airport planners and designers must understand these concepts to design a safe and efficient taxiway system.

This FAA presentation discusses basic concepts in taxiway design using taxiway design groups from Advisory Circular 150/5300-13B, Airport Design. Airport planners and designers must understand these concepts to design a safe and efficient taxiway system.

Engineering Brief (EB) 75 provides interim guidance for the planning and design of taxiway and apron improvements to minimize the likelihood of runway incursions. This guidance provides recommended taxiway and apron layouts to enhance runway safety by encouraging certain configurations and identifying layouts to avoid, when possible.