Airport Development Research Articles

Governing an Airport Region in China: The Case of Ezhou Huahu Airport

ABSTRACT Airport-related development raises important city-regional planning and governance issues. The paper examines the development of a new Chinese airport and associated changes in nearby cities. Ezhou Huahu Airport was initiated by one of China's largest delivery and logistics companies. The analysis focuses on the development patterns, growing visions, and changing governance around the airport as well as how the provincial government plays a crucial role in governing the airport region. Furthermore, the study highlights regional coordination manifested in various institutional forms, which warrants solid implementation through regional plans and regional institutions for dispute settlement.

Bound Passages

Abstract This article traces the settler-colonial histories of Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL) in Hawai‘i and Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport (GUM) in Guåhan (Guam) to chart the role of Indigenous dispossession in facilitating ongoing carceral transits across the Pacific. Focusing on the March 2021 deportation of thirty-three Vietnamese refugees from the United States, it situates the deportation flight’s layovers at HNL and GUM within larger processes of racial-colonial violence that constitute the development and operation of both airports. In this sense, HNL and GUM reveal the palimpsestic nature of Hawai‘i and Guåhan as sites of colonial occupation that, in turn, are used to bolster the further transit of global US empire. This essay thus attempts to chart a critical transpacific geography that links the settler-colonial and carceral dimensions of US empire through the issue of Southeast Asian deportation.

Unlocking the Economic Viability and Potential of North Eastern Airports: An Analytic Study with Opportunity and Challenges

Purpose: This research study aims to analyze the economic viability and potential of North Eastern airports in India by conducting a qualitative secondary data analysis. The study explores the opportunity and challenges in aviation industry in North East.
 
 Theoretical Framework: The study focuses on the economic potential and challenges of North Eastern airports. It uses various theoretical frameworks, including airport economics, regional development, transportation demand, and sustainability. It also considers policy alignment, stakeholder engagement, and impact on tourism. The goal is to analyze opportunities and barriers, helping to harness the economic viability of these airports in the region.
 
 Design/Methodology/Approach: Employing a qualitative research approach, this study conducts a thematic analysis of existing secondary data and reports. By examining government documents, airport statistics, tourism data, and academic research, the study seeks to uncover patterns, themes, and trends related to the economic impact of North Eastern airports.
 
 Research, Practical & Social Implication: The findings have practical implications for policymakers, airport authorities, and stakeholders seeking to harness the economic potential of the region. The core implication of this study is to promotion of North Eastern Airway development and tackle the challenges.
 
 Findings: The thematic analysis of secondary data reveals a positive correlation between increased airport infrastructure and economic indicators. Enhanced air connectivity has led to economic diversification, but there are numerous challenges too.
 
 Originality/Value: This study explores the challenges and opportunities in North Eastern airports and its effect on economic viability. The study also acknowledges the potential challenges, including government support, environmental considerations, community involvement, and regulatory compliance. By employing an analytical approach, the study seeks to provide insights into how strategic airport development can serve as a catalyst for economic growth while addressing potential obstacles.

Achieving Green Airport Standards by Managing Indoor CO and CO2 Levels at Domestic Terminal of Banyuwangi Airport

Introduction: Green Airport is an airport development concept designed to be healthy. Excess levels of carbon monoxide (CO) and carbon dioxide (CO2) in the room can cause discomfort in the form of headache, nausea, vomiting, vertigo, and feeling confused and weak. This study aimed to determine the implementation of CO and CO2 control in rooms to achieve a green airport at Banyuwangi Airport.
 Materials and Methods: In this descriptive study, the obtained data were compared with related regulations. The physical and chemical quality of indoor air was measured at 85 points in three main rooms at risk using CO and CO2 detectors. Control was done through observing and measuring ventilation and detection systems in the entire occupied space.
 Results: The measurement results of CO and CO2 levels have met the specified threshold value below 29 ppm for CO and 5000 ppm for CO2. Physical quality measurements have not met the requirements for indoor temperature above 27.1°C and humidity above 60%. The assessment of ventilation aspects in the domestic terminal building of Banyuwangi Airport was achieved based on SNI 03-6572-2001 received 29 rooms or 74.3% of the rooms, 10 rooms that do not fit the ventilation system are toilet.
 Conclusion: The results of the assessment conducted show that there are still aspects that are not in accordance with the provisions of green buildings.

