ACRP Report 108: Guidebook for Energy Facilities Compatibility with Airports and Airspace
Abstract
ACRP Report 108: Guidebook for Energy Facilities Compatibility with Airports and Airspace describes practices for aviation safety associated with planning, developing, and constructing energy production and transmission technologies at and around airports. The guidebook is a resource for aviation and energy industry professionals to improve energy technology project siting at and around airports in order to meet U.S. domestic energy production needs while ensuring a safe and efficient national airspace system. The guidebook considers different types of energy technologies that could be installed in and around airports—including, but not limited to—solar, wind, power generation plants, oil and gas drilling, and electricity transmission lines and towers. Best practices and guidelines for a wide range of types and sizes of airports compatible with air transportation systems for all airspace, including special use airspace, both on and off airports are provided. In addition, design and siting or location guidelines for each of these types of energy technologies are provided to mitigate and minimize the impact on aviation, including height and distance criteria for wind turbines, distance and angular criteria for solar panels, and thermal plume effects on aviation.