The Future of Airports: A Vision of 2040 and 2070: Topic No. 6: Airside & Airspace Compatibility

The Future of Airports is a research initiatives coordinated by the Airport Think Tank of Ecole Nationale de l’Aviation Civile (ENAC) Alumni with a global panel of about 20 thought aviation leaders from various backgrounds, experiences, and affiliations. This panel discussed various prospective topics to explore and forecast the long-term future of the airport industry. Each time, the panel members considered the future trends and potential disruptive changes, the emerging transformational innovations, their impact on practice and challenges for air transportation, and the needs in research, education and policies for anticipating and facilitating these changes. The global analysis of this research project was conducted between March 2019 and April 2020. This document discusses trends in airside and airspace compatibility including aircraft diversity, urban and rural air mobility, heliports, supersonic aircraft, spacecraft, and alternative fuels. The appendix includes characteristics of aircraft, rotorcraft, and spacecraft for airport planning.

Language

  • English

Media Info

  • Media Type: Digital/other
  • Edition: White Paper
  • Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
  • Pagination: 16p

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 01744753
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Files: TRIS
  • Created Date: Jul 9 2020 11:59AM