Risk and Cost Analysis Study Occupational Health and Safety (K3) On Passenger Terminal Building Works New Mentawai Airport Development Project

To provide adequate and quality air transportation facilities and infrastructure by developing and maintaining a sustainable air transport infrastructure, it is ?required attention to occupational safety and health risk factors. These factors need to be analyzed in order to achieve zero accidents in the implementation process. This study aims to identify OHS risk factors, determine the highest OHS risk factors and then prepare a Construction Safety Plan (RKK) based on the highest OHS risk factors in The Terminal Building Construction Of The New Mentawai Airport Development Project, to determine the control of these risks. Interviews, and questionnaires as well as the results of previous studies, were collected to determine the risk factors for OSH. The Analytical Hierarchy Process method was applied to determine the highest risk factor which was carried out by compiling the AHP questionnaire and inputting it in the Expert Choice application. The Construction Safety Plan is prepared after the AHP analysis, in which the required OHS costs are also known. There are 4 aspects of risk factors: Workers Aspect, Management Aspect, Equipment Aspect, and the Environment Aspect with 24 risk factors. The risk factor for worker burnout, which is part of the worker aspect and is carried out in structural work, is the highest. Furthermore, the Construction Safety Plan (RKK) is prepared based on the Regulation of the Minister of Public Works of the Republic of Indonesia Number 10 of 2021 concerning Guidelines for Construction Safety Management Systems with an OHS cost of this construction IDR 698,250,000.00. This study emphasizes the importance of paying attention to risk factors, namely the burnout condition of workers, which is rarely considered in the implementation of construction work.

Prediction model of runway thawing settlement in frozen soil region under aircraft dynamic load

To investigate the influence of different years and aircraft dynamic load parameters on the thawing settlement of airport runways in frozen soil region, a three-dimensional numerical model is applied to analyze the thawing settlement effect of the runway in frozen soil region under different aircraft quality, taxiing speed, pavement evenness index and years. And the prediction model of runway thawing settlement in frozen soil region is established, which is affected by the multi-factor comprehensive influence of aircraft quality, taxiing speed, pavement evenness index, and years. The goodness of fit of the prediction model is 0.988 under a 95% confidence level, which shows that the prediction model can objectively predict the thawing settlement of runway in frozen soil region. The study provides technical support for airport construction and development in frozen soil region.

Leveraging sentiment analysis as a predictor of risk in community engagement

This study proposes a methodology based on sentiment analysis to compute an ‘engagement risk priority number’ or ERPN. The ERPN is a calculation designed to help airport management rank risks in community engagement and identify outreach strategies to airport stakeholders. The ERPN is based on three components of sentiment analysis (polarity, surprise, and subjectivity of residents' sentiments and opinions) that may predict potential risks to programme implementation and airport development. The methodology leverages the latest developments in natural language processing, specifically transformers, and compares the outcomes of these newer models with those of more traditional lexicon-based algorithms.

Cargo Airport Planning: Discerning Spatial Distributions of Freight Development in Airport-Adjacent Communities

Recent initiatives from the federal government, such as Justice40, assert the need to ensure equitable distribution of economic benefits of infrastructure investment. Yet, there is little empirical work that assesses spatial-economic outcomes in airport-adjacent communities. To inform these equity goals in the context of cargo airport development, this study proposed a strategy for discerning the economic clustering characteristics of airport-adjacent communities relative to their metropolitan areas. The study focused on the 10 U.S. airports with the most airfreight in 2017. We used the local spatial statistic, the Getis–Ord [Formula: see text], to identify grid-based spatial clusters of regionally significant transportation and logistics economic activity. We further explored the extent to which those clusters were consistent across economic attributes (businesses, employees, and sales volume). The results demonstrated that the presence of business hot spots in the airport-adjacent community was not necessarily matched by hot spots of employment or sales volume. The study recommends the following spatial terminology to describe patterns of spatial-economic hot spots near airports: Compacted aerotropolis, Fragmented aerotropolis, Sector aerotropolis, Airea, Corridor, and Outlying. The study found that two airports fit the Fragmented aerotropolis model; two, the Compacted aerotropolis model; one, the Airea; one, Outlying; and four were inconsistent across economic variables. By dividing the study airports into these categories, we were able to discern the significance of the economic impacts on the airport-adjacent community and provide a spatial rhetoric that would be meaningful and accessible to a variety of stakeholders in the participatory planning process.

