Navigating Communicable Disease Preparedness:
An Essential Resource for Airport Management

Preparing for and responding to communicable diseases is a complex subject with many health and operational implications. It is often difficult and time-consuming for airport management to identify all materials, resources, and guidelines available, much less parse which elements might be applicable to their airport and situation. This WebResource aims to aid airport management in their communicable disease planning and response efforts. The guides found in this WebResource can be easily processed and adapted by airports, regardless of where they are in their own pandemic plan journeys. This WebResource consolidates the collected experiences of airport staff and other stakeholders involved in communicable disease preparation and response for the benefit of anyone who seeks information and guidelines on these matters. The goals for this WebResource are to:

Educate. Synthesize existing materials across the aviation ecosystem concerning planning and responding to communicable diseases and identify proven successful techniques from other sectors.

Enable. Arm airport leaders with a set of guidelines and recommendations that can accelerate their own pandemic plans, offer a set of key considerations that they can leverage to avoid disruptions and maintain operations, and provide strategies to engage with their stakeholders.

Jump into the Guides

Dive into Invaluable Guides for Communicable Disease Planning and Response.

Airport Management

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Airport Stakeholders

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Transmission

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Mitigation Measures

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Education

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Empowering Airports with Comprehensive Communicable Disease Strategies

This WebResource serves as a clearinghouse for airports to access relevant existing information, practices, and tools. The WebResource aims to satisfy the following criteria:

  • Incorporates evidence-based best practices for health screening, hygiene, and infection control in an airport setting.
  • Serves to maintain customer confidence in safety practices while minimizing disruption to customer experience.
  • Serves to maintain continuity and flexibility of operations and level of productivity (e.g., IT considerations, work-from-home requirements, staff cross-training, alternate work schedules).
  • Provides recommendations for improving financial resiliency, including diversification of revenues.
  • Provides resources for ensuring staff wellness, including mental health resources.
  • Promotes a culture of hygiene (e.g., instilling routine practices to minimize transmission).
  • Provides resources for ensuring adequate inventory of critical supplies (e.g., identifying alternate sources).
  • Outlines planning and design considerations to mitigate communicable disease spread and maintain operational flexibility.
  • Incorporates input from partners and stakeholders (e.g., airlines, tenants, and agencies), to ensure that airports are included and consulted during decision-making and that information is shared in a timely and accurate manner.
  • Includes guides for developing an airport Communicable Disease Response Plan.
  • Provides resources for developing and managing internal and external communication and messaging, including advice regarding privacy issues.
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