Managing a Flight Diversion with an Emergency Response at Small, Non-Hub, or General Aviation Airports

Unexpected flight diversions may impact airport operations from routine to emergency incidents. This synthesis compiles practices that small, non-hub, and general aviation airports use when planning for and responding to flight diversions that involve a routine gas and go, an incident, or an emergency. The objectives of this synthesis are (1) to discover and describe current practices for handling diverted flights that involve an emergency response and (2) to provide information on practices to small hub, non-hub, and general aviation airports that may receive a diverted passenger flight and not have appropriate staff, resources, or equipment available. Information used in this study was attained through a literature review, surveys, and interviews with 25 diverse airports, which produced seven case examples found in Chapter 6. For immediate use, Appendix C contains example diversion checklists.

• Record URL:
  https://dx.doi.org/10.17226/26900
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/9780309687737
• Authors:
  • Agnew, Rose
  • Coverdell, Christina
• Publication Date: 2023

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Bibliography; Figures; Glossary; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 171p
• Serial:
  • ACRP Synthesis of Airport Practice
  • Issue Number: 121
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 1935-9187
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aviation safety; Case studies; Emergency management; General aviation airports; State of the practice; Traffic diversion
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01873337
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780309687737
• Report/Paper Numbers: ACRP Project 11-03, Topic S04-26
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Feb 19 2023 5:53PM