Analysis of Komodo Airport Development Potential in Supporting the Tourism Sector in Labuan Bajo

Transportation has a very important role in economic development, because transportation services facilitate the distribution of circulation and traffic of goods and services. The performance of the national economic network cannot run without the support of transportation. As one of Indonesia's leading tourism potentials, Labuan Bajo needs infrastructure support such as an airport. To facilitate the accessibility of tourists, especially foreign tourists, the provision of an international airport can be considered. This study uses qualitative research methods, the subject of this research is Komodo Airport. Collecting data using interviews, observation, and documentation. After obtaining the data, the researcher performs data processing through the stages of data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. Based on the research results obtained by researchers, at Komodo Labuan Bajo Airport, the role of Komodo Airport in supporting the Labuan Bajo tourism sector is to provide services, and provide tourism support facilities by optimizing the information section, and the airport security section. The strategy for Komodo airport in contributing to tourism in Labuan Bajo is by promoting tourism objects in Labuan Bajo, cooperating with travel agents, adding flight schedules (Extra Flights). The obstacles faced by the airport in carrying out the airport's role in supporting the tourism sector are the lack of contribution from the Labuan Bajo regional government in supporting airport activities, the lack of a budget to support facilities and infrastructure.

Airport Perimeter Damage Detection Method Based on Alexnet Optimization

With the continuous development and expansion of airports, people pay more and more attention to the security of airport boundary. The damage of the boundary is one of the main factors leading to the security of the boundary, so it is very important to develop an automatic detection method of the boundary damage. Based on AlexNet deep learning model, this paper proposes an airport boundary damage detection method. By processing the collected video of the airport boundary, making the boundary damage data set, and then optimizing AlexNet, the experimental results show that compared with the original AlexNet network model, the improved AlexNet network model has shorter training time and significantly improved recognition accuracy, which can effectively identify the boundary damage.

Synergetic Development Measure of Airport Groups Composite System and Its Influencing Factors Analysis: Some Evidence from China

Whether airport groups develop synergistically has become a concern for the aviation industry. Existing studies have neglected the dynamic comprehensive evaluation and analysis of influencing factors of synergy degree. Taking the synergistic development of airport groups as the research perspective, we integrate the dynamic comprehensive evaluation model into the traditional synergy model. From two dimensions of airport development and regional economy, we measured the static synergy degree of the Chengdu-Chongqing airport group and the dynamic synergetic development degree on the overall time series. Further, using a spatial econometric model, we construct a distance economy-nested spatial weight matrix so as to explore the influence of each indicator on the synergy degree of the composite system. The results show that the overall synergy of the Chengdu-Chongqing airport group is above 0.5 in terms of static synergy degree. The clustering spectrum shows that the Chengdu-Chongqing airport group can be divided into three categories and basically forms the characteristic of “two main and multiple auxiliary airports.” In terms of dynamic synergetic development degree and comprehensive evaluation value, the change speed of synergy degree is relatively smooth in the early stage and fluctuates in the later stage, and the overall dynamic evaluation value of the Chongqing regional airports is high. The effects of the explanatory variables of the airport group composite system on the synergy degree show more direct effects than spillover effects, and the direct effects are all positive feedback effects, while the negative spillover effects of the explanatory variables cannot be ignored.

Evaluation of Airport Pavement Designs for Seasonal Frost and Permafrost Conditions

In recent years, the Alaskan Region of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reported performance issues with some flexible airport pavements. The issues were attributed to changes in the thermal regime of the permafrost layers resulting from a warming trend. The poor pavement performance was also caused by such factors as improper design and construction. The FAA Airport Technology Research and Development Branch selected three runways with an asphalt surface from three airports in Alaska and reviewed the pavement failures, design, and construction histories to determine the causes and contributing factors of flexible pavement performance issues. The goal was to determine if and where modifications to FAA guidance concerning design and construction in frost and permafrost zones were needed. This paper focuses on identifying frost and permafrost issues at the airports, identifying the design criteria used at the airports, and determining how closely the design criteria and construction practices followed FAA guidance. The work also recreates the pavement design for each runway, following FAA guidance in effect at the time of the design. Researchers identified areas of the FAA frost and permafrost design criteria that are silent or subject to conflicting interpretation. The paper provides recommendations for possible improvements to current FAA guidance with respect to frost and permafrost design, based on findings from the design reviews. The recommendations target Advisory Circulars 150/5320-6G and 150/5270-10H and are intended to address the design- and construction-related issues.

Evaluating public–private partnership role on the sustainability of airports in India

AbstractA public–private partnership (PPP) upgrades airport services, infrastructures, space, and ground handling systems. The participation of private entities could provide significant sustainability‐related issues since they typically have a profit‐making mindset. Private entities mainly focus on maximising their profits, but public entities are more concerned about attaining social objectives. The differences in their approaches lead to sustainability issues in a PPP airport project. However, studies on the impact of PPP on sustainability are very scarce and limited to other infrastructure sectors like health, education, and so forth. To examine the impact of PPP on Mumbai and Delhi International Airport's sustainability, this study used partial least squares structural equation modelling. The direct impact of private ownership, investment distribution, risk sharing, regulatory intervention, stakeholder engagement, and reputation and credibility on environmental, economic, and social sustainability was examined. The study revealed that PPP improved Mumbai and Delhi's airports' economic sustainability but have a smaller impact on social and environmental sustainability. Existing airports lag in social and environmental sustainability. To achieve social, environmental, and economic sustainability, the government must directly formulate and implement programmes. Regulators regulate JV activities and encourage social and environmental sustainability. Policymakers are likely to benefit most from building a favourable legal framework, commercial viability, and solid economic policies for effective private participation in PPP airports. The study focuses on institutional aspects. It will also help understand the mechanism's impact and how constructions and indicators are managed in PPP airport development.

Helsinki Airport's development programme: Expanding an airport under one roof

Finavia's ten-year Helsinki Airport Development Programme is about to be finalised in 2023. The major extension will allow the airport to serve 30 million passengers annually. How has the EUR1bn programme been managed so as to expand the terminal under one roof while functioning continuously? Models such as Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) and Operational Readiness and Airport Transfer (ORAT) were implemented to successfully manage the various projects. This paper shares Finavia's insights of using the chosen models in managing a large extension programme at the Helsinki Airport.

Green Concept of Kulon Progo Airport Development Using UMI Simulation

High energy consumption on the airport becomes a very crucial issue nowadays. Uninterruptable energy supply is required to support airline’s activity and keep the passenger convenience. Regarding the mentioned problem, there is a need to enhance the current plan of the airport with green airport concept. Green airport concept also known as eco-airport is an airport that adopted green and sustainable ecosystem concept to integrate community and environment that lead to reduction of energy consumption. The blueprint of Kulon Progo airport with green concept located in D.I. Yogyakarta, Indonesia has been made and the construction will be start in the mid of 2016. The airport has a FAR of 0.16 with 637 hectares land area. This study is simulating the plan to assess the energy consumption and CO2 emission in each part of the building in Kulon Progo Airport by using Urban Modeling Interface simulator. From the results, it can be seen that the passenger terminal building is responsible for the highest share with 1,351,861.01 Kwh while second floor of ATC building has the highest CO2 emission 2,679.77 kgCO2/m

The impact of infrastructure investments on the country’s economic growth

This study aims to assess the positive impact of infrastructure investments on the dynamics of economic growth. The sample includes ten countries (Azerbaijan, Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, China, Georgia, Mexico, Moldova, Serbia, and Turkey) for 2011–2020 that meet the following criteria: belong to upper-middle-income economies (according to the World Bank Atlas method); the OECD statistical database contains data on investment volumes in infrastructure development of road, railway transport, inland waterways, sea, and airports (by all financing sources). The primary focus was put on the analysis of this issue in Azerbaijan. GDP per capita growth was selected as the resulting parameter; the main dependent variable was infrastructure investment volumes (total inland and infrastructure road, rail, and air investment), and additional dependent variables were a foreign direct investment (net inflows) and gross domestic investment. Shapiro-Wilk test (for checking normal data), Spearman and Pearson methods (for correlation estimation), Granger test (for detecting causal relationships), and Arellano-Bond dynamic panel-data estimation (for influence formalization) were used. As a result, the following parameters exert the greatest influence on economic growth level: value of gross domestic investment (its growth by 1% causes GDP per capita growth to increase by 0.54% without a time lag); value of infrastructure investment inland (total) (by 1.51% with a three-year lag); value of infrastructure road investment (by 0.41% with a three-year lag). These results can help future research and decision-making at different management levels to strengthen economic growth through infrastructure investment.

Origination and Africa’s international relations: gatemaking and airport politics in Ethiopia and Ghana

This article explores Africa’s shifting international relations through two important international gateways to the continent: Kotoka International Airport in Accra and Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa. Case studies drawing on archival, fieldwork and secondary data examine the history and development of both airports, and find these gates represent a fruitful but neglected vantage point for understanding Africa’s shifting connections to the wider world. Theoretically, whilst the article affirms the value of using such critical nodal points – or ‘gates’ – to understand the international dimensions of African politics, it also highlights the limits of extant concepts such as ‘gatekeeping’ and the typology of the ‘gatekeeper state’. The article instead advances an alternative approach which it calls ‘gatemaking’ to enhance our understanding of Africa’s international relations by looking at how gates such as airports help to make (and remake) Africa’s place in the world (rather than looking only at how gates shape domestic state forms, as in the gatekeeper mould). Evident to different degrees in both airports, this concept foregrounds Africa as a place that both originates and shapes key dimensions of the international, contributing to emerging debates in critical approaches to international relations.

The Influence of Reward and Punishment on Employee Performance at Komodo Labuan Bajo Airport.

Komodo Labuan Bajo Airport is one of the airports located in East Nusa Tenggara. In addition to the importance of airport development, human resources are also one of the assets that the company pays close attention to. Human resources are a supporting factor for the success of a business sector. Because employees are a very important asset for airport provider companies, companies must pay attention to the obligations that employees deserve, namely rewards and punishments as an effort to be able to create optimal and satisfying employee performance.
 This research was conducted to find out whether there is an effect of reward and punishment on the performance of Komodo Labuan Bajo airport employees. This research was processed using quantitative research methods, with a research instrument, namely a questionnaire.
 The results of the study show that: 1) Reward has a partial effect on the performance of Komodo Labuan Bajo airport employees. 2) Punishment has a partial effect on the performance of Komodo Labuan Bajo airport employees. 3) Reward and punishment have a simultaneous effect on the performance of Komodo Labuan Bajo airport employees. 4) Rewards have a more dominant effect on the performance of Komodo Labuan Bajo airport employees.

POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE MEMBRANES WITH TIN (IV) DIOXIDE (SNO2) ADDITIVES: ENHANCING WATER TREATMENT FOR AIRPORT ECO GREEN

Water treatment is a major process of realizing Eco Airport in airport development that does not cause environmental damage, protects the environment, and seeks to minimize the impact of environmental pollution due to airport operations. The growth and development of the global economy make a significant contribution resulting in increasingly uncontrolled disposal of wastewater, resulting in a series of environmental problems related to the provision of clean water at airports. This study discusses water filtration using membrane technology with Polyvinylidene Fluoride (PVDF) polymer mixed with Tin (IV) Dioxide (SnO2). This study aims to analyze the microstructure formed through Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) testing and determine the mechanical properties and performance in water treatment of mixed PVDF and Tin (IV) Dioxide (SnO2) membranes. This research is a new method in water treatment. The research method used was quantitative with initial membrane specimen formation, membrane preparation, flat sheet method, and testing methods (tensile testing, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) observations, and Clean Water Permeability (CWP) testing. The results of this study, namely the formation of mixed membranes, showed the corresponding results as an alternative to water filter membranes. PVDF and SnO2 mixed membranes subjected to tensile tests using ASTM D638 standards, the surface structure of mixed membranes using SEM showed significant differences at each concentration, and the performance of water treatment performed with CWP showed an increase with increasing PVDF concentration and SnO2 for the airport. The conclusion is that water treatment performance using Clean Water Permeability (CWP) increases with increasing concentrations of PVDF and SnO2, which are suitable for airports.

Spatial Differentiation of Multi-Airport Logistics in Four Urban Agglomerations in China

A Multi-airport Logistics System (MLS) involves the logistics development of multiple airports in an urban agglomeration. Calculating spatial differentiation in MLS and examining its characteristics have theoretical and practical value. Based on MLS, we established an index system and applied the entropy-criteria importance through the intercriteria correlation weighting method to data from 2019 to evaluate the development and spatial differentiation of multi-airport logistics in four Chinese urban agglomerations in three dimensions: logistics resources, service chains, and market demand. The results showed the following: (1) The Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area showed logistics resource-type development. (2) Given its considerable market demand and service support, the Yangtze River Delta ranked first in the service-chain aspect. (3) The market-demand performance of the Chengdu–Chongqing Double Cities Economic Circle was poor. (4) Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei showed mediocre performance in all three aspects. Based on the findings, we make suggestions for MLS development in urban agglomerations for the purpose of achieving high-quality development and supporting China’s overall national transportation network.